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Thiruda Thiruda
Directed by Mani Ratnam
Produced by Mani Ratnam
Written by Mani Ratnam,
Ram Gopal Varma
Sujatha
Starring Prashanth
Anand
Heera Rajgopal
Anu Agarwal
Salim Ghouse
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Malaysia Vasudevan
Music by A. R. Rahman
Cinematography P. C. Sriram
Distributed by Aalayam
Release date(s) November 13, 1993
Running time 140 mins
Language Tamil
Budget $1 million

Thiruda Thiruda (Tamil: திருடா திருடா) (Thief Thief) (1993) is a Tamil film comedy, action directed by the acclaimed film maker Mani Ratnam, and scripted by Ram Gopal Varma, yet another iconic Indian film maker. The acclaimed soundtrack and background score of the film are composed by Academy Award Winner A. R. Rahman.

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Plot

Fresh printed bank notes to the value of an incredible 1000 crores are stolen in India from a train by the henchmen of a tough gangster Vikram (Salim Ghouse) living in London. Portly CBI Inspector Laxminarayan (S.P. Balasubrahmanyam) and the other CBI officers are assigned to track down the 1000 Crore Rupees worth of stolen currency from the Nasik Government Security Press in 10 days. The code card being the only way to open the container with the money comes into the possession of beautiful Chandralekha. On the way to Vikram she comes across the two thieves Kadir (Anand) and Azhagu (Prashanth) who are on the run from the police along with a village belle Rasathi (Heera Rajgopal). They prevented her suicide and are helping her run away from her ruthless uncle. After some attempts at cheating each other Chandralekha makes friends with the thieves. When she discovers that Vikram is after her for the money, she informs the three others about the real value of the code card. Who gets to keep the money for good forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Trivia

  • The film bombed at the box office, and was seen as a failure in Mani Ratnam's career.
  • This film is reputed to be one of the first Indian movies to have used cinematographic devices such as Akela Cranes. P.C. Sriram provided the cinematography for this film.
  • Ram Gopal Varma gave this story to Mani Ratnam and in return Mani Ratnam gave the story for Ghayam, yet another blockbuster, for Ram Gopal Varma to direct.
  • This film was dubbed and released in Telugu as Donga Donga and in Hindi as Chor Chor.

Soundtrack

Thiruda Thiruda:
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack by A. R. Rahman
Released 1993
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Genre Soundtrack
Length 30:28
Label Bayshore Audio
Producer A. R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Gentleman
(1993)
Thiruda Thiruda
(1993)
Vandicholai Chinraasu
(1994)

The soundtrack features 7 songs composed by A. R. Rahman, with lyrics by Vairamuthu. The soundtrack skyrocketed to fame upon release, and brought A.R. Rahman to the spotlight.[citation needed] Music director Amit Trivedi, one of A.R.Rahman's biggest self-proclaimed fans, selected the soundtrack to this film as his all time favourite album.[1]

Tamil:

Track # Song Singer(s) Length
1 Kannum Kannum Mano 4:09
2 Konjam Nilavu Anupama Deshpande, Suresh Peters 5:50
3 Veerapandi Kotayyile Mano, Unni Menon, K. S. Chithra 6:31
4 Thee Thee Carolene, Noel James 4:57
5 Rasathi Shahul Hameed 3:12
6 Putham Pudhu Bhoomi K. S. Chithra, Mano 4:46
7 Thiruda Thiruda Theme G. V. Prakash 1:00

Hindi (Chor Chor)

Track # Song Singer(s) Length
1 Hum Bhi Tum Bhi Mano, Udit Narayan 4:09
2 Chandralekha Anupama Deshpande, Suresh Peters 5:50
3 Pyar Kabhi Na Todenge Mano, Udit Narayan, K. S. Chithra 6:31
4 Dil Hai Sanam Sujatha 4:57
5 Jor Lagaa Srinivas, Suresh Peters 1:26
6 Jhoom Jhoom Nacho K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:46
7 Chor Chor G. V. Prakash 1:00

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