The Crow's Egg (Indian: Kaaka Muttai) is a 2014 Indian Tamil comedy-drama film written, directed and filmed by M Manikandan. Jointly produced by Dhanush and vetrimarran and distributed by Fox Star Studios, it features newcomers, Vignesh and Ramesh, in the lead roles alongside Iysharya Rejesh, and has music composed by GV Prakash Kumar.

The film had its world premiere on 5 September 2014 at the 39th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), and was released worldwide on 5 June 2015, and received widespread acclaim for its story and cast performances. It went on to win two National Film Awards at the 2015 ceremony – Best Children’s Film and Best Child Artist (Ramesh and Vignesh).

Synopsis

Crow's Egg is about two brothers who live in the slums of Chennai, India. They are so poor that their staple diet consists of eating raw crow eggs, which they steal from crow nests. This is how they earn the nicknames - 'Elder Crow Egg' and 'Younger Crow Egg'. One fine day their favorite superstar inaugurates a Pizza parlor near their slum. When it opens on their old playground, they are consumed by the desire to taste this new-fangled dish called 'pizza'. Realizing that one pizza costs more than their family's monthly income, they begin to plot ways to earn more money - inadvertently beginning an adventure that will involve the entire city.

The Crow’s Egg

Director: Manikandan M.     

Cast: Ramesh, Vignesh

Duration: 91 mins          

Genre: Drama

Category: I

Language: Tamil with Chinese and English Subtitle