Thuppakki

Thuppakki (lit.?Gun) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action-thriller film written and directed by AR Murugadoss. It features Vijay and Kajal Aggarwal in the lead roles, while Vidyut Jammwal portrays the main antagonist. Jayaram and Sathyan appear in supporting roles. The film, produced by S. Thanu, features background score and soundtrack composed by Harris Jayaraj with cinematography handled by Santosh Sivan. The story revolves around an Indian Army officer from a Mumbai-based family on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist group and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command, after witnessing and barely escaping a bomb blast executed by them. Thuppakki commenced production in January 2012 and was filmed mostly in Mumbai, except for some song sequences. It was released on 13 November 2012, coinciding with the festival of Diwali. Upon release, the film received positive reviews and became a major commercial success. It was also released in Telugu under the same title. Thuppakki went on to win six Vijay Awards from sixteen nominations, and was nominated for seven South Filmfare Awards, including Best Film (Tamil), Best Director (Tamil) and Best Actor (Tamil) for Vijay. Murugadoss remade the film in Hindi as Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty in 2014, while Baba Yadav remade it in Bengali as Game: He Plays To Win in that same year.