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Thalaivaa
File:Thalaivaa film official poster.jpg
Promotional poster
Directed byA. L. Vijay
Written byA.L.Vijay
Produced byS. Chandraprakash Jain
Starring
CinematographyNirav Shah
Edited byAnthony
Music byG. V. Prakash Kumar
Production
company
Sri Mishri Productions
Distributed byVendhar Movies
Release dates
8 August 2013 (France, Singapore and Canada)
9 August 2013 (Worldwide)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹60 crore (US$7.2 million)[1]
Box office₹75 crore (US$9.0 million)[2]

Thalaivaa (Template:Lang-en) is a 2013 Tamil action crime thriller directed and written by A. L. Vijay. The film features Vijay and Amala Paul in the lead roles, Abhimanyu Singh as the main antagonist, as well as Sathyaraj, Santhanam, Ponvannan, Rajiv Pillai and Ragini Nandwani in supporting roles.[3] The film, produced by Chandraprakash Jain features background score and soundtrack composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar with cinematography handled by Nirav Shah.The film was released worldwide on 9 August 2013 worldwide to mixed reviews and was declared a average venture at the box office.

Plot

Thalaivaa is about Vishwa (Vijay), a dancer in Australia who lives his good life engaging in dance competitions and managing his water distribution business with his partner and childhood friend Logu (Santhanam). His father Ramadurai (Sathyaraj) is a don in Mumbai and the people’s leader for Mumbai Tamilians, a fact that Vishwa is unaware of. His Fathers arch enemy is Bhima Bhai (Abhimanyu Singh). His father keeps him away from India throughout his life and Vishwa is under the impression that his father is a businessman. He comes across Meera (Amala Paul), the daughter of one of his customers, and slowly falls in love with her. She joins his dance team and they win a major competition. Vishwa then asks for Meera’s hand in marriage from her father (Suresh), who wishes to discuss the matter formally with his father. So, Vishwa, Meera and her father head to Mumbai to meet Ramadurai. When they reach Mumbai, Vishwa realises that his father is no ordinary man but a powerful don and this is where Vishwa’s life changes forever as he discovers that Meera and her father are in fact CBI who are trying to arrest his father Ramadurai. In the meantime, Bhima Bhai devises a plot to kill Ramadurai and he gets killed in the bomb blast. In the gripping tale of vengeance, how Vishwa turns around and takes his enemies one by one and finally he discovers that his uncle, Ranga (Ponvannan) was behind all of this.

Cast

Production

Casting

Vijay on the sets of Thalaivaa

After watching A. L. Vijay's period drama film Madrasapattinam (2010), Vijay was impressed by the film and contacted the film director for a new project. A. L. Vijay later narrated the Thalaivaa story to Vijay and he agreed to play the role within fifteen minutes.[4] Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Yami Gautam were initially approached for the lead female role.[5][6] Later Amala Paul was selected.[7] Vijay Yesudas was reported to be finalized for antagonist role in this film,[8] but he denied it as rumour.[9][10] Sathyaraj was also selected to be a part of this film.[11] A. L. Vijay's brother Udhaya has been selected to feature in a prominent role.[12] G. V. Prakash Kumar will be the music director while Nirav Shah will crank the camera. R.K. Naguraj has been enrolled as art director. Rumors about a Hollywood star portraying a singer, were refuted by Vijay.[13]

Filming

The muhurta of the film was held in Chennai on 16 November 2012.[14] The first schedule began in Mumbai from 23 November 2012.[15] The title song "Thalaivaa Thalaivaa" was shot in Mumbai with 500 junior artists.[16] A major portion of the film was shot in Australia.[17] The first look and title was revealed on 14 January 2013. Additional posters were released on 26 January 2013.[18]

As of 8 February 2013, 50 percent of total shootings were completed, with stunt scenes conducted by Stunt Silva.[19] Ragini Nandwani, who plays a North Indian, stated that all of her film sequences were shot in Mumbai over 25–30 days. They moved to Chennai and shot a song at Binny Mills.[20] A last shooting schedule in Australia was completed by 24 April.[21][22] They shot scenes at the Bondi Beach in New South Wales.[23] It was revealed that Vijay would portray a leader of a dance group based in Australia, performing dance styles of different genres including tap dancing with Sathish (June Ponal song fame), Karthik (Ungalil yaar Prabhu Deva winner) & their dance schoolmates.[24]

Music

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The soundtrack was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar and the lyrics were written by Na. Muthukumar, both teaming with A. L. Vijay for the fifth time. The soundtrack features five songs and two theme music tracks.[26] As of 21 November 2012, he had composed two songs for the film.[27] One song had been sung by Vijay alongside with Santhanam.[28] A third song was completed on 11 February 2013.[26] The audio launch took place on 21 June 2013 in Hotel Connemara.[29] The audio rights of Thalaivaa were bought by Sony Music.[30]

The album received positive reviews from the audience.Behindwoods rated it 3.5/5, stating "A true for the fans, high on energy and drama".[31] Oneindia said GV Prakash Kumar has composed the songs keeping new-age audience in mind. Thalaivaa album simply cannot be ignored.[32] Indiaglitz said "Thalaivaa is all about energy and jive. Ranging from foot tapping to soul lifting, the album is elevating in all respects. For a crowd puller like Vijay, this album is aptly scored to be cheery and soulful. In all, GV Prakash has redefined music crafted for dance and rated 3.75 / 5 – Energy packed album. Get up and dance."[33]

All lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Tamil Pasanga"Benny Dayal, Sheezay.Psycho Unit5:06
2."Yaar Indha Saalai Oram"G. V. Prakash Kumar, Saindhavi5:12
3."Vaanganna Vanakkanganna"Vijay, Santhanam5:31
4."Sol Sol"Vijay Prakash, Abhay Jodhpurkar, Megha5:46
5."The Ecstacy of Dance"Kiran, Chennai Symphony2:08
6."Thalapathy Thalapathy"Haricharan, Pooja Vaidyanath, Zia Ulhaq5:36
7."Thalaivaa Theme"G. V. Prakash Kumar2:46
Total length:31:25

Release

Thalaivaa distribution rights for the United States and Canada were bought by Bharat Creations.[34] Ayngaran International acquired the overseas rights for Thalaivaa[35] Tamil Nadu rights were bought by Vendhar Movies and Kerala rights by Thameens via Vendhar movies. The music rights were sold to Sony Music.[36] Prior to Vijay's birthday on 21 June a theatrical film trailer was released by Sony Music India on their YouTube channel.[37] Trailer got 1.2 million in 32 hours and 2 million views within 2 days on YouTube after its release. The film garnered totally 3.4 million hits on YouTube. The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Sun TV. The film's running length is 3 hours 2 minutes and was given a "U" certiticate by the Indian Censor Board. The film has been released on Friday, 9 August 2013 worldwide.

Reception

The film opened with highly positive reviews."[38] Oneindia.in stated that the film is a typical Vijay's entertainer,and will make his fans to be proud as his fans.[39]

[40] IBN Live rated 3/5 stating that the film is a full-baked product. Sify stated "Thalaivaa is good and the movie was racy and shorter".[41] Behindwoods.com gave the movie 3.75/5 commenting "Although slow at the start and missing in some of its character backstories, the film makes up for it with few unexpected turns of events.Relatively, greatandhra.com gave the movie 3.85/5 stating that the film is a typical entertainer[42] Metromasti.com gave the movie 3/5 stars stating, "Thalaiva which runs for 185 minutes has very intelligent scenes and is expected to be a complete class hit entertainer movie of the year".[43] AP Herald.com gave 3/5 stating that "the film just entertains the audience".[44]

'Times of India' gave 3/5 stating Vijay is in top form when he's normal and menacing.Sathyaraj as the don is effective. But the one who makes this arduous journey enjoyable is Santhanam,whose poker-faced humour provides relief in a largely grim story.[45] Chitriyala.com gave the movie 3.75/5 stating "First half is fast paced with romance, dance, funny scenes like chemistry between Vijay and Amala Paul and Santhanam and Amala Paul are glorified in the first half of the movie and second half is good with twists and revenge drama.[46] MovieCrow rated 3/5 stating that the movie is a typical entertainer.[47] APlive.net gave 3/5 and commented, Thalaivaa is old wine in new bottle".[48]

Box office

India

The film recieved mixed reviews from critics.In Chennai,the film got a good opening by fetching ₹9.58 crore (US$1.1 million) in its opening day.[49] In Malaysia, the film overall grossed $1,902,959 (₹.80 million).[43][50]"Thalaivaa" is doing good business in Tamil Nadu.y[51] Thalaivaa grossed more than ₹21 crore (US$2.5 million) during the first weekend in Tamilnadu.[52]

"Thalaivaa" had a thunderous opening and topped the Kerala box office during the Eid weekend (9–11 August) raking in ₹1.12 crore (US$130,000), even though four Malayalam films and one Hindi film - "Chennai Express" were released during that period.[53] From a total of 131 screens in kerela,the opening has been excellent and the first weekend gross is expected to be above 3 crores. The first day gross of ₹1.12 crore (US$130,000) perfectly set the pace for constant improvements over the weekend.It must be noted that lot of audiences from Tamil Nadu are frequenting theatres in the TN – Kerala border to catch a glimpse of Thalaivaa. The Eid festival period has given a huge boost to the Kerala box-office and Thalaivaa stands on top. Distributors are confident that the movie’s overall collections will end up being as big as Thuppaki and Pokkiri in Kerala.[54] At the end of the third weekend,Thalaivaa grossed ₹ 5 crore in Kerela.[55]

Vijay Strikes Gold With Thalaivaa at Karnataka Box Office.Thalaivaa getting massive response from audience in the Garden City.Vijay star power has worked big time in Bangalore.Bangalore City has seen an extraordinary opening for Thalaivaa with occupancies ranging in the 85 to 90% range.In Karnataka,Thalaivaa has earned Rs 5.7 crores (both Tamil and Telugu versions) at Box Office in the first week. The distributor's share is ₹2.7 crore (US$320,000), says a source. In Bangalore, the Tamil movie had done great business and it is expected to have collected more than Rs ₹1.5 crore (US$180,000).In the following weekend, the occupancy for the recently-released Thalaivaa was close to 80% in most of the multiplexes. And the single screens ran into packed house in the second weekend. Multiplexes such as Cinemax, Gopalan and PVR witnessed cent percent collections in the weekend[56] After the first day, 4 extra screens were added and trade pundits opine that the opening is better than the other recent big release Singam 2.A lot of fans had travelled from Tamil Nadu to see the movie, thereby adding to the craze in Bangalore City.[57]

The Telugu dubbed version, Anna, after a terrific day one opening share of 1 crore, settled at around ₹2 crore (US$240,000) to ₹2.25 crore (US$270,000) for the overall weekend share. Anna opened in around 275 screens, making it Vijay's biggest release in Andhra. The Tamil version of the movie is being screened in 3 properties in Hyderabad City. The overall feedback from audiences seem to be positive.[58]

Overseas

Thalaivaa opened well at International markets,especially in USA and UK.[59] In UK From the paid previews on Thursday till Saturday, Thalaivaa’s gross in the UK is ₹78 lakh (US$93,000) approximate from 34 locations and it is seen as a very impressive opening.Vijay's films generally embark on a great start in the UK, and Thalaivaa is no exception.[54] The film's UK collection is said to be ₹1.14 crore (US$140,000) in its opening weekend.[59]Vijay starrer Thalaivaa has been declared a Hit in UK.In UK "Thalaivaa" made an impressive start earning ₹1.14 crore (US$140,000) (£1,21,249) from 36 screens in the opening weekend. The film has made higher collections than Suriya's "Singam 2" in the UK. "Singam 2" earned around ₹99 lakh (US$120,000) in the first week of its release. But Vijay's "Thalaivaa" crossed Singam 2 collections in its debut weekend.The film continued its dream run at the UK box office even in its second weekend. Its total UK collections are now pegged at ₹2.09 crore (US$250,000).[60]

At the end of the first weekend, the US gross of Thalaivaa from 44 reported locations is 212,000 USD ₹1.29 crore (US$150,000). A record total of 70 locations are screening Thalaivaa and the total gross for the first weekend is expected to be in the 250,000 USD range[54]

Thalaivaa fared well in Malaysia too.Thalaivaa has maintained exceptionally well in its second weekend in Malaysia.The film has become ninth highest grosser of all time in Malaysia box office in just 10 days collection.In its second weekend the film has collected ₹1.14 crore (US$140,000) (MYR 579,153) on 60 screens and average working out per screens ₹1.90 lakh (US$2,300) (MYR 9,654).[61] Thalaivaa collected around ₹8.34 crore (US$1.0 million) in just 10 days at the malaysian box office.[62] The overall boxoffice collection of the movie is estimated around ₹144 crore (US$17 million)[2]

Awards

Award Category Recipient Result
Vijay Awards Favourite Hero Vijay Won
Entertainer of the Year Vijay Nominated
Favourite Film Thalaivaa Nominated
Techofes#Awards Favourite Actor Vijay Won

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