Thalaivasal (film)

Plot

Nachiappan College is considered to be one of the worst college of Chennai; everyday violence erupts between two final-year groups. The students are influenced by the local bigwig Beeda Settu (Nassar), who sells ganja to the students and basically rules the college from outside. The first group is led by Sudhakar (Anand) whereas the other one is led by Kalaiarasan (Bhanu Prakash). The college management and the police get tired of that situation. They decide that they need to change the principal. The vice-president, Chandran, dies to sit in that post but the college management asks the successful Shanmugasundaram (S. P. Balasubrahmanyam) to take the post. His daughter Shobana will study in the same college. The rest of the story is how Shanmugasundaram succeeds in his mission.

Cast

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam as Shanmugasundaram

Anand as Sudhakar

Sivaranjani as Shobana

Bhanu Prakash as Kalaiarasan

Nassar as Beeda Settu

Napoleon as Chandran

Thalaivasal Vijay as Babu

S.N. Vasanth as Gupta

Chitti as ACP Devaraj

Sabitha Anand as Saradha

Vaishnavi as Anandhi

Vichithra as 'Madippu' Hamsa

C.N.A. Parimal

Sampath Kumar

Vincent Roy as Vedachalam

Jayaprakash

Radha Bhai

Swaminathan

Anand Krishnamoorthi (credited as Master Anand) as Siddharth

Mahanadhi Shobana (credited as Baby Shobana) as Meena

MRK

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Bala Bharathi. The soundtrack, released in 1992, features 7 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.

Production

The success of the serial 'Neela Maala' facilitated Chozha Creations’ re-entry into film world and they gave the serial director Selva the opportunity to direct Thalaivasal. Except for playback singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and Nassar, most of the cast was new like Bhanu Prakash and Thalaivasal Vijay. It is a story revolving around college life which forms the foundation stone for the future of any individual.

Reception

The film completed a 100-day run at the box-office.