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 Ulaganathan |
| Edited by | T. S. Suresh |
Production company | |
Release dates |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | 4 crores |
| Box office | 10.5 crores |
Thoonga Nagaram (Tamil: தூங்கா நகரம்; English: The city never sleeps) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language thriller-drama 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
A group of four friends (Vimal, Barani, Nishanth and Gaurav Narayanan) live lives in their own way in Madurai. They are callous youth, who go hammer and tongs to make both ends meet. Vimal, a wedding videographer comes across his childhood friend Anjali, who is a compere in a local cable TV channel and love blossoms.
However, one event changes the course of their life. Vimal 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 Vimal to tie the knot with Anjali. Did the baddie succeed in his mission is the crux of the story.
Cast
- Vimal as Kannan (Thvuttu Raja)
- Bharani as Ayyavu
- Gaurav Narayanan as Rajamani
- Nishanth as Mariappan
- Anjali as Radha (Kalaivani) and also known as 'Theru Trisha'
- V. N. Chidambaram as Periya Thappa
- Arun Kumar as Periya Thappa Brother
- Subbu Panchu
- Pandu
- Special appearances
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 | ||||
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 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 | ||||
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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]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Performer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Vaigai Siricha Thoonganagaram" | S Gnanakaravel | Palghat Sriram | 04:19 |
| 2. | "Koorana Paarvaigal" | Thamarai | Hariharan, Chinmayi | 04:45 |
| 3. | "Kalyanam Kalyanam" | Narayana Kavi | Chandrababu, Karthik | 04:18 |
| 4. | "Ettu Kangalukkum" | S Gnanakaravel | Madhu Balakrishnan | 04:38 |
| 5. | "Nee Siricha Kondattam" | S Annamalai | Shankar Mahadevan | 04:33 |
| 6. | "Rhythm of Thoonganagaram" (Theme Music 1) | Instrumental | Sundar C. Babu | 00:55 |
| 7. | "Theme of Thoonganagaram" (Theme Music 2) | Instrumental | Sundar C. Babu | 01:22 |
References
- ↑ "'Thoonga Nagaram' - Cloud 9 launches next film - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "Thoonga Nagaram Tamil Movie Review - cinema preview stills gallery trailer video clips showtimes". IndiaGlitz. 2011-02-05. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "Events - 'Thoonga Nagaram' Movie Launch". IndiaGlitz. 2010-01-30. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
- ↑ "THOONGA NAGARAM MUSIC REVIEW - THOONGA NAGARAM MP3 DOWNLOAD - TAMIL MOVIE THOONGA NAGARAM MUSIC REVIEW - TAMIL SONGS DOWNLOAD - TAMIL FILM MUSIC - THOONGA NAGARAM MP3 - THOONGA NAGARAM SONGS". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 2012-08-05.