Thani Oruvan (2015)

Original title

தனி ஒருவன்

Directed by

M. Raja

Genre

drama film, action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 39m

Rated

U

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 102 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An IPS officer sets out to catch a wealthy scientist who runs secret illegal medical operations for money. The story follows their cat-and-mouse struggle as the officer tries to bring him to justice.

tensesuspensefulcerebralstylishgrimfast-pacedconfrontationalserious

What happens

Thani Oruvan (transl. The Sole One) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Mohan Raja, who co-wrote the script with Suresh and Balakrishnan. It is produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh, and S. Suresh under AGS Entertainment. The film stars Ravi Mohan (credited as Jayam Ravi) and Arvind Swamy in lead roles. Nayanthara, Thambi Ramaiah, Ganesh Venkataraman, Harish Uthaman, Sricharan, Rahul Madhav, Nagineedu, Madhusudhan Rao, Saiju Kurup, Nassar and Mugdha Godse play supporting roles. The plot revolves around an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer who wants to arrest an affluent scientist who uses secret, illegal medical practices for profit. Thani Oruvan was Raja's original story concept, unlike his previous ventures, which were remakes. Principal photography commenced on 6 December 2013, with filming taking place in various locations including Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Dehradun, Mussoorie, and other locations. The music was composed by Hiphop Tamizha, while the cinematography and editing were handled by Ramji and Gopi Krishna respectively. The film was released on 28 August 2015 to critical acclaim, with praise for the direction, screenplay, storyline, soundtrack, pacing, and the performances of Jayam Ravi and Thambi Ramaiah, but especially Aravind Swamy. It was a commercial success and also became one of the highest-grossing Tamil films of the year. The film was remade in Telugu as Dhruva (2016), and in Bengali as One (2017). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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