''Thiruttu Payale'' () is a 2006 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by

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. The film stars Jeevan and

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, with

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, Malavika, Vivek,

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, Gaayathri and

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in supporting roles. The music was composed by Bharadwaj. ''Thiruttu Payale'' was a box office success. The film was remade in

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by the director himself as ''

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'' (2013). The film was also remade in

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and

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as ''Mr. Rascal'' and ''Aadu Aata Aadu'' respectively. A spiritual successor '' Thiruttu Payale 2'' was released in 2017.

Plot

Manickam belongs to a poor family in a village. He does not respect any of his family members, except for his uncle Manohar, who lives in Chennai. The story gets rolling once he decides to come and stay with Manohar in Chennai. Once, while Manickam is watching people play golf, he notices Roopini and Ramesh having an illicit relationship. He manages to capture the scene with his video camera. Roopini is the wife of a rich businessman named Sivaraj, who is Ramesh's best friend. Manickam blackmails Roopini and extracts money from her whenever he needs it. Once, he makes a trip abroad to Australia with Roopini's expenditure. There, he happens to meet Rosy. He falls in love with her. Rosy tells him that she is a very rich girl from a respected family. While he decides to propose to her, he finds that she has left the city. He is upset, and just at that time, Roopini makes a phone call and tells him that Rosy was sent by her only to woo Manickam and demands that if he needs Rosy, he needs to hand over the cassette to her. Manickam decides to find Rosy and learns that she also loves him. She asks him to leave this con work and gets him a job in a shop. All goes well until Rosy's stepmother learns about this relationship and asks Manickam for a sum if he wants to marry Rosy. To acquire the same, he again uses the cassette for the final time, but Sivaraj learns about it. Manickam hands over the money to Rosy's stepmother and asks Rosy to come to the airport the next day. The climax shows Sivaraj killing Ramesh, and Manickam fighting the goons sent by Sivaraj and reaching the airport, somehow only to be stabbed by Sivaraj. The film ends with Rosy waiting for Manickam at the airport.

Cast

Production

Ganesan initially wanted to make ''Thiruttu Payale'' a low budget film with newcomers like his directorial debut ''

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'', but at the urging of the producer Kalpathi S. Aghoram, he increased its scale. Ganesan wanted P. C. Sreeram to handle the cinematography but due to date issues, Sreeram recommended his assistant Ravishankar as the cinematographer thus making his debut.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bharadwaj. The title song "Thiruttu Payale" is partially based on "Chinna Payale" from '' Arasilankumari'' (1961). The song "Thaiya Tha" is based on

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raga, which Bharadwaj later adapted for Kannada film '' No 73, Shanthi Nivasa'' (2007).

Reception

S. Sudha of ''

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'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and said "Susi Ganesan must be credited for tackling a bold subject. A film for the multiplexes, this". Lajjavathi of ''

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'' praised director for giving an edge of seat thriller, Jeevan's acting and concluded saying ''Thiruttu Payale'' is a quality dish for fans of all walks of life who are looking to elevate their taste buds. The film won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Third Best Film.

Box office

The film was a commercial success grossing 400 million at the box office and became the third highest grossing Tamil film of 2006 only behind ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Sequel and remakes

The film was remade in Hindi by the director himself as ''

'' (2013). The film was also remade in Telugu and Kannada as ''Mr. Rascal'' (2011) and ''Aadu Aata Aadu'' (2017), respectively. A spiritual successor '' Thiruttu Payale 2'' was released in 2017.

References

External links

* * {{TamilNaduStateFilmAwardBestFilm 2000s comedy thriller films 2000s Indian films 2000s Tamil-language films 2006 black comedy films 2006 films AGS Entertainment films Films about adultery in India Films directed by Susi Ganesan Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer) Indian black comedy films Indian comedy thriller films Tamil films remade in other languages Tamil-language black comedy films Tamil-language comedy thriller films Tamil-language Indian films