# Thambikottai

Thambikottai (transl. Younger Brother's Fort) is a 2011 Indian romantic action comedy film directed by R. Ammu Ramesh and produced by R. K. Suresh. It stars Narain, Meena, Poonam Bajwa and Sangeetha, with Prabhu, Santhanam, and Rajendran playing supporting roles. The music was composed by D. Imman with cinematography by Karnan. The film released on 11 February 2011. It received mixed reviews upon release but was a commercial success.

## Plot

Azhagiri is raised by his sister Shanmugapriya following their parents' early death. Azhagiri is a college student, while Priya is a lecturer. Azhagiri is closely bonded with his sister. Azhagiri goes to a village named Thambikottai for a NSS field trip where he meets Kanaga, and both fall in love. Kanaga is the younger daughter of a local goon Amirthalingam. Kanaga's elder sister Beeda Pandiamma is a rogue who creates ruckuses in the village often. Kanaga goes to Chennai for her studies but is kept under continuous monitoring by her sister's henchmen as Pandiamma and Amirthalingam find out about Kanaga's love affair. Azhagiri skillfully takes Kanaga away to his home. However, Kanaga is again taken away from Azhagiri's home by Amirthalingam. Priya is surprised to see Amirthalingam. She tells a flashback whereby they actually belong to Thambikottai and their father Shanmugam was a bus driver working under Amirthalingam who owned a transport service with several buses. However, all the buses were poorly maintained, and Amirthalingam bribes the officials to obtain the fitness certificates. Despite several attempts made by Shanmugam to convince Amirthalingam to properly repair the buses, he neglects. This infuriates Shanmugam, and he resigns as does not want to risk the life of passengers. When Shanmugam's wife Lakshmi travels in Amirthalingam's bus, the brake fails, the bus meets with an accident, and she passes away. Amirthalingam's bus company is sealed by the government. Angered, Amirthalingam bombs the bridge that connects Thambikottai with the land, and hence, no buses could enter the village unless the bridge is repaired. Shanmugam is also killed by Amirthalingam's men. Now, Azhagiri fights against Pandiamma's henchmen and rescues Kanaga. In the fight, Pandiamma is accidentally killed by one of her henchmen. Azhagiri also fights against Amirthalingam and helps reconstruct the broken bridge in Thambikottai.

## Cast

* Narain as Azhagiri Shanmugam
* Meena as Shanmugapriya, Azhagiri's sister
* Poonam Bajwa as Kanaga Amirthalingam, Azhagiri's love interest (Voice Dubbed By Renuka Kathir)
* Sangeetha as Beeda Pandiamma, Amirthalingam's elder daughter (Voice Dubbed By Jeyegeetha)
* Prabhu as Shanmugam, Azhagiri and Shanmugapriya's father
* Santhanam as Saissa, Azhagiri's friend
* Rajendran as Amirthalingam, Kanaga's father
* Vijayalakshmi as Lakshmi Shanmugam, Azhagiri and Shanmugapriya's mother
* M. S. Bhaskar as Valayapatti, Azhagiri's professor
* Ganja Karuppu as Karuppu
* Meera Krishnan as Kanaga's mother
* Sriranjani as Sridevi, the college principal
* Manobala as Puli
* Karate Raja as Amirthalingam's son-in-law
* Jasper as Amirthalingam's assistant
* Riyaz Khan as Goon
* Aarthi
* Lollu Sabha Easter
* Cool Suresh
* Ramdoss as Pandiamma's henchman (uncredited)

## Production

The film was launched at AVM Studios on 14 December 2009. Prabhu, Mysskin, Jayam Ravi, Mohan Raja, Kalaipuli S. Thanu, and Prasana were present for the function. The film takes place in a village named Thambikottai and revolves around the happenings of the village such as building a bridge. As of April 2010, the film shooting was almost complete. Due to the delay in post-production, the film was unable to release on Diwali or New Year's Eve of 2010.

## Music

The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman. All lyrics written by Viveka.