Thuppakki (2012)
November 13, 2012Release Date
Thuppakki (2012)
November 13, 2012Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Vijay
Jagadish Dhanapal
Kajal Agarwal
Nisha
Sathyan Sivakumar
Balaji
Vidyut Jammwal
Sleeper cell's leader
Zakir Hussain
Kameeruddin
Jayaram
V. Ravichandran
Manobala
Nisha's father
Anupama Kumar
Nisha's mother
Akshara Gowda
Shwetha
Deepthi Nambiar
Sanjana Dhanpal
Sanjana Sarathy
Jagdeesh's sister
Meenakshi
Nisha's Friend
A.R. Murugadoss
Director
MD Asif
Asif Ali
S. Thanu
Producer
Harris Jayaraj
Composer
Santosh Sivan
Cinematographer
Sreekar Prasad
Editor
Natarajan Subramaniam
Additional Director of Photography
Andrea Jeremiah
Playback Singer
Madhan Karky
Lyricist
Komal Shahani
Costume Design
Vijay Prakash
Playback Singer
Pa. Vijay
Lyricist
Sathyan Mahalingam
Playback Singer
T. Sunil Babu
Art Direction
Shobi Paulraj
Choreographer
AS Laxmi Narayanan
Sound Mixer
Jairaj Parayan
Line Producer
Manish Shah
Producer
Jagan Shakti
Assistant Director
Vaishnavi Reddy
Assistant Art Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 13, 2012
Original Nameதுப்பாக்கி
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 45m
Budget$11,000,000
Box Office$28,000,000
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Thuppakki (transl. Gun) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. Produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu of V Creations, the film stars Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal, with Sathyan, Vidyut Jammwal, Jayaram, Manobala and Zakir Hussain in supporting roles. It revolves around Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, who seeks to track down, destroy and deactivate a sleeper cell, after witnessing and barely escaping a bomb blast executed by the cell.
The project, which marked the beginning of a collaboration between Vijay and Murugadoss, was reported in July 2011, and the film's title was formally announced on the same year in December. Principal photography commenced in January 2012 and ended that October. Filming mostly took place in Mumbai, except for two song sequences which were taken in Bangkok and Switzerland respectively. The film's soundtrack was composed by Harris Jayaraj with cinematography handled primarily by Santosh Sivan and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad.
Thuppakki was released on 13 November 2012, Diwali day, and distributed by Gemini Film Circuit. The film went through numerous controversies, including protests from Islamic fringe groups who objected to the portrayal of the Islamic community in the film. Nevertheless, it received mostly positive reviews and became a major commercial success, grossing over ₹100 crore (equivalent to ₹189 crore or US$24 million in 2023) within 10 days of its release. A recipient of various accolades, the film received seven Filmfare Awards South nominations in the Tamil branch, but did not win in any category. In 2014, the film was remade in Hindi as Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty by the same director, and in Bengali as Game: He Plays to Win.