Manusangada (English title: We are Humans) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language indie drama film directed by Amshan Kumar.

[1] The film is based on a true story about the signaling of the rise of Dalit struggles in contemporary India against long standing human rights violations.

Refusing to be cowed down, Kolappan begins a protest and finds his village standing by him.

Based on an actual incident, Kolappan's story is a look at the deeply-embedded prejudice that Dalits have endured and against which they are rising.

[8] Amshan Kumar chanced upon a news clipping of the incident in 2016, he set aside a screenplay of a William Shakespeare adaptation that he had been working on.