''Thatrom Thookrom'' () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language

action drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

written and directed by Arul S. The film stars Teejay Arunasalam, Cheenu Mohan and

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while

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portrays a negative role. Balamurali Balu composed music for the film while Kabilan Vairamuthu penned lyrics for the songs. The film had a low profile theatrical release on 14 November 2020.

Cast

* Teejay Arunasalam as Kaaka * Fouziee as Anjana * Nandu Suresh as Kadugu * Sakthivel Kalkona as Urulai * Cheenu Mohan as Rajamanickam *

as Pandian * Linga as Inspector Sekar * Sakthi Saravanan as ACP Rajaram * G. Marimuthu as Dhandapani *

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as Murugan *

as Chinna * G. V. Subba Rao * Sivavelavan * Ravi Venkatraman as Manikandan * Supergood Subramani as Madhusudhanan * Udumalai Ravi

Production and marketing

The

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of the film began during early 2018 with Teejay Arunasalam being signed to play the lead role in 2017. Most of the portions of the film were shot and set in

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. The film was initially speculated to be based on the

2016 Indian banknote demonetisation On 8 November 2016, the Government of India announced the demonetisation of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes of the Mahatma Gandhi Series. It also announced the issuance of new ₹500 and ₹2,000 banknotes in exchange for the demonetise ...

, however, the director revealed that the film will not be analysing the concept.

Music

The music rights for the film are owned by Balamurali Balu. The first single "Demonetisation anthem" was released during November 2017 and became viral despite controversies. The song was inspired from the demonetisation which was imposed by Indian Prime minister

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on 8 November 2016.

Accolades

* This film was officially selected at Toronto International Tamil Film Festival

Controversy

A theme song about demonetisation called "Demonetisation anthem" which was sung by actor

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was released during the occasion of the first anniversary of the note ban in India in November 2017. However the song raised controversies among political fraternity particularly for its content on criticising the demonetisation. Actor Simbu was under scanner for singing the song and was provided special police protection.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' called the film interesting.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=tt7247410 2020 films 2020s Tamil-language films Indian action drama films Films shot in Chennai 2020 action drama films Films scored by Balamurali Balu