Iruvar

A struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between them.

Iruvar is a 1997 drama biography movie directed by Mani Ratnam, starring Gautami, Mohanlal, Prakash Raj. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.4/10 from 8,980 votes and runs 2h 20m.