Thayagam (transl. Motherland) is a 1996 Indian Tamil language action film directed by A. R. Ramesh. The film stars Vijayakanth, Arun Pandian and Napoleon. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 15 January 1996.[1][2] Vijayakanth won Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for this film.
| Thayagam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | A. R. Ramesh |
| Screenplay by | Nethaji M |
| Story by | Raja Rajendran |
| Produced by | S. Mani S. Ramuvasanthan A. S. Ibrahim Rowther(presenter) |
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| Cinematography | Rajarajan |
| Edited by | G. Jeyachandran |
| Music by | Deva |
Production company | Seranaadu Movie Creations |
| Distributed by | Rowther Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Three death row prisoners escape from the jail and hijack a plane where Abdul Salim (Laxmi Rattan), a scientist, owns a miracle drug. The pilot (Napoleon), instead of listening to the hijackers' instruction, manages to land in the Kashmir mountain. There, Snobir (Mansoor Ali Khan), a sadistic terrorist leader threatens the passengers for recovering the drugs. The pilot and the national boxing champion Pailwan (Arun Pandian) plan to save the passengers and try to escape but they are caught during the plan taken as prisoners. Both attack and kill many terrorists; everyone escapes with them everything goes smoothly until an ambush occurs on a bridge so the brave Pailwan sacrifices himself to save the pilot and the passengers.
Elsewhere, the short-tempered Sakthivel (Vijayakanth) who is a family friend of Abdul Salim, and Abdul Salim's daughter Shakeela (Ranjitha) plan to save everyone so they find their crashed plane and they enter as prisoners. Sakthivel also lies that he is the scientist and tells the terrorist head to release everyone. The film ends with Sakthivel single-handedly killing all the terrorists and saving the day.
The film has won the following awards since its release :
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 1996
| Thayagam | |
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| Soundtrack album by Deva | |
| Released | 1996 |
| Recorded | 1996 |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 24:43 |
| Label | Five Star Audio |
| Producer | Deva |
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1996, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Piraisoodan.[3]
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Cu Cu Tara" | K. S. Chithra, Malaysia Vasudevan | Piraisoodan | 4:48 |
| 2 | "Monalisa" | Mano, K. S. Chithra | 4:52 | |
| 3 | "Oru Indiya Paravai" | K. S. Chithra, S. Kuzhanthaivelu | 5:06 | |
| 4 | "Rangeela" | Gopal Sharma | 4:28 | |
| 5 | "Yen Kannil" | K. J. Yesudas, K. S. Chithra | 5:29 |