Thunive Thunai

Thunive Thunai (1976)

துணிவே துணை

Bravery is the best companion

An undercover cop sets off to investigate a mysterious village after the death of his police officer brother who dies of seemingly unnatural causes while on a mission to the village.

Date of release
1976-04-06
Runtime
2h 17m
Genres
Action, Thriller
Director
S. P. Muthuraman

Casting

Interesting facts

Thunive Thunai is a 1976 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars Jaishankar, Jayaprabha and Rajasulochana, with S. A. Ashokan, Suruli Rajan and S. V. Ramadas in supporting roles. It was released on 13 April 1976, and became a box office hit.

Production

P. V. Thulasiraman, a silk merchant from Salem approached Muthuraman to make a film for which Muthuraman agreed and chose Jaishankar as the protagonist which eventually became Thunive Thunai. Panchu Arunachalam wrote the film's story and dialogues, he called this the first Tamil film revolving around an underworld don.

For the climax scene involving helicopter chase, the crew bought a helicopter used for spraying pesticides from Southern Aviation Corporation. The scene which was shot in Kovalam Beach and near Mamallapuram took two days to be completed. Some scenes were shot at Modern Theatres, Salem.

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