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Thooku Medai
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Wikipedia article
'Thooku Medai' is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language 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.
Plot
Cast
*Chandrasekhar
*Chakravarthy
*Menaka
*Usha Rajender
*Nagesh
Production
'Thooku Medai' was a film adaptation of the controversial stage play of same name written by M. Karunanidhi who had scripted the film version too.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by ShankarGanesh.
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".
Release and reception
'Thooku Medai' was released on 28 May 1982. The reviewer from 'Kalki' lauded Chandrasekhar's performance, and his recital of Karunanidhi's dialogues. Despite this, it failed commercially.
References
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