Before Indian Independence, many Tamils from South India were sent to Malaysia as indentured laborers. Kabali, the protagonist, fights this oppression. After a lengthy imprisonment, he is more determined than ever to fight for his people.
Winston Chao's character, Tony Lee, has a mentor whose name is Ang Lee. This is the same name as director Ang Lee, who discovered Chao and cast him in The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994).
Kabali:
Even this is a form of protest. Why did Gandhi wear dhotis and why did Ambedkar wear suits? Politics Thamizhmaran...
In the flashback scene,Tamilmaran comes to apologise to Kabali while he is eating with family, the scene is set at the backdrop of Merdeka Square, the scene is supposed to have happened 25 years back but modern buildings which was not yet constructed in KL can be seen.
Also in various other scenes, various cars which were not released in early 90's can be still be seen,.
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English, Malayalam, Mandarin, French
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