Thoranai

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Plot

Murugan is a native of Madurai who arrives at Chennai to find his long-lost brother Ganesan, who had run away from home about two decades ago. Murugan gets stuck in a rivalry between gangsters Guru and Tamizharasu, where he learns that Guru is actually Ganesan. Murugan decides to protect Guru/Ganesan from Tamizharasu and a cat-and-mouse game ensues. Guru/Ganesan finally decide to reform himself where he reunites with Murugan and his mother, while Tamizharasu is killed in a police encounter.

Cast

Actor Role
Tamil Telugu Tamil Telugu
Vishal C. Murugan (CM) C. Muralikrishna "Krishna" (CM)
Shriya Saran Indu
Prakash Raj Tamizharasan Suryaprakash
Santhanam Ali Vellaichamy Chittibabu
Kishore Ganesan (Guru) Rambabu (Guru)
Sriman Ganesan Rambabu
Aarthi Indu's friend
Geetha Murugan's mother Muralikrishna's mother
Sayaji Shinde Minister Sivanaandi
M. S. Bhaskar Tanikella Bharani Tamizharasan's assistant Suryaprakash's assistant
Paravai Muniyamma Telangana Shakuntala Pachamma Patti
Livingston Surya Murugan's father Krishna's father
Pandiarajan Krishna Bhagavaan Walter Vetrivel Walter Rangaraju
Lal Chennai Police Commissioner Vizag Police Commissioner
Suruli Manohar Srinivasa Reddy Constable
Mayilsamy M. S. Narayana Watchman
T. P. Gajendran Kondavalasa Apartment Secretary
Suman Shetty Murugan's friend Krishna's friend
Nellai Siva Resident
Shanmugarajan Corrupt inspector
Muthukaalai Kallu Chidambaram Bike customer
Besant Ravi Guru's henchman
Sampath Ram Guru's henchman
Aryan Tamizharasan/Suryaprakash's henchman
Periya Karuppu Thevar Rallapalli Panchayat Man
Swaminathan Cashier
Senthi Kumari Indu's friend
Manobala Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam Birth and Death administration officer
Boys Rajan Police officer
Dhadi Balaji Chitram Seenu Bystander who pretends to be blind
Kullamani Cyclist who laughs at Indu
Karate Raja Rowdy
Kadhal Saravanan Waiter
Scissor Manohar Duvvasi Mohan Man who asks for lift
Raviraj
Meenakshi Item number
Telugu version
Cast Role
Annapoornamma Krishna's grandmother
Gautam Raju Traffic police officer

Production

The film was initially to be produced by Singanamala Ramesh with Reema Sen as another heroine but, later got shelved and Shriya was confirmed as the single pair for Vishal.[2]

Music

Tamil version[3]
Song Singers Length Lyrics
"Vedi Vedi Saravedi" Naveen, Ranjith 4:26 Viveka
"Vaa Chellam" Udit Narayan 5:07 Pa. Vijay
"Pattucha" Vijay Yesudas, Janani Madhan 3:58 Kabilan
"Peliccan Paravaigal" Ranjith, Rita, Rahul, Jai 4:07 Vaali
"Manjasela Mandakini" Tippu, Saindhavi 4:20 Pa. Vijay
"Vaa Chellam" (Version 2) Ranjith 5:07
Telugu version[4]
  • "Pidi Pidi" - Ranjith, Naveen
  • "Naa Maharani" - Udit Narayan
  • "Pattuko Pattuko" - Narayanan, Janani Madhan
  • "Oka Pelican" - Rahul, Suchithra
  • "Naa Maharani" - Ranjith
  • "Mandakini" - Tippu, Saindhavi

Critical reception

Sify wrote "Arbitrarily packing in elements of every genre without actually bothering to stop and see if the mix does work, Thoranai is like an overcooked stew."[5] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff wrote "Thoranai's only merit is that it's marginally better than Sathyam.[6] The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "It is a formidable star cast that you see in Thoranai. However, what is missing is a convincing story".[7] Reviewing the Telugu version, BVS Prakash of The Times of India gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Inspite of a dud like Salute, Tamil star Vishal hasn't realised the significance of a solid plot even for a star-centric film."[8]

References

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