Thiruvambadi Thamban

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Thiruvambadi Thamban
Directed by	M. Padmakumar
Written by	S. Suresh Babu
Produced by	Alexander John
Starring	Jayaram Jagathy Sreekumar Kishore Nedumudi Venu Haripriya
Cinematography	Manoj Pillai
Music by	Ouseppachan
Production company	Jini Cinema
Distributed by	Jini Cinema
Release date	25 May 2012 (2012-05-25) [1]
Running time	164 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Thiruvambadi Thamban is a 2012 Indian Malayalam-language action thriller film starring Jayaram and Haripriya in lead roles, directed by M. Padmakumar and written by S. Suresh Babu. It also marks the debut of Kannada actor Kishore in Malayalam.^[2] It also has Nedumudi Venu, Samuthirakani and Jagathy Sreekumar in supporting roles.

Plot[]

Thiruvambadi Thampan Tharakan (Jayaram) hails from a family that have been supplying elephants for temple processions for years. To add some romance to the story, Thampan is given company by Anjali Haripriya who is a Brahmin girl in the film. On the way back to Kerala from the Gajamela at Sonepur, Thampan's father Thiruvambadi Mathan Tharakan (Jagathy Sreekumar) happens to confront Shaktivel (Kishore) in Madurai. Shaktivel is a cruel politician and landlord and Mathan fails to understand that he rules the place and accidentally kills his younger brother Shiva. Soon, in a fast tracked series of events, Shaktivel and his men go in search for Mathan and his people to avenge Shiva's brother. Thampan follows a never ending travail of son trying to save Mathan from an extremely dangerous enemy.

Cast[]

• Jayaram as Thiruvambadi Thampan Tharakan
• Kishore as Shakthivel
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Thiruvambadi Mathan Tharakan
• Haripriya as Anjali
• Nedumudi Venu as Kunjoonju
• Samuthirakani as Panchayat President
• Sreejith Ravi in a special appearance
• T. G. Ravi as Xavier
• Jayaraj Warrier
• Shaju^[3]
• Jayaprakash as Ramanujam
• Karate Raja as Shiva, Shaktivel's brother
• Janardhanan in special appearance
• Nandhu as Thiruvambhadi Thampan's friend
• Babu Namboothiri as Achuvettan
• Sreelatha Namboothiri as Grandmother of Thampan
• Anil Murali as a Policeman
• Sreekutty
• Vimal Kumar as Thiruvambadi Thampan's friend
• Jijoy Rajagopal

Production[]

The movie was launched by Mammootty in Kerala.^[4] This movie reprises the entire crew of their previous hit Shikkar with a single change of Jayaram playing the lead.

The first schedule comprising the lead cast was filmed in Bihar where the big Gajamela at Sonepur, Bihar was filmed for the movie.^[5] The second schedule started from 27 November at Thrissur in which Thambi Ramaiah and Kishore joined the crew marking their debut in Malayalam films. Sneha was initially cast for the film^[6] but she later stepped out of the film to allocate dates for Kochadaiyaan and 2 more projects in Tamil and Telugu respectively.^[7] She was replaced by Kannada actress Haripriya.

Reception[]

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Thiruvambaadi Thambaan was released to mixed and positive reviews. It turned out to be a family entertainer.

Awards[]

References[]

External links[]

• Thiruvambadi Thamban at IMDb