The Message vs Virumaandi
The Message has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.1/10 for Virumaandi). Virumaandi is the shorter watch at 2h 55m compared with 3h 26m. The Message is the older of the two (1976 against 2004). Both are action, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Message
Virumaandi| The Message | Virumaandi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 1976 | 2004 |
| Length | 3h 26m | 2h 55m |
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Drama, History | Action, Drama |
| Country | – | India |
| Director | Moustapha Akkad | Kamal Haasan |
| Main cast | Damien Thomas, Martin Benson, Abdallah Ghaith, Ali Ahmed Salem, Mohamed El Arabi | Kamal Haasan, Pasupathy, Nassar, Rohini, Abhirami |
Synopsis
The Message
In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
Virumaandi
Angela, a civil advocate interviewing inmates at the Madras Central Prison for a documentary on the death penalty meets Virumaandi and Kothaala, who are sentenced to death and life respectively for their roles in perpetrating the massacre of 24 people during a brutal clash between feuding villages. As tensions mount within the prison walls, she listens to their conflicting accounts of the same story.
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