William Kelly's War

Summary As the Great War begins, Billy and Jack Kelly together with cousin Paddy enlist in the military and are sent to fight in Europe. Billy, known to be a good marksman, is singled out to lead a highly successful sniper team. Journalist Keith Murdoch is attached to Billy's group for press coverage of the front line. With Murdoch's glowing reports, Billy and the boys become celebrated war heroes. As the war drags on, the defeat at Gallipoli leads to more death and carnage in France. Billy's sniping abilities and courage in hand-to-hand combat astound his fellow soldiers, and he is awarded the Legion of Honour. Back home, Billy's parents are confronted with lawless bush rangers who threaten their lives and livelihood, and fearing they will never see their sons again, begin to campaign to oppose the government conscription policy. In Europe, Billy's team is sent forward to harass the enemy prior to a major assault on the infamous and impregnable Hindenburg Line. Through an amazing feat of determination and courage, Billy and Jack survive, but Paddy is killed in action. When Billy returns from the war he discovers the shallow grave of his father and is informed that his sister has been kidnapped by bush rangers. In an explosive climax Billy finds and confronts his father's killer. View more details

William Kelly's War

Directed : Geoff Davis

Written : Geoff Davis Mat Davis Josh Davis

Stars : Maureen Alford Peter Berzanskis Marie-Therese Bjornerud John Black

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Genres : Drama War

Release date : Oct 29, 2014

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : Official Facebook

Language : English

Filming locations : Australia

Production companies : Avalon Films

Summary As the Great War begins, Billy and Jack Kelly together with cousin Paddy enlist in the military and are sent to fight in Europe. Billy, known to be a good marksman, is singled out to lead a highly successful sniper team. Journalist Keith Murdoch is attached to Billy's group for press coverage of the front line. With Murdoch's glowing reports, Billy and the boys become celebrated war heroes. As the war drags on, the defeat at Gallipoli leads to more death and carnage in France. Billy's sniping abilities and courage in hand-to-hand combat astound his fellow soldiers, and he is awarded the Legion of Honour. Back home, Billy's parents are confronted with lawless bush rangers who threaten their lives and livelihood, and fearing they will never see their sons again, begin to campaign to oppose the government conscription policy. In Europe, Billy's team is sent forward to harass the enemy prior to a major assault on the infamous and impregnable Hindenburg Line. Through an amazing feat of determination and courage, Billy and Jack survive, but Paddy is killed in action. When Billy returns from the war he discovers the shallow grave of his father and is informed that his sister has been kidnapped by bush rangers. In an explosive climax Billy finds and confronts his father's killer. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama War

Release date : Oct 29, 2014

Countries of origin : Australia

Official sites : Official Facebook

Language : English

Filming locations : Australia

Production companies : Avalon Films

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Thalai Ezhuthu

Thalai Ezhuthu

Raj (Richard Raj) is a software engineer who lives with his widow mother (Meera Krishnan). He spent his childhood in a home for disabled children, where his mother worked for a living thus he has sympathy for the handicapped. After completing a degree in software engineering, he got offers to work in multinational companies but he decided to stay in India and works for a small company. Raj invents a device that can help the disabled people overcome their physical defects and conveniently complete their daily routines. After the presentation of his project, Raj gets death threats from a corrupt politician who wants to appropriate his project. In the meantime, Raj meets Pooja (Pooja Gandhi) and they fall in love with each other. Raj then meets with an accident and was rushed to the hospital. In a serious condition, the doctors save his life, however, Raj finds himself in a wheelchair and is now unable to speak at all. Meanwhile, his mother has a heart attack and was admitted to the same hospital, Raj needs money to save his mother. When Pooja met Raj by accident, she forcefully admits him to a mental hospital and Raj is tortured by the hospital staff Pachai (Bala Singh). Later, Pooja steals Raj's research and tries to sell it to potential buyers. Deputy Superintendent of Police Karthik (Saakshi Siva) is looking for Pooja, who escaped from a mental hospital a few months ago. Pooja turns out to be a person with mental health issues who can do anything for money. During her college life, she fell in love with a college mate but he didn't reciprocate her love because she wasn't rich. Therefore, Pooja suffered from an inferiority complex and her only goal in life was to become rich so she wanted to marry a rich groom. However, her parents fixed her wedding with a middle-class groom and her dream to become rich fell apart. Pooja then found herself in a mental hospital and managed to escape from there. It was only then that she decided to seduce Raj and paid a drug addict to cause Raj a serious accident. Finally, Pooja sold his project to a buyer but the software asks for a password. Pooja in panic goes back to the mental hospital and she threatens to kill Raj if he doesn't give her the password. At that time, DSP Karthik arrives and shoots Pooja to save Raj. Two months later, Raj receives widespread acclaims for his work. The film ends with Raj in a wheelchair celebrating his birthday in a home for disabled children along with his mother in tears and the mentally ill Pooja.

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