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| {{About|the Tamil film|the Tamil actor|Thennavan (actor)}}
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| {{Infobox film
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| | name = Thennavan
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| | image = Thennavan poster.jpg
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| | caption = Poster
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| | director = [[A. M. Nandakumar]]
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| | producer = L. K. Sudhish
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| | writer = M. Nandakumaran<br />[[R. N. R. Manohar]]
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| | starring = [[Vijayakanth]]<br />[[Kiran Rathod]]
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| | music = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
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| | cinematography = A. Ramesh Kumar
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| | editing = B. S. Vasu<br />Saleem
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| | studio = Captain Cine Creations
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| | distributor =
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| | released = {{Film date|2003|08|15|df=y}}
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| | runtime = 146 minutes
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| | country = India
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| | language = Tamil
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| '''''Thennavan''''' is a 2003 Indian [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]]-language [[Political cinema|political]] [[action film]] written and directed by newcomer [[A. M. Nandakumar]] and produced by [[Vijayakanth]], who played the title role Thennavan IAS, in-charge as the Chief Election Commissioner and fight against corrupt politicians. The musical score was by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]. The film was released on 15 August 2003, coinciding with [[Independence Day (India)|India's Independence Day]].
| | * [[Thennavan (film)|''Thennavan'' (film)]], a 2003 Indian Tamil-language film |
| | * [[Thennavan (actor)]] (born 1966), Indian actor in Tamil cinema |
| | * [[M. Thennavan]], Indian politician |
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| == Plot ==
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| Thennavan ([[Vijayakanth]]) is an honest and upright [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]] officer and he is handpicked by the [[Prime Minister of India]] to be the [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]]. His first assignment is conducting the Indian general election in Tamil Nadu and for the election, he suggests passing five laws in order to fix the electoral system. Thennavan quickly gains the support of the public. The current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Ilanthiraiyan ([[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]), a corrupt and greedy politician who wants to win the next election, successfully convinces the Prime Minister to not pass the five laws. In the meantime, Divya ([[Kiran Rathod]]) falls in love with Thennavan and tries to convince him to marry her.
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| To win the election, Ilanthiraiyan orders Mustafa ([[Thalaivasal Vijay]]) to plant a bomb during one of his public meetings. As he expected, the bomb kills many innocent people. Ilanthiraiyan blames his enemies to have planned it and gains sympathy from the voters. During the polls, Thennavan finds out about the sham and stops the vote counting. An angry Ilanthiraiyan takes the matter to court. In court, Thennavan provides uncontested evidence and the culprits including Ilanthiraiyan are sentenced to life imprisonment. Divya eventually marries her lover Thennavan.
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| With Ilanthiraiyan in jail, his naive wife Pushpalatha ([[Urvashi (actress)|Urvasi]]) replaces him as the new chief minister and bails him out of jail. Thennavan is then arrested but Pushpalatha makes him release due to public pressure. After a small quarrel with her husband, Pushpalatha resigns from her function and her government is dismissed by the governor. With the election campaign going on full swing, Thennavan resigns from his position. He then holds a public meet: he urges the voters to boycott the election to save the country from corrupt politicians and to stop people who will try to vote. The day of the election, not a single vote has been cast and it is well received by the public. The prime minister praises Thennavan for his achievement and accepts to pass the five laws.
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| == Cast ==
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| * [[Vijayakanth]] as Thennavan IAS
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| * [[Kiran Rathod]] as Divya
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| * [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Ilanthiraiyan
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| * [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvasi]] as Pushpalatha
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| * [[Ravichandran (Tamil actor)|Ravichandran]] as Azhagarsamy, Thennavan's father
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| * [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Dada Mani
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| * [[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Inspector Arumugam
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| * [[Sriman (actor)|Sriman]] as Auto rickshaw driver
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| * [[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]] as S. R. S.
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| * [[Raj Kapoor (Tamil film director)|Raj Kapoor]] as Politician
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| * [[Krishnamoorthy (actor)|Krishnamoorthy]] as Krishnamoorthy
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| * Laxmi Rattan as Divya's father
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| * [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Viswanathan
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| * [[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as Mustafa
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| * Jayamani as Pakkiri
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| * Cell Murugan
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| * Thenali as Dada Mani's sidekick
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| * Chinrasu as Dada Mani's sidekick
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| * Benjamin as Dada Mani's sidekick
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| * [[LIC Narasimhan]] as Temple trustee
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| * [[Chelladurai]] as Politician
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| * [[Nellai Siva]]
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| * Set Govindaraj as Party member
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| * Mudhalvan Mahendran ad Director general of police
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| * [[R. N. R. Manohar]] as Nagappa
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| * [[S. N. Lakshmi]] as Thennavan's grandmother
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| * Indhu as Thennavan's mother
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| * Rajini Nivetha as Servant
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| * Vijaya Singh as Divya's mother
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| * Minnal Deepa as Jeni
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| * [[Theni Kunjarammal]] as Old woman
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| * [[Kovai Senthil]] as Mani's father
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| * Vijay Ganesh as Village doctor
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| * Vijay Easwaran as Henchman
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| * Bobby as Henchman
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| * Bayilvan Ranganathan
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| * Auditor Sridhar as Government employee
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| * Sivanarayanamoorthy as Police inspector
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| * S. Mani
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| * Sujibala as Nurse
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| == Production ==
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| The film is directed by debutant M. Nandakumar who has worked with directors like P. Vasu and Rajasekhar. [[R. N. R. Manohar]], dialogue writer of this film appeared in a small role as a gangster who arrives to kill Vivek instead gets killed by him. Shooting for the film commenced in Chennai, and some fight scenes were picturised on top of highrise buildings like the Y.M.C.A and the Devi Theater, and on a set erected at the Prasad Studios. The hero and the unit at Prasad Studios had a surprise visitor in Cricketer Brian Lara. Lara had come for a friendly go-Kart competition and visited the sets to watch the shooting. Some scenes between the lead pair were picturised at the old Mahabalipuram road, while a song was picturised at sets erected at the AVM and Prasad Studios. Choreographed by Kala, the dance number had about a hundred dancers dancing around the lead pair. The song picturised at five sets, and shot with three cameras simultaneously, reportedly cost about Rs. 35 lakhs to picturise it. Yet another song was picturised with the lead pair at locations in and around Pollachi. Choreographed by Brinda, it took ten days to complete the picturisation. The fight scene between the hero and the jailor was filmed at Prasad Studios, where a lavish set of jail was erected at a cost of about Rs. 25 lakhs. While most of the shooting took place in Chennai and Pollachi, the unit also shot at locations in Jodhpur, Orissa and Visakhapatnam. For a single scene of a political meeting, about 5000 junior artistes were hired.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/location/thennavan.asp |title=Archived copy |website=www.chennaionline.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030815092747/http://www.chennaionline.com/location/thennavan.asp |archive-date=15 August 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| == Soundtrack ==
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| {{Infobox album
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| | name = Thennavan
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| | type = soundtrack
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| | artist = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
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| | released = <div style="white-space: nowrap;">7 August 2003 (India)</div>
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| | recorded = 2002
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| | genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
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| | length =
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| | label = Five Star Audio
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| | producer = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
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| | prev_title = [[Pudhiya Geethai]]
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| | prev_year = 2003
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| | next_title = [[Kurumbu]]
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| | next_year = 2003
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| }}
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| The music was composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], who, for the first time, worked for a [[Vijayakanth]] film. The soundtrack, which was released on 7 August 2003, features 6 tracks with lyrics by [[Pa. Vijay]], [[Na. Muthukumar]], Snehan and Muthu Vijayan. Another soundtrack of [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], ''[[Kurumbu]]'', was released on the same day.
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| {{Tracklist
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| | extra_column = Singer(s)
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| | title1 = Vatta Vatta
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| | extra1 = [[Unni Menon]], [[Padmalatha]]
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| | length1 = 4:12
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| | lyrics1 = Muthu Vijayan
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| | title2 = Vinodhane
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| | extra2 =[[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]]
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| | length2 = 4:50
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| | lyrics2 = [[Na. Muthukumar]]
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| | title3 = Dhesa Kaatre
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| | extra3 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]], Ganga
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| | length3 = 4:13
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| | lyrics3 = [[Pa. Vijay]]
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| | title4 = Englishil Paadinaa
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| | extra4 = [[Malgudi Subha]]
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| | length4 = 4:01
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| | lyrics4 = Pa. Vijay
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| | title5 = Vinodhane – II
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| | extra5 = [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]], [[Srilekha Parthasarathy]]
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| | length5 = 4:49
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| | lyrics5 = Na. Muthukumar
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| | title6 = Adi Saamy
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| | extra6 = [[S. P. Balasubramaniam]], Sharmila
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| | length6 = 4:24
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| | lyrics6 = [[Snehan]]
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| }}
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| == Reception ==
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| Hindu wrote: "Thennavan would have been a tailor-made story for Vijayakanth but for the flawed script, clichéd dialogue and unappealing caricatures. Somewhere down the line, everyone from the director and the hero seems to have lost interest".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201390200.htm |title=Archived copy |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031027061725/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/08/22/stories/2003082201390200.htm |archive-date=27 October 2003 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| [[Category:2003 films]]
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| [[Category:Indian films]]
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| [[Category:Tamil-language films]]
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| [[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
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| [[Category:2000s action drama films]]
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| [[Category:Indian action drama films]]
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| [[Category:Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
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| [[Category:Films shot in Pollachi]]
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| [[Category:Films shot in Chennai]]
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| [[Category:Films shot in Rajasthan]]
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| [[Category:Films shot in Odisha]]
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| [[Category:Films shot in Visakhapatnam]]
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| [[Category:2003 directorial debut films]]
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| [[Category:2003 drama films]]
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