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Theal (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Theal' (; ) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action film, an adaptation of the 2012 South Korean film 'Piet', written and directed by Harikumar in his directorial debut and produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Samyuktha Hegde, with Easwari Rao, Yogi Babu, Shatru and Arjai in supporting roles. The film's music and score is composed by C. Sathya, with cinematography handled by Vignesh Vasu and editing done by Praveen K. L.
The film was released in theatres on 14 January 2022.
Synopsis
Durai works as a ruthless, cold-hearted henchman to one such loan shark named Paulraj. All is fine for Durai until a woman barges into his house and claims that she is his mother. This sends Dorai's reality into a spiral, and what happened next makes the rest of the story.
Cast
* Prabhu Deva as Durai
* Samyuktha Hegde as Thilaka, Durai's love interest
* Shatru as Paulraj
* Easwari Rao as Durai's adopted mother and Raja's mother
* Vishnu Unnikrishnan as Raja
* G. Marimuthu as Raja's father
* Yogi Babu as Tiger, Thilaka's friend
* Arjai
* Imman Annachi as Manickam Annachi
* Bharani as Vel
* Cool Suresh
* Kabali Vishwanth
* Mahana
Music
The film's soundtrack is composed by C. Sathya. This is the first collaboration for him with Prabhu Deva and Harikumar. The soundtrack album featured four songs written by Viveka, Uma Devi, Lavarthan and Kiruthiyaa. The audio rights were acquired by Think Music.
Release
Theatrical
The film was initially planned for release in theatres on 10 December 2021, but got postponed due to unforeseen situations. It was later scheduled for 14 January 2022, Pongal festival.Home media
The satellite rights of the film were bagged by Star Network television rights of the film were sold to Star Vijay and digital streaming rights were acquired by Disney+ Hotstar respectively.Reception
M. Suganth of 'The Times of India' said, "'Theal' is a surprisingly effective drama that is well-made with performances that hold our attention. Yes, much of the film's emotional impact comes from the writing, [...] but the filmmaking is also solid enough".
References
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