It is time to say bye to horror thrillers in Tamil cinema. Action-packed spy films, which were

common during yesteryear actors MGR and Jaishankar era, are back. Close on the heels of Ajith’s Vivegam which managed a decent run, come fi lms like Vishal’s Thupparivalan, AR Muru-gadoss’ directorial venture Spyder and Vikram-starrer Dhuruva Natchathiram. What is common among them is that they are all espionage fi lms.

Speaking to News Today, Kannan, an avid fi lm buff says, ‘Spy fi lms are basically thrillers. They show the espionage activities of agents and their risk of being discovered by their enemies. The genre is popular with audiences worldwide. Those combining action and science fi c-tion genres also include elements of political thrillers.’

Unlike cop stories, there is global approach in these films and the premise is big, he adds.

Much recently came Vivegam. The Ajith-starrer is a James Bond-esque fi lm set in European nations. Ajith plays the chief in a counter-ter-rorism squad that fi ghts terrorists

a c r o s s the globe. He takes

on international mafia, chases baddies on the streets of Serbia and Georgia. Though the movie managed a mixed review, yet it had good box offi ce collection.

Now comes Mahesh Babu’s Spyder. An A R Murugadoss directorial ven-ture, as the title suggests, it revolves around the heroics of a spy, who is on a mission. With S J Suryah playing

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IN THE LIST…Some of the popularspy thrillers in Tamil cinema

� Andha Naal

� Ragasiya Police

� Puthiya Paravai

� CID Shankar

� Raja

� Vallavan Oruvan

� Iru Vallavargal

� Vikram

� Kuruthi Punal

� Thuppaki

Dheeran Adghigaram Ondru starring Karthi is complete and ready for release this Deepavali. The movie

features Karthi in the role of a police of-fi cer. Vinoth of Sathuranga Vettai fame has directed the fi lm. Rakul Preet Singh plays the heroine.

According to Vinoth, ‘The fi lm is based on the real-life story of a newspaper article published in 2005 and Karthi wanted to keep his character as true as possible to the original person.’

Vinod developed the script by conversing with several police offi cers and the director had a 600-page documentation on a serious crime. The fi lm will have a strong North Indian connection not only in terms of location but also in the star cast.

Actor Kishore Kadam will make his Kolly-wood debut playing an important role in this fi lm, Abhimanyu Singh of ‘Thalaivaa’ fame plays the villain.

Ghibran will take care of the music and the fi lm will be bankrolled by SR Prabhu’s Dream Warrior Pictures, which had earlier produced Karthi’s Kaashmora and Nayanthara’s Maya.

— NT Bureau

Gautham Mennon, who is busy with Dhuruva Natchathiram, is expected to join hands with

Arun Vijay, with whom he had already worked in Yennai Arindhaal. Gautham gave a new lease of life for Arun with Yennai Arindhaal, in which he played the antagonist. Gautham is all set to direct Arun Vijay’s 25th fi lm and it will be a special project.

An action thriller, it is expected to go on fl oors next year. Arun is currently shooting for action-thriller Thadam, in which he plays dual roles. The project is being directed by Magizh Thirumeni and it marks their second collaboration after Thadai-yara Thakka. Gautham, on the other hand, will fi nish Dhanush’s Enai Nokki Paayum Thota before commencing work on this project.

— NT Bureau

� Vishal, Vikram,Murugadoss opt

for JamesBond-esque fi lms

SPY

Vijay Sethupathi turns Shilpa

Aaranya Kaandam fame Thia-garajan Kumararaja has

revealed the title of his second fi lm which is Super Deluxe.

Thiagara jan Kumarara ja also unveiled the look of Vijay Sethupathi’s transgender role in the fi lm and the actor’s character name in the movie is Shilpa. Su-per Deluxe also has Samantha, Fahadh Faasil, Gayathri, Mysk-kin, Nadhiya and Baghavathy in pivotal characters.

Yuvan Shankar Raja is com-posing the music for the fi lm while PS Vinod and Nirav Shah are in charge for the visuals. Kumararaja is taking care of the story, screenplay, and direction of Super Deluxe but the film has been co-written by three more writers including Nalan Kumarasamy, Neelan Shekar, and Mysskin.

— NT Bureau Karthi’s film for

Deepavali

the baddie, the bilingual (be-ing made in Tamil and Telugu) is opening big 29 September. As the

trailer suggests, there are abun-dant action scenes and it promises

a visual treat for the audience.And on the fl oors is Gautham Vasudev Menon’s Dhuruva

Natchathiram. Sources close to the fi lmmaker say that is a typical Hollywood-inspired spy thriller. Vikram plays an Interpol of-fi cer, who goes to dif-

ferent countries (quite like James Bond) on a

mission. The movie has been shot in European

countries besides Dubai and Chennai. A team of men assisted by an intelligent hacker fi ghts global terrorism in a scientifi c manner. This forms the crux of Dhuruva Natchathiram.

Speaking about his forthcom- i n g f i l m Thupparivalan, Vishal said, ‘This is more like a Jaishankar movie. There is suspense, excitement, action and drama. A whodunit thriller.’

Speaking to News Today, Sridaran, an industry tracker, says, ‘In those

days, fi lms of MGR like Ragasiya Police, Sivaji’s Raja and many Jaishankar-star-rers were basically spy thrillers. Jaishankar was even referred to as ‘Desi James Bond’. The trend is coming back slowly. However,

not all artistes and fi lmmakers can pull off this genre. It involves more

production cost and a hero with good

opening in cinema halls can alone try this subject. The money invested has to be recovered.’

‘But a mere action f i lm cannot succeed. It has to have emotional

drama and good music that should have a connect with

the masses,’ he adds.

‘If the upcoming films like Spyder and Dhuruva Natchathiram click, many more in this genre may be attempted. Everyone knows people run be-hind success in Kolly-wood,’ he concludes.

— M BHARAT KUMAR

Gautham Menon to directArun Vijay again

An action fi lm An action fi lm to succeed to succeed

should have should have emotional emotional

drama and drama and good music good music that should that should

have a connect have a connect with masses’with masses’

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Vijay Sethupathi in Super Deluxe

Karthi inDheeran Adghigaram Ondru

Gautham Menon Arun Vijay

Mahesh Babuin Spyder

Vikram in Vikram in Dhuruva NatchathiramDhuruva Natchathiram

Kamal in Kamal in VikramVikram

JayshankarJayshankarin in CID SankarCID Sankar

Ajith in Ajith in VivegamVivegam

MGR in MGR in Raghasiya PoliceRaghasiya Police

Sivaji in Sivaji in RajaRaja

Vijay in Vijay in ThuppakiThuppaki

Vishal inVishal inThupparivalanThupparivalan