Thanal (2025)
தணல்
Fuelled by a lifetime of suffering, an ex army man embarks on a vengeful quest. Standing in his way is a police constable whose own past pain transformed into a dutiful son. When their paths converge, hero either can flee for his life or take a stand against the villain’s scheme of things.
- Date of release
- 2025-09-12
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 2h 6m
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Thriller
- Director
- Ravindra Madhava
Casting
- Atharvaa Murali — Akilan
- Lavanya Tripathi — Anu
- Ashwin Kakumanu — Former Army Officer
- Shah Ra — Idea Mani
- Bharani — Ramesh
- Selva — DGP R. Thiruvalluvan
- N. Azhagamperumal — Ranganathan
- Bose Venkat — Ramakrishnan
- Lakshmi Priyaa — Robber's wife
- Pradeep Vijayan
- Mohamad Thoufiq — Srinivaasan
- Sarvhaa — Hariharasuthan
Interesting facts
Thanal (transl. Shade/Embers) is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Ravindra Madhava in his debut. The film is produced by Annai Film Production starring Atharvaa, Ashwin Kakumanu, and Lavanya Tripathi.
Production
After Pattathu Arasan (2022), in early-February 2023, Atharvaa was announced to feature in his next film titled Thanal directed by Ravindra Madhava in his debut. The film is produced by Annai Film Production. The film stars Ashwin Kakumanu in his debut as the antagonist, alongside Lavanya Tripathi.
Principal photography got wrapped during its announcement in February 2023.
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