Thagapansamy

Thagapansamy
Directed by	Shiva Shanmugam
Produced by	Tiruchi Gopalji
Written by	Rajesh Kandan
Starring	Prashanth Pooja Namitha Karunas Vincent Asokan
Music by	Srikanth Deva (Songs) Vidyasagar (Background Score)
Cinematography	J. Sridhar
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Thirumalai Creations
Release date	22 December 2006 (2006-12-22)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thagapansamy is a 2006 Tamil language action film directed by Shiva Shanmugam and produced by Tiruchi Gopalji. The film starred Prashanth and Pooja in the lead roles, while Namitha, Karunas and Vincent Asokan played other supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Srikanth Deva, the film had a delayed release in December 2006 after going through production problems.

The film begins with Kadhirvel (Prashanth), a do-gooder, going all out to get water for his village. With monsoon repeatedly failing, his village reels under drought, and he runs from pillar to post to get a well dug in the village. He manages to bring Shanmugham (Mahadevan), a water-divining expert to dig a well in the village. Shanmugham, along with his wife and daughter Marikozhundhu (Pooja) come to the village. Unfortunately, a freak mishap kills Shanmugham and the villagers' search for water continues.

To eke out their livelihood, all the villagers, led by Kadhirvel, decide to leave the village with a heavy heart to take up employment in a farm house in Rajasthan. Upon reaching the place they come to know that they have been taken as bonded labourers and there is no way out but to work there tirelessly for the next three years. They undergo physical and mental torture from the greedy landlord Thakur Dass (Vincent Asokan). A silver lining in the cloud is Swapna (Namitha), Thakur's sister. She gets fascinated by Kadhirvel's heroics. The rest is how Kadhirvel fights for his men and helps them reach their village back without any danger and eventually marry Marikozhundhu.

The film was launched in July 2005 by Amudha Durairaj and her production house Deivanai Movies, who had previously made Thamizh (2002) with Prashanth in the lead role. The cast and crew were announced at the launch, though the film soon after went through a change of producer with Tiruchi Gopalji taking over.Meera Jasmine had initially been signed by the production house to play the lead female role but backed out and Pooja was subsequently handed the role. Prashanth worked for the film in 2005 simultaneously with several other projects, including ventures such as Venkatesh's Petrol and Ramesh Selvan's Runway, both of which were subsequently shelved. By October 2005, it was reported that most of the film's shoot was over and that the team had shot scenes across Tiruchi, Karaikudi, Gingee, Thenkasi and Rajasthan. Cinematographer Sridhar was injured in March 2006 at the shoot of the film, when he fell off a horse he had been sitting on. One of the songs was shot at Senji fort with 80 dancers, 10 elephants and 20 horses.