2009 Indian film
Thee (transl. Fire) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language political action film co-written, co-produced, and directed by G. Kicha. The film stars Sundar C, Namitha and Ramya Raj while Vivek, G. M. Kumar, Manoj K. Jayan, and Sayaji Shinde play supporting roles. The music was composed by Srikanth Deva, and the editing was done by Saeem. The film was released on 27 February 2009. The film was a remake of the Telugu film Operation Duryodhana.
Plot
The story begins with Sarathy (Sundar C), a tough but honest cop. Given his straightforward nature, he is the thorn in the flesh for many antisocial elements and politicians. Due to this, he keeps getting transferred from time to time but has no qualms about it, since he is happily married to Ganga (Ramya Raj). However, Sarathy's life takes a turn when he arrests a corrupt MLA J.P. (G. M. Kumar) and his men, which leads J.P. to quit the field. J.P. vows revenge, so he kills Ganga and their two children. He also frames Sarathy in a case. Ganga escapes, and Sarathy admits her in a hospital in serious condition. This enrages Sarathy so much that he decides to take a different route. He becomes Saami, and with the help of a top hot actress Ruchi Devi (Namitha), he obtains a political ticket and successfully becomes an MLA. His wife gives birth to a child and dies in the hospital. From then on, he begins his corrupt acts in such a way that the entire society begins to loathe the police force. In no time, the police are vexed and decide to go on an indefinite strike. The entire system comes to a halt and things begin to get messy. Saami then strikes hard at J.P., and what happens from there forms the rest of the story.
Cast
Production
The scene where Sundar's character walks semi nude on a street in Chennai was filmed surreptitiously, hence surprising onlookers who did not know there was a film shooting.[1] Namitha was cast after Malavika left the project due to personal reasons.[2]
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Srikanth Deva. Behindwoods wrote "The songs are typically C.Sundar stuff, frivolous and racy, but the duet is a nice piece".[3]
Reception
Rediff wrote "By the time Thee comes to the end of (it's an almost 3-hour long torture session), you're ready to tear your hair out at Namitha's blink-and-miss appearance, Sundar C's R Parthiban copy-act, G Kitcha's horrible screenplay and Srikanth Deva's ear-drum piercing kuthu songs".[4] Behindwoods wrote "Thee has nothing new to his fans and the film is all about the clash between the politicians and police. Neither the plot of the story nor the presentation is new."[5] The Times of India wrote "Director Kitcha certainly takes a larger canvas to revisit a story seen many times. However, he wins brownie points for releasing such a film ahead of the elections".[6]
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