‘Vadham’ trailer: In Tamil web series, a woman police inspector goes to extremes for justice
Directed by Venkatesh Babu and starring Sruthi Hariharan as Sakthi Pandiyan. Out on MX Player on February 12. Also in Telugu and Hindi.

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