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Thani Oruvan
Directed byM. Raja
Written byMohan Raja
Subha
Produced byKalpathi S. Aghoram
Kalpathi S. Ganesh
Kalpathi S. Suresh
StarringJayam Ravi
Arvind Swamy
Nayantara
CinematographyRamji
Edited byGopikrishna
Music byHiphop Tamizha
Production
company
Distributed byAGS Entertainment (India)
Atmus Entertainment (USA)
Release date
  • 28 August 2015 (2015-08-28)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Box officeover 50 crores[1]

Thani Oruvan (Template:Lang-en) is an 2015 Indian Tamil action thriller film directed by Mohan Raja, featuring Jayam Ravi, Arvind Swamy and Nayantara in the lead roles.[2] The film was produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, Kalpathi S. Ganesh and Kalpathi S. Suresh under the production company AGS Entertainment. The soundtrack was composed by Hiphop Tamizha. Ramji and Gopikrishna handled cinematography and editing respectively. The film was released on 28 August 2015.

Plot

The film opens with a scene of a low-level party cadre Senkalvarayan (Thambi Ramaiah) tying a flag to a street-lamp post. Suddenly his pregnant wife gets labor pain but he completely ignores it as he is more dedicated to his leader and party than family. At the same time, the party leader (Nassar) happens to visit the locality; upon hearing his party cadre's ignorance to pregnant wife, the party leader lends his car and orders his driver to immediately take the pregnant lady to the hospital and she delivers a baby boy Pazhani /Siddharth Abhimanyu(Arvind Swamy) before they get to the hospital. When Pazhani is fifteen years old, he secures first rank in his 10th standard state exam and visits the party leader for his blessings with his father. While they are waiting in the party office for the leader to come in, they witness a murder of a rebel party candidate by their own revered leader due to caste related comments by the rebel on him. When the leader asks Senkalvarayan to take the blame by saying that he killed the man due to rage on the rebel's comments, Pazhani volunteers to take the blame and willing to go to jail citing leniency of juvenile laws in exchange for an MLA seat for his father.

15 years later, a trainee IPS officer Mithiran (Jayam Ravi) and his friends (Ganesh Venkatraman, Harish Uthaman, Rahul Madhav, Sricharan) discreetly assists the police in catching a gang which kidnapped four girls. One day Mithran and his friends receives a cryptic text message on his phone from an anonymous number stating that he/she is aware of their discreet activities. In the evening, they go out to meet that person who turns out to be Mahima (Nayantara) who loves Mithran. Flashback shows how Mahima fell in love with Mithran at their first meeting. Later that same night they happen to witness murder of a man named Raman who is a social activist with the pretence of snatch theft. Mithran and his friend catch the gang and their leader and hand them over to the police however four days later the leader of the gang comes to the IPS headquarters with the home minister. This political and organized crime comes as a shock to Mithran's and his friends. Mithran takes them to his house and shows his research on connecting all small unrelated incidents into the global view of a hidden network of politicians, industrialists and criminals who bend the law for their own financial benefits. He singles out three prominent business oligarchs (a pharmaceutical mogul, a mineral magnet, and a don). Then when he tries following one he comes to know that all three are a group and controlled by Siddharth, a scientist.

Siddarth uses the medical field for the wrong reasons and his own profit. At that time a Swiss pharmaceutical company owner Angelina and an activist tries to make generic medicines for life-threatening diseases available in India at low cost affordable by poor people. Siddharth kills her before she signs the agreement document with the government and Mithran is also shot at the same time. While he was recovering from the gunshot wound in the hospital, an electronic bug (GPS + audio transmitter) is implanted during surgery. Through the bug Siddharth listens all of Mithran's plans and continuously monitors his whereabouts and whatever he talks via audio transmission. Then comes a evidence against Siddharth in the form of Ms. Manimekalai (Abhinaya). She was a scientist at Siddharth's research Lab, where a sea weed that can cure diabetes is found abundantly in the oceans. Siddharth tries to sell the technology and rights to extract medicine from the sea weed to multi-national pharmaceutical companies that was opposed by Ms. Manimekalai. So Siddharth has her raped and killed by his goons. But before being killed she records a video and puts it on a SD card so that someone will find it. But before Mithran can find the SD card, Siddharth finds out and assigns Vicky (Vamsi Krishna) to recover the SD card but Mithran tells his friend to get the SD card. He successfully got the SD card after the fight with Vicky but through the bug Siddharth knows this and kills Jana (one of Mithran's friends).Finally Mithran finds out that there is a bug inside him and takes it out. He then uses it to his advantage to expose all of Siddharth's wrongdoings.

When Siddharth is arrested Mithran tells him that the medicine was patented in Manimekalai's name even though Siddarth was the inventor and will be made as generic medicine instead of a patent-protected one. Mithran makes a deal that he would save Siddharth's life for information and evidence on all of his criminal associates and activities and gives him a bullet proof vest to fake his death during his transport to court.But to Mithran's surprise he doesn't wear the vest. Siddarth is fatally shot by his girl friend Shilpa as an act of vengeance for killing her father. Before dying he tells Mithran that he hid all the evidence in a SD card in the bullet proof vest.In the end Siddharth says that he had not done it for escaping but for Mithran.

Cast

Production

In February 2013, Mohan Raja stated that he would direct his brother Jayam Ravi again in a film to be produced by AGS Entertainment and that he had been working on the script for the past six months. Unlike his earlier ventures which are mainly remakes, he was said to have developed an original story concept.[3] Raja said, "This film is close to my heart; it's an experimental script and I've put my heart and soul in penning it".[4] In July 2013, Nayantara signed on to be part of the project [5] and her role was reported to be that of an aspiring police officer.[6] Raja said he casted Nayantara opposite Ravi because "I wanted a matured actress like her to be a part of the film".[7] Ganesh Venkatraman was cast for a pivotal role and the actor told that the film focuses on friendship and that he, Ravi and Nayantara played friends in the film.[8] The film was started without a title and was referred to by the tentative title, Thani Oruvan, which was confirmed as the film's official title in June 2014.[9]

Filming started on 6 December 2013 [10] with a two-day schedule in Chennai at Binny Mills where a railway station set had been erected and romantic flashback portions involving Ravi and Nayantara were shot.[4] The crew then moved to Bengaluru in January 2014 where filming was held at a police training college.[11] As of February 2014, filming was underway in Mahabalipuram, Bangalore, Sri Ramanujar Engg College, Vandalur and Hyderabad.[12] In March, Ravi stated that the team had also shot in Rishikesh, Dehradun and that the third schedule was currently happening in Mussoorie.[13] In June 2014, Raja revealed that the team were still yet to film scenes featuring the lead antagonist with reports linking either Arya or Arvind Swamy to the role, the pair however refuted the reports.[14][15] It was later revealed that Arvind Swamy would be playing the antagonist.[16] Raja wanted to cast an actor "whose attractiveness would act as a distraction from his evilness. And I chose one of the most attractive male actors in this country for that role".[7] In March 2015, it was reported that the film would also feature Bollywood actress Mugdha Godse, who had been paired opposite Arvind Swamy and would make her Tamil debut.[17] This film was shot on film roll (analog form of film making) [18] by cinematographer Ramji, which he feels may be the last Tamil film to get shot in film as the industry has moved to digital filming. The film's budget was initially planned to be 15 crores but surpassed 20 crores due to delay and budget overrun, Raja and Ravi had to forgo their salaries inorder to complete the film.[19]

Soundtrack

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Devi Sri Prasad and Yuvan Shankar Raja were first reported to be the music composers of Thani Oruvan,[19][20] with Raja telling that he had been in talks.[13] Hiphop Tamizha was finalized as the music director in March 2015.[2] The soundtrack was launched at Suryan FM on 23 July 2015.[21]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Thani Oruvan (The Power of One)"Hiphop TamizhaBobo Shashi, [Mohanasundaram Arunachalam]3:49
2."Kannala Kannala (The Melting Point of Love)"Hiphop TamizhaKaushik Krish, Padmalatha3:35
3."Kadhal Cricket (Love (Not Out))"Hiphop TamizhaKharesma Ravichandran3:33
4."Theemai Dhaan Vellum (Awakening the Monster)"Hiphop TamizhaArvind Swamy, Hiphop Tamizha3:32
5."Aasai Peraasai (The Greedy Good)"Mohan RajaJayam Ravi2:35
Total length:17:04

Release

Sun Pictures initially signed contract for the distribution rights for the film later they opted out after numerous failures of Jayam Ravi and negative talk of the film however the satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.[19]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Times of India[22]
Filmibeat[23]
Behindwoods[24]
Rediff[25]
Sify[26]
Deccan Chronicle[27]
IndiaGlitz[28]
IBN Live[29]

Reception

The Times of India rated the film 4 out of 5 and wrote "Thani Oruvan is a bit too long [..] And even though it is a plot-driven film, the film gives us well-rounded characters, who lend the slightly far-fetched story plausibility".[22] IndiaGlitz rated the film 4 out of 5 and wrote A must watch for any true movie lover.[28] Baradwaj Rangan of The Hindu wrote, "Thanii Oruvan makes the most of the sustained cat-and-mouse game between Mithran and Siddharth. The authors (Subha), are credited as co-writers, and this is the first time their pulp sensibility really shines through", calling it "a pretty, smart pulpy thriller".[25] Behindwoods rated the film 3.25 out of 5 and stated "Raja delivers a commercial entertainer with all its necessary elements in an intelligent manner and in an engaging fashion".[24] Rediff stated "Thoughtfully etched-out characters add depth and intensity to the narration, while great music and impressive cinematography enhance the overall experience".[30] Sify wrote, "Powered by a staggering performance from Jayam Ravi and Arvind Swamy, director Mohan Raja does a good job of creating a taut, intelligent, and deliciously twisted action drama that delivers so much more than your average thriller...what makes Thani Oruvan, an enjoyable watch is its, original screenplay, the smart presentation and excellent characterization".[26] Deccan Chronicle gave it three and a half stars and wrote, "With the use of technology, an emphasis on slyness and mind over matter, director M. Raja and his team have crafted a film that is sure to keep you at the edge of your seat while entertaining you thoroughly in the process".[27] IBN Live rated the film 3.5 out of 5 and wrote "The film stands on one and a half legs because Siddharth Abhimanyu will rank among the best villains whereas Mithran IPS will miss the mark in the heroes section by a large margin, Nayanthara is deliciously comfortable in her role as Mahima".[29]

Box Office

'Thani Oruvan' has grossed Rs. 51.08 crore in 10 days worldwide.[1] While the Tamil movie had earned Rs 1.28 crore In its first weekend, in its second weekend the movie collected Rs 1.06 crore at Chennai box office. The total collection of the movie by the end of 18 days is Rs 4.86 crore.[31] Thani Oruvan has collected all of the production money that too in just 240 shows over the weekend.[32]

References

  1. ^ a b IANS (8 September 2015). "'Thani Oruvan' collects 50 crore in ten days". Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Hip Hop Tamizha's music for Thani Oruvan". The Times of India.
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  8. ^ "Nayan goes rafting, rappelling and mountain climbing". The Times of India.
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  12. ^ staff (10 February 2014). "The 'one and only' Jayam Ravi". behindwoods.com. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
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  14. ^ Surendhar MK. "Arvind Swamy denies playing villain in Thani Oruvan". Only Kollywood.
  15. ^ Surendhar MK. "Arya to turn villain for Jayam Ravi's Thani Oruvan? – Only Kollywood". Only Kollywood.
  16. ^ "Aravind Swamy is the villain in `Thani Oruvan`". Sify.
  17. ^ "Mugdha Godse to pair with Arvind Swami". The Times of India.
  18. ^ "Thani Oruvan might be the last movie shot on film". IndiaToday.
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  21. ^ "Thani Oruvan Audio Launch". International Business Times, India Edition. 23 July 2015.
  22. ^ a b "Thani Oruvan Movie Review". The Times of India.
  23. ^ Shankar S. "Thani Oruvan review". Oneindia.
  24. ^ a b Behindwoods Review Board. "Thani Oruvan (aka) Thanioruvan review". Behindwoods.
  25. ^ a b Baradwaj Rangan. "Thani Oruvan review: Jayam Ravi, Arvind Swami, Nayantara in a pretty smart, pulpy thriller". The Hindu.
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  27. ^ a b "Movie review 'Thani Oruvan': A thriller that hardly misses a note". Deccan Chronicle.
  28. ^ a b "Thani Oruvan Movie Review – A smart and superb commercial thriller". IndiaGlitz.
  29. ^ a b "'Thani Oruvan' review: The film doesn't let you down". IBN Live.
  30. ^ "Review: Thani Oruvan is brilliant". Rediff. 28 August 2015.
  31. ^ Box Office Collection: 'Thani Oruvan' Performs Better than 'Yatchan', 'Strawberry', 'Baahubali' in Chennai. Ibtimes.co.in (14 September 2015). Retrieved on 2015-09-19.
  32. ^ Thani Oruvan beats Bahubali collections. Adelhi.com (13 September 2015). Retrieved on 2015-09-19.
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