

A Common Man
2013-06-30 · 86 min · ★ 6.0
A terrorist plants several bombs throughout the city of Colombo, Sri Lanka and threatens to detonate them unless prisoners are released.
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- Directors
- Chandran Rutnam
- Production companies
- Myriad Pictures, Asia Digital Entertainment, Gemini Industries, Imaging
- Countries
- Sri Lanka, United States of America
- Status
- Released
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Ben KingsleyThe Man
Ben CrossDIG
Dushyanth WeeramanDilfer
Veena JayakodyVegetable Seller
Ashan DiasAkthul Majood
Wilson GunaratnePrakash KumarTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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