Thiruttu Payale
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| Directed by | Susi Ganesan |
| Produced by |
Kalpathi S.Aghoram Kalpathi S.Ganesh Kalpathi S.Suresh |
| Written by | Susi Ganesan |
| Starring |
Jeevan Abbas Sonia Agarwal Malavika Vivek Manoj K Jayan Charle |
| Music by | Bharathwaj |
| Cinematography | Ravi Shankar |
Production company | |
Release date | 14 April 2006 |
Running time | 150 mins |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹7 crore (US$970,000) |
| Box office | ₹40 crore (US$5.6 million)[1] |
Thiruttu Payale (Tamil: திருட்டு பயலே; English: Yo, the Thief[2]) is a 2006 Tamil thriller film written and directed by Susi Ganesan. As like other Susi Ganesan films it is a real life experience based entertainer/thriller. The movie stars Kaakha Kaakha fame Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Abbas, Malavika, Vivek, Manoj K Jayan and Charle. The film's music is composed by music director, Bharathwaj. The film was remade in Hindi by director himself as Shortcut Romeo. The film was also remade in Telugu and Kannada as Mr. Rascal and Aadu Aata Aadu respectively.
Plot
Manickam (Jeevan) belongs to a poor family in a village. He does not respect any of his family members except for his uncle Manohar (Vinod Raj), who lives in Chennai. The story gets rolling once he decides to come and stay with his uncle at Chennai.
Once while he is watching people playing golf, he notices Roopini (Malavika) and Ramesh (Abbas) having an illicit relationship. He manages to capture the scene in his video camera. Roopini is the wife of a rich businessman Sivaraj (Manoj K Jayan), who is also Ramesh's best friend.
Manickam blackmails Roopini and extracts money from her whenever he needs. Once, he makes a trip abroad to Australia with Roopini’s expenditure. There he happens to meet Rosy (Sonia Agarwal). He falls in love with her. Rosy tells him that she is a very rich girl from a respected family. While he decides to propose to her, he finds that she has left the city. He is upset, and just at that time, Roopini makes a phone call and tells him that Rosy was sent by her only to woo Manickam and demands that if he needs Rosy, he needs to hand over the cassette to her.
Manickam decides to find Rosy and comes to know that she also loves him. She asks him to leave this con work and gets him a job in a shop. All went well until when Rosy's stepmother comes to know about this relationship and asks Manickam for a sum if he wants to marry Rosy. To acquire the same, he again uses the cassette for the final time, but Sivaraj comes to know about it. Manickam hands over the money to Rosy's stepmother and asks Rosy to come to the airport next day. The climax shows Sivaraj killing Ramesh and Manickam fighting the goons sent by Sivaraj and reaching the airport, only to be killed by Sivaraj. The film ends with Rosy waiting for Manickam in the airport.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Jeevan | Manickam |
| Sonia Agarwal | Rosy / Saranya |
| Abbas | Ramesh |
| Malavika | Roopini |
| Vivek | Manohar |
| Manoj K. Jayan | Sivaraj (Roopini's husband) |
| Susi Ganesan | CID |
| Charle | Watchman |
| Vinod Raj | Manohar (Manickam's uncle) |
| Nagaraj | Watchman |
Box office
- The film was a commercial success grossing ₹ 400 million at the box office and became the third highest grossing Tamil film of 2006 only behind Varalaru and Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.[3]
