Thalai Nagaram
Official CD cover
Tamilதலைநகரம்
Directed bySuraj
Written bySuraj
Story byT. Damodaran
(Original Story)
Suraj
(Additional Story)
Based onAbhimanyu
by Priyadarshan
Produced byV. Ravichandran
StarringSundar C
Jyothirmayi
Prakash Raj
Vadivelu
CinematographyK. S. Selvaraj
Edited byMu. Kasi Viswanath
Music byD. Imman
Production
company
Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
Distributed byAascar Film Pvt. Ltd
Release date
19 May 2006
Running time
156 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Thalai Nagaram (transl. Capital city) is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language action crime film written and directed by Suraj and produced by V. Ravichandran. The film stars Sundar C in his lead acting debut and Jyothirmayi, while Vadivelu, Prakash Raj, Judo. K. K. Rathnam, K. S. Ravikumar, and Bose Venkat play supporting roles. This film was a low-budget production but enjoyed huge success. The soundtrack, composed by D. Imman, was a great hit, and the song "Yedho Ninaikiren" charted at the top position for a week. The film also has cinematography by K. S. Selvaraj and editing by Mu. Kasi Viswanath.

The film is a remake of the Malayalam film Abhimanyu,[1] directed by Priyadarshan and starring Mohanlal. The film tells the story of a man who sacrifices his life to kick out gangsters who ruin other's lives.

The film was followed by Naai Sekar Returns (2022), a comedy spin-off of Vadivelu's character in the film, and a standalone sequel Thalainagaram 2(2023).

Plot

Subramaniam alias Right (Sundar C) is a rowdy in North Chennai. He runs a separate gang and also works as a sidekick and right-hand man to a big time Muslim don named Qaasim Bhai (Judo. K. K. Rathnam) who resides in North Chennai. Qaasim Bhai uses Right and his gang as professional killers whenever required. ACP Ravikumar (K. S. Ravikumar) believes in his own type of law by eliminating criminals instead of wasting time by the court and other procedures. Divya (Jyothimayi) a student, surprisingly enters into Right's life and takes shelter in his house. However, things change after she enters his life; both of them fall in love. At a situation, there arises a clash between Right and Qaasim Bhai. Right's friend Balu (Bose Venkat) kills Qaasim Bhai's son Nassir (Vikas Rishi) for ordering a trucker who rams a convoy which killed innocent children instead of only killing the intended target. Unfortunately, Balu is killed by Qaasim Bhai for killing Nassir. After seeing Balu's death, Right decides to change his lifestyle.

Parallel narration is the comedy track of Naai Shekar (Vadivelu), Divya's supposed uncle who wants to become a criminal.

For Right's surprise enters a corrupt ACP named Gopinath (Prakash Raj). He is on a hell bent quest to eradicate crime. He dislikes Right's attitude to leave the underworld and threatens Divya, who is molested in prison. After coming to know of this, Right decides to eliminate all of his foes once and for all. He hatches a plan and orders a sniper shooter (Vichu Vishwanath) to kill the police inspector of the station. He also orders a trucker (G. K.) and kills the lady inspector. Right kills Gopinath and then plans to kill Qaasim Bhai for Balu's death. Qassim Bhai arrives at the hotel, where he sees his wife Vaani's (Bhuvaneswari) wristwatch in the bedroom, which was previously gifted to him by the corrupt MLA (Delhi Ganesh). Qassim Bhai mistakenly kills the MLA for having an affair with Vani. Right then strangulates Qassim Bhai when he arrives at the basement to board his car. Finally, Right arrives at the dock for a getaway with Divya only to be killed by a battalion of police officers due to the betrayal by Sashi (Sashikumar), his own fellow gang member who mistakenly thinks that Right was behind his sister's suicide.

Cast

Soundtrack

Thalai Nagaram
Soundtrack album by
D. Imman
Released2006
LanguageTamil
ProducerD. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Kovai Brothers
(2006)		 Thalai Nagaram
(2006)		 Kalinga
(2006)

All music is composed by D. Imman[3]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."City of Sings"P. VijayVasu, Naveen, Vijay, Rahul Nambiar 
2."Flames of Victory"D. ImmanD. Imman, Mathangi 
3."Madi Madi"Na. MuthukumarBalram, Srilekha Parthasarathy 
4."Naan Valargirena"Palani BharathiAnuradha Sriram 
5."Soo Manthrakaali"P. VijaySujeetha Menon, Funky Shankar, Sangeethaa-Sangeetha Sajith 
6."Yedho Ninaikiren"Na. MuthukumarManjari, Devan 

Reception

Sify wrote "On the whole Thalainagaram lacks substance and is worth a skip."[1] Cinesouth wrote "Even though director Suraaj makes many mistakes, his attempt to make a time worn story line into a commercial film must be commended."[4]

Box office

The film collected a distributor share of Rs 4 to 5 crores at the box office.[5]

Legacy

Vadivelu's dialogue "trisha illana divya" (transl. If Not Trisha, Then Divya) inspired the title of a 2015 film Trisha Illana Nayanthara.

Spin-off

The character Naai Sekar performed by Vadivelu attained cult status. Suraj, who directed this film, made a spin-off film on the character titled Naai Sekar Returns, which released in 2022 and had Vadivelu reprising his role as Naai Sekar.[6]

Sequel

A sequel to the film, Thalainagaram 2, directed by V. Z. Durai, began production in 2021. The film features Sundar C, Pallak Lalwani, Prabhakar, and Thambi Ramaiah.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Thalainagaram". Sify. 19 May 2006. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. ↑ Sivasankar K (12 May 2021). "Ghilli Maaran death".
  3. ↑ "Thalai Nagaram Songs". mio.to. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Tamil cinema review - Thalainagaram". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 25 August 2006. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Year of the dark horse". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2009.
  6. ↑ "First-look poster of Vadivelu's Naai Sekar Returns is out". 8 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Sundar C begins shooting for 'Thalainagaram 2'!". Sify. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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