Thandakaaranyam

Thandakaaranyam (2025)

தண்டகாரண்யம்

After losing his forest ranger position, a Tamil villager pursues his dream of joining the Indian Army, only to face harsh realities that challenge his idealistic vision of military service.

Date of release
2025-09-19
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 10m
Genres
Drama
Director
Athiyan Athirai

Casting

Interesting facts

Thandakaaranyam is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Athiyan Athirai. The film stars V R Dinesh and Kalaiyarasan in the lead roles, alongside Riythvika, Vinsu Sam, Shabeer Kallarakkal, Bala Saravanan, Aruldoss and others in supporting roles. The film is jointly produced by Pa. Ranjith's Neelam Productions along with Sai Devanand S and Sai Venkateswaran's Learn and Teach Production Private Limited.

Production

After the success of Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu (2019), Pa. Ranjith's Neelam Productions announced their second collaboration with director Athiyan Athirai's sophomore project. On 6 February 2023, through a first look, the film's title Thandakaaranyam was released starring Attakathi Dinesh in the lead role making his second collaboration with Athiyan Athirai after Irandam Ulagaporin Kadaisi Gundu and fifth collaboration with director-produc…

The film includes an ensemble cast of Riythvika, Vinsu Sam, Shabeer Kallarakkal, Bala Saravanan, Aruldoss, Yuvan Mayilsamy and Saranya Ravichandran in supporting roles. Along with Neelam Productions, the film is co-produced by Learn and Teach Production Private Limited who produced Jama and Dhonima (both 2024). The technical team consists of music composer Justin Prabhakaran, editor Selva RK and cinematographer Pratheep Kaliraja.

Principal photography, which began after the announcement, completed its first scheduled on 2 March 2023. The entire shooting was completed in mid-July 2023, and the dubbing process began.

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