Thooku Medai
Thooku Medai | |
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Directed by | Amirtham |
Screenplay by | M. Karunanidhi |
Based on | Thooku Medai by M. Karunanidhi |
Produced by | Sri Appan Films |
Starring | Chandrasekhar Menaka |
Music by | Shankar–Ganesh |
Release date | 1982 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Thooku Medai (transl. Gallows) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Amirtham and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Chandrasekhar and Menaka. It is an adaptation of Karunanidhi's play of the same name.
Plot[]
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Cast[]
- Chandrasekhar
- Chakravarthy
- Menaka
- Usha Rajender
- Nagesh
Production[]
Thooku Medai was a film adaptation of the controversial stage play of same name written by M. Karunanidhi who had scripted the film version too.[1]
Soundtrack[]
Soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[2][3]
- "Aayiram Piraigal" – Vani Jairam
- "Iniyoru Thollaiyum" – T. M. Soundararajan
- "Kudi Uyara" – T. M. Soundararajan
- "Kurinji Malar" – P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam
Controversy[]
Karunanidhi was displeased with censor board for reducing 500 feet of the film which contained his dialogues "focussed on the long search from Madurai to Tiruchendur".[4]
Reception[]
The film was released on 28 May 1982,[5] and failed commercially.[6]
References[]
- ^ Shekar, Anjana (8 August 2018). "How Karunanidhi the playwright gave birth to Karunanidhi the politician". The News Minute. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Thookku Medai songs". Friendstamilmp3.com. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Thookumedai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) EP". Apple Music. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ Pratap, Anita (23–29 May 1982). "Producers protest against unjustified censorship". Sunday. Vol. 9, no. 49.
- ^ "திரையுலகில் கலைஞர்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 27 July 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ^ Laul, Brian (16 January 1983). "Where Cinema Is Politics and Politics Is Cinema". The Illustrated Weekly of India. p. 19.
External links[]
- Thooku Medai at IMDb
Categories:
- Tamil-language films
- 1980s Tamil-language films
- 1982 films
- Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh
- Films with screenplays by M. Karunanidhi
- Indian drama films
- Indian films based on plays
- Indian films
- 1982 drama films