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''Thupparivaalan'' () is a 2017 Indian
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written and directed by
Mysskin Shanmugha Raja, known professionally as Mysskin (), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, actor, film producer and composer. He made his directorial debut in 2006 with '' Chithiram Pesuthadi''. His subsequent fil ...
, and produced by
Vishal Vishal may refer to: People * Vishal (name), a common Indian given name * King Vishal, emperor of the Mahabharata era who founded the ancient city of Vishalapura * Vishal (actor) (born 1977), Indian film actor, producer and anti-piracy activi ...
, who also enacts the lead role with Prasanna. The film features
Vinay Rai Vinay Rai (born 18 September 1979) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Tamil films apart from a few Telugu and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performance in the films ''Unnale Unnale'' (2007), '' Jayamkondaan'' (2008), ''End ...
, Anu Emmanuel (in her Tamil debut),
Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Maria Jeremiah (born 21 December 1985), known professionally as Andrea Jeremiah, is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She is a recipient of several awards including nominations for Film ...
and K. Bhagyaraj in supporting roles. Loosely inspired by British writer
Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...
's
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stories, the film follows a private detective and his associate who investigate the death of a child's pet dog, which leads to them uncovering a bigger conspiracy. The film began production in 2016, and was nearly complete by August 2017. It was released on 14 September 2017.


Plot

The film starts with IT company owner, Dhivakar, and his family celebrating his birthday, when a sudden lightning strike hits him and his son and burns them to death. At a cinema, a man gropes a woman, and a small commotion ensues, which was stopped by ACP Paul Dhanarajan, who dies in the middle of a police conference three days later. The plot shifts to detective Kaniyan Poongundran, who lives with his associate Manohar. They both come across Mallika through a pickpocketing incident. Later, she comes to work as a housekeeper at Kaniyan's house. One day, a schoolboy named Naveen visits Kaniyan and Manohar with the case that his pet German Spitz (inaccurately identified as a Pomeranian) Nemo was shot dead and asked them to find the killer. Naveen gives them the bullet from Nemo's body. Kaniyan finds that it is a 9 mm bullet which had been
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ed from Nemo. At the crime scene, he finds a tooth, whose owner is traced to be Swarnavel, a former university
physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...
professor who lives alone and is now a stockbroker. Meanwhile, a shady man named Kamalesh visits a travel agency to deliver a sofa stashed with money to five people who run the agency and who are believed to be assassins: Devil, Muthu, Pritha, a stout man, and a bald man. Kaniyan recollects a news article about an incident that involves the deaths of Dhivakar and his son and goes to Mrs. Dhivakar's house. Kaniyan also finds that Swarnavel was present at a nearby construction site on the day of the incident. He then concludes that it was artificial lightning devised by Swarnavel to kill Dhivakar. When the assassins learn that Kaniyan is on their tail, Devil disposes of the body of Swarnavel, who was killed earlier. Kaniyan and Manohar visit Dhivakar's office and learn that a tender which was to be awarded to Dhivakar is now with Ram Prasad, the head of the company that Dhivakar competed with. Before they could reach Ram Prasad, he is assassinated. Kamalesh hires Chinese mercenaries to kill Kaniyan. Kaniyan defeats them and finds out about Kamalesh's involvement, but Kamalesh is killed by Pritha. A police chase occurs as Pritha and the bald man try to escape but are later cornered. Soon after, the bald man kills himself, allowing Pritha to escape. The next day in a shopping mall, Pritha makes a failed attempt to kill Kaniyan, who is saved by Mallika. Kaniyan and Manohar meet Police Inspector Madhivanan and ACP Vijayakumar in a hotel, where yet another failed assassin attempt is made. Muthu plans to inject Kaniyan with a poison dart, but Manohar was caught in the crossfire and is rushed to the hospital. They learn that Manohar was hit by the same dart as Paul. They raid the travel agency, and Devil kills Muthu to cover his tracks. They find some physics books related to lightning. Kaniyan receives a threat via SMS, saying that his beloved ones are in danger. He ensures that Manohar is safe in the hospital but could not save Mallika in time as she was stabbed by Devil. It is later revealed that Madhivanan was an informer for Devil. Kaniyan, Manohar, and a police team go in search of Devil to a
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. All of them die except Kaniyan, Manohar, and Vijayakumar. Later, Kaniyan and Vijayakumar are both caught by Devil, as he blackmails them using Naveen. Tied by a rope, Kaniyan reveals how he managed to uncover Devil's backstory and tells him that the police have been informed of the same. Infuriated by this, Devil tries to stab Kaniyan, but Manohar manages to untie him. Eventually, Kaniyan kills Devil. In his dying moments, Devil tells Naveen that he is sorry for killing Nemo. Later, as Naveen returns home from school one afternoon, he finds a Pomeranian puppy along with a note bearing Kaniyan's name in a basket at his doorstep.


Cast

*
Vishal Vishal may refer to: People * Vishal (name), a common Indian given name * King Vishal, emperor of the Mahabharata era who founded the ancient city of Vishalapura * Vishal (actor) (born 1977), Indian film actor, producer and anti-piracy activi ...
as Kaniyan Poongundran, a detective who is called upon to find the killer of Naveen's dog Nemo * Prasanna as Manohar, Kaniyan's associate *
Vinay Rai Vinay Rai (born 18 September 1979) is an Indian actor who primarily appears in Tamil films apart from a few Telugu and Malayalam films. He is best known for his performance in the films ''Unnale Unnale'' (2007), '' Jayamkondaan'' (2008), ''End ...
as John Richardson Holcha/Devil, the man responsible for killing Nemo * Anu Emmanuel as Mallika, a pickpocket who befriends Kaniyan *
Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Maria Jeremiah (born 21 December 1985), known professionally as Andrea Jeremiah, is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She is a recipient of several awards including nominations for Film ...
as Pritha, a woman who runs the travel agency * K. Bhagyaraj as Muthu aka Uncle, a man who runs the travel agency * Shaji Chen as ACP Vijayakumar *
John Vijay John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. He is well known for his performances in '' Oram Po'' (2007), '' Thillalangadi'' (2010), '' Mouna Guru'' (2011), '' Kalakalappu ...
as Kamalesh, a shady man who tries to kill Kaniyan *Master Nishesh as Naveen, a young schoolboy whose dog Nemo was killed by Devil *Ashvatt as Swarnavel, a physics professor-turned-stockbroker *Dheeraj Rathnam as a stout man who runs the travel agency *Siddhanth Venkatesh as a bald man who runs the travel agency *
Abhishek Shankar Abhishek Shankar is an Indian actor who has worked on Tamil films and television serials. Career Abhishek made his debut as an actor with Gnana Rajasekaran's critically acclaimed drama film '' Mogamul'' (1995), playing a leading role alongside ...
as Inspector Madhivanan, an informer for Devil * Jayaprakash as Ram Prasad, the head of Dhivakar's competitor company *
Ravi Mariya S. Ravi Mariya (born August 4, 1979) is an Indian film director and actor who works primarily in Tamil cinema. He appears in villainous and supporting roles. Career Ravi Mariya started working as S. J. Suryah assistant with cameo in the movie ...
as Mallika's uncle *
Aadukalam Naren Aadukalam Naren (born Narayanan) is an Indian actor who has appears in Tamil and Telugu films, mainly playing supporting and antagonistic roles. He made his debut with the 1997 film '' Raman Abdullah'' but got noticed for his role in the 2011 ...
as ACP Paul Dhanarajan *
Ajay Rathnam Ajay Rathnam is an Indian actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil films and serials apart from few Telugu, Malayalam, Hindi and Kannada films. He is known for his supporting and negative roles and has acted in over 300 movies. Standing at ...
as Police Chief *
Thalaivasal Vijay Thalaivaasal Vijay (born A. R. Vijayakumar) is an Indian actor and dubbing artiste. He has acted predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. Career Vijay's debut film was '' Thalaivaasal'' (1992), which became part of his stage name in Tamil ...
as Madhavan *
Vincent Asokan Vincent Asokan is an Indian actor who has predominantly appeared in Tamil language films. Personal life Vincent is the son of actor S. A. Ashokan. He is married and has two sons. Career Vincent Asokan made his debut in director A. Venkate ...
as Dhivakar, a man who dies due to a lightning strike (Cameo appearance) *
Simran Simran (Gurmukhi: ਸਿਮਰਨ, pronunciation: ; ; from Sanskrit: , ''smaraṇa'', 'to remember, reminisce, recollect'), in spirituality, is a Hindi and Punjabi word referring to the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of the self, ...
as Dhivakar's wife (Cameo appearance)


Production

In February 2016, director
Mysskin Shanmugha Raja, known professionally as Mysskin (), is an Indian film director, screenwriter, lyricist, playback singer, actor, film producer and composer. He made his directorial debut in 2006 with '' Chithiram Pesuthadi''. His subsequent fil ...
was reported to have begun working on a film starring
Vishal Vishal may refer to: People * Vishal (name), a common Indian given name * King Vishal, emperor of the Mahabharata era who founded the ancient city of Vishalapura * Vishal (actor) (born 1977), Indian film actor, producer and anti-piracy activi ...
. The film, titled ''Thupparivaalan'', was formally launched at a ceremony in Chennai on 10 March 2016. Prior to the start of shoot, Mysskin cast several other leading actors and the film was dubbed by the media to be a "multi-starrer". Actress
Rakul Preet Singh Rakul Preet Singh (born 10 October 1990) is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil films. Singh is a recipient of several accolades including a SIIMA Award, in addition to four nominations at the Filmfare Award ...
was cast in a leading role, making her comeback to Tamil films after becoming popular in the Telugu film industry. Likewise actors Vinay and Prasanna were signed to portray supporting roles. K. Bhagyaraj was also selected to portray a key antagonistic role. The film began production in Chennai on 26 September 2016. Soon after the shoot began, Singh opted out of the film citing scheduling clashes, and was replaced by Malayalam actress Anu Emmanuel, who would make her debut in the Tamil film industry. Anu was signed following a test photo shoot in October 2016, where Mysskin asked her to sport a sari.
Akshara Haasan Akshara Haasan (born 12 October 1991) is an Indian actress who has appeared in Tamil language, Tamil and Hindi-language films. The daughter of actors Kamal Haasan and Sarika Thakur, and the younger sister of Shruti Haasan, she made her film de ...
was also signed on to portray another pivotal role during the same month and was expected to shoot for the film alongside her commitments in ''
Vivegam ''Vivegam'' () is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Siva and produced by Sathya Jyothi Films. It stars Ajith Kumar, alongside Vivek Oberoi, Kajal Aggarwal, Akshara Haasan, Karunakaran, Aarav Chowdhary, Bharath ...
'' (2017). Haasan later opted out of the project and was replaced in the role by
Andrea Jeremiah Andrea Maria Jeremiah (born 21 December 1985), known professionally as Andrea Jeremiah, is an Indian actress and singer who works predominantly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She is a recipient of several awards including nominations for Film ...
. Mysskin signed Ashvatt for the pivotal role of Swarnavel, after he was impressed by the actor's earlier performance in his film ''
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'' and ''
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''. In May 2017, Mysskin said there were only ten days more of the shoot required. Mysskin added that he was inspired by the tales of
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when writing the film and stated Vishal's character would resemble the detective. Likewise, Prasanna's character would be along the lines of
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from
Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930) was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for ''A Study in Scarlet'', the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Hol ...
's Holmes novels. In August 2017, near the end of filming, Vishal suffered a minor injury on his knee while Vinay hurt his shoulders while filming an action scene. The pair, however, chose to continue with the shoot to avoid delays.


Music

Unlike most Indian films, the makers avoided including multiple songs; the only song in the film is "Ivan Thupparivaalan", written by Mysskin (who sings along with Hemambiga) and composed by
Arrol Corelli Arrol Corelli is an Indian music composer who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. He is known for his scores in the films ''Pisaasu'' (2014) and '' Pasanga 2'' (2015). Early life Arrol Corelli was born and brought up in Maraimalainagar near Ch ...
, who also composed the background music.


Release and reception

Thupparivaalan was released on 14 September 2017. M. Suganth of ''
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'' wrote " .what sets ''Thupparivaalan'' apart from regular action thrillers is how it not only thrills us, but also makes us feel".
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wrote for ''
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'', "It was perhaps only a matter of time before Mysskin reached for Arthur Conan Doyle for what are his films, in essence, if not mysteries that involve a lot of detecting and end with big reveals?". ''
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'' wrote "After the disastrous ‘Mugamoodi’, ‘Thupparivaalan’ was always going to be Mysskin’s trial-by-fire in the world of big budget commercial cinema. With ‘Thupparivaalan’, Myskkin has opened up his universe to the common man, reminding us that there’s nothing as pleasurable as seeing someone sneak a bit of art into entertainment cinema". Srivatsan of ''
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'' wrote, "It's difficult not to think about
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's
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, in which he asks Watson to think. But in ''Thupparivaalan'', Mysskin asks the audience to observe, with a fair bit of Mysskin-ness".


Sequel

Directed by Vishal, a sequel titled ''Thupparivaalan 2'' was announced in 2019, with Vishal and Prasanna reprising their roles. The rest of the cast included Rahman, Nassar, Jayaprakash, Gautami and Suresh Chakravarthi. The music of the film was to be composed by
Ilaiyaraaja Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and playback singer popular for his works in Indian cinema, predominately in Tamil cinema, Tamil in addition ...
. Principal photography began in early November 2019 in
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, and the first schedule wrapped a month later. After Mysskin and Vishal drifted apart over budget issues, filming resumed in November 2020 with Vishal as the primary director of the film. The film was planned to resume shooting in 2023, but the shooting never took place. The same year, Vishal announced his plans to revive the project in 2024. Pre-production subsequently began in March 2024, and principal photography was expected to begin in May 2024, but was later pushed to that November.


References


External links

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