Thotti Jaya

Thotti Jaya is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language gangster thriller film written and directed by Durai. The film features Silambarasan and Gopika in lead roles. The soundtrack was composed by Harris Jayaraj.

Thotti Jaya
DVD Cover
Directed byV. Z. Durai
Produced byKalaipuli Dhanu
Written byBalakumaran (Dialogue)
Screenplay byV. Z. Durai
Story byV. Z. Durai
StarringSilambarasan
Gopika
Pradeep Rawat
Music byHarris Jayaraj
Yuvan Shankar Raja
(1 Song)
CinematographyR. D. Rajasekhar
Edited byAnthony
Production
company
Distributed byKalaipuli Film Internationals
Release date
  • 9 September 2005 (2005-09-09)
Running time
162 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Jayachandran (Simbu) is an orphan working in a hotel as a helper. It is assumed he gets his title name "Thotti Jaya" as he is found in a garbage bin as an infant. One day he beats and fends off a man who gets into a squabble with the hotel owner. The following night, the hotel owner rewards him with cash and dreads him the next morning. He realizes people only respect people they fear. So he walks out from the hotel and reaches Chennai. He is spotted by Seena Thana (Pradeep Rawat) and is hired as a henchman. In an incident, Thotti Jaya gets entangled in a political and police trap. To escape from police, Thotti Jaya slips to Calcutta and goes into hiding. Meanwhile, Brinda (Gopika), a college girl from Kanyakumari, comes to Calcutta on a tour along with her friends. Pimps operating in the red light area of Calcutta take away Brinda. Thotti Jaya accidentally meets Brinda when she tries to escape from the gang. He helps Brinda escape from the gang and takes her safely to Kanyakumari. On her way back home by train, Brinda starts admiring Thotti Jaya's niceties and gradually falls in love with him. When she expresses her desire, Thotti Jaya reciprocates her love, and both decide to enter into wedlock, but little does he know that Brinda is actually Seena Thana's daughter. Thotti Jaya takes away Brinda from her house and earns Seena Thana's wrath. Angered by this, Seena Thana summons his rowdy gangs and plots to bump off Thotti Jaya. How Thotti Jaya accomplishes his hopes of marrying Brinda is told in the remaining part of the story.

Cast

Production

After finishing Sachein, Kalaipuli Thanu approved the plotline of narrated by V. Z. Durai. Durai wanted Jeevan to play lead role and also conducted test shoots with him but director was not impressed with his performance he replaced him with Simbhu. Thanu was initially reluctant to have him as lead actor since Thanu had misunderstandings with his father T. Rajender during the time of Coolikaaran, later he made up his mind. Nayanthara was initially selected as heroine but she was replaced with Gopika.[1] Thotti Gaja was an early title for the film before Thotti Jaya was confirmed.[2] Simbhu refused to dub for the film after shooting citing salary problems, the problem was resolved in Tamil Nadu Producers Council.[3]

Legacy

Vijay Chander's Film Sangathamizhan, having Vijay Sethupathi in a lead role, had a scene in which the Comedy actor soori was shown to imitate the gangster look of black and black along with thotti jaya songs played. The film's 15th year anniversary broke several records on twitter for a sequel of Silambarasan's films and was noted as one of the most anticipated and wanted sequel ,sharing the record with Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa.


Soundtrack

There are six songs composed by Harris Jayaraj collaborated with Durai and Silambarasan for first and only time. Lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar, Thamarai, Kabilan. Yuvan Shankar Raja, who was first signed as the music director,[4] composed one song for the film, not included in the soundtrack and is credited in the title card. "Yaaridamum" was re-used from Harris's own song "Ye Chilipi" from Telugu film Gharshana, remake of Kaakha Kaakha.

Thotti Jaya
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released3 March 2005
Recorded2005
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length32:13
LanguageTamil
LabelAyngaran Music
An Ak Audio
ProducerHarris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj
chronology
Arul
(2004)		 Thotti Jaya
(2005)		 Ullam Ketkumae
(2005)
Track-List[5]
No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Thotta Poweru Da"Na. MuthukumarHarris JayarajShankar Mahadevan4:54
2."Acchu Vellam"Na. MuthukumarHarris JayarajRanjith, Saindhavi, Shankar Mahadevan5:10
3."Uyire En Uyire"ThamaraiHarris JayarajAnuradha Sriram, Bombay Jayashri, Karthik5:28
4."Yaaridamum"ThamaraiHarris JayarajHarini, Ramesh Vinayagam4:57
5."Yaari Singari"KabilanHarris JayarajCeylon Manohar, Karthik, Sriram Parthasarathy, Srilekha Parthasarathy5:02
6."Theme" (Instrumental) Harris Jayaraj 1:34
7."Indha Ooru"Na. Muthukumar, Karthik NethaYuvan Shankar RajaMathangi Jagdish5:08
Total length:32:13
Jalakanta
Soundtrack album by
Harris Jayaraj
Released2006
Recorded2005
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length24:03
LanguageTelugu
LabelAditya Music
ProducerHarris Jayaraj
Telugu Track-List[6]
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Pyari Singari"VanamaliKarthik , M. M. Srilekha, Sriram Parthasarathy5:03
2."Ee Calcutta"Siva GaneshRajya Lakshmi3:27
3."Adda Manadira"VanamaliTippu4:55
4."Ulike O Chilake"VanamaliKarthik , Bombay Jayashri5:27
5."Aggilanti Valape"VanamaliTippu, Saindhavi5:11
Total length:24:03

References
  1. http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/10/27231715/thaanu-cinema-history.html
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20091203120620/http://movies.indiainfo.com/tamil/movienews/morenews146.html
  3. http://cinema.maalaimalar.com/2013/10/28223828/Thotti-Jaya-film-Simbu-refused.html
  4. "Simbu ready for his next". Indiaglitz.com. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
  5. "Harris Jeyaraj: Thotti Jaya - Music Streaming - Listen on Deezer". 7 February 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  6. "Jalakanta - All Songs - Download or Listen Free - Saavn". Retrieved 3 November 2018.
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