Thooku Medai Explained

Thooku Medai
Director:Amirtham
Starring:Chandrasekhar
Menaka
Music:Shankar–Ganesh
Studio:Sri Appan Films
Country:India
Language:Tamil

Thooku Medai is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by Amirtham and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Chandrasekhar and Menaka. It is an adaptation of Karunanidhi's play of the same name. The film was released on 28 May 1982.

Cast

Production

Thooku Medai is a film adaptation of the stage play of the same name written by M. Karunanidhi who scripted the film version too.[1]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.[2] [3]

Controversy

Karunanidhi was displeased with the censor board for reducing 500 feet of the film which contained his dialogues that "focussed on the long search from Madurai to Tiruchendur".[4]

Release and reception

Thooku Medai was released on 28 May 1982.[5] The reviewer from Kalki lauded Chandrasekhar's performance, and his recital of Karunanidhi's dialogues.[6] Despite this, it failed commercially.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shekar . Anjana . 8 August 2018 . How Karunanidhi the playwright gave birth to Karunanidhi the politician . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190503132206/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/how-karunanidhi-playwright-gave-birth-karunanidhi-politician-86218 . 3 May 2019 . 3 May 2019 . The News Minute.
  2. Web site: Thookumedai (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) EP . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190917094730/https://music.apple.com/us/album/thookumedai-orignal-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1464632649 . 17 September 2019 . 6 June 2019 . Apple Music.
  3. Web site: Thookku Medai Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220218105057/https://mossymart.com/product/thookku-medai-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ . 18 February 2022 . 18 February 2022 . Mossymart.
  4. Pratap . Anita . 23–29 May 1982 . Producers protest against unjustified censorship . live . https://archive.today/20230416110751/https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.20974/page/n399/mode/2up . 16 April 2023 . 23 October 2023 . Sunday . . 9 . 49.
  5. Web site: 27 July 2018 . திரையுலகில் கலைஞர் . dead . https://archive.today/20181026111453/http://www.dinamalar.com/karunanidhi/newsdetail.asp?id=8 . 26 October 2018 . 20 February 2021 . . ta.
  6. 20 June 1982 . தூக்கு மேடை . live . https://archive.today/20231022074923/https://archive.org/details/kalki1982-06-20/page/58/mode/2up . 22 October 2023 . 9 August 2022 . . 58–59 . ta . Internet Archive.
  7. Laul . Brian . 16 January 1983 . Where Cinema Is Politics and Politics Is Cinema . 23 October 2023 . . 16–19 . Internet Archive.