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{{short description|Indian drama film}}
{{Not confuse|Revelations (2025 film)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Revelations
| image = Revelations (2016 film).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| native_name = 
| director = [[Vijay Jayapal]]
| writer = Vijay Jayapal
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| producer = Vijay Jayapal
| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]]
*[[Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli]]
}}
| narrator =
| cinematography = Jayanth Mathavan
| editing = Sai Arun
| music = Shamanth
| studio = 
| distributor = 
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2016|10||Busan|2017|3|17|Ashvita Bistro, Chennai|ref1=<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/mar/16/revelations-in-chennai-1581757.html|title=Revelations in Chennai|date=16 March 2017|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|first=S.|last=Subhakeerthana|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=2 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201102071621/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2017/mar/16/revelations-in-chennai-1581757.html|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil<br />English<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/made-revelations-for-film-festivals-says-director-first-stop-busan-1455773|title=Made Revelations For Film Festivals, Says Director. First Stop Busan|date=7 September 2016|work=[[NDTV]]|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=25 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125150417/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/made-revelations-for-film-festivals-says-director-first-stop-busan-1455773|url-status=live}}</ref>
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}}
'''''Revelations''''' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language independent drama film directed by [[Vijay Jayapal]] and starring [[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]] and [[Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/funds-will-help-quality-cinema-filmmakers/articleshow/55238988.cms|title=Funds will help quality cinema: Filmmakers|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=4 November 2016|first1=M.|last1=Suganth|first2=Sharanya|last2=CR|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=26 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726205548/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Funds-will-help-quality-cinema-Filmmakers/articleshow/55238988.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The film follows four people's lives in [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/revelations-of-a-filmmaker/article18204771.ece|title=Revelations of a filmmaker|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=25 April 2017|first=Parshathy J.|last=Nath|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220813200554/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/revelations-of-a-filmmaker/article18204771.ece|archive-date=13 August 2022}}</ref> The film was screened at the [[Busan International Film Festival]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/debut-effort-becomes-the-only-tamil-film-to-be-selected-for-busan-this-year/articleshow/54329350.cms|title=Debut effort becomes the only Tamil film to be selected for Busan this year|date=15 September 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|last=CR|first=Sharanya|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=27 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927115916/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/debut-effort-becomes-the-only-tamil-film-to-be-selected-for-busan-this-year/articleshow/54329350.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Cast ==
*[[Chetan (actor)|Chetan]]
*[[Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli]]
* Anantharaman Karthik
* Arpita Banerjee

== Production ==
The film was shot in mid-2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/lakshmi-priyaa-wins-her-first-award/articleshow/53504433.cms|title=Lakshmi Priyaa wins her first award|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=3 August 2016|last=CR|first=Sharanya|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702140013/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Lakshmi-Priyaa-wins-her-first-award/articleshow/53504433.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Reception ==
A critic from ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' wrote that the film was a [[World cinema|world film]] made in Tamil.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vikatan.com/humour-and-satire/cinema/134416-revelations-tamil-feature-film-review|title=தமிழில் ஓர் உலக சினிமா!|date=13 September 2017|work=[[Ananda Vikatan]]|language=ta|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=18 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018195746/https://www.vikatan.com/humour-and-satire/cinema/134416-revelations-tamil-feature-film-review|url-status=live}}</ref> A critic wrote that "Revelations, directed by Vijay Jayapal, was a movie with an impressive structure that deftly handled complicated thoughts and emotions".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theworldofapu.com/revelations-a-new-aesthetic-in-tamil-cinema/|title=Revelations – A new aesthetic in Tamil cinema|first=Nilavazhagan|last=Subbiah|work=The World of Apu|access-date=2023-06-01|archive-date=2023-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331033410/https://theworldofapu.com/revelations-a-new-aesthetic-in-tamil-cinema/|url-status=live}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[Kumudam]]'' wrote that Lakshmi Priya's usual acting is none other than that from the opening scenes to the end, there are tougher and tougher scenes. The critic added that without editing, the commercial film genre is going to stop and relax. They also said "there are very few dialogues in the film's story and Chetan and Lakshmi's acting in it is unique in its short duration".<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 October 2017 |title=Revelation |url=https://archive.org/download/revelations-2016-review/FB_IMG_1697883821069%20%282%20files%20merged%29.pdf |access-date=31 October 2023 |work=[[Kumudam]] |language=tamil}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:2016 Indian films]]
[[Category:2016 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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