Thalaivaa (2013)

 ●  Tamil ● 3 hrs 3 mins

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The film opens in the year 1988 with the death of Mumbai's King of Dharavi, Varadarajan Mudaliar. Following his death, the rival group goes on a rampage and we are introduced to Anna who takes the job of protecting Varadarajan's Dharavi and ensuring that his son Vishwa is brought up in Australia. Over there he leads a dance troop and falls in love with Meera. Later, Vishwa finds out that Meera is a Mumbai cop and she pretended to be in love with him just to get information about his father. His father is later killed by a rival gang of Mumbai and how Vishwa avenge his death and leads the people of Dharavi forms the rest of the story.

Cast: Amala Paul, Vijay

Crew: Vijay (Director), Nirav Shah (Director of Photography), GV Prakash Kumar (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Action, Drama, Family

Release Dates: 09 Aug 2013 (India)

Tagline: Time to Lead

Tamil Name: தலைவா

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Did you know? The film was initially banned in Tamilnadu because of the tagline 'Time to Lead' which seemed to oppose then Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha. Read More
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as Meera
as Vishwa Bhai
Special Appearance
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Special Appearance
as Bhima
as Judge
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
as Judge
as Ratnam
as Ravi Kiran
as Ranga
as Gowri
as Raju
Supporting Actor
as Ganga Ramadurai
as Logu
as Dance Crew Member
as Anna
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Supporting Actor
as Vishwa's friend
as Lawyer

Direction

Director
First Assistant Director

Production

Co-Producer
Production Company

Distribution

Camera and Electrical

Director of Photography

Art

Art Director

Costume and Wardrobe

Costume Designer

Editorial

Marketing and Public Relations

Public Relations Officer

Special Effects

Special Effects Coordinator

Stunts

Stunt Director
Stunt Double

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Visual Effects Supervisor
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Visual Effects Coordinator
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Tamil
Spoken Languages:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, DTS
Camera:
Red Epic
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Archival Source:
QubeVault
Music Label: Sony Music Entertainment
05:07

Music Director: GV Prakash Kumar
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: Benny Dayal
05:15

Music Director: GV Prakash Kumar
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: GV Prakash Kumar, Saindhavi
05:33

Music Director: GV Prakash Kumar
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: Vijay, Santhanam N
05:49

Music Director: GV Prakash Kumar
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
02:11

Music Director: GV Prakash Kumar
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: Kiran
05:38

Music Director: GV Prakash Kumar
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: Pooja Vaidyanath, Haricharan
Taglines:
Time to Lead
Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed into: Thalaivaa (Hindi)
Dubbed into: Anna (Telugu)
Goofs:
Continuity
In Tamil Pasanga dance, Viswa's jacket changes from time to time - one with tamil letters and other without it.
Trivia:
The film was initially banned in Tamilnadu because of the tagline 'Time to Lead' which seemed to oppose then Chief Minister J.Jayalalitha.

Director A.L.Vijay and lead actress Amala Paul got married after the film.

The film's title song was shot in Mumbai with 500 junior artists.
Filming Start Date:
23 Nov 2012
Filming End Date:
24 Apr 2013
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