August 16 1947 trailer - Intriguing pre-independence tale "no one dared to tell"! AR Murugadoss' next ambitious film!

Gautham Karthik is one of the leading upcoming actors in the Tamil film Industry. The actor made his debut with the Mani Ratnam directorial Kadal. The actor has done multiple films and has attracted fans. He has been a part of multiple thriller and comedy flicks. He was last seen in the film Yutha Satham where he acted alongside director turned actor Parthiban. He is also playing an important role in the STR starrer film Pathu Thala which is set to release on March 30. Gautham Karthik played the right-hand man of the lead actor. His upcoming film as lead is on August 16 1947 is set to release on April 7.

The makers of August 16 1947 have revealed the trailer for the most anticipated film. The Gautham Karthik starrer has Pugazh, Revathy Sharma, Richard Ashton, Jason Shah and others in supporting roles. The film is produced by AR Murugadoss, Om Prakash Bhatt, and Narsiram Choudhary and is co-produced by Adithya Joshi. It is directed by AR Murugadoss's assistant NS Ponkumar. The trailer of the film shows the film is set before the independence in a village called Sengadu. The trailers promises the film will show the most shocking chapter of India's independence, that no one ever dared to tell. It shows the film revolves around a village that is under the rule of a tyrannical British officer and how the hero of the film Gautham Karthik unites to people of the village to fight for freedom. It also hints a love story between the character played by Gautham and the daughter of a zamindar, Sean Roldan has composed music for August 16 1947. The trailer has created anticipation among fans for the movies and it promises to tell a different story that has not been seen before.

Gautham Karthik just wrapped up the filming of his other project titled Criminal. The actor stares alongside iconic Sarath Kumar in the film by a debut director.