Theeran, a police officer, is entrusted with the task to solve the mystery behind a series of murders. The only clue left behind is that all the murders are committed in the same pattern.Theeran, a police officer, is entrusted with the task to solve the mystery behind a series of murders. The only clue left behind is that all the murders are committed in the same pattern.Theeran, a police officer, is entrusted with the task to solve the mystery behind a series of murders. The only clue left behind is that all the murders are committed in the same pattern.
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The film is a horror-thriller roller coaster. The director gradually holds your hand and takes you to the ride and pushes from a dizzying height of horror and thriller to narrate his true story on notorious Bawaria robbery gang.
As a person who have watched few of the top horror thriller genre movies , but this movie will send chills down your spine , mainly because it has the element of locality, something close happening in India.
Director has taken lots of pain in detailing the movie and as far as i remember, there aren't much holes left , eve in the scene were the gang will stop the train , if you listen closely , the passengers will say " this is the usual mischief done by the train traveler" , so there the director has given us a reason that this thing is common , so the train after a short while starts to move. Or else we know it will take much longer time for the train to start after emergency stop is activated.
Small things like these and also not deviating from the core and giving us the whole anatomy of this notorious gang right from their root has only strengthened the story and it makes the whole narration and the gang stick close to our heart.
In most movie the enemy will be hyped till a certain point and after that his fate nose dives from there. But here the director has kept the hype - and it sticks too till almost three quarter of the movie , there my making us tremble each time we learn about the gang.
Karti has done EXCELLENT EXCELLENT acting. He has played it aptly. I don't think anyone would have fit the role , may be Kamal ?
Love sequence are the only downers in this movie.
Overall i would say this is the BEST MOVIE in TAMIL FOR 2017 !!
Movies like these elate the Tamil industry to new heights.
Not for the faint hearted though..
THEERAN ADHIGARAM ONDRU is indeed a sumptuous watch. Watch it from theaters only and kill piracy.
The face-off defines the movie. Can a district police chief trace murders all the way to the North-West, surmount the crippling bureaucracy of multiple governments and bring to book a dacoit gang wreaking havoc on the crime numbers in TN? An emphatic Yes!
H Vinoth, who deftly portrayed the lives and tricks of a gifted conman in Sathuranga Vettai is telling us a cop story this time. The usual clichés are in order: Theeran is transfer magnet, courtesy his sky- high morals and commitment to policing. His stay-at-home wife (Rakul Preet) is content with chiding him now and then about not being home most days. He chooses to go after the criminals when a dilemma presents itself after he gets to know his wife is dying. Even during training days, Theeran shows signs of precocity – he knows how to handle a crime-scene weapon (We are informed the usual handkerchief method of securing it will not protect the prints! Theeran holds it between two fingers at points where the criminal might not have touched the weapon).
Neatly parted hair and a razor-sharp mush and almost-always wearing a dark shirt straining against his chest, Karthi looks every inch the ideal police officer. Assisted by a team of devoted cops, Theeran leads a national hunt for fingerprints that lead them into the history of Indian outlaws with origins in the British era. These huntsmen have no targets but gold, unless you leave out savagery. How Theeran bumps off each one of them form the crux of the story.
Negatives include a bit of drag in the scenes describing the Rajasthani outlaws, or when the action sequences gets a little too long – Theeran beats the villain to pulp in searing Rajasthani heat before dragging him through the desert sands on a horse! Classic. A few songs are plugged here and there in the movie and they pass without causing inconvenience. The background scores for the Dakotas are particularly effective in accentuating their bestiality. Overall, music director Gibran is very good in many parts.
The story itself rests on actual history. Dacoity at homes along the highways was a menace in Tamil Nadu during the late 90s. Apparently, Tamil Nadu had ranked high in taking it seriously and wiping such crimes off its map, although the policemen behind the job had gotten little credit.
True to that, Theeran spends the twilight of his career behind a desk, complaining about a rickety chair not replaced for months. A young officer having known his deeds drops by just to salute him, and Theeran betrays that old glint of uprightness still bright in his eyes.
After all these years? If you are Theeran, You would say "Always."
One of the main success of this movie as I see is the way in which they have established every character in the movie. Almost all the prominent characters have a back story and the director has done a great deal of research about the dacoits and criminal investigation techniques used by the crime solvers. The first part of the movie features some cold blooded murder cum robbery sequence, which are shot very realistically and the screenplay so involving that I felt like I witnessed everything first hand and they have not over done or exaggerated any action sequence in the movie, they all look very realistic.
Unlike other cop stories where the protagonist will be able to miraculously able to solve crime almost like Sherlock Holmes with out explaining us how it is done, in this movie though there is a reference to Sherlock Holmes the whole investigation process is bound by the realism of this material world. The director did a great job in explaining the actions of the characters without boring us with lengthy voice overs.
The movie could have been made without the female lead, Rakul Preet Singh. But, that doesn't mean that the character was a low point in the movie or that the character had no role to play in the movie. The character was there to establish the character of Theeran and show his temperament and reaffirm that he is no super human crime solving machine but a normal cop who does an exceptional job.
The Back ground score is very engaging and really sets the tone for every scene. It was instrumental in carrying the emotions depicted on the screen to the audience. The placement of the songs too were reasonable. They came like a much needed breather in between the cold blooded action in the first half.
Overall, Theeran Adhigaram Ondru is going to be a career best movie for Karthi as this has indeed over shone his performance in Paruthiveeran. This is a must watch movie if only you could stomach a little bit of gore and spine chilling violence (They did not over do it). Hats off to the team...
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie is based on a real case led by the Inspector-General of Police (North Zone) S. R. Jangid and the then DIG Viluppuram Range Sanjay Arora in 2005, Tamil Nadu.
- GoofsThe official letter recommending for Rajasthan police's co-operation has the pin code of Rajasthan incorrect.
- Quotes
Theeran: When I was 5, my dad who went out to get chocolate wearing his uniform, never returned. My mother never let me realize that as a personal loss. Not everyone is lucky to lose life in the line of duty. She raised me keeping my dad as an example. Till date, I can proudly say, I'm his son. It should be the case with my children too. It's not anger nor a revenge. If we get off this case, we both... will regret entire life that we didn't perform our duties well.
- ConnectionsSpoofed in Tamizh Padam 2.0 (2018)
- SoundtracksOru Veettil
Written by Thamarai
Performed by Ghibran, Shashaa Tirupati, Inno Genga
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- $238,484
- Runtime2 hours 37 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1