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Thoranai
Theatrical release poster of Tamil version
Directed bySabha Ayyappan
Written bySabha Ayyappan
Shashank Vennelakanti (Telugu dialogues)
Produced byVikram Krishna
StarringVishal
Shriya Saran
Prakash Raj
CinematographyPriyan
Edited byV. T. Vijayan
Music byMani Sharma
Production
company
Release date
  • 29 May 2009 (2009-05-29)
Running time
148 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguagesTamil
Telugu

Thoranai (transl. Posture) or Pistha (transl. Person with attitude) is a 2009 Indian masala film directed by Sabha Ayyappan and produced by Vikram Krishna under the banner G K Film Corporation. It stars Vishal and Shriya Saran in the lead roles, while Prakash Raj, Kishore and Santhanam appear in other pivotal roles. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Telugu languages with different supporting cast in the Telugu version. Thoranai and Pistha were released on 29 May 2009.[1]

Plot

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Murugan is a native of Madurai who arrives at Chennai to find his long-lost brother Ganesan, who had run away from home about two decades ago. Murugan gets stuck in a rivalry between gangsters Guru and Tamizharasu, where he learns that Guru is actually Ganesan. Murugan decides to protect Guru/Ganesan from Tamizharasu and a cat-and-mouse game ensues. Guru/Ganesan finally decide to reform himself where he reunites with Murugan and his mother, while Tamizharasu is killed in a police encounter.

Cast

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Actor (Tamil)Actor (Telugu)Role (Tamil)Role (Telugu)
VishalC. Murugan (CM)C. Muralikrishna "Krishna" (CM)
Shriya SaranIndu
Prakash RajThamizharasuSuryaprakash
SanthanamAliVellaichamyChittibabu
KishoreGanesan (Guru)Rambabu (Guru)
SrimanGanesanRambabu
AarthiIndu's friend
GeethaMurugan's motherMuralikrishna's mother
Sayaji ShindeMinister Sivanaandi
M. S. BhaskarTanikella BharaniTamizharasan's assistantSuryaprakash's assistant
Paravai MuniyammaTelangana ShakuntalaPachamma Patti
LivingstonSuryaMurugan's fatherKrishna's father
PandiarajanKrishna BhagavaanWalter VetrivelWalter Rangaraju
LalChennai Police CommissionerVizag Police Commissioner
Suruli ManoharSrinivasa ReddyConstable
MayilsamyM. S. NarayanaWatchman
T. P. GajendranKondavalasaApartment Secretary
Suman ShettyMurugan's friendKrishna's friend
Nellai SivaResident
ShanmugarajanCorrupt inspector
MuthukaalaiKallu ChidambaramBike customer
Besant RaviGuru's henchman
Sampath RamGuru's henchman
AryanTamizharasan/Suryaprakash's henchman
Periya Karuppu ThevarRallapalliPanchayat Man
SwaminathanCashier
Senthi KumariIndu's friend
ManobalaDharmavarapu SubrahmanyamBirth and Death administration officer
Boys RajanPolice officer
Dhadi BalajiChitram SrinuBystander who pretends to be blind
KullamaniCyclist who laughs at Indu
Karate RajaRowdy
Kadhal SaravananWaiter
Scissor ManoharDuvvasi MohanMan who asks for lift
Raviraj
UnknownAnnapoornammaKrishna's grandmother
UnknownGautam RajuTraffic police officer
MeenakshiItem number in "Vedi Vedi" and "Pidi Pidi"

Production

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Among the forty scripts that he heard, Vishal okayed Sabha Ayyappan as the director. Ayyappan had previously worked as an assistant director to Boopathy Pandian for Malaikottai (2007).[2]

Music

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The music was composed by Mani Sharma. In a music review, Karthik of Milliblog wrote, "Thoranai has what a Vishal starrer deserves – massy and straight forward songs that aim at your feet with Manisharma scoring better than his other recent Tamil soundtracks".[3]

Tamil version[4]
SongSingersLyricsLength
"Vedi Vedi Saravedi"Naveen, RanjithViveka4:26
"Vaa Chellam"Udit NarayanPa. Vijay5:07
"Pattucha"Vijay Yesudas, Janani MadhanKabilan3:58
"Peliccan Paravaigal"Ranjith, Rita, Rahul, JaiVaali4:07
"Manjasela Mandakini"Tippu, SaindhaviPa. Vijay4:20
"Vaa Chellam" (Version 2)Ranjith5:07
Telugu version[5]
  • "Pidi Pidi" - Ranjith, Naveen
  • "Naa Maharani" - Udit Narayan
  • "Pattuko Pattuko" - Narayanan, Janani Madhan
  • "Oka Pelican" - Rahul, Suchithra
  • "Naa Maharani" - Ranjith
  • "Mandakini" - Tippu, Saindhavi

Critical reception

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Sify wrote "Arbitrarily packing in elements of every genre without actually bothering to stop and see if the mix does work, Thoranai is like an overcooked stew."[6] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff wrote "Thoranai's only merit is that it's marginally better than Sathyam.[7] The Times of India gave 2/5 stars and wrote "It is a formidable star cast that you see in Thoranai. However, what is missing is a convincing story".[8] Reviewing the Telugu version, BVS Prakash of The Times of India gave 1.5/5 stars and wrote "Inspite of a dud like Salute, Tamil star Vishal hasn't realised the significance of a solid plot even for a star-centric film."[9]

References

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  1. ↑ "Vishal's Pista on floors". The New Indian Express. Hyderabad. 12 December 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Manigandan, KR (5 April 2009). "In conversation with Vishal". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  3. ↑ Karthik. "Music review: Thoranai (Tamil – Manisharma)". Milliblog. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  4. ↑ "Thoranai (2009)". Music India Online. 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Pista (2009)". Raaga.com. 15 November 2019. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Thoranai". Sify. 29 May 2009. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  7. ↑ Srinivasan, Pavithra (29 May 2009). "Thoranai: Not good, but not bad either". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Thoranai Movie Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 October 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  9. ↑ Prakash, BVS (30 May 2009). "Pistha Movie Review". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
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