Manaivi Amaivathellam

A French commando in Brittany during Operation Overlord and the Normandy Campaign, 1944.

India's first full-scale historical and the Maharashtra Studio's costliest film to date. Based on the classic novel written in 1903 by Hari Narayan Apte 'Gad Aala Pan Sinha Gela', it retells a famous episode in the military career of the 17th C. Maratha emperor Shivaji (Painter) and his lieutenant, the folk hero Tanaji Malusare (Yadav). It features Tanaji's invasion of Fort Sinhagad in the dead of night, using his pet lizard to run up the wall with a rope, and his death in victory.

Edward and Lucas have been friends since childhood. They are both police officers in separate precincts in Nancy. Both have been trained to respect and obey the law. But war separates loved ones who are made to take separate directions due to circumstances of life. Their long and sincere friendship will fly to bits with all the suffering and deception this entails. The Nazis plan a raid on Jews in collaboration with the Vichy Police on July 19th 1942. Edward decides along with six of his colleagues to disobey to the laws of Vichy. The seven police officers begin to warn and offer hiding to the foreign Jewish people. They succeed after a long race against time making the police operation fail. Lucas however will be lead into the most horrid collaboration.