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Mathu Vadalara (2019)
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Original name: మత్తు వదలరా
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Babu is a delivery boy living with his friends Yesu and Abhi. Due to his meagre salary, he decides to quit, but then Yesu gives him an idea. The idea, however, soon spirals out of control and Babu finds himself deep in trouble. Will he survive the circumstances of his own actions?
Style:
suspense, tense, humorous, captivating, entertaining, suspenseful, black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, fast paced ...
Plot:
friendship, whodunit, friends, job, neighbor, delivery man, worker, customer, friend, dark humor, working class, poverty, greed, urban, moral ambiguity, survival, corruption, satire, panic, heist gone wrong, investigation, guilt, cat and mouse, roommate, telugu
Time:
contemporary
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