Thoonga Nagaram

Thoonga Nagaram
Release poster
Directed by	Gaurav Narayanan
Produced by	Dhayanidhi Alagiri
Written by	Gaurav Narayanan
Starring	Vimal Bharani Nishanth Anjali Gaurav Narayanan
Music by	Sundar C Babu
Cinematography	Vijay Ulaganath
Edited by	T. S. Suresh
Production company	Cloud Nine Movies
Release date	4 February 2011 (2011-02-04)
Running time	143 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	4 crores
Box office	50 crores

Thoonga Nagaram (Tamil: தூங்கா நகரம்; English: The city never sleeps) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language drama-thriller film written and directed by debutant Gaurav Narayanan, starring himself along with Vimal, Bharani, Nishanth, and Anjali in the lead roles.^[1] The film, produced by Dhayanidhi Alagiri's Cloud Nine Movies, was shot entirely in Madurai, the city where the story takes place and which the title refers to. It was released on 4 February 2011 to relatively positive reviews and excellent box office collection.^[2]

Plot

Kannan (Vimal), Ayyavu (Bharani), Rajamani (Gaurav Narayanan), and Mariappan (Nishanth) are four friends who live lives in their own way in Madurai. They are callous youths who go hammer and tongs to make both ends meet. Kannan, a wedding videographer, comes across his childhood friend Radha (Anjali), who is a compere in a local cable TV channel, and love blossoms.

However, one event changes the course of their life. Kannan bashes a youth for taking obscene video clippings of a girl and blackmailing her with ulterior motive. The youth’s father (Kamala theatre owner Raju) finds out the men behind the attack on his son.

He hatches a conspiracy and ensures that the friends themselves turn foes for each other. In the meantime, it’s time for Kannan to tie the knot with Radha. Did the baddie succeed in his mission is the crux of the story.

Cast

• Vimal as Thavuttu Raja (Kannan)
• Bharani as Ayyavu
• Gaurav Narayanan as Rajamani
• Nishanth as Mariappan
• Anjali as Kalaivani (Radha/Theru Trisha)
• V. N. Chidambaram as Periya Thappa
• Arun Kumar as Periya Thappa Brother
• Subbu Panchu
• Pandu
• Yogi Babu

Special Appearances

• Vadivelu
• Madhumitha
• Singampuli
• Soori

Box office

The film was a commercial success grossing nearly $2million at the box office in 6 weeks,as per charts published by behindwoods.com.^[3]

Soundtrack

Thoonga Nagaram
Original CD Cover
Soundtrack album to Thoonga Nagaram by Sundar C Babu
Released	5 January 2011
Recorded	2010
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	24:30
Language	Tamil
Label	Think Music
Producer	Sundar C Babu
Sundar C Babu chronology
Aadu Puli (2010)Aadu Puli2010 Thoonga Nagaram (2011) Agarathi (2011)Agarathi2011

The soundtrack consists of seven tracks including one remix number from Penn tuned by Sundar C. Babu. It was released by Think Music and the audio launch took place on 5 January 2011 at Sathyam Cinemas. Directors Sasikumar, KV Anand, Samuthirakani, Gautham Menon, Lingusamy, Ameer, KS Ravikumar, producer Dhayanidhi Alagiri were the chief guests. The soundtrack received positive reviews.^[4]

References

External links

• Thoonga Nagaram on IMDb