Thagaraaru

Thagaraaru
First look poster
Directed by	Ganesh Vinaayac
Produced by	Dayanidhi Azhagiri Vivek Rathnavel
Written by	Ganesh Vinaayac
Starring	Arulnithi Poorna Jayaprakash
Music by	Dharan Praveen Sathya (score)
Cinematography	Dillraj
Edited by	T. S. Suresh
Production company	Cloud Nine Movies
Distributed by	Red Giant Movies Meeka Entertainment
Release date	6 December 2013 (2013-12-06)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thagaraaru (English: Fight) is a 2013 Indian Tamil mystery drama film written and directed by newcomer Ganesh Vinaayac and produced by Cloud Nine Movies. The film stars Arulnithi and Poorna in the lead roles. The soundtrack was composed by Dharan, while Praveen Sathya composed the score. Dillraj was the cinematographer, and T. S. Suresh edited the film. The film released on 6 December 2013 and received positive reviews from critics.The film did average business at the box office.

Ganesh Vinayaac, associate of Silambarasan, Tharun Gopi and SJ Suryah was supposed to direct Muppozhudhum Un Karpanaigal but was ultimately removed from the film. He then announced a project called Madayan with Simbhu but project never took off and then he was approached by Dayanidhi to direct a film for his cousin Arulnidhi. Arulnidhi who was fresh after the success of Mouna Guru was supposed to do a project called "Ashokamithran" with Karu Pazhaniappan which was dropped accepted to do the project. The film was initially titled as Sambhavam and Pagal Kollai but later changed as Thagaraaru.Pooja was initially approached to play the lead female role but she was busy with other commitments and thus recommended Poorna for the role.

The first day of shoot was held at location where the opening scene of producer's previous film Mankatha was shot, since the producer considered it as "sentimental". The film was entirely shot at Madurai. The last schedule was commenced at 3 June, in Red Hills, Chennai.

The songs were composed by Dharan. Initially Raghunanthan was credited as music composer but he was replaced by Dharan as he was busy with other work. Dharan again was not available to compose the score, which was completed by Praveen Sathya. The album have five songs and Ganesh Vinayaac wrote two of them, Super Thirudan and Thiruttu Payapulla. The audio was launched on 18 November 2013 at an FM station through Sony Music. Behindwoods wrote:"Dharan continues to show promise with an album that has some impressive highlights". Milliblog wrote:"Standard fare from Dharan".