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''Thagaraaru'' () is a 2013 Indian
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written and directed by newcomer Ganesh Vinaayac and produced by
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. The film stars
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and Poorna in the lead roles while Jayaprakash, Pawan,
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, and
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appear in supporting roles. The soundtrack was composed by
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, while Praveen Sathya composed the score. Dillraj was the cinematographer, and
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edited the film. The film released on 6 December 2013 and received mixed reviews from critics. Due to the popularity of Madurai Backdrop, The film received generally positive reviews and become an above average hit at the box office.


Plot

Thagararu revolves around the lives of four friends – Saravanan (
Arulnithi Arulnithi Tamilarasu (born 21 July 1987) is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil language, Tamil films. Personal life Arulnithi's grandfather is M. Karunanidhi, former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. His father is M. K. Tamilarasu, b ...
), Pazhani (
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) Senthil ( Pawan), and Aarumugam (
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) – who live in the city of Madurai. They are orphans who have been together since childhood. Learning to fend for themselves, they fall into bad ways and grow up to be rough, violent, bad-tempered alcoholics who have perfected the art of thievery. They share a special bond, protecting and supporting each other, and have a special affection for Saravanan, the youngest of the lot. Saravanan meets and falls in love with Meenakshi ( Poorna), the daughter of a dangerous moneylender, Kanthuvatti Rajendran ( Jayaprakash). Though Meenakshi reciprocates his love, she is extremely possessive and resents the love he shares with his friends. His friends too feel threatened by her and fear that she will separate them. With each robbery, they become more and more arrogant, making numerous enemies and even antagonising a newly appointed inspector of police, who vows to catch them. Towards the end of the first half, Pazhani gets killed. With a long list of people wanting them dead, they have absolutely no clue who is the killer. How they avenge the death of their friend forms the rest of the story.


Cast


Production

Ganesh Vinayaac, associate of Silambarasan, Tharun Gopi and SJ Suryah was supposed to direct ''
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'' but was ultimately removed from the film. He then announced a project called ''Madayan'' with Simbhu but project never took off and then he was approached by Dayanidhi to direct a film for his cousin Arulnidhi. Arulnidhi who was fresh after the success of ''
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'' was supposed to do a project called "Ashokamithran" with
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which was dropped accepted to do the project. The film was initially titled as ''Sambhavam'' and ''Pagal Kollai'' but later changed as ''Thagaraaru''. Pooja was initially approached to play the lead female role but she was busy with other commitments and thus recommended Poorna for the role. The first day of shoot was held at location where the opening scene of producer's previous film ''
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'' was shot, since the producer considered it as "sentimental". The film was entirely shot at Madurai. The last schedule was commenced at 3 June, in Red Hills, Chennai.


Soundtrack

The songs were composed by
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. Initially Raghunanthan was credited as music composer but he was replaced by Dharan as he was busy with other work. Dharan again was not available to compose the score, which was completed by Praveen Sathya. The album have five songs and Ganesh Vinayaac wrote two of them, Super Thirudan and Thiruttu Payapulla. The audio was launched on 18 November 2013 at an FM station through Sony Music. Behindwoods wrote:"Dharan continues to show promise with an album that has some impressive highlights". Milliblog wrote:"Standard fare from Dharan". * "Annanadai" – Velmurugan, Chinnaponnu * "Nanba Nanba" – Ananthu * "Super Thirudan" –
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* "Thiruttu Payapulla" – Karthik * "Thagaraaru" theme music


Release

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV. Trailer of the film was screened during the intermission of ''
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''. The film was given a "U/A" certificate by the
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.


Critical reception

Thagaraaru opened to generally positive reviews from critics.
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wrote "''Thagararu'' is a well-made fast moving thriller with a terrific climax twist. It's an unpredictable crime drama that combines violence and friendship set in Tamil cinema’s favourite milieu-Madurai".
The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...
wrote, "For quite a while the film meanders through a path of romance and robbery before the director actually decides to steer the course of the story to a bloody end. Writer-director Ganesh Vinaayac gets himself stuck with a story that isn’t convincing and characters that lack stability".
The New Indian Express ''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu ...
wrote, "''Thagararu'' may be a Madurai story, but it manages to keep one engrossed for the most part, and is worth a watch".
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wrote, "Thanks to ensemble performances, snazzy camera work, slick editing, deft direction by Vinaayak, while it sizzles, what, however, makes the experience a bit deja vu is, it reminds Subramaniapuram and a slew of Madurai films. Despite the fussy title, the film is worth a watch". Behindwoods gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "''Thagaraaru'' has its share of madurai violence, friendship and cliches, but is a one time watch for its climax".


References


External links

* {{IMDb title, 3378266 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films 2013 films Films shot in Madurai Indian mystery films Indian crime drama films Films set in Madurai Films scored by Dharan Kumar