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	'''''Thotta''''' ({{lang-en\|Bullet}}) is a 2008 [[Tamil language\|Tamil]] [[~~action~~ film]] directed by [[Selva (director)\|Selva]] and produced by Mariappa Babu Baskar of Oscar Movies (a pioneer film production house in Kollywood). The ~~movie, which has a critically acclaimed storyline,~~ stars actor [[Jeevan (Tamil actor)\|Jeevan]] and [[Priyamani]] ~~in the lead roles~~ alongside [[Mallika (actress)\|Mallika]], [[Sampath Raj]], [[Hema Choudhary]] and [[Charan Raj]] in supporting roles.		'''''Thotta''''' ({{lang-en\|Bullet}}) is a 2008 Indian [[Tamil language\|Tamil]]-language [[gangster film]] directed by [[Selva (director)\|Selva]] and produced by Mariappa Babu Baskar of Oscar Movies (a pioneer film production house in Kollywood). The film stars actor [[Jeevan (Tamil actor)\|Jeevan]] and [[Priyamani]] alongside [[Mallika (actress)\|Mallika]], [[Sampath Raj]], [[Hema Choudhary]] and [[Charan Raj]] in supporting roles.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
	Shanmugham ([[Jeevan (Tamil actor)\|Jeevan]]) comes to Chennai with his mother in search of his father ([[Raj Kapoor (director)\|Raj Kapoor]]). When they get to the place, they see him living with another wife. He kills the wife and sends Shanmugham outside. Shanmugham comes out with his dead mother, and an auto driver ([[Chandrasekhar ~~(Tamil actor)~~\|Chandrasekhar]]) helps him cremate the body, gives money to him, and asks him to go back to his own city.		Shanmugham ([[Jeevan (Tamil actor)\|Jeevan]]) comes to Chennai with his mother in search of his father ([[Raj Kapoor (director)\|Raj Kapoor]]). When they get to the place, they see him living with another wife. He kills the wife and sends Shanmugham outside. Shanmugham comes out with his dead mother, and an auto driver ([[Vagai Chandrasekhar\|Chandrasekhar]]) helps him cremate the body, gives money to him, and asks him to go back to his own city.

	Shanmugham wanted to become a great man but got caught with corrupt police officers and was used for their job. When he grows up, he becomes a big rowdy by the name of ''Thotta''. The highly corrupt police officer DCP Muthuvel ([[Sampath Raj]]) also uses him for a lot of encounters, for which he takes credit and gets promoted to commissioner. In one incident where he is asked to put acid on a girl Nalina's ([[Priyamani]]) face, he finds that girl to be the auto driver's daughter. He loves Nalina and helps her family.		Shanmugham wanted to become a great man but got caught with corrupt police officers and was used for their job. When he grows up, he becomes a big rowdy by the name of ''Thotta''. The highly corrupt police officer DCP Muthuvel ([[Sampath Raj]]) also uses him for a lot of encounters, for which he takes credit and gets promoted to commissioner. In one incident where he is asked to put acid on a girl Nalina's ([[Priyamani]]) face, he finds that girl to be the auto driver's daughter. He loves Nalina and helps her family.
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	* [[Livingston (actor)\|Livingston]] as Chief Minister Manimaran		* [[Livingston (actor)\|Livingston]] as Chief Minister Manimaran
	* [[Raj Kapoor (director)\|Raj Kapoor]] as Shanmugam's father		* [[Raj Kapoor (director)\|Raj Kapoor]] as Shanmugam's father
	* [[Chandrasekhar ~~(Tamil actor)~~\|Chandrasekhar]] as Nalina's father		* [[Vagai Chandrasekhar\|Chandrasekhar]] as Nalina's father
	* [[O. A. K. Sundar]] as Minister's son		* [[O. A. K. Sundar]] as Minister's son
	* [[Dhamu]]		* [[Dhamu]]
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	\| 2 \|\| "Mugam Poo" \|\| [[Chinmayi]], [[Naresh Iyer]] \|\| [[P. Vijay]]		\| 2 \|\| "Mugam Poo" \|\| [[Chinmayi]], [[Naresh Iyer]] \|\| [[P. Vijay]]
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	\| 3 \|\| "Saami Aaduda" \|\| ~~Senthil Dass~~, [[Surmukhi Raman]], Asith \|\| [[Kabilan (lyricist)\|Kabilan]]		\| 3 \|\| "Saami Aaduda" \|\| [[Senthildass Velayutham]], [[Surmukhi Raman]], Asith \|\| [[Kabilan (lyricist)\|Kabilan]]
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	\| 4 \|\| "Theme Of Thotta" \|\| Instrumental \|\|		\| 4 \|\| "Theme Of Thotta" \|\| Instrumental \|\|
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	\| 5 \|\| "Va Va Va Mappillai" \|\| [[Srikanth Deva]], Janani, Asith \|\| Pazhani Bharathi		\| 5 \|\| "Va Va Va Mappillai" \|\| [[Srikanth Deva]], Janani, Asith \|\| Pazhani Bharathi
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	\| 6 \|\| "Venum Venum" \|\| Jaidev, Sangeetha \|\| P. Vijay		\| 6 \|\| "Venum Venum" \|\| Jaidev, Sangeetha \|\| [[P. Vijay]]
	\|}		\|}

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{{Infobox film
| name = Thotta
| image =
| alt = 
| caption =
| producer = Mariappa Babu Baskar, Oscar Movies
| director = [[Selva (director)|Selva]]
| writer = [[Selva (director)|Selva]] [[Ramesh Selvan]] (dialogues)
| starring = [[Jeevan (Tamil actor)|Jeevan]] [[Priyamani]] [[Mallika (actress)|Mallika]] [[Sampath Raj]] [[Hema Choudhary]] [[Charan Raj]]
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| cinematography = UK Senthilkumar
| editing =
| studio =
| distributor = Oscar Films
| released = {{Film date|2008|2|29||df=y}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Thotta''''' ({{lang-en|Bullet}}) is a 2008 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[action film]] directed by [[Selva (director)|Selva]] and produced by Mariappa Babu Baskar of Oscar Movies (a pioneer film production house in Kollywood). The movie, which has a critically acclaimed storyline, stars actor [[Jeevan (Tamil actor)|Jeevan]] and [[Priyamani]] in the lead roles alongside [[Mallika (actress)|Mallika]], [[Sampath Raj]], [[Hema Choudhary]] and [[Charan Raj]] in supporting roles.

==Plot==
Shanmugham ([[Jeevan (Tamil actor)|Jeevan]]) comes to Chennai with his mother in search of his father ([[Raj Kapoor (director)|Raj Kapoor]]). When they get to the place, they see him living with another wife. He kills the wife and sends Shanmugham outside. Shanmugham comes out with his dead mother, and an auto driver ([[Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor)|Chandrasekhar]]) helps him cremate the body, gives money to him, and asks him to go back to his own city.

Shanmugham wanted to become a great man but got caught with corrupt police officers and was used for their job. When he grows up, he becomes a big rowdy by the name of ''Thotta''. The highly corrupt police officer DCP Muthuvel ([[Sampath Raj]]) also uses him for a lot of encounters, for which he takes credit and gets promoted to commissioner. In one incident where he is asked to put acid on a girl Nalina's ([[Priyamani]]) face, he finds that girl to be the auto driver's daughter. He loves Nalina and helps her family.

Nalina's aim is to become a police officer, and she tells this to Shanmugham. As he has commissioner influence, he promises to get her the job. For this, he kills a minister, who is a big rival of Chief Minister Manimaran ([[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]]). When Nalina goes to Muthuvel for the job, the latter insists that she have sex with him. When Shanmugham finds out what happened, he and Muthuvel part ways.

Shanmugham's friend Giri (Vishnupriyan), who is also a rowdy, but gets him married to Gauri ([[Mallika (actress)|Mallika]]). She wants to separate him from this rowdy group and get settled, for which she tries not to send him for their encounters. After much thought, Shanmugham lets them go separately, but Muthuvel kills Giri. CBI officer Prabhakar ([[Charan Raj]]) wants to get Shanmugham alive, whereas Muthuvel wants him killed, otherwise he would be in deep trouble as he was the one who made Shanmugham a rowdy. How Shanmugham overpowers this duo and whether Nalina becomes a police officer forms the climax of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Jeevan (Tamil actor)|Jeevan]] as Shanmugham aka Thotta
* [[Priyamani]] as Nalina
* [[Mallika (actress)|Mallika]] as Gauri
* [[Sampath Raj]] as DCP Muthuvel
* [[Charan Raj]] as CBI officer Prabhakar
* [[Hema Choudhary]] as Vana Roja
* Vishnu Priyan as Giri
* [[Livingston (actor)|Livingston]] as Chief Minister Manimaran
* [[Raj Kapoor (director)|Raj Kapoor]] as Shanmugam's father
* [[Chandrasekhar (Tamil actor)|Chandrasekhar]] as Nalina's father
* [[O. A. K. Sundar]] as Minister's son
* [[Dhamu]]
* [[Sujatha Sivakumar]]
* [[Santhana Bharathi]]
* [[Thalaivasal Vijay]]
* [[Thalapathy Dinesh]]
* [[Mayilsamy]]
* [[Besant Ravi]]
{{colend}}

==Music==
The movie has 5 songs and one instrumental composed by [[Srikanth Deva]]. The music is hopeful, straight out of a 1980s B grade flick, and did not meet with any positive review.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Anbe Vaa" || [[Tanvi Shah]], Gopal Sharma || Pazhani Bharathi
|-
| 2 || "Mugam Poo" || [[Chinmayi]], [[Naresh Iyer]] || [[P. Vijay]]
|-
| 3 || "Saami Aaduda" || Senthil Dass, [[Surmukhi Raman]], Asith || [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]
|-
| 4 || "Theme Of Thotta" || Instrumental ||
|-
| 5 || "Va Va Va Mappillai" || [[Srikanth Deva]], Janani, Asith || Pazhani Bharathi
|-
| 6 || "Venum Venum" || Jaidev, Sangeetha || P. Vijay
|}

==Production==
The film was launched in 2005 at [[Prasad Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/15-3-05/jeevan_new.htm |title=Jeevan's new venture |publisher=Behindwoods |date=2005-03-15 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/News/8-3-05/thotta_jeevan.htm |title=A bullet for Jeevan |publisher=Behindwoods |date=2005-03-08 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref> Srikanth Deva was selected to compose music.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/News/News30/21-9-05e/tamil-movies-news-srikanth.html |title=Tamil movies : Srikanth Deva hits the jackpot |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=2005-09-21 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref> The film was shelved midway due to some reasons<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/features/News/News27/23-8-05/tamil-movies-news-jeevan.html |title=Jeevan's Thotta in a quandary |publisher=Behindwoods |date=2005-08-23 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref> Jeevan and Selva went on to do the remake of ''[[Naan Avanillai (2007 film)|Naan Avan Illai]]'', during the time Selva's another project "Ma.Mu" with [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Sibiraj]] being dropped<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/11106.html |title=Son as Mamu - Tamil Movie News |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=2004-10-26 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref> and at the sametime he completed ''[[Nenjil]]'' and his long-delayed project ''[[Manikanda]]'' with [[Arjun Sarja|Arjun]]. The project was revived in 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/sep-07-02/18-09-07-thotta.html |title=THOTTA JEEVAN PRIYAMANI NAAN AVANILLAI KOLLYWOOD MACHAKAARAN Payanigal Gavanathirku Tamil Movie Trailer Indian movie Trailers image gallery |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/oct-07-05/30-10-07-thotta.html |title=THOTTA MACHAKKAARAN DEEPAVALI JEEVAN NAAN AVANILLAI SELVA MALAIKOTTAI PRIYAMANI tamil movie news hot stills picture image gallery |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/34129.html |title='Thotta' resumes - Tamil Movie News |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=2007-10-17 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref> because of Jeevan and Priyamani achieved success with their films ''[[Naan Avanillai (2007 film)|Naan Avanillai]]'' and ''[[Paruthi Veeran]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news/oct-07-01/01-10-07-jeevan.html |title=JEEVAN PRIYAMANI SELVA THOTTA KAMNA JEEVAN MACHAKARAN machakaran actor jeevan actress kamna music director yuvan shankar raja machakaaran thiruttu payalae jeevan kamna tamil picture gallery images |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref> During the shoot, actor Chandrasekar was really stabbed with a knife unintentionally.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/34654.html |title=Chandrasekhar stabbed at shoot! - Tamil Movie News |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=2007-11-15 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref>

==Reviews==
Rediff wrote: "Avoid Thotta".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/feb/29sst.htm |title=Review: Avoid Thotta |publisher=Rediff.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref>

Nowrunning wrote: "Though the director has obviously treaded a beaten track, many interesting sub-plots and startling episodes are woven into the script making the film click".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/4480/tamil/thotta/1523/review.htm |title=Thotta Review - Tamil Movie Review by PVS |publisher=Nowrunning.com |date=2008-03-02 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref>

Sify wrote: "This Thotta just does not fire and is a rehash of so many films, and has nothing new to offer and is predictable".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/thotta-review-tamil-14613289.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130817150851/http://www.sify.com/movies/thotta-review-tamil-14613289.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-08-17 |title=Movie Review:Thotta |publisher=Sify.com |date= |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref>

Behindwoods wrote: "Thotta seems to be director Selva's attempt at reviving the 80s mindless action adventure flicks with an overdose of mother sentiment and sacrifice".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-1/thotta-review.html |title=THOTTA MOVIE REVIEW - Behindwoods.com THOTTA MOVIE STILLS THOTTA MOVIE IMAGES JEEVAN PRIYAMANI NAAN AVANILLAI KOLLYWOOD MACHAKAARAN Payanigal Gavanathirku Glamour Stills Bollywood Actress Gallery Kollywood Actress Gallery Wallpaper Tamil Actress Gallery Tamil Actress Images Stills |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=2007-12-05 |accessdate=2012-08-04}}</ref>

==References==
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