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 by	Sabha Ayyappan
Produced by	Vikram Krishna
Written by	Sabha Ayyappan
Starring	Vishal Shriya
Music by	Mani Sharma
Cinematography	Priyan
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	G K Film Corporation
Distributed by	G K Film Corporation
Release date	29 May 2009 (2009-05-29)
Running time	148 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil 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)
Vishal		C. Murugan (CM)	C. Muralikrishna "Krishna" (CM)
Shriya		Indu
Prakash Raj		Tamizharasan	Suryaprakash
Santhanam	Ali	Vellaichamy	Chittibabu
Kishore		Ganesan (Guru)	Rambabu (Guru)
Sriman		Ganesan	Rambabu
Aarthi		Indu's friend
Geetha		Murugan's mother	Muralikrishna's mother
Sayaji Shinde		Minister Sivanaandi
M. S. Bhaskar	Tanikella Bharani	Tamizharasan's assistant	Suryaprakash's assistant
Paravai Muniyamma	Telangana Shakuntala	Pachamma Patti
Livingston	Surya	Murugan's father	Krishna's father
Pandiarajan	Krishna Bhagavaan	Walter Vetrivel
Lal		Chennai Police Commissioner	Vizag Police Commissioner
Suruli Manohar	Srinivasa Reddy	Constable
Mayilsamy	M. S. Narayana	Watchman
T. P. Gajendran	Kondavalasa	Apartment Secretary
Suman Shetty		Murugan's friend	Krishna's friend
Nellai Siva		Resident
Shanmugarajan		Corrupt inspector
Muthukaalai	Kallu Chidambaram	Bike customer
Besant Ravi		Guru's henchman
Periya Karuppu Thevar	Rallapalli	Panchayat Man
Swaminathan		Cashier
Senthi Kumari		Indu's friend
Manobala	Gautam Raju	Officer Ganesan	Officer Ganesh
Boys Rajan		Police officer
Dhadi Balaji	Chitram Seenu	Bystander who pretends to be blind
Kullamani		Cyclist who laughs at Indu
Meenakshi		Item number

Telugu version

• Annapoornamma as Krishna's grandmother
• Dharmavarapu Subrahmanyam as the Birth and Death administration officer
• Srinivasa Reddy as Walter Vetrivel's assistant
• Duvvasi Mohan

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
Released	19 April 2009 (2009-04-19)
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	SonyMusicSouthVEVO

Tamil version[2]

No.	Song	Singers	Length (m:ss)	Lyrics
1	"Vedi Vedi Saravedi"	Naveen, Ranjith	4:26	Viveka
2	"Vaa Chellam"	Udit Narayan	5:07	Pa. Vijay
3	"Pattucha"	Vijay Yesudas, Janani	3:58	Kabilan
4	"Peliccan Paravaigal"	Ranjith, Rita, Rahul, Jai	4:07	Vaali
5	"Manjasela Mandakini"	Tippu, Saindhavi	4:20	Pa. 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.

External links

• Thoranai on IMDb