''Thotti Jaya'' is a 2005 Indian

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written and directed by

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and produced by

Kalaipuli Dhanu Kalaipuli S. Thanu is an Indian film producer, director and distributor, known for his films in Tamil cinema. He has produced several films through his two companies, V Creations and Kalaipuli Films International. Many of his films have been co ...

. The film stars

Silambarasan Silambarasan Thesingu Rajendar, nicknamed as Simbu or his initials S. T. R., is an Indian actor, filmmaker and musician in Tamil cinema. He began his acting career by playing roles as a child artist in films directed by his father T. Rajendar, b ...

and

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, while Pradeep Rawat (in his Tamil debut) essays a supporting role. The soundtrack was composed by

Harris Jayaraj Harris Jayaraj (born 8 January 1975) is an Indian composer from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. He composes soundtracks predominantly for Tamil films, while also having composed for a few films in Telugu and two films in Hindi. He has been honoured with K ...

with cinematography by

R. D. Rajasekhar R.D. Rajasekhar is an Indian cinematographer who predominantly works in films of Indian languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi. He is a recipient of the Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Cinematographer.And film fare Award a ...

and

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. The film released on 9 September 2005 and received positive response from both audience and critics and was a success at the box office.

Synopsis

Jayachandran is an orphan working in a hotel as a helper. It is assumed he gets his title name "Thotti Jaya", as he is found in a garbage bin as an infant. One day he beats and fends off a man who gets into a squabble with the hotel owner. The following night, the hotel owner rewards him with cash and dreads him the next morning. He realizes people only respect the people they fear, so he walks out from the hotel and reaches Chennai. He is spotted by Seena Thana and is hired as a henchman. In an incident, Thotti Jaya gets entangled in a political and police trap. To escape from the police, he slips to Calcutta and goes into hiding. Meanwhile, Brinda, a college girl from Kanyakumari, comes to Calcutta on a tour along with her friends. Pimps operating in the red light area of Calcutta take her away. Thotti Jaya accidentally meets Brinda when she tries to escape from the gang. He helps Brinda escape from the gang and takes her safely to Kanyakumari. On her way back home by train, Brinda starts admiring Thotti Jaya's niceties and gradually falls in love with him. When she expresses her desire, Thotti Jaya reciprocates her love, and both decide to enter into wedlock, but little does he know that Brinda is actually Seena Thana's daughter. Thotti Jaya takes Brinda away from her house and earns Seena Thana's wrath. Angered by this, Seena Thana summons his rowdy gangs and plots to bump off Thotti Jaya. How Thotti Jaya accomplishes his hopes of marrying Brinda is told in the remaining part of the story.

Cast

as Jayachandran a.k.a. Thotti Jaya *

as Brinda * Pradeep Rawat as Seena Thana *

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as Santhanam * Ceylon Manohar as Nagu *

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as Muthu Ganesh *

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as Hotel owner * Cochin Haneefa *

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* O. A. K. Sundar *

as a

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as a

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in the song "Yaari Singaari")

Production

After completing Vijay starrer ''

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'',

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approved the plotline of narrated by

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. Durai wanted Jeevan to play the lead role and also conducted test shoots with him, but the director was not impressed with his performance, so he replaced him with

. Thanu was initially reluctant to have him as the lead actor since Thanu had misunderstandings with his father T. Rajender during the time of ''

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''; he later made up his mind. Nayanthara was initially selected as the heroine, but she was replaced with

. ''Thotti Gaja'' was an early title for the film before ''Thotti Jaya'' was confirmed. Silambarasan refused to dub for the film after shooting citing salary problems; the problem was resolved in Tamil Nadu Producers Council.

Legacy

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's film ''

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'', having

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in the lead role, had a scene in which comedian Soori was shown to imitate the gangster look of black along with ''Thotti Jaya'' songs played. The film's 15-year anniversary broke several records on

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for a sequel of Silambarasan's films and was noted as one of the most anticipated and wanted sequels, sharing the record with ''

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''.

Soundtrack

There are six songs composed by

, who collaborated with Durai and Silambarasan for the second time. Lyrics are written by

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, Kabilan.

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, who was first signed as the music director, composed one song for the film, not included in the soundtrack and is credited in the

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. "Yaaridamum" was re-used from Harris's own song "Ye Chilipi" from Telugu film ''

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'', the remake of ''

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''.

References

External links

* {{V. Z. Durai 2005 films 2000s Tamil-language films Films set in Kolkata Films shot in Kolkata Indian gangster films Films set in Chennai Films shot in Chennai Indian action thriller films Films scored by Harris Jayaraj Films directed by V. Z. Durai 2005 action thriller films