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Thuppakki (English: The Gun) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. It features Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, Vidyut Jammwal as the antagonist, as well as Jayaram and Sathyan in supporting roles. The film, produced by S. Thanu, features background score and soundtrack composed by Harris Jayaraj with cinematography handled by Santhosh Sivan, who with Thuppakki, introduced the Arri Alexa camera to Indian cinema. The story revolves around an Indian army intelligence officer from a Mumbai-based Tamil family on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist group and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.
The film, which commenced production in December 2011 in Mumbai, was released on 13 November 2012, coinciding with the festival of Diwali. Upon release, the film became the highest grossing Tamil film of 2012. The film was also released in Telugu under the same title in Andhra Pradesh, where it was also very well received. Thuppakki went on to win six Vijay Awards from sixteen nominations, and was nominated for seven South Filmfare Awards, including Best Film (Tamil), Best Director (Tamil) and Best Actor (Tamil). Murugadoss remade the film in Hindi as Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty in 2014, while Baba Yadav remade it in Bengali as Game in the same year.
Original Release
11/13/2012
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joseph Vijay | Jagadish Dhanapal |
Kajal Aggarwal | Nisha |
Vidyut Jammwal | Sleeper cell's leader |
Sathyan | Balaji |
Zakir Hussain | Kameeruddin |
Jayaram | V. Ravichandran |
Manngala Radhakrishnan | Jagdeesh MoM |
Rahaao | Surendra |
Deepthi Nambiar | Sanjana Dhanpal / Sanjana, Jagadish's younger sister |
Sanjana Sarathy | Jagdeesh's sister / Jagdeesh's youngest sister |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Joseph Vijay | Jagadish Dhanapal |
Kajal Aggarwal | Nisha |
Vidyut Jammwal | Sleeper cell's leader |
Sathyan | Balaji |
Zakir Hussain | Kameeruddin |
Jayaram | V. Ravichandran |
Manngala Radhakrishnan | Jagdeesh MoM |
Rahaao | Surendra |
Deepthi Nambiar | Sanjana Dhanpal / Sanjana, Jagadish's younger sister |
Sanjana Sarathy | Jagdeesh's sister / Jagdeesh's youngest sister |
Steven Clarke | Dancer |
A.R. Murugadoss | Cameo Appearance |
Santosh Sivan | Cameo Appearance / Cameo |
MD Asif | Sleeper cell 2nd in command / Asif Ali |
Joy Badlani | Surendhar |
Nidhi Bisht | Kidnapped girl |
Akshara Gowda | Shwetha |
Sumesh Krishnan | Commando |
Anupama Kumar | Nisha's mother |
Gautam Kurup | First sleeper cell |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jairaj Parayan | Producer |
Kalaippuli S. Thanu | Producer |
Sathish | Producer |
Manish Shah | Producer |