Can a 100-year-old tea shop, which is more of a home for a group of regulars and a legacy for its soft-spoken owner, survive a road widening plan?

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Anjala (2016)

★ 5.5/10 February 12, 2016 112 min

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Director: Thangam Saravanan  ·  Writer: Thangam Saravanan

Can a 100-year-old tea shop, which is more of a home for a group of regulars and a legacy for its soft-spoken owner, survive a road widening plan?

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Thangam Saravanan Thangam Saravanan

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Vimal Vimal Kavas Nandita Swetha Nandita Swetha Uthra Pasupathy Pasupathy Muthirulandi Imman Annachi Imman Annachi Jogging Chellapa Aadukalam Murugadoss Aadukalam Murugadoss Kalyana Raman Subbu Panchu Subbu Panchu UK Riythvika Riythvika Anjala R. V. Udayakumar R. V. Udayakumar Sundaramoorthy

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timesofindia
timesofindia February 14, 2016
★ 6/10

There are some films that manage to leave you with a warm, fuzzy feeling even though they have their issues. Anjala is one such film. The plot revolves around a 100-year-old tea shop — Anjala Tea Shop — that was instrumental in an entire small town developing around it and the struggles its owner, Muthu Velaandi (Pasupathy), a genial, soft-spoken person, faces to keep it open. First, the shop's existence is threatened when the government decides to widen the road for a highway; next, the owner and some of its regulars (who consider the place as home) are arrested on suspicion and the shop is sealed after a customer uses it as a conduit for circulating counterfeit currency. Then there is UK (Subbu Panchu), a big shot, who blames the people in the shop for him getting arrested for selling illicit liquor, and wants to have his revenge. How these events impact the lives of those who hold…