Thooku Medai

Thooku Medai
Thooku Medai
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Amirtham
Written by	M. Karunanidhi
Based on	Thooku Medai; by M. Karunanidhi
Starring	Chandrasekhar; Menaka
Music by	Shankar–Ganesh
Production; company	Sri Appan Films
Release date	28 May 1982;
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thooku Medai (transl. Gallows) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by Amirtham and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Chandrasekhar and Menaka. It is an adaptation of Karunanidhi's play of the same name. The film was released on 28 May 1982.

Plot

Cast

Chandrasekhar
Chakravarthy
Menaka
Usha Rajender
Nagesh

Production

Thooku Medai is a film adaptation of the stage play of the same name written by M. Karunanidhi who scripted the film version too.^[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.^[2]^[3]

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kodi Uyara Kol Uyarum"	M. Karunanidhi	Malaysia Vasudevan	4:48
2.	"Aayiram Piraigal Kaanumvarai"	M. Karunanidhi	Vani Jairam	4:14
3.	"Kurinji Malar Ondru"	M. Karunanidhi	P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam	4:49
4.	"Inioru Thollaiyum Illai"	Subramania Bharati	T. M. Soundararajan	3:33
Total length:				17:24

Controversy

Karunanidhi was displeased with the censor board for reducing 500 feet of the film which contained his dialogues that focused "on the long search from Madurai to Tiruchendur".^[4]

Release and reception

Thooku Medai was released on 28 May 1982.^[5] The reviewer from Kalki lauded Chandrasekhar's performance, and his recital of Karunanidhi's dialogues.^[6] Despite this, it failed commercially.^[7]

References

^ Shekar, Anjana (8 August 2018). "How Karunanidhi the playwright gave birth to Karunanidhi the politician". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
^ "Thookumedai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
^ "Thookku Medai Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ Pratap, Anita (23–29 May 1982). "Producers protest against unjustified censorship". Sunday. Vol. 9, no. 49. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.
^ "திரையுலகில் கலைஞர்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
^ "தூக்கு மேடை". Kalki (in Tamil). 20 June 1982. pp. 58–59. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2022 – via Internet Archive.
^ Laul, Brian (16 January 1983). "Where Cinema Is Politics and Politics Is Cinema" (PDF). The Illustrated Weekly of India. pp. 16–19. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.

External links

Thooku Medai at IMDb

[1] Shekar, Anjana (8 August 2018). "How Karunanidhi the playwright gave birth to Karunanidhi the politician". The News Minute. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.

[2] "Thookumedai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) EP". Apple Music. Archived from the original on 17 September 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

[3] "Thookku Medai Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[4] Pratap, Anita (23–29 May 1982). "Producers protest against unjustified censorship". Sunday. Vol. 9, no. 49. Archived from the original on 16 April 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.

[5] "திரையுலகில் கலைஞர்". Dinamalar (in Tamil). 27 July 2018. Archived from the original on 26 October 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2021.

[6] "தூக்கு மேடை". Kalki (in Tamil). 20 June 1982. pp. 58–59. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 9 August 2022 – via Internet Archive.

[7] Laul, Brian (16 January 1983). "Where Cinema Is Politics and Politics Is Cinema" (PDF). The Illustrated Weekly of India. pp. 16–19. Retrieved 23 October 2023 – via Internet Archive.

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