Thavam

Thavam
Directed by	Sakthi Paramesh
Produced by	Arjun Sarja
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Starring	Arun Vijay Vandana Gupta Arpitha Vadivelu Janakaraj
Music by	D. Imman
Production company	Sree Raam Films International
Release dates	5 October 2007
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thavam (English: Penance) is a Tamil film released in 2007. It failed to make an impact at the box office. It was a remake of Telugu film Itlu Sravani Subramanyam.

Plot

The movie begins with Sumathi (Vanthana) and Subramaniam (Arun Vijay), strangers to one another, meet at a suicide point in Chennai. They realise that their goal is the same, that is Suicide! Both had choose to end their lives and duly writes suicide notes.

Sumathy's reason for taking the extreme step is her nagging relatives, who are also her guardians. They are after her ancestral money.

Subramaniam is cheated by a friend who promises a job for him in Dubai after taking Rs five lakh from him. Both consumes sleeping pills in a bid to end their lives in Subramaniam's room. However, they are rescued by the house-owner Mani (Janakaraj). Life takes a turn and Subramaniam lands a good job while Sumathy's relatives take her home.

Subramaniam marriage is settled with a girl of his mother's choice and Sumathy's marriage is fixed with her maternal uncle. Both flee the respective marriage halls independently. How they reunite forms the crux.

Cast

• Arun Vijay
• Arpitha
• Vandana Gupta
• Kalairani
• Venniradai Moorthy
• Vadivelu
• Janakaraj
• Arjun in a cameo appearance

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by D. Imman.^[1][2]

• Kannadasa — Mahalakshmi Iyer
• Sandakozhi — Naveen, Jyotsna
• Makkupaiya — Ananthu
• Meenukutty — Adarsh, Harini
• Enga Ooru — Jay, Franco

Critical reception

Indiaglitz called it "breezy love story for youngsters."^[3] Behindwoods wrote "As the sequences right from the start to the finish tread on an expected path, it is difficult to get involved with the film. There is no depth in story, screenplay and narration is weak and pathetic."^[4] Rediff wrote "Debutant Sakthi Paramesh directs the proceedings as if he doesn't give a damn. Lesser pleasure the audiences take home, the merrier. Nearly every known film device -- plot, logic and good dialogue -- is thrown to the winds as actors and technicians recklessly go through the mere motions of making a movie."^[5]

Legacy

In early 2015, a quote and shot from the film has been used as a meme template among many Tamil people on Facebook, called Aahaan. This word was spoken by Vadivelu in one comedy scene involving him and Arun Vijay at a bus stop. The exact reason for this sudden phenomenon is unspecified, but it is believed that due to the unspecific tone that he says this line in, and given the fact that he has said this line frequently throughout his career with different tones, it has become a fan-favorite quote.^[6]

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