Thirudan Police

Thirudan Police
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Caarthick Raju
Produced by	S. P. B. Charan J.Selvakumar
Screenplay by	Caarthick Raju
Story by	Caarthick Raju
Starring	Dinesh Iyshwarya Rajesh Bala Saravanan
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography	Siddharth
Edited by	Praveen K. L. N. B. Srikanth
Production company	Capital Film Works Kenanya Films
Release date	14 November 2014 (2014-11-14)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thirudan Police (English: Thieving Police) is a 2014 Indian Tamil language action comedy film, directed by debutant Caarthick Raju. Produced by S. P. B. Charan in collaboration with J. Selvakumar of Kenanya films, the film has Attakathi Dinesh and Iyshwarya Rajesh in the lead and music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while Bala Saravanan, Nithin Sathya, John Vijay and Rajendran play supporting roles. According to the director, the film is about a son exacting revenge for his father's death. The film was launched in December 2013, and released on 14 November 2014. The film is being remade in Telugu as Sapthagiri Express with Sapthagiri.

Caarthick Raju stated "For 14 years, I have been involved in visual effects and computer graphics for several films. Then came a stage when I wanted to do something more creative. With encouragement from my friend, cinematographer Velraj, I started writing scripts and learning about direction. When the time was right, I approached S. P. B. Charan for whom I had earlier worked on visual effects, and he showed a keen interest in the concept I had built into my script". The director stated that the film is about a son exacting revenge for his father's death and that the story is "how hide-and-seek continues to be played in adulthood when a thief and a cop come head-to-head". While Dinesh was signed to play the son, "a carefree boy with no responsibilities" who later becomes a police offer, Rajesh was cast as the father. Dinesh was reported to appear in four looks and was trained by a constable friend to get his body language right for the policeman's role. Iyshwarya was signed to play the role of a college student, whose father is a sub-inspector.

The team travelled to Kodaikanal to shoot a duet song featuring Dinesh and Iyshwarya. It was shot in a few hilly locations, about 25 km away from Kodaikanal. Vijay Sethupathi has danced for the Kuthu number, "Ennoda Vaa (kutthaattam Podu)" from the film. The song was shot at Kerala House, near VGP in Chennai.