Thappu Thalangal

Thappu Thalangal
Thappu Thalangal
Soundtrack album by Vijaya Bhaskar
Released	1978
Recorded	1978
Venue	Chennai
Studio	Prasad Studio
Genre	Soundtrack
Language	Tamil, Kannada
Producer	R. Venkataraman

Thappu Thalangal
Thappu Thalangal
	File:Thappu Thalangal poster.jpg Theatrical release poster in Tamil
Directed by	K. Balachander
Produced by	Tamil:; R. Venkataraman; Kannada:; B. A. Ramanujacharya Pandit; B M. Venkatesh; Chandulal Jain; Prasanna Kumar
Written by	K. Balachander
Starring	Rajinikanth; Saritha; Kamal Haasan; Premila Joshi; Sunder;
Music by	Vijaya Bhaskar
Cinematography	B. S. Lokanath
Edited by	N. R. Kittu
Production; company	Lalitha Lakshmi Combines (Kannada); Premaalaya (Tamil)
Release date	6 October 1978 (Kannada); 30 October 1978 (Tamil)
Running time	131 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada; Tamil

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Thappu Thalangal (transl. Wrong Notes) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Balachander and produced by R. Venkataraman starring Rajinikanth, Saritha and Premila Joshi. It was made simultaneously and released in Kannada as Thappida Thala (transl. Wrong Notes). The film was remade in Malayalam as Kazhukan. The film is a saga of emotional and selfish world of human feelings and it is the commercial success.

Plot[edit]

Devu, a local thug whose weapon of choice is a bicycle chain he sports casually around the neck. Devu charges ₹ 30 to slice a finger, ₹ 300 to chop a hand, ₹ 3000 for the leg, and ten times as much to dispose off the whole body. On one of his nightly rounds, Devu is pursued by a cop and seeks refuge at a sex worker house run by a hooker Sarasu, played to perfection by Saritha. Despite her vehement protests, he stays put and leaves only at daybreak, but her persistent cough stays with him. At a theatre, Devu watches an advertisement for Glycodin Cough Syrup and proceeds to buy her a bottle. Devu and Sarasu bond over the cough syrup and philosophise late into the night, exchanging notes on their immoral lifestyles.

Devu's assault on a trade union leader delivering medicine to a critically ill worker leads to a mishap. Watching the wailings of the widow of the worker, Devu is traumatised and breaks down at Sarasu's place. In an inspired moment, he suggests they remap their lives and chart a moral course. Sarasu is attracted by the notion of giving up prostitution and leading a normal life as Devu's wife, though she wonders if they'll be able to pull it off. The couple go to great lengths to secure a job for Devu and lead a normal life, but there are too many skeletons in the closet. Devu is no longer feared for his might, and Sarasu's past clientele continue to haunt the joint. Sarasu gets a loan for Devu from his evil brother Soma, who continues to harass her on that pretext. In a particularly traumatic sequence of events, Sarasu is raped by Soma as a helpless Devu watches, pinned down by Soma's henchmen. The couple resolve to repay Soma's loan, and Devu undertakes a botched robbery attempt. Devu is imprisoned and in his absence, Sarasu has an abortion. The couple's plans for normality never attain fruition. The inevitable return to lives of vice is especially tragic and heartbreaking.

Devu's inherent goodness is contrasted with his "evil twin", a stepbrother Soma who thwarts his every attempt at morality and finally succumbs at Devu's hands. Kamalhaasan has an interesting cameo as a Hindi speaking client of Sarasu. Balachander skewers middle-class morality and takes potshots at the hypocrisy of do-gooders. In the final analysis, the film is an indictment of society at large, for not allowing lesser mortals to rejoin society and return to a life of normality.

Cast[edit]

Rajinikanth as Devu^[1]
Saritha as Sarasu^[2] (Introducing)
Sundar Raj as Soma^[3](Introducing)
Kamal Haasan as Amrit Lal (uncredited)^[2]
Pramila Joshai as Soma's wife (Introducing)

Production[edit]

Thappu Thalangal was simultaneously filmed in Kannada as Thappida Thala.^[2]

Soundtrack[edit]

All songs were written by Kannadasan in Tamil and Hunsur Krishnamurthy in Kannada and composed by Vijaya Bhaskar

Tamil Soundtrack

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer	Length
1	"Azhagana Ilamangai"	Kannadasan	Vani Jairam	3:15
2	"Ennada Polladha"		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	3:19
3	"Thappu Thalangal"		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:43

Kannada Soundtrack

Tracklist
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Thappida Thalagalu"	Hunsur Krishnamurthy	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
2.	"Yaathara Vichithra Baalu"		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
3.	"Olavinda Nalle"		Vani Jairam

References[edit]

↑ Narayan, Hari (20 July 2016). "Rajini's Big B-eautiful career". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.
↑ Khajane, Muralidhara (24 December 2014). "K. Balachander left a mark on Kannada cinema". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

External links[edit]

Thappu Thalangal on IMDb

[1] Narayan, Hari (20 July 2016). "Rajini's Big B-eautiful career". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

[NamanRamachandran-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Ramachandran, Naman (2014) [2012]. Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography. New Delhi: Penguin Books. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-14-342111-5.

[3] Khajane, Muralidhara (24 December 2014). "K. Balachander left a mark on Kannada cinema". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 May 2021.

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