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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian Tamil-language short drama film}}<br />
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| director = [[B. Lenin]]<br />
| writer = Devabharathi (dialogues)<br />
| screenplay = B. Lenin<br />
| story = B. Lenin<br />
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| starring = [[R. S. Shivaji]]<br />[[S. Sathyendra]]<br />
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| cinematography = [[B. Kannan]]<br />
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| studio = Buddha Pictures<br />
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| released = {{Film date|1992}} <br />
| runtime = 19 minutes<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiancine.ma/AOKH/info|title=Knock Out|website=Indiancine.ma|access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref><br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
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'''''Knock-Out''''' is a 1992 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language short [[drama film]] written and directed by [[B. Lenin]].<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
In 1982, a gravedigger buries an unknown man and while clearing his body discovers a gold medal attached to his [[Upanayana|sacred thread]]. The corpse is revealed to be that of renown boxer Sanjeevi, who participated in the [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Olympics]]. After many years, a tour guide takes tourists to the memorial made by the government for Sanjeevi, which is inaccurately located and his grave is still exposed.<ref name="The Hindu"/><ref name="IFFR"/><br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[R. S. Shivaji]] as a ''[[Funeral director|vettiyan]]''<ref name="The Hindu"/><br />
*[[S. Sathyendra]] as Sanjeevi's corpse<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/meet-mr-versatile/article3198308.ece|title=Meet Mr. Versatile|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=23 March 2012|first=Lakshmi|last=Venkataraman|access-date=6 October 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216033702/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/meet-mr-versatile/article3198308.ece|archive-date=16 December 2023}}</ref><br />
*R. Gunasekaran<br />
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== Accolades ==<br />
The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director (non-feature film)]] and the Islamia Critics Award for Best Short Film at the [[Cairo International Film Festival]].<ref name="The Hindu">{{Cite news |last=Saravanan |first=T. |date=11 August 2017 |title=Making the right cut |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/legendary-film-editor-and-director-b-lenin-on-what-constitutes-film-editing/article19472013.ece |url-status=live |access-date=6 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919130919/http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/legendary-film-editor-and-director-b-lenin-on-what-constitutes-film-editing/article19472013.ece |archive-date=19 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dbgyff.com/lenin|title=Grand Jury|work=Don Bosco Global Youth Film Festival|access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref> The film was screened at the [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]] in 1995.<ref name="IFFR">{{Cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/iffr/1995/films/knock-out|title=Knock Out|work=[[International Film Festival Rotterdam|IFFR]]|access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0104628}}<br />
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[[Category:Boxing films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian short films]]<br />
[[Category:1992 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1992 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1992 short films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]</div>DiannaGariepy5