Theerpugal Virkapadum

Theerpugal Virkapadum (transl. Judgements for sale) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language vigilante thriller film directed by Dheran, starring Sathyaraj, Madhusudhan Rao, Smruthi Venkat and Harish Uthaman.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The film is completely shot in 8K resolution and has cinematography by Garudavega Anji.[7] It also has a dubbed Telugu version titled as Emergency.[8]

Theerpugal Virkapadum
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDheran
Produced byC R Saleem
StarringSathyaraj
Madhusudhan Rao
Harish Uthaman
Smruthi Venkat
CinematographyAnji
Edited byNoufal Abdullah
Music byPrasad SN
Production
company
AL-Tari movies
Release date
  • 31 December 2021 (2021-12-31)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Summary

Dr. Nalan Kumar, who seems to be in his early 60s, kidnaps the son of an influential businessman Rudhravel and threatens to kill the youngster if he fails to perform certain tasks assigned to him. Later, Rudhravel gets to know who is behind his son's kidnap. He, along with his nephew Rajendran, decides to take on the sexagenarian after realizing why he is after them.

Cast

Production

Debutant director Dheran who has directed several advertisements brought in actor Sathyaraj to play the solo lead in Theerpugal Virkapadum, produced by Sajeev Meerasahib Rawther under his banner HoneyBee Creations and later transferred to C R saleem under his banner, AL Tari movies . Dheeran took three years to complete the script before approaching the producer. Actress Smruthi Venkat of Thadam fame was signed to play the daughter character of Sathyaraj with actors Harish Uthaman, Lizzie Antony and Madhusudhan in important roles.[9] Sathyaraj refused to opt for a body double in action sequences as per reports[10] and completed his dubbing in a single stretch of 12 hours.[11] The film was completed in three schedules and was primarily shot in Chennai.[12]

Critical reception

Thinkal Menon gave the film 3 stars, complimenting the writing and several performances but felt the plot was repetitive and predictable.[13]

References
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  2. "Theerpugal Virkapadum-Synopsis". Filmibeat. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  3. CR, Sharanya (17 November 2018). "Sathyaraj's next film titled 'Theerpukal Virkapadum'". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  4. "I had Sathyaraj in mind when I penned the script". i-Flicks. 18 November 2018. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  5. "ഒറ്റ ഷെഡ്യൂളിൽ താര ചിത്രത്തിന്റെ തകർപ്പൻ ആക്ഷൻ; 'കട്ടപ്പ' വീണ്ടും". News18 Kerala. 8 March 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  6. CR, Sharanya (25 July 2019). "Sathyaraj does stunts without a body double". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  7. "തീർപ്പുകൾ വിർക്കപ്പെടും ടീസർ പുറത്തിറക്കി". Deshabhimani. 14 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  8. "Sathyaraj's action thriller titled 'Emergency' in Telugu". The Times of India. 6 January 2020. Archived from the original on 24 April 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  9. "Smruthi Venkat joins Sathyaraj starrer Theerpukal Virkapadum". The New Indian Express. 22 April 2019. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  10. "Sathyaraj did not opt for a body double in upcoming 'Theerpugal Virkkapadum'". The News Minute. 26 July 2019. Archived from the original on 30 October 2019. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  11. "Sathyaraj completes dubbing for 'Theerpugal Virkapadum' in 12 hours". The Times of India. 3 December 2019. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  12. "சூர்யா வீட்டில் சூப்பர் ஸ்டார்". YouTube. 29 May 2020. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  13. "Theerpugal Virkapadum movie review: Sathyaraj is the saving grace of this watchable revenge thriller". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 20 September 2023.
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