‘Navarasa’: Tamil anthology film out on August 6 on Netflix
Presented by Mani Ratnam and Jayendra Panchapakesan. The directors include Arvind Swami, Gautham Menon, Karthik Subbaraj, Priyadarshan and Bejoy Nambiar.

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