''Thoonga Nagaram'' () is a 2011 Indian
Tamil-language
action thriller film written and directed by debutant
Gaurav Narayanan, starring himself along with
Vimal,
Bharani, Nishanth, and
Anjali. The film, produced by
Dhayanidhi Alagiri
Dhayanidhi Azhagiri is an Indian Tamil cinema producer and distributor. He is the owner of the Cloud Nine Movies banner. His grandfather is M. Karunanidhi, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. His father is M. K. Alagiri, the former Minis ...
's
Cloud Nine Movies, was shot entirely in
Madurai, the city where the story takes place and which the title refers to. It was released on 4 February 2011 to relatively positive reviews and excellent box office collection. The film was dubbed in
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
under the title ''Naluguru Snehithula Katha''.
Plot
Kannan (
Vimal), Ayyavu (
Bharani), Rajamani (
Gaurav Narayanan), and Mariappan (Nishanth) are four friends who live their lives in their own way in Madurai. They are callous youths who go hammer and tongs to make both ends meet. Kannan, a wedding videographer, comes across his cousin Radha (
Anjali), who is a compere in a local cable TV channel, and love blossoms between them. However, one event changes the course of their life. Kannan bashes a youth for taking obscene video clippings of a girl and blackmailing her with ulterior motive. The youth’s father (Kamala theatre owner Raju) finds out the men behind the attack on his son. He hatches a conspiracy and ensures that the friends themselves turn foes for each other. In the meantime, it is time for Kannan to tie the knot with Radha. Did the baddie succeed in his mission is the crux of the story.
Cast
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Vimal as Thavuttu Raja (Kannan)
**Master Sachin as young Kannan
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Anjali as Kalaivani (Radha/Theru Trisha)
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Bharani as Ayyavu
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Gaurav Narayanan as Rajamani
* Nishanth as Mariappan
* V. N. Chidambaram as Periya Thappa
* Arun Kumar as Periya Thappa Brother
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Subbu Panchu
Subramaniam Panchu Arunachalam, credited as Subbu Panchu or P. Ar. Subramaniam (born 16 February 1973) is an Indian actor and film producer. Son of noted writer-producer Panchu Arunachalam, Subbu first appeared as a child artist in the Malayala ...
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Pandu
In the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata'', Pandu ( sa, पाण्डु, Pāṇḍu, pale) was a king of the Kuru Kingdom. He was the foster-father of the five Pandava brothers, who were the boons bestowed upon his wife Kunti by a number of deities ...
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Yogi Babu as Radha's fan
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Lizzie Antony as Thahsildar's wife
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Singampuli
Singampuli is an Indian actor and director. After making ''Red'' (2002) and ''Maayavi'' (2005), he has made a career appearing in supporting roles in films.
Career
Singampuli was born and brought up in Theni, Periyakulam and after studying eng ...
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Soori as Address informer for Theru Trisha
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Krishnamoorthy
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Madhumitha as Special Appearance
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Vadivelu as Special Appearance
Box office
The film was a commercial success grossing nearly $2million at the box office in 6 weeks.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack consists of seven tracks including one remix number from
Penn tuned by Sundar C. Babu. It was released by Think Music and the audio launch took place on 5 January 2011 at Sathyam Cinemas. Directors Sasikumar, KV Anand, Samuthirakani, Gautham Menon, Lingusamy, Ameer, KS Ravikumar, producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri were the chief guests. The soundtrack received positive reviews.
References
External links
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{{Gaurav Narayanan
2011 films
Indian gangster films
Films shot in Madurai
2010s Tamil-language films
Films scored by Sundar C. Babu
2011 directorial debut films