''Thalai Nagaram'' () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language

action crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

written and directed by Suraj and produced by V. Ravichandran. The film stars

Sundar C Vinayagar Sundar Vel (born 21 January 1966), known professionally as Sundar C., is an Indian film director, actor and producer. He has directed over 34 films in Tamil and acted in 17 movies as the protagonist. His notable films include '' U ...

and Jyothirmayi, while

Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the ...

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, Judo. K. K. Rathnam, and

K. S. Ravikumar K. S. Ravikumar (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, primarily working in Tamil films. Career 1990–1997 Ravikumar worked as co-director on R. B. Choudary's production ''Pudhu Vasantham'' directe ...

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, Naai Sekar Returns is a spin-off of Vadivelu's character in this film, which became a huge hit. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film '' Abhimanyu'', directed by

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and starring

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. The film tells the story of a man who sacrifices his life to kick out gangsters who ruin other's lives.

Plot

Subramaniam alias Right (

) 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 (

) 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 (

) 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 (

), Divya's supposed uncle who wants to become a criminal. For Right's surprise enters a corrupt ACP named Gopinath (

). 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 Vichu Vishwanath is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil language films and serials. He has worked in comedy and supporting roles, often associating with director Sundar C. Career Vichu Vishwanath was born in Coimbatore, India and att ...

) 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 (

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). 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

as Subramaniam alias Right * Jyothimayi as Divya *

as ACP Gopinath *

as Naai Sekar *

as Balu * Judo. K. K. Rathnam as Qassim Bhai *

as ACP Ravikumar *

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as Police Inspector * Bhuvaneswari as Vaani, Qassim Bhai's trophy wife *

as Corrupt minister * Sashikumar as Sashi *

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as Balu's wife *

as Sniper Shooter *Babilona as Sashi's Sister *

Besant Ravi Besant Ravi (born R. Ravi Kumar; 1 June 1970) is an Indian actor and stunt choreographer. He has played antagonistic supporting roles in Tamil, Hindi and several other Indian language films. Early life Besant Ravi, who was born and brought u ...

as Right's gang member *

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as Right's gang member *

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as Naai Sekar's assistant *Vikash Rishi as Nassir *G. K. as Truck Driver *

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as Police officer *

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as Right's gang member *

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Halwa Vasu Vasu, popularly known as Halwa Vasu, (died 17 August 2017) was a comedian in the Tamil film industry in India. He worked in around 900 films. Career Vasu who hailed from Madurai district, came to Chennai to work in cinemas after his graduatio ...

*Master Sachin as Balu's son * Mumaith Khan as an item number

Soundtrack

Box office

The film collected a distributor share of Rs 4 to 5 crores at the box office.

Legacy

Vadivelu's dialogue "trisha illana divya" ( If Not Trisha, Then Divya) inspired the title of a 2015 film ''

Trisha Illana Nayanthara ''Trisha Illana Nayanthara'' ( ''If Not Trisha, Then Nayanthara'') is a 2015 Indian Tamil language sex comedy film written and directed by Adhik Ravichandran. The film stars G. V. Prakash Kumar, Simran, Manisha Yadav and Anandhi, with VTV G ...

''.

Spin-off

The character Naai Sekar performed by Vadivelu attained cult status. Suraj who directed this film will be making a spin-off film on this character titled '' Naai Sekar Returns'' with Vadivelu reprising the character.

Sequel

A sequel to the film,''Thalai Nagaram 2'' directed by V. Z. Durai began production in 2021. The casts stars

, Anupama Parameswaran,

Yogi Babu Yogi Babu (born 22 July 1985) is an Indian actor and comedian, who appears in Tamil films. A three time Ananda Vikatan Cinema Award winner, he performed in ''Aandavan Kattalai'' (2016), '' Kolamavu Kokila'' (2018) and '' Pariyerum Perumal'' ( ...

and

Thambi Ramaiah Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian actor, director and comedian who works in the Tamil film industry. He has also worked occasionally as a lyricist. He directed three films, ''Manu Needhi'' (2000), ''Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan'' (2008) and ''Maniyaa ...

References

External links

* * {{Suraj (director) 2006 films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by D. Imman Indian gangster films Tamil remakes of Malayalam films Indian action films 2006 action films