![Veerapandiya Kattabomman (1959)](/media/img/movie/poster/m/a8/bd64a4001ac009cff4ecbfe8.jpg)
After the East India Company forces Kattabomman, the king of Panchalankurichi, to pay taxes and be their subordinate, the latter decides to fight against them.
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