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{{Infobox film<br />
| image = Thalaivaasal title card.jpg<br />
| caption = Title card<br />
| director = [[Selvaa (director)|Selvaa]]<br />
| writer = Selvaa<br />Murthy Ramesh <small>(dialogues)</small><br />
| producer = Chozha Ponnurangam<br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]|[[Anand (actor)|Anand]]|[[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]]|Bhanu Prakash|[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]|[[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]]|[[Thalaivasal Vijay|Vijay]] | [[Vichithra]]}}<br />
| cinematography = R. Roy<br />
| editing = Raju KN<br />
| music = Bala Bharathi<br />
| studio = Chozha Creations<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1992|09|03}}<br />
| runtime = 140 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Thalaivaasal''''' ({{Translation|The main door}}) is a 1992 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[drama film]] directed by [[Selvaa (director)|Selvaa]]. The film has an [[ensemble cast]] consisting of [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Anand (actor)|Anand]], [[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]], Bhanu Prakash, [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]], [[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] and newcomer [[Thalaivasal Vijay|Vijay]]. It was released on 3 September 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |title=thalai vasal ( 1992 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=thalai%20vasal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070815073739/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=thalai%20vasal |archive-date=15 August 2007 |access-date=9 April 2014 |website=Cinesouth |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Nachiappan College is considered to be one of the worst colleges of [[Chennai]]; everyday violence erupts between two final-year groups. The students are influenced by the local bigwig Beeda Settu ([[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]), who sells [[cannabis (drug)|ganja]] to the students and basically rules the college from outside. The first group is led by Sudhakar ([[Anand (actor)|Anand]]) whereas the other one is led by Kalaiarasan (Bhanu Prakash). The college management and the police get tired of that situation. They decide that they need to change the principal. The vice-principal, Chandran, dies to sit in that post but the college management asks the successful Shanmugasundaram ([[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]) to take the post. His daughter Shobana will study in the same college. The rest of the story is how Shanmugasundaram succeeds in his mission.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|<br />
*[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] as Shanmugasundaram<br />
*[[Anand (actor)|Anand]] as Sudhakar<br />
*[[Sivaranjani (actress)|Sivaranjani]] as Shobana<br />
*Bhanu Prakash as Kalaiarasan (credited as Bharathan)<br />
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Beeda Settu<br />
*[[Napoleon (actor)|Napoleon]] as Chandran<br />
*[[Thalaivasal Vijay|Vijay]] as Babu<br />
*[[S. N. Vasanth]] as Gupta<br />
*Chitti as ACP Devaraj<br />
*[[Sabitha Anand]] as Saradha<br />
*Vaishnavi as Anandhi<br />
*[[Vichithra]] as 'Madippu' Hamsa<br />
*C.N.A. Parimal<br />
*Sampath Kumar<br />
*Vincent Roy as Vedachalam<br />
*Jayaprakash<br />
*Radhabhai<br />
*[[Swaminathan]]<br />
*[[Anand Krishnamoorthi|Master Anand]] as Siddharth<br />
*Baby Shobana as Meena<br />
*[[M. R. Krishnamurthy|MRK]]<br />
}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The success of the television serial ''Neela Maala'' facilitated Chozha Creations' re-entry into the film industry, and they gave the television director [[Selvaa (director)|Selvaa]] the opportunity to direct ''Thalaivasal''. Except [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] and [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]], most of the cast was new like Bhanu Prakash and [[Thalaivasal Vijay|Vijay]].<ref>{{Cite web |title="When I watched K B's Naan Avanillai, I was totally floored by its 'avant garde' theme" |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/selva.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522014041/http://www.behindwoods.com/features/Interviews/interview-5/director/selva.html |archive-date=22 May 2015 |access-date=9 April 2014 |website=Behindwoods |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by Bala Bharathi, with lyrics by [[Vairamuthu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thalai Vaasal (1992) |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000355 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145700/http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000355 |archive-date=13 April 2014 |access-date=9 April 2014 |website=[[Raaga.com]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration<br />
|-<br />
| "Athi Kaalai Kaatre Nillu"|| [[S. Janaki]] || 4:35<br />
|-<br />
| "Mayajala Ulagam" || Bala Bharathi || 3:42<br />
|-<br />
| "Naalaikum Naam" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || 4:04<br />
|-<br />
| "Unnai Thottu" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[K. S. Chithra]] || 4:29<br />
|-<br />
| "Vaan Nilave" || Ashok || 1:52<br />
|-<br />
| "Vaasal Idhu Vaasal" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 3:46<br />
|-<br />
| "Vaazhkai Embadhu" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam || 4:41<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Malini Mannath of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Debutant writer-director Chelva has taken up a subject with which he does not seem to be familiar".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=4 September 1992 |title=Campus rag |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19920904&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=8 January 2019 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=7 |language=en |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The film completed a 100-day run at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=1 January 1993 |title=Run-of-the-mill fare |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19930101&printsec=frontpage |access-date=9 April 2014 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |pages=7 |language=en |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
After the film's success, Vijay added ''Thalaivaasal'' as his prefix.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Raman |first=Mohan V. |author-link=Mohan Raman |date=8 November 2014 |title=What's in a name? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/whats-in-a-name/article6578238.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620181605/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/whats-in-a-name/article6578238.ece |archive-date=20 June 2018 |access-date=22 October 2019 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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