Thotta

Thotta (English: Bullet) is a 2008 Tamil action film directed by Selva and produced by Mariappa Babu Baskar of Oscar Movies (a pioneer film production house in Kollywood). The movie, which has a critically acclaimed storyline, stars actor Jeevan and Priyamani in the lead roles alongside Mallika, Sampath Raj, Hema Choudhary and Charan Raj in supporting roles.

Thotta
Directed bySelva
Produced byMariappa Babu Baskar, Oscar Movies
Written bySelva
Ramesh Selvan (dialogues)
StarringJeevan
Priyamani
Mallika
Sampath Raj
Hema Choudhary
Charan Raj
Music bySrikanth Deva
CinematographyUK Senthilkumar
Distributed byOscar Films
Release date
  • 29 February 2008 (2008-02-29)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Shanmugham (Jeevan) comes to Chennai with his mother in search of his father (Raj Kapoor). When they get to the place, they see him living with another wife. He kills the wife and sends Shanmugham outside. Shanmugham comes out with his dead mother, and an auto driver (Chandrasekhar) helps him cremate the body, gives money to him, and asks him to go back to his own city.

Shanmugham wanted to become a great man but got caught with corrupt police officers and was used for their job. When he grows up, he becomes a big rowdy by the name of Thotta. The highly corrupt police officer DCP Murugavel (Sampath Raj) also uses him for a lot of encounters, for which he takes credit and gets promoted to commissioner. In one incident where he is asked to put acid on a girl Nalina's (Priyamani) face, he finds that girl to be the auto driver's daughter. He loves Nalina and helps her family.

Nalina's aim is to become a police officer, and she tells this to Shanmugham. As he has commissioner influence, he promises to get her the job. For this, he kills a minister, who is a big rival of Chief Minister Manimaran (Livingston). When Nalina goes to Murugavel for the job, the latter insists that she have sex with him. When Shanmugham finds out what happened, he and Murugavel part ways.

Shanmugham's friend Giri (Vishnupriyan), who is also a rowdy, but gets him married to Gauri (Mallika). She wants to separate him from this rowdy group and get settled, for which she tries not to send him for their encounters. After much thought, Shanmugham lets them go separately, but Murugavel kills Giri. CBI officer Prabhakar (Charan Raj) wants to get Shanmugham alive, whereas Murugavel wants him killed, otherwise he would be in deep trouble as he was the one who made Shanmugham a rowdy. How Shanmugham overpowers this duo and whether Nalina becomes a police officer forms the climax of the story.

Cast

Music

The movie has 5 songs and one instrumental composed by Srikanth Deva. The music is hopeful, straight out of a 1980s B grade flick, and did not meet with any positive review.

No.SongSingersLyrics
1Anbe VaaTanvi Shah, Gopal SharmaPazhani Bharathi
2Mugam PooChinmayi, Naresh IyerP. Vijay
3Saami AadudaSenthil Dass, Surmukhi Raman, AsithKabilan
4Theme Of ThottaInstrumental
5Va Va Va MappillaiSrikanth Deva, Janani, AsithPazhani Bharathi
6Venum VenumJaidev, SangeethaP. Vijay

Production

The film was launched in 2005 at Prasad Studios.[1][2] Srikanth Deva was selected to compose music.[3] The film was shelved midway due to some reasons[4] Jeevan and Selva went on to do the remake of Naan Avan Illai, during the time Selva's another project "Ma.Mu" with Sathyaraj and Sibiraj being dropped[5] and at the sametime he completed Nenjil and his long-delayed project Manikanda with Arjun. The project was revived in 2007[6][7][8] because of Jeevan and Priyamani achieved success with their films Naan Avanillai and Paruthi Veeran.[9] During the shoot, actor Chandrasekar was really stabbed with a knife unintentionally.[10]

Reviews

Rediff wrote: "Avoid Thotta".[11]

Nowrunning wrote: "Though the director has obviously treaded a beaten track, many interesting sub-plots and startling episodes are woven into the script making the film click".[12]

Sify wrote: "This Thotta just does not fire and is a rehash of so many films, and has nothing new to offer and is predictable".[13]

Behindwoods wrote: "Thotta seems to be director Selva's attempt at reviving the 80s mindless action adventure flicks with an overdose of mother sentiment and sacrifice".[14]

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References
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  2. "A bullet for Jeevan". Behindwoods. 8 March 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  3. "Tamil movies : Srikanth Deva hits the jackpot". Behindwoods.com. 21 September 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. "Jeevan's Thotta in a quandary". Behindwoods. 23 August 2005. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  5. "Son as Mamu - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  6. "THOTTA JEEVAN PRIYAMANI NAAN AVANILLAI KOLLYWOOD MACHAKAARAN Payanigal Gavanathirku Tamil Movie Trailer Indian movie Trailers image gallery". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  7. "THOTTA MACHAKKAARAN DEEPAVALI JEEVAN NAAN AVANILLAI SELVA MALAIKOTTAI PRIYAMANI tamil movie news hot stills picture image gallery". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  8. "'Thotta' resumes - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 17 October 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  9. "JEEVAN PRIYAMANI SELVA THOTTA KAMNA JEEVAN MACHAKARAN machakaran actor jeevan actress kamna music director yuvan shankar raja machakaaran thiruttu payalae jeevan kamna tamil picture gallery images". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  10. "Chandrasekhar stabbed at shoot! - Tamil Movie News". IndiaGlitz. 15 November 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  11. "Review: Avoid Thotta". Rediff.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  12. "Thotta Review - Tamil Movie Review by PVS". Nowrunning.com. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  13. "Movie Review:Thotta". Sify.com. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  14. "THOTTA MOVIE REVIEW - Behindwoods.com THOTTA MOVIE STILLS THOTTA MOVIE IMAGES JEEVAN PRIYAMANI NAAN AVANILLAI KOLLYWOOD MACHAKAARAN Payanigal Gavanathirku Glamour Stills Bollywood Actress Gallery Kollywood Actress Gallery Wallpaper Tamil Actress Gallery Tamil Actress Images Stills". Behindwoods.com. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
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