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An ex-convict must undertake a perilous, violent journey in order to meet his daughter after ten years of imprisonment.


An undercover cop finds himself in a Catch-22 situation where he has to return the drugs he had stolen from a kingpin in exchange for his son. The bag containing the drug goes missing, and with both gangsters and cops on his tail, can he get out of this mess?

Kamal Haasan
CK Diwakar IRS

Trisha Krishnan
Mallika
Aman Abdullah
Diwakar's Son

Prakash Raj
Vital Rao

Kishore
Dhiraviyam

Asha Sarath
Sujatha

Sampath Raj
Pedha Babu

Yugi Sethu
Mani

Madhu Shalini
Esther

Uma Riyaz Khan
Bartender
Thoongaavanam is a action, crime, thriller film released in 2015 exploring themes of sleeplessness, drugs, narcotics. Directed by Rajesh M. Selva, it stars Kamal Haasan, Trisha Krishnan, Aman Abdullah. An undercover cop finds himself in a Catch-22 situation where he has to return the drugs he had stolen from a kingpin in exchange for his son. The bag containing the drug goes missing, and with both gangsters and cops on his tail, can he get out of this mess?
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