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Sontha Vooru, is about the displacement of villagers. Directed by ex-journalist and now director Suni Kumar Reddy is a two hour ten minute film. It is in fact not a film, it's an emotion. The director pours out his anguish on the seizure of virgin lands by the government, vents out his helplessness and frustration on the erosion of values, relationships in a village, the loss of purity, innocence and threat of extinction on account of SEZs. With symbolic representations he entertains, moves and educates the audiences on the importance of preserving the villages.

LB Sriram plays an undertaker who is attempting to come to terms with the dissapearance of his village and a swift exodus of his people to the city, the betrayal by his daughter-in-law and how he faces the problem of raising his grandchildren, anything to go by.Thought provoking and hard hitting dialogues are highlight of the film. The film needs to be applauded for the controlled clarity of vision, its extraordinary detail to pin point the pros and cons of both the village and the city life.