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Thalai Nagaram
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| Thalai Nagaram | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Suraj |
| Produced by | V. Ravichandran |
| Written by | Suraj |
| Story by | T. Damodaran (Original Story) Suraj (Additional Story) |
| Based on | Abhimanyu by Priyadarshan |
| Starring | Sundar C Jyothirmayi Prakash Raj Vadivelu |
| Music by | D. Imman |
| Cinematography | K. S. Selvaraj |
| Edited by | Mu. Kasi Viswanath |
Production company | Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd |
| Distributed by | Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd |
Release date | 19 May 2006 |
Running time | 156 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Thalai Nagaram (lit. 'Capital city') is a 2006 Tamil action film written and directed by Suraj and produced by V. Ravichandran. The film stars director Sundar C and Jyothimayi in the lead roles, while Vadivelu, Prakash Raj, Bose Venkat, Judo. K. K. Rathnam, and K. S. Ravikumar play supporting roles. This film was a low-budget production but enjoyed huge success. The soundtrack, composed by D. Imman, was a great hit, and the song "Yedho Ninaikiren" charted at the top position for a week. The film also has cinematography by K. S. Selvaraj and editing by Mu. Kasi Viswanath.
The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Abhimanyu,[1] directed by Priyadarshan and starring Mohanlal. It was remade in Telugu as Nagaram (2008) and in Kannada as Devru (2009). The film tells the story of a man who sacrifices his life to kick out gangsters who ruin others' lives.
Plot[edit]
Subramaniam alias Right (Sundar C) is a rowdy in North Chennai. He runs a separate gang and also works as a sidekick and right-hand man to a big time Muslim don named Qaasim Bhai (Judo. K. K. Rathnam) who resides in North Chennai. Qaasim Bhai uses Right and his gang as professional killers whenever required. ACP Ravikumar (K. S. Ravikumar) believes in his own type of law by eliminating criminals instead of wasting time by the court and other procedures. Divya (Jyothimayi) a student, surprisingly enters into Right's life and takes shelter in his house. However, things change after she enters his life; both of them fall in love. At a situation, there arises a clash between Right and Qaasim Bhai. Right's friend Balu (Bose Venkat) kills Qaasim Bhai's son Nassir (Vikas Rishi) for ordering a trucker who rams a convoy which killed innocent children instead of only killing the intended target. Unfortunately, Balu is killed by Qaasim Bhai for killing Nassir. After seeing Balu's death, Right decides to change his lifestyle.
Parallel narration is the comedy track of Naai Shekar (Vadivelu), Divya's supposed uncle who wants to become a criminal.
For Right's surprise enters a corrupt ACP named Gopinath (Prakash Raj). He is on a hell bent quest to eradicate crime. He dislikes Right's attitude to leave the underworld and threatens Divya, who is molested in prison. After coming to know of this, Right decides to eliminate all of his foes once and for all. He hatches a plan and orders a sniper shooter (Vichu Vishwanath) to kill the police inspector of the station. He also orders a trucker (G. K.) and kills the lady inspector. Right kills Gopinath and then plans to kill Qaasim Bhai for Balu's death. Qassim Bhai arrives at the hotel, where he sees his wife Vaani's (Bhuvaneswari) wristwatch in the bedroom, which was previously gifted to him by the corrupt MLA (Delhi Ganesh). Qassim Bhai mistakenly kills the MLA for having an affair with Vani. Right then strangulates Qassim Bhai when he arrives at the basement to board his car. Finally, Right arrives at the dock for a getaway with Divya only to be killed by a battalion of police officers due to the betrayal by Sashi (Sashikumar), his own fellow gang member who mistakenly thinks that Right was behind his sister's suicide.
Cast[edit]
- Sundar C as Subramaniam alias Right
- Jyothimayi as Divya
- Prakash Raj as ACP Gopinath
- Vadivelu as Naai Sekar
- Bose Venkat as Balu
- Judo. K. K. Rathnam as Qassim Bhai
- K. S. Ravikumar as ACP Ravikumar
- Manobala as Police Inspector
- Bhuvaneswari as Vaani, Qassim Bhai's trophy wife
- Delhi Ganesh as Corrupt minister
- Sashikumar as Sashi
- Sonia as Balu's wife
- Vichu Vishwanath as Sniper Shooter
- Babilona as Sashi's Sister
- Besant Ravi as Right's gang member
- Imman Annachi as Right's gang member
- Mayilsamy
- Vikash Rishi as Nassir
- G. K. as Trucker
- M. J. Shriram
- Mumaith Khan as an item number
- Omakuchi Narasimhan
Soundtrack[edit]
| Thalai Nagaram | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 2006 | |||
| Language | Tamil | |||
| Producer | D. Imman | |||
| D. Imman chronology | ||||
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All music composed by D. Imman[2].
| Track listing | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "City of Sings" | Vasu, Naveen, Vijay, Rahul Nambiar | |||||||
| 2. | "Flames of Victory" | D. Imman, Mathangi | |||||||
| 3. | "Madi Madi" | Balram, Srilekha Parthasarathy | |||||||
| 4. | "Naan Valargirena" | Anuradha Sriram | |||||||
| 5. | "Soo Manthrakaali" | Sujeetha Menon, Funky Shankar, Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith | |||||||
| 6. | "Yedho Ninaikiren" | Manjari, Devan | |||||||
Box office[edit]
The film collected a distributor share of Rs 4 to 5 crores at the box office.[3]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Thalainagaram". Sify. 19 May 2006. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ↑ "Thalai Nagaram Songs". mio.to. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ↑ "Year of the dark horse". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
External links[edit]
- Thalai Nagaram on IMDb
- "Thalainagaram. Thalainagaram Movie Cast & Crew". bharatmovies.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.