Thoranai

Thoranai (English: Posture) is a 2009 Indian action film written and directed by Sabha Ayyappan, who previously worked as an associate director for Malaikottai, and produced by Vikram Krishna under the banner G K Film Corporation. The film stars Vishal and Shriya in the lead roles and Santhanam, Kishore, and Prakash Raj in another pivotal roles. Shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages, the film released in Telugu as Pistha (English: Person with attitude) with Ali replacing Santhanam as Vishal's friend as well as a different supporting cast. Scenes that retained the same cast were not reshot.

Pistha
Official Theatrical poster of the Tamil Version
Directed bySabha Ayyappan
Produced byVikram Krishna
Written bySabha Ayyappan
StarringVishal
Shriya
Music byMani Sharma
CinematographyPriyan
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Production
company
Distributed byG K Film Corporation
Release date
  • 29 May 2009 (2009-05-29)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Telugu

Plot

Guru (Ganesan / Rambabu) (Kishore) and Tamizharasu / Suryaprakash (Prakash Raj) are dreaded gangsters in Chennai/Vizag. They are against pitted each other and fight to establish their supremacy in city. They indulge in gang war painting Chennai / Vizag red. Enters Murugan / Murali Krishna (Vishal). A native of Madurai / Ramachandrapuram, he comes to Chennai / Vizag with a mission. He leaves his village promising his mother (Geetha) that he would return only with his brother, who had run away from the house about two decades ago.

Murugan / Murali Krishna gets the help of his friend Vellaichamy / Chittibabu (Santhanam / Ali). He comes across the gangsters and a sequence of events results in him incurring both their wrath. In a bloody duel with Guru, he comes to know that he is his brother, whom he has been searching for long. Now he is entrusted with the task of protecting him from Tamizharasu / Suryaprakash. How he accomplishes his task forms the crux.

Cast
Actor (Tamil)Actor (Telugu)Role (Tamil)Role (Telugu)
VishalC. Murugan (CM)C. Muralikrishna "Krishna" (CM)
ShriyaIndu
Prakash RajTamizharasanSuryaprakash
SanthanamAliVellaichamyChittibabu
KishoreGanesan (Guru)Rambabu (Guru)
SrimanGanesanRambabu
AarthiIndu's friend
GeethaMurugan's motherMuralikrishna's mother
Sayaji ShindeMinister Sivanaandi
M. S. BhaskarTanikella BharaniTamizharasan's assistantSuryaprakash's assistant
Paravai MuniyammaTelangana ShakuntalaPachamma Patti
LivingstonSuryaMurugan's fatherKrishna's father
PandiarajanKrishna BhagavaanWalter Vetrivel
LalChennai Police CommissionerVizag Police Commissioner
Suruli ManoharSrinivasa ReddyConstable
MayilsamyM. S. NarayanaWatchman
T. P. GajendranKondavalasaApartment Secretary
Suman ShettyMurugan's friendKrishna's friend
Nellai SivaResident
ShanmugarajanCorrupt inspector
MuthukaalaiKallu ChidambaramBike customer
Besant RaviGuru's henchman
Periya Karuppu ThevarRallapalliPanchayat Man
SwaminathanCashier
Senthi KumariIndu's friend
ManobalaGautam RajuOfficer GanesanOfficer Ganesh
Boys RajanPolice officer
Dhadi BalajiChitram SeenuBystander who pretends to be blind
KullamaniCyclist who laughs at Indu
MeenakshiItem number

Telugu version

Production

Casting

Trisha was cast as the lead actress, but opted out of the film and was subsequently replaced with Shriya. Reema Sen was cast to play the role of a second actresses and Neetu Chandra was considered to play the third heroine.[1] Reema Sen and Neetu Chandra were not part of the final cast.

Soundtrack
Thoranai / Pistha: The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album
Released19 April 2009 (2009-04-19)
GenreFilm soundtrack
LabelSonyMusicSouthVEVO
Tamil version[2]
No.SongSingersLength (m:ss)Lyrics
1"Vedi Vedi Saravedi"Naveen, Ranjith4:26Viveka
2"Vaa Chellam"Udit Narayan5:07Pa. Vijay
3"Pattucha"Vijay Yesudas, Janani3:58Kabilan
4"Peliccan Paravaigal"Ranjith, Rita, Rahul, Jai4:07Vaali
5"Manjasela Mandakini"Tippu, Saindhavi4:20Pa. Vijay
Telugu version[3]
  • Pidi Pidi - Ranjith, Naveen
  • Naa Maharani - Udit Narayan
  • Pattuko Pattuko - Narayanan, Janani
  • Oka Pelican - Rahul, Suchithra
  • Naa Maharani - Ranjith
  • Mandakini - Tippu, Saindhavi

Critical reception
Tamil version

Behindwoods wrote:"Thoranai does entertain, but a tighter script and better execution could have yielded far better results".[4] Sify wrote:"The problems with Thoranai are sundry. First and foremost, it’s got a dead script. Nothing, simply nothing happens in the first half of the film".[5] Rediff wrote:"Thoranai's only merit is that it's marginally better than Sathyam.[6] The Times of India gave the film two stars and wrote that "It is a formidable star cast that you see in 'Thoranai'. However, what is missing is a convincing story".[7]

Telugu version

The Times of India gave the film one and a half stars out of five stating that "Inspite of a dud like Salute, Tamil star Vishal hasn't realised the significance of a solid plot even for a star-centric film."[8]

References
  1. "Vishal about Pista chitchat - Telugu film actor". 28 May 2009.
  2. "Thoranai (2009) - Mani Sharma". Music India Online. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. "Pista songs". Raaga. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  4. "Thorani Movie Review". Behindwoods. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. "Review: Thoranai (2009)". Sify. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. "Thoranai: Not good, but not bad either". Rediff. 29 May 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  7. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/thoranai/movie-review/4597080.cms
  8. BVS Prakash (30 May 2009). "Pistha Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Pistha by Times of India". Times of India. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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