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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Thodari
| image = Thodari poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[Prabhu Solomon]]
| producer = T. G. Thiyagarajan {{small|('''Presenter''')}}{{clarify|date=October 2016|reason=What does this mean? "Presenter" is not a credit you typically see in the context of producer.}} Sendhil Thiyagarajan Arjun Thiyagarajan Prabhu Solomon
| writer = Prabhu Solomon
| starring = [[Dhanush]] [[Keerthy Suresh]]
| music = [[D. Imman]]
| cinematography = Vetrivel Mahendran
| editing = L.V.K. Doss
| studio = [[Sathya Jyothi Films]] [[Prabhu Solomon|God Pictures]]
| distributor = Sathya Jyothi Films
| released = {{Film date|2016|09|22}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Dhanushs-Thodari-cleared-with-celan-U/articleshow/54291124.cms|title=Dhanush's 'Thodari' cleared with celan 'U' - Times of India|work=indiatimes.com|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| runtime = 167 minutes
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Thodari''''' ({{trans|Train}}) is a 2016 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action-romance film]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/how-dhanush-filmed-thodari-it-was-life-threatening-1409220|title=How Dhanush Filmed Thodari. It Was 'Life Threatening'|website=[[NDTV]]|access-date=23 May 2016|quote=Thodari is the story of a pantry boy played by Dhanush and happens on a Delhi- Chennai train. Though it has elements of realism like all my films, it's a complete commercial action-romance film.}}</ref> co produced, written and directed by [[Prabhu Solomon]]. It stars [[Dhanush]] and [[Keerthy Suresh]], with [[D. Imman]] composing the film's music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/dhanush-next-movie-titled-as-rail.html|title=Dhanush next movie titled as Rail?|author=Avinash Pandian|work=Behindwoods}}</ref> Set on an [[express train]], ''Thodari'' follows a pantry worker who tries to save the passengers and his girlfriend from hijackers and a politician's bodyguard amid a [[runaway train]] incident.

''Thodari'' was released theatrically on 22 September 2016, along with a Telugu dubbed version titled ''Rail''. It was later dubbed into Hindi as ''Express Khiladi'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hotstar.com/movies/express-khiladi/1000216023/|title=Express Khiladi Full Movie|publisher=[[Hotstar]]}}</ref>

==Plot==
In New Delhi Railway Station, Poochiyappan is a railway catering company server who is on duty on the New Delhi-Chennai Express. He is working with his team member and best friend Vairam under his supervisor Chandrakanth.

During the journey, he meets Saroja and falls in love with her at first sight. She is the make-up artist of the actress Srisha, and she wants to become a successful singer. Poochi tells Vairam about Saroja, who promises to help him woo her. Poochi devises a plan, and makes her talk on the phone to a great poet Vairamuthu, who is actually Vairam. However, he soon realises that Saroja is not good at singing though continuing to support her. Saroja remains close to Poochi as she wants to enter the singing industry without knowing the true fact.

The train stops at [[Jhansi]] where Central Minister Rangarajan boards the train along with his two bodyguards. One of them, Nandhakumar, doesn't get along with Poochi and Saroja. He also gets humiliated by the minister in front of Poochi, and he wants to take revenge. Poochi asks him to apologize to Saroja for hitting her earlier, to which he agrees in order to get his lost gun back. He soon realises that the gun is with the minister and not with Poochi and Saroja. He vows to murder them. Meanwhile, at [[Nagpur Junction railway station|Nagpur Junction]], robbers board the train without anyone's knowledge, as the driver celebrates his retirement.

The next morning, Srisha's mother spots Saroja with Poochi and asks him to call singer Vairamuthu in front of them, which leads to the truth. Saroja, now devastated, asks him never to show his face again. When he tries to apologize, he is confronted by Nandhakumar, who locks him in a room. The train stops after hitting some wild bulls, which was blamed upon the assistant driver, who failed to alert the driver. Nandhakumar tries to attack Saroja, but she escapes. Due to a fight between the guard of the train and the assistant driver, a green flag was waved. The driver notices and, thinking that the assistant driver has fully checked the brakes' connection, he starts the train. As the train starts accelerating, Saroja is unable to board the passenger compartment in the moving train, so she boards the engine. At the same time, the guard and the assistant driver fall off the train, leaving them behind. A message is passed on to the railway administrator that the guard is not on the train. However, the driver, numb from thinking of the incident, does not hear it. After a few moments, the driver dies of a heart attack, and while falling, pushes the controls forward, making the train speed up, which is watched by Saroja, much to her horror. The train starts to skip stations, much to the alarm of the station masters and the railway administrator. At the same time, the burglars attack the passengers, and order the train not to stop. The passengers get terrified due to the high speed. Poochi then overpowers Nandhakumar and attempts to save Saroja. He kills all the burglars and gives Saroja a walkie talkie for communication. Nandhakumar tries to kill Poochi but is himself killed by the edge of an oncoming rail tunnel.

News spreads that the train driver is dead, and the train is hijacked. Many mistakes the robbers for terrorists and Saroja as their leader. Officers from the police and railway administration are given the responsibility to bring down the train. When they realise that the train is not hijacked, but out of control, they take help from Poochi and Saroja to stop the train by guiding Saroja on how to turn on the emergency brake. However, due to a short circuit earlier, the brakes do not work. They devise a plan to detach the engine from the passenger compartment. Poochi is successful after a long attempt in doing so, and he jumps to the locomotive to save Saroja. Saroja realises her love for Poochi. At Chennai Central Railway Station, the whole station is evacuated as the oncoming train approaches. The locomotive crashes into the station, and both Poochi and Saroja are injured, but alive. The detached passenger compartments arrive in Chennai, safe with passengers unscathed. They are interviewed by the media, and Poochi is named a national hero.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Dhanush]] as Poochiyappan "Poochi"
*[[Keerthy Suresh]] as Saroja
*[[Radha Ravi]] as Rangarajan
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]
*[[Karunakaran (actor)|Karunakaran]] as Vairam
*[[Thambi Ramaiah]] as Chandrakanth
*Swarupu alias Karthic Shankar as Saroja's Murai Maman
*[[Ganesh Venkatraman]] as Sultan [[Indian Police Service|IPS]], [[Deputy inspector general of police|DIG]], Railway Protection Force
*[[Harish Uthaman]] as Nandhakumar
*[[Pooja Jhaveri]] as actress Srisha
*[[Chinni Jayanth]] as Jack
*[[Imman Annachi]] as Stephen, Train Ticket Examiner
*[[Ashvin Raja]] as Johnson
*[[Saiju Kurup]] as Delhi commissioner
*[[G. Gnanasambandam]] as Sadhasivam
*[[Pattimandram Raja]] as Tamilselvan
*[[Bose Venkat]] as Assistant Loco Pilot
*[[Anu Mohan (Tamil actor)|Anu Mohan]] as Pughazhmannan
*[[R. V. Udayakumar]] as Devaraj
*[[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]] as Thangapandian
*[[Prem (actor)|Prem]] as Aravind
*[[Badava Gopi]] as Unmai TV host
*[[Darbuka Siva]] as Rajapandi
*[[Maya Sundarakrishnan|Maya Krishnan]] as IBC newsreader
* [[Florent Pereira]]
*[[Bharathi Kannan]]
*Dhalapathy
* Supergood Subramani
{{colend}}

==Production==
In early 2015, [[Prabhu Solomon]] approached [[Dhanush]] to play the lead role in his next film and by February 2015, the director had started pre-production work with a recce in North India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/dhanush-prabhu-solomon-team-up/article6856588.ece|title=Dhanush, Prabhu Solomon team up|author=SUBHA J RAO|work=The Hindu}}</ref> [[Keerthy Suresh]] was signed to play the leading female role.

''Thodari'' is the first Indian film that was shot entirely on a train.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Thodari-will-be-a-talked-about-film-Prabhu-Solomon/2016/09/21/article3625750.ece|title=Thodari will be a talked about film: Prabhu Solomon|work=newindianexpress.com|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> The film's shoot took place predominantly on the [[Duronto Express]], and the film features the lead pair travelling from Delhi to Chennai.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/dhanush-prabhu-solomon-film-titled-rail-news-tamil-qbhkTpjhbgghi.html|title=Dhanush-Prabhu Solomon film titled 'Rail'|work=sify.com|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> Hence, initially, a grand train set was put up at Binny Mills, Chennai during July 2015 for the film's initial schedule.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/dhanush-prabhu-solomon-film-shoot-progressing-in-chennai-news-tamil-phgkz3hbbcjeg.html|title=Dhanush-Prabhu Solomon film shoot progressing in Chennai|work=Sify}}</ref> Production continued for sixty days straight, with the makers alternating between shooting the film in sets and on a live train.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/dhanush-prabhu-solomon-project-begin-in-the-outskirts-of-chennai.html|title=Dhanush — Prabhu Solomon project shoot begins in the outskirts of Chennai|author=Avinash Pandian|work=Behindwoods}}</ref> Shoot progressed through the middle of 2015, with scenes also filmed in [[Goa]] and [[Hyderabad]]. In October 2015, a schedule was shot in [[Orissa, India|Orissa]], after which production was completed for scenes featuring Dhanush.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/poochi-appan-will-be-dhanushs-character-name-in-prabhu-solomon-film.html|title=Poochiyappan will be Dhanush's character name in Prabhu Solomon film|author=Avinash Pandian|work=Behindwoods}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/dhanush-completes-prabhu-solomon-s-film-news-tamil-pkgk51dedcchi.html|title=Dhanush completes Prabhu Solomon's film!|work=Sify}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-15/dhanush-prabhu-solomons-film-is-60-complete.html|title=Dhanush — Prabhu Solomon's film is 60% complete|author=Avinash Pandian|work=Behindwoods}}</ref> Prabhu Solomon continued to shoot further scenes featuring parallel stories throughout late 2015 and early 2016, with [[Ganesh Venkatraman]] filming scenes during January 2016.<ref name = gv>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Ganesh-wraps-up-shooting-for-Prabu-Solomons-film/articleshow/50683726.cms|title=Ganesh wraps up shooting for Prabu Solomon's film|work=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Thodari
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[D. Imman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 06 June, 2016<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/thodari-audio-launch-whats-the-buzz/article8696478.ece/ Thodari audio launch: what's the buzz?]. The Hindu (6 June 2016)</ref>
| recorded = 2016
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 29:09
| language = [[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]
| label = [[Lahari Music]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[D. Imman]]
| prev_title = [[Wagah (film)|Wagah]]
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = [[Rekka (film)|Rekka]]
| next_year = 2016
}}

{{Infobox album
| name = Rail
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[D. Imman]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 04 September, 2016
| recorded = 2016
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 20:14
| language = [[Telugu (language)|Telugu]]
| label = [[Lahari Music]] [[T-Series (company)|T-Series]]
| producer = [[D. Imman]]
}}
The soundtrack of the film is composed by [[D. Imman]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/in/album/thodari-original-motion-picture/id1121122502|title=Thodari (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by D. Imman on iTunes|website=iTunes|access-date=2016-06-16}}</ref> The last time he scored music for a film starring [[Dhanush]] was in 2006 for [[Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam]] and this is the sixth time Prabhu Solomon is collaborating with Imman.

{{tracklist|
|extra_column=Singer(s)
|headline = Track-List
|all_writing= [[Yugabharathi]]
|total_length=29:09
|title1=Adada Idhuyenna|extra1=[[Haricharan]], [[Vandana Srinivasan]]|length1= 4:52
|title2=Oorellaam Kekkudhey|extra2=[[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Maria Roe Vincent]]|length2=4:09
|title3=Manusanum Manusanum|extra3=[[Gana Bala]]| length3=3:34
|title4=Pona Usuru|extra4=Haricharan, Shreya Ghoshal |length4=4:33
|title5=Love In Wheels|extra5=[[Chinnaponnu]], Nathan & Woodwinds|length5=3:03
|title6=Adada Idhuyenna|length6=4:53|note6 = [[Karaoke]]
|title7=Pona Usuru|length7=4:25 |note7 = [[Karaoke]]
}}

{{tracklist|
|extra_column=Singer(s)
|headline = Telugu Track-List
|total_length=20.14
|title1=Are Re Yentidhi|extra1=Haricharan| lyrics1 = [[Vennelakanti]]|length1= 4:52
|title2=Oorantha Vinnadhi|extra2=Shreya Ghoshal, Maria Roe Vincent| lyrics2 = Vennelakanti|length2=4:09
|title3=Manishi Manishi|extra3=Shenbagaraj| lyrics3 = Sahithi|length3=3:35
|title4=Poye Pranam|extra4=Haricharan, Shreya Ghoshal| lyrics4 = Vennelakanti|length4=4:34
|title5=Love In Wheels|extra5=Anitha Karthikeyan| lyrics5 = Vennelakanti|length5=3:04
}}

== Release ==

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== Reception ==
The film received mixed reviews from critics and audience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/kollywood-box-office-thodari-fails-to-beat-vikrams-iru-mugan-aandavan-kattalai-grows-on-second-day/|title=Kollywood box office: Thodari fails to beat Vikram’s Iru Mugan, Aandavan Kattalai grows on second day|date=2016-09-24|website=The Indian Express|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-23}}</ref>

==Box office==
The film collected {{INRConvert|15|c}} to {{INRConvert|17|c}} in [[Tamil Nadu]] in five days and {{INRConvert|1.7|c}} in [[Chennai]] in first weekend. The film collected {{INRConvert|17.2|l}} in [[United States]], {{INRConvert|3.32|l}} in [[UK]] and {{INRConvert|46.87|l}} in [[Malaysia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/thodari-box-office-collection-dhanush-starrer-performs-well-5-days-695531|title=Thodari box office collection: Dhanush-starrer performs well in 5 days|website=International Business Times|date=2016-09-27|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=5959700}}
* {{Facebook|ThodariTheFilm|Thodari}}

{{Sathya Jyothi Films}}
{{Prabhu Solomon}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
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[[Category:2016 action thriller films]]
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[[Category:Films scored by D. Imman]]
[[Category:Films set on trains]]
[[Category:Films about terrorism in India]]
[[Category:Indian romantic action films]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Films shot in Goa]]
[[Category:Films directed by Prabhu Solomon]]

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