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Thuppakki

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 45m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Jayaram, Joseph Vijay, Zakir Hussain, Kajal Aggarwal, Sathyan, and Vidyut Jammwal in Thuppakki (2012)
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One-Person Army ActionActionCrimeMusicalThriller

An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.

  • Director
    • A.R. Murugadoss
  • Writers
    • Mayank Jain
    • A.R. Murugadoss
  • Stars
    • Joseph Vijay
    • Kajal Aggarwal
    • Vidyut Jammwal
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    40K
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    • Director
      • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Writers
      • Mayank Jain
      • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Stars
      • Joseph Vijay
      • Kajal Aggarwal
      • Vidyut Jammwal
    • 132User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 14 wins & 18 nominations total

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    Joseph Vijay
    Joseph Vijay
    • Jagadish Dhanapal
    Kajal Aggarwal
    Kajal Aggarwal
    • Nisha
    • (as Kajal Agarwal)
    Vidyut Jammwal
    Vidyut Jammwal
    • Sleeper cell's leader
    • (as Vidyut Jamwal)
    Sathyan
    Sathyan
    • Balaji
    Zakir Hussain
    Zakir Hussain
    • Kameeruddin
    Jayaram
    Jayaram
    • V. Ravichandran
    Manngala Radhakrishnan
    • Jagdeesh MoM
    Rahaao
    Rahaao
    • Surendra
    Deepthi Nambiar
    • Sanjana Dhanpal
    Sanjana Sarathy
    • Jagdeesh's sister
    Niranjan
    • Assistant of Sleeper Cell Head
    Steven Clarke
    • Dancer
    A.R. Murugadoss
    A.R. Murugadoss
    • Cameo Appearance
    Santosh Sivan
    Santosh Sivan
    • Cameo Appearance
    • (as Santhosh Sivan)
    MD Asif
    • Sleeper cell 2nd in command
    Joy Badlani
    Joy Badlani
    • Surendhar
    Nidhi Bisht
    Nidhi Bisht
    • Kidnapped girl
    • (as Nidhi Bist)
    Akshara Gowda
    Akshara Gowda
    • Shwetha
    • Director
      • A.R. Murugadoss
    • Writers
      • Mayank Jain
      • A.R. Murugadoss
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    7gautham_harry

    Definitely One Of The Best Movies Of 2012 And A Landmark Movie FOR Vijay After Ghilli And Pokkiri

    Thuppakki My Review : (This Is Definitely One Of The Best Movies Of 2012 And A Landmark Movie FOR Vijay After Ghilli And Pokkiri)

    A completely refreshing movie for Vijay . Brilliant efforts from everyone especially AR Murugadoss, Vijay and Santhosh Sivan. good screen play and superb cinematography did all good to the film. CAST: Vijay : He has done a good job and is totally different from all his films. his expressions are really nice. and all his dialogues including the Hindi lines were greeted with whistles :) Kajal : She has a very little scope in the movie and just comes to create refreshment in the movie.. but she was as usual cute and hot :) Vidyut : he has done a fantastic job and he suited his role very well!! he was just awesome Satyan : he has done his job really well wherever he got chance.. timely dialogues was good and ,and everyone laugh. Jayaram : he was good .. but had little scope in this movie.. overall Cast rating will be : 8/10

    Story: Story was nicely scripted ARM.. though it didn't go in a fast pace, the story was nicely taken towards the end..a i ll give story a 8.5/10

    Direction and Cinematography: ARM has done a brilliant screenplay in this movie. He has taken the story in a interesting and a gripping way.. Santhosh Sivan was extraordinary with his cinematography and every scene was shown beautifully.. Overall i'll give them a 9/10

    Music: The main drawback of the movie is the songs.. Songs were a big letdown expect Google Google.. many people went out during songs which were so boring.. The theme of thuppakki was very good and BGM in the climax was nice.. I ll give Harris 6/10 .

    Overall the movie was a treat for Vijay fans who were treated with a refreshing story.. definitely ARM has given a new life for Vijay.. only if the songs were nice the film would have been much more nice. Hope vijay does much more films like this.. this is definitely one of the bes movies in 2012 and a landmark movie for Vijay after Ghilli and Pokiri

    overall verdict of the movie will be 7.5/10
    8lonevoyager

    Among the best of Vijay

    A riveting tale of an Army Captain who takes on the terrorists in his hometown when on a vacation, Thuppakki is sure to kindle the patriot in you.

    But for the usual commercial elements like the opening song for the hero and unnecessary romantic sequences, the film is a gripping edge of the seat thriller.

    The bane of Indian Cinema's screen play, the songs play spoilsport in this film too. The damage is more pronounced because the songs and the situations in which they appear are a let down. If only the director, AR Murugadoss had the galls to remove the useless romantic scenes and songs, the film would have got the distinction of being the best action film of the past 10-15 years in Tamil Cinema.

    Still, the film is a treat to the average film goer in Tamil Nadu. The pre-interval sequence where the 12 hunters become the hunted stand out. Using his own sister as bait for the terror kingpin shows how much dedicated and confident the lead character is. The climax, many have observed, is not as good as the other parts of the film - but for me it was as good as any and Vijay's acting in that scene. Just wow!! This man knows how to act manly alright.

    Vijay's best action film till date excepting Gilli and that is because the romance part is a sore thumb for the film.
    10athiban-vijay

    Thupakki a racy entertainer that keeps you hooked till the end.

    Thupakki, the much awaited Vijay-murugadoss combo hit the screens yesterday and luckily I got a ticket for a early morning special screening at a local multiplex. Right from the first frame, Vijay mesmerizes the audience with his sleek looks and awesome style. A big thumbs up to his costume designer who has done the job with utmost care.

    The strength of the movie lies in the flawless screenplay and dialogues by murugadoss. The Cat and mouse game between the protagonist and villain has been scripted immaculately. Especially the scene before intermission and climax got electrifying response in the theater.

    Vijay seems more mature on the screen and his scenes involving kajal and satyan cracks up the audience. Actions sequence seems more vivid and dynamic in Santhosh sivan's camera who has once again showed the world that he has not won the national awards for nothing. Harris Jayaraj has done a commendable job with his BGM score and it makes some scenes even more striking. Songs are good and murugadoss has taken a special care in choosing the locations for it. Especially Vennilave song's backdrop is mindblowing. Though Kajal agarwall didn't have a big role to play,she along with sathyan and Jayaram provide comic relief at regular intervals.

    One more person who if not mention here would be unfair is editor Sreekar Prasad. He has chiseled the movie perfectly and the audience doesn't feel like a watching a movie that is almost 3hrs. Villain Vidyut Jamwal robust and does a laudable job. He has portrayed a character who is brainy and evil.

    On the downside the romance track between Vijay and Kajal is Clichéd. Even though songs are good, the situations they appear are not relevant.

    On the whole Thupakki is a racy entertainer that keeps you hooked till the end. It is one of the Vijay's best movie in the recent times. With Nanban already a hit and now along with thupakki 2012 is surely belongs to Ilayathalapathy.
    10Theonlydev

    A Mindblowing show with some heart touching scenes

    first i need to talk about home work done by Ar.Murugadoss and his directors...such a simple script with an amazing nd intelligent screenplay which engages u till the end without even single bore sequence...a extravagance show from Vijay what a changeover every frame he looks so handsome resembling hard work in action sequences which he carries the movie on his shoulders through out the end with a stylish acting,he shines in dance steps too and such a mannerisms only Vijay can do that.Kajal Agarwal is so gorgeous.Love track between Vijay and Kajal will make u laughter and executed nicely technically movie is brilliant.camera hand-held by Santhosh Sivan is the top notch of the movie which his hidden camera made to wonder how they made this scenes in huge crowd,such an awesome work by him.Sreekarprasad editing is slick and stylish.songs are already Chartbusters,Especially Harris scores in background music which he gave terrific scores for hero as well as villain Vidyut who didn't Hav any scope in Billa 2 steals the show with his performance in this movie.An intelligent attempt by Ar.Murugadoss and once again proved he is the master of screenplay,in each and every frame his Hardwork is there which he gave as racy action thriller we can't find even one minus through out the movie its a special Diwali treat for all moviegoers and as well as Vijay fans once again hats off to Murugadoss and Vijay for making this movie to be grand and stylish venture go and enjoy the experience

    CASTING-10 MUSIC-8 TECHNICAL WORKS-10 DIRECTION-10
    10arvthe1

    Thuppakki: Honestly and Proudly, A Distinctive Vijay Movie Ever

    Among all the 54 movies including Thuppakki, this one stands separate as the best performer. Poove Unakaga, Kadhaluku Mariyadhai, Ghilli were huge turning points in Vijay's career and set new benchmarks. And now Vijay has put himself into more trouble by raising the bar higher in Thuppakki.

    For second movie in a row Vijay's name came after the movie name, which in my view is good and the title cards was good, showing different places in Mumbai.

    A decent introduction song, Kutti Puli Kootam but the next song, Antartica came rather quickly and chilled me a lot. I never finished listening Alaika Laika song but in my view that was the best choreographed song in the movie. Google Google meets expectation, Vennilave okayyy, poi varava was heart touching.

    The movie flows well in first 20 mins with the regular hero heroine introduction comedies. As soon as antartica song is over, movie enters main story and rest is just THE GAME. A game with thrill, ideas, lot of smartness, team work and the Gun.

    Interval block amazing, Vijay's Hindi superb, stunning camera-work, enthralling background score, pacy editing, perfect climax with a touching end :)

    Kajal satisfies with her role, Vidyut is smart, Jayaram was too good in his comedies and Ilayathalapathy Vijay was just the best in his career, with his attitude driven performance.

    Undoubtedly to be the biggest hit in Vijay's Career... Thank you thalaiva :)

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    • Trivia
      The film's prime antagonist played by Vidyut Jamwal is not given a name in the film.
    • Goofs
      Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal having dispute on the road, where Vijay is sitting on a bike and after that Kajal leaves in an auto rickshaw showing that she stole the Key of the motorbike. But in the scenes before, she is not making any attempt to take the key and while she leaves the key is inserted in the motorbike itself.
    • Quotes

      Jagadish Dhanapalan: I'm waiting.

    • Alternate versions
      The UK release was cut, the distributor chose to cut a scene of torture, in which it is implied that two of a terrorist suspect's fingers are cut off, together with images of strong violence (a blood spurt as an old lady is shot in the head and a male character's arm being broken/dislocated with a long pole, and blood dripping from a male character's mouth) in order to obtain a 12A classification. An uncut 15 classification was available.
    • Connections
      Features X-Men: First Class (2011)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by: Madhan Karky

      Produced by: Harris Jayaraj

      Performed by: Joseph Vijay, Andrea Jeremiah, Joe and Krishna Iyer

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    • Release date
      • November 13, 2012 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
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    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Indian Soldier Never on Holiday
    • Production companies
      • V. Creations
      • Goldmines Telefilms
      • Krishwerkz Entertainment
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,130,470
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 45 minutes
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Surround 5.1
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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