Theri (film)
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Theri (transl. Spark)[7] is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Atlee and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu under the banner V Creations. Inspired from Mani Ratnam's film Chatriyan, the film stars Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Amy Jackson, Nainika, Radhika Sarathkumar, Rajendran and Mahendran.[8] The music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, with cinematography handled by George C. Williams and editing by Ruben. In the film, a former cop is on a mission to protect his daughter from his past enemies.
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Directed by | Atlee |
Screenplay by | Atlee |
Dialogue by | Atlee S. Ramana Girivasan |
Story by | Atlee |
Produced by | Kalaipuli S. Thanu |
Starring | Vijay Samantha Ruth Prabhu Amy Jackson |
Cinematography | George C. Williams |
Edited by | Ruben |
Music by | G. V. Prakash Kumar |
Production company | |
Distributed by | SPI Cinemas (Tamil Nadu) Sri Venkateswara Creations (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana)[1]
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | ₹75 crore[4] |
Box office | ₹150 crore[5][6] |
The film marked Kumar's second directorial after Raja Rani (2013), whose success impressed Vijay to work with the director. Atlee came up with the script, which was an "emotional action thriller film" and a formal announcement was made in September 2014. After post-production works and a formal launch ceremony in June 2015, the film began production in Chennai during early July. The film was halted twice due to the Film Employees Federation of South India's strike and the heavy flooding in Chennai. In addition, poor climatic conditions in China meant that the team had to abandon their idea of filming sequences there and instead opted to shoot in Bangkok. Despite the difficulties, the film was completed within January 2016.
Theri was released on 14 April 2016 to positive reviews from critics and grossed ₹150 crore (US$19 million) against a budget of ₹75 crore (US$9.4 million). The film emerged as the second highest-grossing Tamil film of 2016. It further won three SIIMA Awards,[9] three IIFA Utsavam awards, two Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards and nine nominations at the 64th Filmfare Awards South. The film was adapted into Assamese as Ratnakar (2019) and is currently being remade into Telugu and Hindi as Ustaad Bhagat Singh and Baby John, respectively.[10] It is currently considered as one among the most-popular films in Vijay's career and its multiple re-runs in television channels have attributed to more popularity.[11]