Thangalaan (2024)

Anecdotes

Thangalaan is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language action adventure film directed by Pa. Ranjith, who co-wrote the script with Tamil Prabha and Azhagiya Periyavan. It is produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under Studio Green. The film stars Vikram in five roles, along with Pasupathy, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Malavika Mohanan and Daniel Caltagirone. During the British Raj era, a fierce tribal leader sets out to stop an apparent sorceress, after earning her wrath when assisting a British general in tracing gold in their village.

Production

While working on Madras (2014), Pa. Ranjith had narrated a script to Vikram and planned to team up for the film but was delayed, due to their commitments on multiple films. The project then materialized in September 2021 with K. E. Gnanavel Raja's production house Studio Green funding it, with Ranjith's banner Neelam Productions.

Ranjith drafted the script after the release of Kaala (2018), describing it as his dream project. However, he halted working on the script after watching a trailer for the Kannada film KGF: Chapter 1 and sought to rewrite it to avoid similarities. He then gave the first draft of the script to Tamizh Prabha in early 2022, who admitted the metaphorical elements in the storytelling.

G. V. Prakash Kumar was assigned as the film's music composer, dismissing initial reports stated that Anirudh Ravichander would score music for the film. A. Kishor Kumar handled the cinematography, after previously working with Ranjith on Natchathiram Nagargiradhu (2022) and planned to shoot the film in 3D formats, instead of traditional 2D to 3D conversion. Editor Selva R. K., production designer S. S.

In July 2022, Radhika Apte and Rashmika Mandanna were signed in to play the female lead roles, but was replaced by Parvathy Thiruvothu and Malavika Mohanan respectively, due to scheduling conflicts. Malavika described her character Aarathi as one of her intense and physically challenging roles; to prepare for the character, she learned Silambam as well as following a stringent diet plan.

In October 2022, Pasupathy was cast in a supporting role collaborating with Vikram after Dhool (2003), Arul (2004), Majaa (2005) and 10 Endrathukulla (2015) and Ranjith after Sarpatta Parambarai (2021). English actor Daniel Caltagirone was cast as Clement, ex-army officer who visits the gold fields to discover gold.

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