Thoranai

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{{short description|2009 film by Sabha Ayyappan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = '''Pistha'''
| image = Thoranai-Poster-02.jpg
| image_size = 235px
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Sabha Ayyappan
| producer = [[Vikram Krishna]]
| writer = Sabha Ayyappan
| starring = [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]]<br />[[Shriya Saran]]<br />[[Prakash Raj]]
| music = [[Mani Sharma]]
| cinematography = [[Priyan (cinematographer)|Priyan]]
| editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| studio = [[Vikram Krishna|G K Film Corporation]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2009|5|29|[[India]]}}
| runtime = 148 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil <br /> Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Thoranai''''' (English: ''Posture'') is a 2009 Indian [[Tamil cinema|Tamil-language]] [[action film|action]] [[comedy film]] written and directed by Sabha Ayyappan, who previously worked as an associate director for ''[[Malaikottai]]'', and produced by [[Vikram Krishna]] under the banner [[Vikram Krishna|G K Film Corporation]]. The film stars [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] and [[Shriya Saran]] in the lead roles and [[Prakash Raj]], [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]], and [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] in another pivotal roles. Shot simultaneously in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] languages, the film released in Telugu as '''''Pistha''''' (English: Person with attitude) with [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] replacing Santhanam as Vishal's friend as well as a different supporting cast.

==Synopsis==
Guru (Ganesan / Rambabu) ([[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore Kumar]]) and Tamizharasu / Suryaprakash ([[Prakash Raj]]) are dreaded gangsters in Chennai/Vizag. They are against pitted each other and fight to establish their supremacy in city. They indulge in gang war painting Chennai / Vizag red. Enters Murugan / Murali Krishna ([[Vishal (actor)|Vishal Reddy]]). A native of Madurai / Ramachandrapuram, he comes to [[Chennai]] / [[Vizag]] with a mission. He leaves his village promising his mother ([[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]]) that he would return only with his brother, who had run away from the house about two decades ago.

Murugan / Murali Krishna gets the help of his friend Vellaichamy / Chittibabu ([[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] / [[Ali (actor)|Ali Basha]]). He comes across the gangsters and a sequence of events results in him incurring both their wrath. In a bloody duel with Guru, he comes to know that he is his brother, whom he has been searching for long. Now he is entrusted with the task of protecting him from Tamizharasu / Suryaprakash. How he accomplishes his task forms the crux.

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:50%;"
! Actor (Tamil) !! Actor (Telugu) !! Role (Tamil) !! Role (Telugu)
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Vishal (actor)|Vishal]] || style="text-align:center;"| C. Murugan (CM) || style="text-align:center;"|C. Muralikrishna "Krishna" (CM)
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Shriya Saran]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Indu
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Prakash Raj]] || style="text-align:center;"|Tamizharasan || style="text-align:center;"|Suryaprakash
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Ali (actor)|Ali]] || style="text-align:center;"|Vellaichamy || style="text-align:center;"| Chittibabu
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] || style="text-align:center;"|Ganesan (Guru) || style="text-align:center;"|Rambabu (Guru)
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]] || style="text-align:center;"|Ganesan ||style="text-align:center;"| Rambabu
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Aarthi (actress)|Aarthi]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Indu's friend
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Geetha (actress)|Geetha]] || style="text-align:center;"|Murugan's mother || style="text-align:center;"| Muralikrishna's mother
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Sayaji Shinde]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Minister Sivanaandi
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[M. S. Bhaskar]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Tanikella Bharani]] || style="text-align:center;"|Tamizharasan's assistant || style="text-align:center;"| Suryaprakash's assistant
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Paravai Muniyamma]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Telangana Shakuntala]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Pachamma Patti
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Surya (Telugu actor)|Surya]] || style="text-align:center;"|Murugan's father || style="text-align:center;"|Krishna's father
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Pandiarajan]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Krishna Bhagavaan]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Walter Vetrivel
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Lal (actor)|Lal]] || style="text-align:center;"|Chennai Police Commissioner || style="text-align:center;"| Vizag Police Commissioner
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Suruli Manohar]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Srinivasa Reddy]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Constable
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Mayilsamy]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[M. S. Narayana]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Watchman
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[T. P. Gajendran]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Kondavalasa Lakshmana Rao|Kondavalasa]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Apartment Secretary
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Suman Shetty]] || style="text-align:center;"|Murugan's friend || style="text-align:center;"| Krishna's friend
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Nellai Siva]]|| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Resident
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Shanmugarajan]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Corrupt inspector
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Muthukaalai]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Kallu Chidambaram]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Bike customer
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Besant Ravi]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Guru's henchman
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Sampath Ram]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Guru's henchman
|-
|colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Aryan (actor)|Aryan]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Tamizharasan's henchman
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Periya Karuppu Thevar]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Rallapalli (actor)|Rallapalli]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Panchayat Man
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Swaminathan]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Cashier
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Senthi Kumari]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Indu's friend
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| [[Manobala]] || style="text-align:center;"|[[Gautam Raju]] || style="text-align:center;"|Officer Ganesan || style="text-align:center;"| Officer Ganesh
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Boys Rajan || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Police officer
|-
| style="text-align:center;"| Dhadi Balaji || style="text-align:center;"|[[Chitram Seenu]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Bystander who pretends to be blind
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Kullamani]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Cyclist who laughs at Indu
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| [[Pinky Saran|Meenakshi]] || colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|[[Item number]]
|-
|}

'''Telugu version'''
{{div col}}
* [[Annapoorna (actress)|Annapoornamma]] as Krishna's grandmother
* [[Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam]] as the Birth and Death administration officer
* [[Srinivasa Reddy]] as Walter Vetrivel's assistant
* [[Duvvasi Mohan]]
{{div col end}}

== Production ==
=== Casting ===
[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] was cast as the lead actress, but opted out of the film and was subsequently replaced with [[Shriya Saran|Shriya]]. [[Reema Sen]] was cast to play the role of a second actresses and [[Neetu Chandra]] was considered to play the third heroine.<ref name="IB">{{Cite web|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/chitchat-vishal-pista.html|title=Vishal about Pista chitchat - Telugu film actor|date=28 May 2009}}</ref> Reema Sen and Neetu Chandra were not part of the final cast.

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Thoranai / Pistha: The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack
| type = soundtrack
| artist =
| cover =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2009|4|19}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Film soundtrack
| length =
| label = [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]]<br>[[Think Music India|Think Music]]
| producer =
}}
;Tamil version<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mio.to/album/Thoranai+%282009%29|title=Thoranai (2009) - Mani Sharma|work=Music India Online|date=15 Nov 2019|access-date=15 Nov 2019}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#cccccf; text-align:center;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Length (m:ss) !! Lyrics
|-
| 1|| "Vedi Vedi Saravedi" || Naveen, [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]] || 4:26 || [[Viveka (lyricist)|Viveka]]
|-
| 2|| "Vaa Chellam" || [[Udit Narayan]] || 5:07 || [[P. Vijay|Pa. Vijay]]
|-
| 3|| "Pattucha" || [[Vijay Yesudas]], Janani || 3:58 || [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]
|-
| 4|| "Peliccan Paravaigal" || [[Ranjith (singer)|Ranjith]], [[Rita Thyagarajan|Rita]], Rahul, Jai || 4:07 || [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
|-
| 5|| "Manjasela Mandakini" || [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Saindhavi]] || 4:20 || [[P. Vijay|Pa. Vijay]]
|-
|6|| "Vaa Chellam" (Version 2) || Ranjith || 5:07 || [[P. Vijay|Pa. Vijay]]
|-

;Telugu version<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.raaga.com/telugu/movie/pista-songs-A0001475|title=Pista songs|work=Raaga|date=15 Nov 2019|access-date=15 Nov 2019}}</ref>
*"Pidi Pidi" - Ranjith, Naveen
*"Naa Maharani" - Udit Narayan
*"Pattuko Pattuko" - Narayanan, Janani
*"Oka Pelican" - Rahul, Suchithra
*"Naa Maharani" - Ranjith
*"Mandakini" - Tippu, Saindhavi

==Reception==
===Critical response===

;Tamil version
Behindwoods wrote:"Thoranai does entertain, but a tighter script and better execution could have yielded far better results".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/thoranai.html|title=Thorani Movie Review|work=Behindwoods|date=29 May 2009|access-date=15 Nov 2019}}</ref> Sify wrote:"The problems with Thoranai are sundry. First and foremost, it’s got a dead script. Nothing, simply nothing happens in the first half of the film".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/thoranai-review-tamil-14890954.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903210520/http://www.sify.com/movies/thoranai-review-tamil-14890954.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 September 2014|title=Review: Thoranai (2009)|work=Sify|date=29 May 2009|access-date=15 Nov 2019}}</ref> Rediff wrote:"Thoranai's only merit is that it's marginally better than ''[[Satyam (2008 film)|Sathyam]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/may/29/thoranai-review.htm|work=Rediff|title=Thoranai: Not good, but not bad either|date=29 May 2009|access-date=15 Nov 2019}}</ref> The ''Times of India'' gave the film two stars and wrote that "It is a formidable star cast that you see in 'Thoranai'. However, what is missing is a convincing story".<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/thoranai/movie-review/4597080.cms</ref>

;Telugu version
The ''Times of India'' gave the film one and a half stars out of five stating that "Inspite of a dud like ''[[Salute (2008 Telugu film)|Salute]]'', Tamil star Vishal hasn't realised the significance of a solid plot even for a star-centric film."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movie-reviews/pistha/movie-review/4597638.cms|title=Pistha Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Pistha by Times of India|author=BVS Prakash|date=30 May 2009|accessdate=15 November 2019|work=Times of India}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links ==
* {{IMDb title|tt2690596}}

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