Taanakkaran
Taanakkaran (transl. Circle Inspector) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language period police drama film written and directed by Tamizh in his directorial debut and produced by Potential Studios.[1] The film stars Vikram Prabhu in the lead role with Anjali S Nair, Lal, Livingston, M. S. Bhaskar and Madhusudhan Rao in the supporting roles.[2] The film is based on real life incidents from 1997 related to police training.[3][4] The film released directly on Disney+ Hotstar on 8 April 2022.[5][6] The film received positive reviews from both critics and audiences.
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Directed by | Tamizh |
Written by | Tamizh |
Produced by | SR Prakash Babu SR Prabhu P Gopinath Thanga Prabaharan R |
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Cinematography | Madhesh Manickam |
Edited by | Philomin Raj |
Music by | Ghibran |
Production company | Potential Studios |
Distributed by | Disney+ Hotstar |
Release date | 8 April 2022 |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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 few of his friends and soon he 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 Easwara Moorthy, a very strict and ruthless trainer, who has a record of winning all the parades and even resulting in the death 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
- Vikram Prabhu as Arivazhagan (Arivu)
- Anjali Nair as Eeshwari
- Lal as Eeswara Moorthy
- Livingston as Rajendran, Arivazhagan's Father
- M. S. Bhaskar as Sellakkanu
- Bose Venkat as Inspector Mathi
- Madhusudhan Rao as Muthupandi
- Pavel Navageethan as Kadar Basha
- Nitish Veera as Counsellor Sahul Bhai
- Karthick Kannan as Murugan
Soundtrack
The soundtrack and score is composed by Ghibran.
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Kattikoda" | Chandru | Shweta Mohan | 3:21 |
2. | "Thudithezhu Thozha" | Chandru | Shenbagaraj, Aravind Srinivas, Narayanan, Sarath Santosh | 3:51 |
References
- "Vikram Prabhu is back, in and as 'Taanakkaran'". Sify. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Here's The Link Between Suriya's Jai Bhim And Vikram Prabhu's Upcoming Taanakkaran". News18 Tamil Nadu. 3 November 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Teaser of Vikram Prabhu's 'Taannakkaran' takes on violence in police training". The News Minute. 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Disney+ Hotstar to premiere Tamil drama 'Taanakkaran'". Live Mint. 20 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Vikram Prabhu's 'Taanakkaran' to skip theatrical release". Sify. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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