''Thalaivan'' is a 2014 Tamil film directed by

Ramesh Selvan Ramesh Selvan is an Indian film director, who has made Tamil films. Career Ramesh Selvan made his debut as a film maker with the action film ''Ulavuthurai'' (1998) starring Vijayakanth in lead role before making the revenge drama ''Jananam'' ( ...

and produced by Chithirai Selvan. The film features Bas, the younger brother of politician

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and

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in the lead roles, while the ensemble cast features

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, Suman and

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amongst others. The film was released on 18 April 2014.

Cast

*Bas as Bas *

as Anusha *

as Kannan * Monica * Suman *

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as ACP * Suresh Krishna *

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* Swaminathan as Professor *

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* T. P. Gajendran * O. A. K. Sundar as Muthukumar * Aarthi as Anushka's friend *

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as Police officer *Abhishek *

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(cameo appearance) *

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(cameo appearance)

Production

The film is the home production of the newcomer lead comedian, V. Bhaskaran alias Bas, brother to politician

and a nephew of VK Sasikala. The actor is in his 40s and had previously been the managing director of J.Jayalalitha TV (JJTV) during J.Jayalalithaa's first term as chief minister between 1991 and 1996. He revealed his experience at JJTV created an ambition of him working as an actor and thus approached the producers of the

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-starrer ''Thalaivan'' and sought permission to use their title in his new venture. Production began in July 2012 with Bas signing up a host of established cast and crew to join the team, including actors

, Suman and

while actresses

and

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were signed on to play heroines. Sana Khan was later replaced by Monica in the cast, after she became busy with other projects. A technical team involving

of ''

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'' (1998) and ''

Jananam ''Jananam'' () is a 2004 Tamil language action drama film directed by Ramesh Selvan. The film stars Arun Vijay and Priyanka Trivedi in lead roles, while Ashish Vidyarthi, Raghuvaran, Charle, Vadivelu and Nassar play supporting roles. The mu ...

'' (2004) as director,

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as editor and G. V. Prakash Kumar as composer was announced, although the composer later opted out and he was replaced by Vidyasagar. The film was briefly delayed when Bas was arrested in June 2013 in a case of cheating a woman. In June 2013, the director Ramesh Selvan issued a press release distancing himself from the project, indicating that he had suffered health problems as a result of his strenuous work on the project and that he had to complete his other venture, ''

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'' (2014).

Soundtrack

The audio launch was held May 2013, with director Ameer *"Adaivaana" - Ranjith, Sricharan *"Naan Manmathar" - Tippu, Priyasri *"Oru Kodi" - K. J. Yesudas *"Siru Paarvai" - Karthik,

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*"Yaarai Kettu" - Sathyaprakash, Vandana Srinivasan

Release

The film was released on 18 April 2014 alongside '' Thenaliraman'' and ''

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''. Times of india gave a review citing "If you can force yourself to ignore its leads, the film turns from being borderline terrible to a borderline watchable fare. This is a fairly interesting storyline for commercial film. icBut the plot points are telegraphed to us a mile earlier so there is no tension in the scenes.

References

{{reflist 2014 films Films scored by Vidyasagar Films directed by Ramesh Selvan 2010s Tamil-language films