Tharkappu

Tharkappu (transl. Self Defense) is a 2016 Tamil language action thriller film directed by R.P. Ravi and produced by S. Selvamuthu and Manjunath. The film stars Shakthi Vasudevan and Samuthirakani. The film's original soundtrack has been composed by F. S. Faizal, while the film was released on 1 January 2016.^[1]

Tharkappu
Poster
Directed by	R. P. Ravi
Written by	R. P. Ravi
Produced by	Dr. S. Selvamuthu Manjunath
Starring	Shakthi Vasudevan Samuthirakani Sathish Krishnan Vatsan Chakravarthy Vaishali Deepak
Cinematography	Jones Anand
Edited by	San Lokesh
Music by	F. S. Faizal
Production company	Kinetoscope Production
Release date	1 January 2016 (2016-01-01)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Shakthi Vasudevan as Inspector Sakthivel
• Samuthirakani as Iraianbu
• Sathish Krishnan as Jai
• Vatsan Chakravarthy as Vino
• Vaishali Deepak as Meenu
• Amitha Ranganath as Aditi
• Riyaz Khan as Arjun
• Ganesh Prasath as Ganesh
• Kebi Raj

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by F. S. Faisal. The original soundtrack consists of the following tracks:

Song	Singers	Length (m:ss)
"Aayiram Aayiramayi"	Hariharasudhan, Nincy	04:30
"Ivan Peyar"	Ranjith	04:20
"Sayangala"	Jagadish, Upasana	04:30
"Hey Hey Ithu"	Srinivas, Norway Santhiya	05:00

Release and reception

The trailer of Tharkappu was released in Malaysia on 27 December 2015 and a premiere show was held thereafter in the country. The film was released on 1 January 2016 to mixed reviews.^[2] A critic added "Tharkappu begins well only to lose steam as it progresses", "but is worth a watch for the twists and turns".^[3][4][5]