Thoondil Meen

Thoondil Meen (transl. Fish in the hook) is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language thriller film directed by Ra. Sankaran. The film stars Lakshmi, Mohan Sharma and Major Sundarrajan. It was released on 1 April 1977. The film was remade in Hindi as Trishna (1978), in Kannada as Avala Hejje (1981) and in Telugu as Bandhalu Anubandhalu (1982).

Thoondil Meen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ra. Sankaran
Screenplay by	Karaikudi Narayanan
Story by	Javar Seetharaman
Starring	Lakshmi Mohan Sharma Major Sundarrajan
Cinematography	K. S. Bhaskar Rao
Edited by	Mani Umanath
Music by	V. Kumar
Release date	1 April 1977 (1977-04-01)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Cast

• Lakshmi as Seetha^[1]
• Mohan Sharma as Thyagarajan^[1]
• Major Sundarrajan as Rangan^[1]

Production

Thoondil Meen was directed by Ra. Sankaran based on a story by Javar Seetharaman.^[1][2] The screenplay and dialogues for the film were written by Karaikudi Narayanan.^[3]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by V. Kumar and lyrics by Vaali.^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vaazhvil"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, P. Susheela
2.	"Ennidam"	P. Jayachandran, Swarna

Release and reception

Thoondil Meen was released on 1 April 1977.^[5] Kanthan of Kalki praised the performances of Lakshmi and Sundarrajan but felt Mohan Sharma's performance as lifeless. The critic also added the film felt too slow after the interval and duets could have been removed to avoid lagging but praised Sankaran's direction and concluded whether fish (meen) got caught by hook (thoondil) but a good story got trapped in Thoondil Meen.^[1]

Remakes

The film was remade in Hindi as Trishna (1978), in Kannada as Avala Hejje (1981) and in Telugu as Bandhalu Anubandhalu (1982).^[6]