Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (2017)

Theeran, a police officer, tries to decode a series of cold blood events based on same pattern.

Director:

H. Vinoth

Writer:

H. Vinoth

Stars:

Karthi, Rakul Preet Singh, Abhimanyu Singh

Top Rated Indian Movies #72 | 1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karthi	...	Theeran Thirumaran
Rakul Preet Singh	...	Priya Theeran
Abhimanyu Singh	...	Omveer (Oma)
Bose Venkat	...	Satya
Praveena	...	Theeran's mother
Manobala	...	Priya's Father
Sathyan	...	Theeran's Friend
Sonia	...	Sathya's Wife
R.N.R. Manohar	...	Minister
Kishore Kadam	...	Haram Singh
Varghese Mathew	...	IGP Vijay Rathore
Rohit Pathak	...	Banne Singh
Narra Srinivas	...	Madhur
Surender Thakur	...	Kaali
Prayas Mann	...	Bora

Storyline

Theeran, a police officer, tries to decode a series of cold blood events based on same pattern. Who's behind those ruthless events? How Theeran and team traces them? Did they succeed? forms the story of this crime action thriller. The story is based on true incidents handled by Police department in 2000s.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | highway | police investigation | fight | chase | 

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Taglines:

Based on True Events

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil Telugu

Release Date:

17 November 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Braveman - Chapter One

Filming Locations:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Dream Warrior Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

157 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Karthi is doing a cop role after Siruthai. Theeran is based on true events happened in Indian during 1990s. The movie is filmed in Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) for 45 days and most of the action sequence was done under scorching sun. For first time Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh are pairing in this movie. Though it's a crime action thriller movie, romance is also worked out great. After huge success of Sathuranga Vettai, this is the second movie for the director H. Vinoth.

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Goofs

During the climax fight, Ohma's one shoe falls out his foot as Theeran flips him, but as the he grabs Theeran with his legs, it can be seen that he has both his shoes intact.

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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.

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Connections

Spoofed in Thamizh Padam 2 (2018)

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Soundtracks

Laali Laali
Written by Raju Murugan
Performed by Ghibran, Sathyaprakash, Pragathi Guruprasad

User Reviews

Theeran Adhikaram Ondru Movie Review: Karthi Delivers a Power-packed Performance in This Gripping Cop Story

In a seminal scene in Theeran-Adhikaram Ondru, DSP Theeran (Actor Karthi plays an upright police officer endowed equally with brains and rippling muscles) storms into a den of outlaws in the badlands of Rajasthan. He advises his team to stay inside the car as he walks on purposefully, the dusty hamlet is all eyes; it's the territory of Omah Singh, a much-feared highway dacoit responsible for a breakout of murders in rural Tamil Nadu. As the dust motes ripple upward in the desert air, Theeran slams one after the other until Singh sits up and takes notice, his hookah forgotten…

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."