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Revision as of 05:35, 29 December 2022
Thunivu | |
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Directed by | H. Vinoth |
Written by | H. Vinoth |
Produced by | Boney Kapoor |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
Edited by | Vijay Velukutty |
Music by | Ghibran |
Production companies | |
Distributed by | Red Giant Movies |
Release date |
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Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Thunivu (transl. Fortitude)[1] is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by H. Vinoth, and produced by Boney Kapoor. It stars Ajith Kumar and Manju Warrier, with Samuthirakani, Mamathi Chari and Ciby Bhuvana Chandran in supporting roles.
The film was announced with the tentative title AK61 (Ajith's 61th film in a leading role) in February 2022, with the official title announced that September. Principal photography commenced in April and ended in that October, taking place in Hyderabad and Bangkok. Post-production works began in late-October and were completed that December.
Thunivu is scheduled to release theatrically on 12 January 2023, in the week of Pongal.
Cast
- Ajith Kumar
- Manju Warrier
- John Kokken
- Chirag Jani
- Samuthirakani
- Mamathi Chari
- Veera
- Prem Kumar[2]
- Mahanadi Shankar
- Nayana Sai
- Amir[3]
- Ajay[4]
- Ciby Bhuvana Chandran[5]
- GP Muthu
Production
Development
Ajith Kumar's 60th film, Valimai (2022) under the direction of H. Vinoth and produced by Boney Kapoor, faced several production delays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7] In March 2021, Kapoor hinted on collaborating for the actor's 61st film and Vinoth directing the film,[8] which would mark their third consecutive collaboration following Nerkonda Paarvai (2019) and Valimai,[8] which was later confirmed on September 2021.[9] Sources reported that Kapoor suffered financial problems following the protracted production of Valimai, which necessitated a third collaboration between the actor and director, though he denied such claims in an interview before Valimai's release.[10] Initially Ajith planned for collaborating with a different director, but agreed to join with Vinoth after watching the rough edit of Valimai.[11]
On 15 February 2022, the project was officially announced under the working title AK 61, and pre-production works for the film began the same time.[12] Kapoor also shared a still featuring Ajith in a long beard with coolers in a monochrome format, which would be the looks for his film.[13][14] As a part of the film's shoot, a huge set resembling Mount Road in Chennai would be erected at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad, where much of the film's shoot would take place.[15][16] Vinoth recruited cinematographer Nirav Shah and editor Vijay Velukutty, who worked on Valimai, while music composer Ghibran and art director Milan, were signed on.[16] Supreme Sundar was hired to choreograph the action sequences.[17] The title Thunivu was officially announced on 21 September 2022 with a poster release.[18][19]
In December 2022, Vinoth revealed in an interview to The Times of India, saying in response that the film is a heist film, but contains multiple genres that cannot be slotted under the particular genre. Vinoth said he narrated a single scene, written for a planned a low-budget film, to Ajith; after he showed interest in joining, Vinoth agreed, thus the scale of the project increased.[20] Vinoth elaborated, "The film is about money. It is something that we use on a daily basis, but if someone asks us what money is, how currency operates and what reference money is, we’d hardly have an idea".[20] He further recalled that Ajith does not play a dual role in the film, as was speculated, and his character will be kept under wraps.[21][22]
Casting
Thunivu was reported to be trying to cast actors from "across the industry" in the film.[23] In May 2022, a month after filming began shooting, Manju Warrier was signed as the lead actress, her second Tamil film after Asuran (2019),[24] though she would not play Ajith's love interest. Vinoth wanted to cast an actress closer to Ajith's age and chose Warrier as he felt that "audiences would expect a strong character from her as she's a terrific performer. Since she's done many performance-oriented roles, we decided to show a different facet of hers by having her do action, which would make her character feel fresh."[20] He further added that Pavni, Amir and Ciby Bhuvana Chandran, would play as members of Ajith's team.[25][26] The same month, John Kokken,[27][28] and Veera signed the film,[29] along with Samuthirakani[30] and Mahanadi Shankar,[31] who collaborates with Ajith after 20 years since Dheena (2001).[31] In June 2022, Nayana Sai was cast in for the film,[32] and the following month, Telugu actor Ajay,[33] and Mamathi Chari joined the film, and shot few key sequences.[34] Chirag Jani also play an important role, which he described as his "biggest role in Tamil" after Kaappaan (2019). Jani said his character is a businessman with grey shades, "not a typical villain role" and would have "a very classy, corporate look".[35] Bigg Boss 6 contestant GP Muthu’s presence in the film was confirmed on 23 December 2022.[36]
Filming
The film was expected to begin filming on mid-March 2022, but was delayed due to extensive pre-production.[23] Principal photography began on 11 April 2022 at Hyderabad, where few scenes had been shot without Ajith.[37][38] The actor later joined the film's shoot in 22 April.[39] The following month, Kapoor said in an interview that 36 days of film's shooting has been completed and the film would be wrapped entirely during July–August 2022.[40] A unit from the film had shot few sequences from Mount Road in Chennai, instead of the set production in Hyderabad.[41] On 10 June 2022, the film's first schedule was completed,[42] and the team later took a schedule break as Ajith went on a family vacation to United Kingdom.[43] Few sequences, without the actor had been shot, with Manju Warrier also joining.[44]
In July 2022, Vinoth shot few action sequences at the outskirts of Vandalur, Chennai, where a bridge sequence with a group of fighters being shot.[45] In July 2022, fans leaked stills of the bank set from the film, which had resembled a "french style building".[46][47] The second schedule began on 12 August 2022, which was intended to be shot at Pune, but was later shifted to Chennai.[48] However, it was again shifted to Visakhapatnam,[49] where the team had planned to shoot for few scenes at the Araku Valley hill station, 100 kilometres away from Visakhapatnam.[50] This schedule was completed on 24 August 2022, and the team returned to Hyderabad for filming crucial sequences which was completed early September.[51]
The final shooting schedule was intended to take place in Bangkok on 15 September 2022,[52] where an action sequence is intended to be shot within 21 days.[53] But the shooting took place on 25 September 2022,[54] and was wrapped by 12 October.[55][56] On 16 October, patchwork shooting for the film progressed in Chennai, where a body double of Ajith had shot for the robbery sequence.[57] Ajith later joined the shooting six days later.[58] In mid-November, it was reported that the most of filming had been wrapped, except for two songs in the film, which would be completed within the end of the month.[59] On 11 November 2022, the makers shot for a promotional song titled "Kasethan Kadavulada" at Gokulam Studios in Chennai,[60] and another song "Chilla Chilla" was shot at the same set few days later.[61] Principal photography wrapped up on 30 November.[62]
In an interview to regional media, stunt choreographer Supreme Sundar had choreographed for a 360-degree action sequence which was shot in 32 seconds. Sundar also said that Ajith was given the chance to perform other stunts as even a small mistake would require to reshoot from the beginning, but was very cooperative and enthusiastic to perform the sequence. He revealed that the first four takes did not go well, but with few minor changes, Ajith was able to perform the stunt, with the shot being perfect in the 13th take.[63]
Post-production
The post-production for the film simultaneously began on late-October,[64] with Warrier and Ajith had dubbed for their portions November 2022.[65][66] John Kokken also dubbed for his portions in Tamil, which was the first time he did,[67] as was Chirag Jani,[35] who was assisted by Ajith in dubbing for the film, translating it Hindi and English, due to the fluency in his language.[35] In late December, the final edit of the film, was sent to the Central Board of Film Certification for the censoring process.[68]
Music
Thunivu | ||||
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Released | 2022 | |||
Recorded | 2022 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Language | Tamil | |||
Label | Zee Music South | |||
Producer | M. Ghibran | |||
M. Ghibran chronology | ||||
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Singles from Thunivu | ||||
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The music of the film is composed by Ghibran,[69] in his first collaboration with Ajith, his second with Vinoth after Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017) and Valimai (2022),[a] and also his 50th film as a composer.[71] The first single titled "Chilla Chilla" was released on 9 December 2022,[72] and the second single "Kasethan Kadavulada" on 18 December.[73] Manju Warrier provided vocals only for the video version of the song.[74] The third single "Gangstaa" was released on 25 December.[75]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist(s) | Length |
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1. | "Chilla Chilla" | Vaisagh | Anirudh Ravichander, Vaisagh, Ghibran | 3:42 |
2. | "Kasethan Kadavulada" | Vaisagh | Vaisagh, Manju Warrier, Ghibran | 3:08 |
3. | "Gangstaa" | Viveka, Shabir | Shabir, Ghibran | 3:21 |
Total length: | TBA |
Marketing
Overseas promotions for the film began on late-December 2022.[76] On 26 December 2022, skydiving promotions of the film were held in Dubai, with the film’s posters being unveiled by the skydiving crew members making it the second Tamil film to do so after Rajinikanth’s starrer 2.0.[77][78] The makers then announced the release date for the trailer of the film as 31 December 2022 on the eve of New Year.[79] It was reported that the film’s trailer will be screened at Burj Khalifa in Dubai and in New York’s Times Square.[80]
Release
Theatrical
Thunivu is scheduled to release in theatres on 12 January 2023 in the week of Pongal, clashing with Varisu.[81][82]
Distribution
The Tamil Nadu distribution rights of the film were acquired by Red Giant Movies,[83] through profit-sharing basis.[84] Romeo Pictures, which distributed all of Kapoor's Tamil film productions in the state, including Valimai, would co-distribute the film.[83] Lyca Productions and Tentkotta acquired the overseas distribution rights,[85] which would distribute the film through their sub-distributors: Sarigama Cinemas (United States),[86] Boleyn Cinemas (United Kingdom and Europe),[87] Phars Film (Middle East),[88] Malik Streams (Malaysia and Singapore),[89] Vansan Movies (Australia and New Zealand),[90] York Cinemas (Canada),[91] excluding Sri Lanka where it would be released by the distributor themselves.[85]
Home media
The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film were sold to Netflix, while the satellite rights of the film is sold to Kalaignar TV.[92][93]
Notes
- ^ Ghibran composed the background music for Valimai, as the original composer Yuvan Shankar Raja opted out of the film despite composing the songs.[70]
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