Murugadoss promotes 16 August 1947 intensely going all out across the country. The film 16 August 1947 is set in the pre-independence era backdrop and the film's teaser and trailer got tremendous response. The film is releasing on 7 April 2023. Murugadoss is bankrolling the project which is directed by NS. Ponkumar.
Gautham Karthik, debutant Revathy, and comedy icon Pugazh are playing the lead roles in the film. Murugadoss ahead of the film release penned an emotional note "Freedom is not given to you, it is something you obtain with struggle and self-belief. In my own personal life, neither do I come from a film background nor do I have any formal education, and yet, I overcame all those fears to make films".
He continued, “In the beginning, we intended this film to be a Tamil release, but as we moved ahead, the unanimous reaction was that our story needs to be seen on a wider Pan-India scale. August 16, 1947, will surprise and enthrall you all at once. During an era when the country was stuck in a British cage, our film tells the story of a village that was trapped in a cage inside a cage and how it bravely fought back”.
The film is set in a village where one brave man battles the British forces for the sake of love during the cusp of Indian Independence.