Thatrom Thookrom () is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Arul S. The film stars Teejay Arunasalam, Cheenu Mohan and Kaali Venkat while Sampath Ram portrays a negative role. Balamurali Balu composed music for the film while Kabilan Vairamuthu penned lyrics for the songs. The film had a low profile theatrical release on 14 November 2020.
Cast
Teejay Arunasalam as Kaaka
Fouziee as Anjana
Nandu Suresh as Kadugu
Sakthivel Kalkona as Urulai
Cheenu Mohan as Rajamanickam
Kaali Venkat as Pandian
Linga as Inspector Sekar
Sakthi Saravanan as ACP Rajaram
G. Marimuthu as Dhandapani
Crane Manohar as Murugan
Sampath Ram as Chinna
G. V. Subba Rao
Sivavelavan
Ravi Venkatraman as Manikandan
Supergood Subramani as Madhusudhanan
Udumalai Ravi
Production and marketing
The principal photography of the film began during early 2018 with Teejay Arunasalam being signed to play the lead role in 2017. Most of the portions of the film were shot and set in Chennai. The film was initially speculated to be based on the 2016 Indian banknote demonetisation, however, the director revealed that the film will not be analysing the concept.
Music
The music rights for the film are owned by Balamurali Balu. The first single "Demonetisation anthem" was released during November 2017 and became viral despite controversies. The song was inspired from the demonetisation which was imposed by Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi on 8 November 2016.
Accolades
This film was officially selected at Toronto International Tamil Film Festival
Controversy
A theme song about demonetisation called "Demonetisation anthem" which was sung by actor Silambarasan was released during the occasion of the first anniversary of the note ban in India in November 2017. However the song raised controversies among political fraternity particularly for its content on criticising the demonetisation. Actor Simbu was under scanner for singing the song and was provided special police protection.
Reception
A critic from Maalai Malar called the film interesting.