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{{Infobox film
| name = Thooku Medai
| image = Thooku Medai.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Amirtham
| writer = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| based_on = {{based on|''Thooku Medai''|M. Karunanidhi}}
| starring = [[Vagai Chandrasekhar|Chandrasekhar]]<br />[[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]]
| music = [[Shankar–Ganesh]]
| studio = Sri Appan Films
| released = {{film date|1982|5|28|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Thooku Medai''''' ({{translation|[[Gallows]]}}) is a 1982 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[political drama]] film directed by Amirtham and written by [[M. Karunanidhi]]. The film stars [[Vagai Chandrasekhar|Chandrasekhar]] and [[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]]. It is an adaptation of Karunanidhi's play of the same name. The film was released on 28 May 1982.

== Plot ==
{{No plot|date=February 2021}}

== Cast ==
*[[Vagai Chandrasekhar|Chandrasekhar]]
*Chakravarthy
*[[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]]
*Usha Rajender
*[[Nagesh]]

== Production ==
''Thooku Medai'' is a film adaptation of the stage play of the same name written by M. Karunanidhi who scripted the film version too.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shekar |first=Anjana |date=8 August 2018 |title=How Karunanidhi the playwright gave birth to Karunanidhi the politician |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-karunanidhi-playwright-gave-birth-karunanidhi-politician-86218 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503132206/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-karunanidhi-playwright-gave-birth-karunanidhi-politician-86218 |archive-date=3 May 2019 |access-date=3 May 2019 |website=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thookumedai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) EP |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/thookumedai-orignal-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1464632649 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190917094730/https://music.apple.com/us/album/thookumedai-orignal-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1464632649 |archive-date=17 September 2019 |access-date=6 June 2019 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thookku Medai Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh |url=https://mossymart.com/product/thookku-medai-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218105057/https://mossymart.com/product/thookku-medai-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |archive-date=18 February 2022 |access-date=18 February 2022 |website=Mossymart}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Kodi Uyara Kol Uyarum
| lyrics1 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| extra1 = [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
| length1 = 4:48
| title2 = Aayiram Piraigal Kaanumvarai
| lyrics2 = M. Karunanidhi
| extra2 = [[Vani Jairam]]
| length2 = 4:14
| title3 = Kurinji Malar Ondru
| lyrics3 = M. Karunanidhi
| extra3 = [[P. Jayachandran]], Vani Jairam
| length3 = 4:49
| title4 = Inioru Thollaiyum Illai
| lyrics4 = [[Subramania Bharati]]
| extra4 = [[T. M. Soundararajan]]
| length4 = 3:33
| total_length = 17:24 
}}

== Controversy ==
Karunanidhi was displeased with the censor board for reducing 500 feet of the film which contained his dialogues that focused "on the long search from [[Madurai]] to [[Tiruchendur]]".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Pratap |first=Anita |date=23–29 May 1982 |title=Producers protest against unjustified censorship |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20974/page/n399/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230416110751/https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20974/page/n399/mode/2up |archive-date=16 April 2023 |access-date=23 October 2023 |magazine=Sunday |via=[[Internet Archive]] |volume=9 |issue=49}}</ref>

== Release and reception ==
''Thooku Medai'' was released on 28 May 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 July 2018 |title=திரையுலகில் கலைஞர் |url=https://www.dinamalar.com/karunanidhi/newsdetail.asp?id=8 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181026111453/http://www.dinamalar.com/karunanidhi/newsdetail.asp?id=8 |archive-date=26 October 2018 |access-date=20 February 2021 |website=[[Dinamalar]] |language=ta}}</ref> The reviewer from ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' lauded Chandrasekhar's performance, and his recital of Karunanidhi's dialogues.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=20 June 1982 |title=தூக்கு மேடை |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1982-06-20/page/58/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231022074923/https://archive.org/details/kalki1982-06-20/page/58/mode/2up |archive-date=22 October 2023 |access-date=9 August 2022 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |pages=58–59 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref> Despite this, it failed commercially.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Laul |first=Brian |date=16 January 1983 |title=Where Cinema Is Politics and Politics Is Cinema |url=https://archive.org/download/in.ernet.dli.2015.101041/2015.101041.The-Illustrated-Weekly-Of-India-Vol102114-No3614dec-april1880.pdf |access-date=23 October 2023 |magazine=[[The Illustrated Weekly of India]] |pages=16–19 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

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

[[Category:1982 Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s political drama films]]
[[Category:1982 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1982 controversies]]
[[Category:1982 films]]
[[Category:Censored films]]
[[Category:Film censorship in India]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]
[[Category:Films set in Madurai]]
[[Category:Films set in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Films shot in Madurai]]
[[Category:Films shot in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by M. Karunanidhi]]
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]
[[Category:Indian political drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]
[[Category:Works subject to expurgation]]

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