Thotti Jaya

Thotti Jaya
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Directed by	V. Z. Durai
Written by	Balakumaran (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	V. Z. Durai
Story by	V. Z. Durai
Produced by	Kalaipuli Dhanu
Starring	Silambarasan Gopika Pradeep Rawat
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Edited by	Anthony
Music by	Harris Jayaraj Yuvan Shankar Raja (1 Song)
Production company	V. Creations
Distributed by	Kalaipuli Film Internationals
Release date	9 September 2005 (2005-09-09)
Running time	157 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thotti Jaya is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language gangster thriller film written and directed by Durai. The film features Silambarasan and Gopika in lead roles. The soundtrack was composed by Harris Jayaraj.

Plot[]

Jayachandran (Simbu) is an orphan working in a hotel as a helper. It is assumed he gets his title name "Thotti Jaya", as he is found in a garbage bin as an infant. One day he beats and fends off a man who gets into a squabble with the hotel owner. The following night, the hotel owner rewards him with cash and dreads him the next morning. He realizes people only respect the people they fear. So he walks out from the hotel and reaches Chennai. He is spotted by Seena Thana (Pradeep Rawat) and is hired as a henchman. In an incident, Thotti Jaya gets entangled in a political and police trap. To escape from the police, Thotti Jaya slips to Calcutta and goes into hiding. Meanwhile, Brinda (Gopika), a college girl from Kanyakumari, comes to Calcutta on a tour along with her friends. Pimps operating in the red light area of Calcutta take away Brinda. Thotti Jaya accidentally meets Brinda when she tries to escape from the gang. He helps Brinda escape from the gang and takes her safely to Kanyakumari. On her way back home by train, Brinda starts admiring Thotti Jaya's niceties and gradually falls in love with him. When she expresses her desire, Thotti Jaya reciprocates her love, and both decide to enter into wedlock, but little does he know that Brinda is actually Seena Thana's daughter. Thotti Jaya takes away Brinda from her house and earns Seena Thana's wrath. Angered by this, Seena Thana summons his rowdy gangs and plots to bump off Thotti Jaya. How Thotti Jaya accomplishes, his hopes of marrying Brinda is told in the remaining part of the story.

Cast[]

Production[]

After finishing Sachein, Kalaipuli Thanu approved the plotline of narrated by V. Z. Durai. Durai wanted Jeevan to play the lead role and also conducted test shoots with him but the director was not impressed with his performance he replaced him with Simbhu. Thanu was initially reluctant to have him as the lead actor since Thanu had misunderstandings with his father T. Rajender during the time of Coolikaaran, later he made up his mind. Nayanthara was initially selected as heroine, but she was replaced with Gopika.^[1] Thotti Gaja was an early title for the film before Thotti Jaya was confirmed.^[2] Simbhu refused to dub for the film after shooting citing salary problems, the problem was resolved in Tamil Nadu Producers Council.^[3]

Legacy[]

Vijay Chander's Film Sangathamizhan, having Vijay Sethupathi in a lead role, had a scene in which the Comedy actor Soori was shown to imitate the gangster look of black along with Thotti Jaya songs played. The film's 15th year anniversary broke several records on twitter for a sequel of Silambarasan's films and was noted as one of the most anticipated and wanted sequels, sharing the record with Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.

Soundtrack[]

There are six songs composed by Harris Jayaraj collaborated with Durai and Silambarasan for the second time. Lyrics are written by Na. Muthukumar, Thamarai, Kabilan. Yuvan Shankar Raja, who was first signed as the music director,^[4] composed one song for the film, not included in the soundtrack and is credited in the title card. "Yaaridamum" was re-used from Harris's own song "Ye Chilipi" from Telugu film Gharshana, the remake of Kaakha Kaakha.

References[]

External links[]

• Thotti Jaya at IMDb