''Taanakkaran'' () is a 2022 Indian

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film written and directed by Tamizh in his directorial debut and produced by Potential Studios. The film stars

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in the lead role with Anjali Nair, Madhusudhan Rao,

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, Livingston, and M. S. Bhaskar in supporting roles. The film is based on real life incidents from 1997 related to police training. The film released directly on Disney+ Hotstar on 8 April 2022. The film received positive reviews from both critics and audiences.

Plot

The plot is set in 1999. Arivu is a young cop who just got selected in the Tamil Nadu Police and is sent to the PRS (Police Recruit School) for training. He is joined by a few of his friends and soon befriends other trainees. A few among them are older policemen, who cleared their interviews in 1982, but due to political reasons, could not get placed till date. Most of the trainers see them as unfit old men and mock them. However, Arivu motivates them. The PRS is run by Inspector Muthupandi, a stern but corrupt officer who is feared by all. One of his aides is Eshwaramurthy, a very strict and ruthless trainer, who has a record of winning all the parades and even resulting in the deaths of a few trainees in the name of very hard training (Extra Drill called as ED). On the very first day of training, one of Arivu's friend from the '82 batch faces the wrath of Muthupandi after he complains about the lack of toilet facilities in the campus. Soon, Easwara Moorthy starts seeing Arivu as a rival and warns him that he will not allow him to pass the training. He follows many tactics to brutally punish and demotivate Arivu and his batch. How Arivu manages to win against all these odds forms the rest of the story.

Cast

as Arivazhagan (Arivu) * Anjali Nair as Eeshwari * Madhusudhan Rao as Muthupandi *

as Eshwaramurthy * Livingston as Rajendran, Arivu's father * M. S. Bhaskar as Sellakkanu *

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as Inspector Mathi *

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as Kadar Basha *

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as Counsellor Sahul Bhai *

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as Nandhakumar * Karthick Kannan as Murugan *

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as Arivu's friend

Satellite rights

The satellite rights of the movie were secured by

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack and score is composed by

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Reception

M. Suganth of ''

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'' gave 3.0 out of 5 stars and wrote "Vikram Prabhu comes up with a sturdy performance, capturing Arivu's physicality very well. MS Bhaskar shines as a veteran cop who is paying the price for an insubordination years ago, and Lal makes us hate his character. Bose Venkat, as Madhi, an honest cop who wants to turn the recruits into good policemen despite being aware of the system's flaws, pitches in with an empathetic performance. These performances hold the film together and keep us engaged."

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{{IMDb title, 14986224 2022 films 2022 drama films Tamil-language Disney+ Hotstar original programming 2022 directorial debut films