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{{Infobox film
| image = Thagappansamy title card.jpg
| caption = Title card
| director = Shivashanmughan
| writer = Shivashanmughan
| producer = Tiruchi Gopalji
| starring = [[Prashanth]]<br /> [[Pa. Ranjith]] <br/> [[Pooja Umashankar|Pooja]]
| cinematography = J. Sridhar
| editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| studio = Thirumalai Creations
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|12|28}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Thagappansamy''''' is a 2006 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action film]] directed by Shivashanmughan and produced by Tiruchi Gopalji. The film stars [[Prashanth]], [[Pa. Ranjith]] and [[Pooja Umashankar|Pooja]], while [[Namitha]], [[Karunas]] and [[Vincent Asokan]] play supporting roles. Featuring music composed by [[Srikanth Deva]], the film had a delayed release, on 28 December 2006, on account of production problems.

== Plot ==
The film begins with Kathirvel, a do-gooder going all out to get water for his village. With monsoon repeatedly failing, his village reels under drought, and he runs from pillar to post to get a well dug in the village. He manages to bring Shanmugham, a water-divining expert, to dig a well. Shanmugham, his wife, and daughter Marikozhundhu ([[Pooja (actress)|Pooja]]) come to the village. Unfortunately, a freak mishap kills Shanmugham, and the villagers' search for water continues. To eke out their livelihood, all the villagers, led by Kadhirvel, decide to leave the village with a heavy heart to take up employment in a farmhouse in Rajasthan. Upon reaching the place, they come to know they have been taken as bonded labourers, and there is no way out but to work there tirelessly for the next three years. They undergo physical and mental torture from the greedy landlord Thakur Dass aided by his Marwadi sidekick [[Pa. Ranjith]]. A silver lining in the cloud is Swapna, Thakur's sister. She gets fascinated by Kadhirvel's heroics. The rest is how Kadhirvel fights for his men, helps them reach their village back without any danger and eventually marries Marikozhundhu.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Prashanth]] as Kathirvel
*[[Pooja Umashankar|Pooja]] as Marikozhundhu
*[[Namitha]] as Swapna
*[[Vincent Asokan]] as Thakur Dass
*[[Mahadevan (actor)|Mahadevan]] as Shanmugam
*[[Karunas]]
*[[Thambi Ramaiah]]
*[[Besant Ravi]]
*[[Bava Lakshmanan]]
*Rajendranath
*Boys Rajan
*[[Pa. Ranjith]] as Commentator (uncredited)
}}

== Production ==
[[Meera Jasmine]] had initially been signed by the production house to play the lead female role but backed out and [[Pooja Umashankar|Pooja]] was subsequently handed the role.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 June 2004 |title=Prashanth in 'Shock' |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/21/stories/2004062100650200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624033857/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/21/stories/2004062100650200.htm |archive-date=24 June 2004 |access-date=21 June 2005 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Director [[Pa. Ranjith]] worked as an assistant director in this film and played a cameo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Neelima |date=4 November 2014 |title=Madras Story: The Pa Ranjith interview |url=https://silverscreen.in/features/interviews/the-madras-story-the-pa-ranjith-interview/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329171745/https://silverscreen.in/features/interviews/the-madras-story-the-pa-ranjith-interview/ |archive-date=29 March 2019 |access-date=1 March 2019 |website=Silverscreen India}}</ref> Prashanth worked for the film in 2005 simultaneously with several other projects, including ventures such as [[A. Venkatesh (director)|Venkatesh]]'s ''Petrol'' and [[Ramesh Selvan]]'s ''Runway'', both of which were subsequently shelved.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=S.R. Ashok |date=1 July 2005 |title=Actor's worldwide search for a lifemate ends at T.Nagar |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/01/stories/2005070112300200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050702233729/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/01/stories/2005070112300200.htm |archive-date=2 July 2005 |access-date=13 January 2022 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> By October 2005, it was reported that most of the film's shoot was over and that the team had shot scenes across Tiruchi, Karaikudi, Gingee, Thenkasi and Rajasthan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 October 2005 |title=Prashanth Pooja pair |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/10/28/stories/2005102800431000.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051030054455/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2005/10/28/stories/2005102800431000.htm |archive-date=30 October 2005 |access-date=13 January 2022 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> One of the songs was shot at [[Gingee Fort]] with 80 dancers, 10 elephants and 20 horses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=8 August 2005 |title=Thagappan Samy |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/2005/08thagappansamy.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051203153444/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Onlocation/2005/08thagappansamy.asp |archive-date=3 December 2005 |access-date=13 January 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> A website run by ''Indiaglitz.com'' was launched for the film in April 2006, coinciding with Prashanth's 33rd birthday.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2006 |title=Happy B'day Prashanth |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/21603.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060407112536/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/21603.html |archive-date=7 April 2006 |website=IndiaGlitz |access-date=6 April 2014 }}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Srikanth Deva]], with lyrics written by Shiva Shanmugam.<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 2005 |title=Thgappan Saamy |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/thgappan-saamy/NPdv7Ui78Mo_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806120713/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/thgappan-saamy/NPdv7Ui78Mo_ |archive-date=6 August 2023 |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s)
|-
| "Paniyaram Suttu" || [[Udit Narayan]], [[Malathy Lakshman]]
|-
| "Aariyamala" || [[Balaram]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
|-
| "Sangu Chakara" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
|-
| "Kadhal Muniva" || Anupama, Sathyan
|-
| "Aathi Sivanae" || [[Karunas]], [[Chinna Ponnu]], Shiva Shanmugam
|-
| "Semparuthi" (Bit) || [[Mukesh Mohamed]]
|-
| "Aararo Aariraro" || [[Mukesh Mohamed]]
|-
| "Puttukku" (Bit) || Ganga
|-
| "Porantha Manula" (Bit) || [[Mukesh Mohamed]]
|-
| "Mazhai Peiythu" || Baby Vaishali
|-
| "Irukangudi (Bit)" || Chinna Ponnu
|}

== Critical reception ==
A critic from ''[[Sify]]'' noted that the film was "average" and claimed "the film starts on a promising note but the second half peters out into a mass masala. The decent first half has a good message and looks realistic but slowly down the lane the story loses track".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thagapansamy |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/thagapansamy-review-tamil-14360128.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003054158/http://www.sify.com/movies/thagapansamy-review-tamil-14360128.html |archive-date=3 October 2013 |access-date=9 August 2022 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' wrote "It's a good theme the director has chosen and is well-intentioned. But with the treatment being superficial, it's like we are seeing the same commercial elements, maybe in a slightly different angle."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=16 January 2007 |title=Thagappansamy |url=http://chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2007/001thagappansamy.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011075523/http://chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2007/001thagappansamy.asp |archive-date=11 October 2007 |access-date=6 August 2023 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> Malathi Rangarajan of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote, "Shiva Shanmughan has shown that a strong story base combined with a smooth-flowing script is bound to touch the viewer. `Thagappansami' does".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=29 December 2006 |title=A pleasant surprise from Prashanth |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/12/29/stories/2006122902580300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070602103737/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2006/12/29/stories/2006122902580300.htm |archive-date=2 June 2007 |access-date=18 September 2023 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> Lajjavathi of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' felt the plot has been handled unnaturally which is a huge drawback of screenplay and also felt the director, who gave the dialogues naturally and elegantly, could have given a kudos if he had taken some new issue in hand.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=லஜ்ஜாவதி |date=14 January 2007 |title=தகப்பன் சாமி |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-01-14/page/n81/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240414113201/https://archive.org/details/kalki2007-01-14/page/n81/mode/2up |archive-date=14 April 2024 |access-date=14 April 2024 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=80 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Karunas bought the distribution rights of the film. The film became a failure at the box-office.<ref>{{cite web |date=7 February 2007 |title=Karunas suffering lakhs of loss in new business |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/07022007-6.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217175956/http://www.cinesouth.com/masala/hotnews/new/07022007-6.shtml |archive-date=17 February 2007 |access-date=13 April 2025 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Films scored by Srikanth Deva]]
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MaryjoM897 at 07:30, 6 May 2026