''Thalaivan'' () is a 2014 Indian Tamil film directed by Ramesh Selvan and produced by Chithirai Selvan. The film features Baskaran, the younger brother of politician T. T. V. Dhinakaran and

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in the lead roles, while the ensemble cast features Santhanam, Suman and Jayaprakash amongst others. The film was released on 18 April 2014.

Plot

As the state police are busy eliminating the criminal gang of Daniel, a notorious terrorist, Thalaivan crops up as a bigger threat to the police department.

Cast

*Baskaran as Bas *

as Anusha * Santhanam as Kannan * Monica * Suman as DGP Sundarapandian * Vincent Asokan * Jayaprakash as Doctor *

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as ACP * Suresh Krishna * Suman Setty * Manobala *

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* VTV Ganesh *

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* Meera Krishnan * Aarthi as Anusha's friend *

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* T. P. Gajendran *

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as Professor * O. A. K. Sundar as Muthukumar * Ravi as Sivakumar *

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* Cool Suresh *Abhishek *

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(cameo appearance) * Powerstar Srinivasan (cameo appearance)

Production

The film is the home production of the newcomer lead comedian, V. Bhaskaran alias Bas, brother to politician T. T. V. Dhinakaran and a nephew of VK Sasikala. The actor is in his 40s and had previously been the managing director of J.Jayalalitha TV (JJTV) during J.Jayalalithaa's first term as chief minister between 1991 and 1996. He revealed his experience at JJTV created an ambition of him working as an actor and thus approached the producers of the MGR-starrer ''Thalaivan'' and sought permission to use their title in his new venture. Production began in July 2012 with Bas signing up a host of established cast and crew to join the team, including actors Santhanam, Suman and Jayaprakash while actresses

and Sana Khan were signed on to play heroines. Sana Khan was later replaced by Monica in the cast, after she became busy with other projects. A technical team involving Ramesh Selvan of '' Ulavuthurai'' (1998) and '' Jananam'' (2004) as director,

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as editor and G. V. Prakash Kumar as composer was announced, although the composer later opted out and he was replaced by Vidyasagar. The film was briefly delayed when Bas was arrested in June 2013 in a case of cheating a woman. In June 2013, the director Ramesh Selvan issued a press release distancing himself from the project, indicating that he had suffered health problems as a result of his strenuous work on the project and that he had to complete his other venture, '' Kalavaram'' (2014).

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by Vidyasagar. The audio launch was held in May 2013, with director Ameer felicitating the event. *"Adaivaana" -

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, Sricharan *"Naan Manmathar" - Tippu, Priyasri *"Oru Kodi" -

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*"Siru Paarvai" - Karthik, Vandana Srinivasan *"Yaarai Kettu" - Sathyaprakash, Vandana Srinivasan

Release

The film was released on 18 April 2014 alongside '' Thenaliraman'' and '' Damaal Dumeel'' to negative reviews. Times of india gave a review citing "If you can force yourself to ignore its leads, the film turns from being borderline terrible to a borderline watchable fare. This is a fairly interesting storyline for commercial film. icBut the plot points are telegraphed to us a mile earlier so there is no tension in the scenes.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt8076976 2014 films Films scored by Vidyasagar (composer) Films directed by Ramesh Selvan 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films