Taanakkaran

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Taanakkaran
Taanakkaran poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byTamizh
Written byTamizh
Produced bySR Prakash Babu
SR Prabhu
P Gopinath
Thanga Prabaharan R
Starring
CinematographyMadhesh Manickam
Edited byPhilomin Raj
Music byGhibran
Production
company
Potential Studios
Distributed byDisney+ Hotstar
Release date
8 April 2022 (2022-04-08)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Taanakkaran (transl. Circle Inspector) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language period drama film written and directed by Tamizh in his directorial debut and produced by Potential Studios.[1] The film stars Vikram Prabhu in the lead role with Anjali S Nair, Madhusudhan Rao, Lal, Livingston, and M. S. Bhaskar in supporting roles.[2] The film is based on real life incidents from 1997 related to police training.[3][4] The film released directly on Disney+ Hotstar on 8 April 2022.[5][6] The film received positive reviews from both critics and audiences.

Plot[]

The plot is set in 1999. Arivu is a young cop who just got selected in the Tamil Nadu Police and is sent to the PRS (Police Recruit School) for training. He is joined by a few of his friends and soon befriends other trainees. A few among them are older policemen, who cleared their interviews in 1982, but due to political reasons, could not get placed till date. Most of the trainers see them as unfit old men and mock them. However, Arivu motivates them.

The PRS is run by Inspector Muthupandi, a stern but corrupt officer who is feared by all. One of his aides is Eshwaramurthy, a very strict and ruthless trainer, who has a record of winning all the parades and even resulting in the deaths of a few trainees in the name of very hard training (Extra Drill called as ED). On the very first day of training, one of Arivu's friend from the '82 batch faces the wrath of Muthupandi after he complains about the lack of toilet facilities in the campus. Soon, Easwara Moorthy starts seeing Arivu as a rival and warns him that he will not allow him to pass the training. He follows many tactics to brutally punish and demotivate Arivu and his batch.

How Arivu manages to win against all these odds forms the rest of the story.

Cast[]

Satellite rights[]

The satellite rights of the movie were secured by Star Vijay.

Soundtrack[]

The soundtrack and score is composed by Ghibran.

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Kattikoda"ChandruShweta Mohan3:21
2."Thudithezhu Thozha"ChandruShenbagaraj, Aravind Srinivas, Narayanan, Sarath Santosh3:51

Reception[]

M. Suganth of The Times of India gave 3.0 out of 5 stars and wrote "Vikram Prabhu comes up with a sturdy performance, capturing Arivu's physicality very well. MS Bhaskar shines as a veteran cop who is paying the price for an insubordination years ago, and Lal makes us hate his character. Bose Venkat, as Madhi, an honest cop who wants to turn the recruits into good policemen despite being aware of the system's flaws, pitches in with an empathetic performance. These performances hold the film together and keep us engaged."[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Vikram Prabhu is back, in and as 'Taanakkaran'". Sify. Archived from the original on 11 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ "விக்ரம் பிரபுவின் 'டாணாக்காரன்' ஃபர்ஸ்ட் லுக் வெளியீடு". Hindu Tamil Thisai. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Here's The Link Between Suriya's Jai Bhim And Vikram Prabhu's Upcoming Taanakkaran". News18 Tamil Nadu. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Teaser of Vikram Prabhu's 'Taannakkaran' takes on violence in police training". The News Minute. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Disney+ Hotstar to premiere Tamil drama 'Taanakkaran'". Live Mint. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Vikram Prabhu's 'Taanakkaran' to skip theatrical release". Sify. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  7. ^ "TAANAKKARAN REVIEW : AN ENGAGING, IF MELODRAMATIC, DRAMA ON ABUSE OF POWER".

External links[]

Taanakkaran at IMDb

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