Talk:Thuppakki

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Since this page is continuously being vandalized by many unknown users,I request to include an protection template to secure the safety and neutral nature of the article. WikiMan88 (talk) 14:04, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Request protection here. However, I doubt the page protection of the page. -- Karthik Nadar 14:30, 16 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

where are the first look posters of thuppaki? its already beyond april 13! Kailash29792 (talk) 14:46, 14 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

i doubt if this is the official first look [1]. Kailash29792 (talk) 15:51, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Kindly add the track list for songs in the Sound track section of this page:

1. Naan Indian 2. Kadhal Paravai 3. Mayakkam polae 4. Thediya idhayam 5. Thuppakki Theme 6. Gun Gun (sung by Vijay himself) 7. India en dhesam

source: http://www.kollyinsider.com/2012/05/it-was-memorable-moment-for-vijay-fans.html

We could use the above details until there are any changes reported.

Kamalakannan1985 (talk) 11:55, 04 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: {{edit semi-protected}} is not required for edits to semi-protected, unprotected pages, or pending changes protected pages. elektrikSHOOS (talk) 22:04, 7 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

persistent vandalism is taking place in this page they are removing authenticated sources please see to that and add a protection template. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bothiman (talk • contribs) 14:39, 29 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Hcv (talk) 14:35, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Basith1993 (talk) 14:08, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. - you haven't provided details of any edit to be made. Begoon ^talk 16:16, 14 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://truthdive.com/2012/11/14/box-office-report-thuppakki-beats-jab-tak-hai-jaan-sos-and-podaa-podi-in-tn.html 122.174.47.155 (talk) 08:05, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.sify.com/movies/thuppakki-takes-extraordinary-opening-news-tamil-mlpjLRidigd.html 122.174.47.155 (talk) 09:34, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/88233.html 122.164.43.217 (talk) 16:17, 15 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/405244/20121115/thuppakki-box-office-collection-vijay-opening-day.htm 122.164.208.48 (talk) 08:16, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/telugu/news-interviews/Rajinikanth-praises-Vijays-Thuppaki/articleshow/17241506.cms 122.164.208.48 (talk) 11:07, 16 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/news/2012/thuppakki-rocking-box-office-101225.html 122.164.21.35 (talk) 07:32, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Vijay-waiting-for-Thuppakki-2/articleshow/17253015.cms 122.164.21.35 (talk) 07:46, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/nov-12-03/vijay-ar-murugadoss-17-11-12.html

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opening day collection http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/405244/20121115/thuppakki-box-office-collection-vijay-opening-day.htm

actor rajinikanth praises vijay's thupaki add it in reception section http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/telugu/news-interviews/Rajinikanth-praises-Vijays-Thuppaki/articleshow/17241506.cms

thuppaki first three days collection http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/news/2012/thuppakki-rocking-box-office-101225.html

sequel section needs to be added bcoz its possible http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Vijay-waiting-for-Thuppakki-2/articleshow/17253015.cms http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/nov-12-03/vijay-ar-murugadoss-17-11-12.html

Thuppakki 6days gross. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Thuppakki-makes-Rs-45-60-crore-in-TN/articleshow/17280518.cms — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.193.31 (talk) 13:44, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

review from a reliable source dna analysis http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report_review-thuppaki-tamil-is-refreshing-indeed_1765709 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.174.9.191 (talk) 14:06, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

please add the above informations as per the reliable sources thank you:)

122.164.21.35 (talk) 08:39, 17 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: Please provide the exact wording you want placed on the article. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 15:46, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Source - http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=293106&subcatg=&keyword=regional&nid=293106 Please add this data to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.60.139 (talk) 04:26, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tamil actor Vijay's action-thriller Thuppakki managed to collect a whopping Rs.10.01 crore within the first three days of its release in Tamil Nadu. The film collected approximately Rs.10.01 crore from Tamil Nadu in the first three days. This is one of the best openings for a Tamil film released this year. Thuppakki is doing extraordinary business in other parts of the country too," Trinath, trade analyst told IANS. The numbers from other parts of the country and overseas are yet to come in," he added. Thuppakki, which released on November 13 worldwide in over 1,000 screens, is about a captain from the Indian Army, played by Vijay, who comes to Mumbai on a vacation, but gets himself involved in a terrorist scheme, which is bigger than anticipated. Kajal Agarwal, Satyan, Mano Bala, Vidyut Jamwal and Jayaram have played key roles in the film, which is directed by A.R. Murugadoss, and has music by Harris Jeyaraj. Meanwhile, the Telugu dubbed version of the film titled Thupaki faced release problems on the opening day in Andhra Pradesh. The Telugu version of the film couldn't be released in most theatres in Andhra Pradesh because of some misunderstanding between the distributors and theatre owners, but all that got resolved very soon. The film has done equally good business in Andhra Pradesh too," added Trinath. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.60.139 (talk) 04:29, 18 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: The proposed wording grossly violates WP:NPOV. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 20:46, 19 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Thuppaki shows have been cut 71% in Chennai multiplexes like Mayajaal to 14 shows daily from 49 shows in a single week.

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Begoon ^talk 04:17, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Source - http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/88363.html Producer has not cut scenes as promised says memorandum to Home Secretary.

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. Vacation^nine 17:16, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Source - http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20121117/dn_12/NGO-bantah-filem-Thuppakki#ixzz2CUfO3bqB Film faced calls for ban in Malaysia due to Islamophobic content.

Not done: Article already contains some detail about this information, establish a consensus that more is really needed. Vacation^nine 17:16, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Please add Thuppaki first week collection Rs.65.32 crore world wide source NDTV http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?Section=Movies&ID=294805&subcatg=&keyword=regional&nid=294805 122.164.136.170 (talk) 13:18, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

122.164.136.170 (talk) 13:18, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done Thank you! Vacation^nine 17:25, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Please remove the budget 70 crore figure. It is exaggerated and unreliable. Tamil film industry is only 25% of Hindi film industry. Recent Bollywood release Jab Tak Hai Jaan had a reported budget of merely 50 crore. Official budget figure will be announced within a month.

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Some media sources put the budget at 50 crore only. Source - http://4tamilmedia.tv/news-review/650-thuppakki-gemini-spent-6-crores-only-for-hero-s-family — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.51.86 (talk) 15:59, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now: given that it is supported by a seemingly reliable source I'd like to see for sources which say 50 rather than 70. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 10:32, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Actually, the budget is 77.5 crore. Here is the breakup. The film has not reached 100 crore yet. Please remove that fake box office record from the article. http://www.moviecrow.com/News/1621/thuppakki-production-costs-and-box-office

Thuppakki has failed in Andhra. It has been replaced in almost all screens by mega-budget Nagarjuna film Damarakum after one week. Source - http://timescity.com/hyderabad/movie/thuppakki/1837#showtimings

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220.227.24.132 (talk) 09:27, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. TBrandley 20:12, 4 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Like Nanban, Thuppakki also has broken even in Chennai only. Elsewhere, it has flopped. Fake box office record of 100 crore is being paraded in media to generate hype, says top analysts.

Please add this information to the article. http://tamil.oneindia.in/movies/news/2012/11/thuppakki-box-office-collection-some-facts-and-figures-165429.html

I have set all outstanding edit requests on this article to "answered" as Not done: since protection has expired. Subject to consensus, any editor should be able to make their desired edits unless the article becomes protected again. —KuyaBriBri^Talk 14:59, 5 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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box office 500 crore

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Vacation^nine 14:43, 18 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

In Malaysia Thuppakki collected 9.29 croes after the completion of 3 weeks.

http://www.glintcinemas.com/2012/12/thuppakki-4th-weekend-overseas.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.195.118 (talk) 03:04, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Box office - 178.5 crore <30 days>^[1] 116.202.119.16 (talk) 02:52, 26 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Box office - 180.51 crore for 39 days^[2]

 Done--Canoe1967 (talk) 23:37, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

does anyone have any plans of making Thuppakki a good article? i say it is very capable of becoming so. Kailash29792 (talk) 12:42, 6 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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14.139.187.177 (talk) 02:55, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please be more specific about what needs to be changed. TBrandley ^{(what's up)} 02:59, 9 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Ananda vikatan award for best actror -vijay Ananda vikatan award for best choreography-shoby(antartica)

http://www.tamilcreation.com/forum/showthread.php?155550-Ananda-Vikatan-Awards-for-2012 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.214.78 (talk) 14:41, 11 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Add to the awards

Edison awards

Best Director-A.R.Murugadoss -Pending Best Actor-Vijay-Pending Best Music Director-Tarris jayaraj-Pending Best producer-S.Thanu-pending Best Villain-Vidyut Jamwal-Pending Best Lyrics-Madhan Karky(google Google)-Pending Best Screenplay-A.R.Murugadoss-Pending Best Choreography-Shobi-Pending Best Character female -Deepthi-Pending — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.211.85 (talk) 05:45, 9 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Thuppakki released in 1,600 screens worldwide.

Please add this information.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.193.45.131 (talk • contribs) 14 March 2013

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|rowspan=11|Vijay Awards | Best Villain | Vidyut Jamwal | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated |- | Best Editor | Sreekar Prasad | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated |- | Best Choreographer | Shobi
(Antartika) | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated |- | Best Choreographer | Sridar
(Alaikka Laikka) | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated |- | Best Stunt Director | Kecha | style="background: #FFE3E3; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="no table-no2 notheme"|Nominated |- | Entertainer of the Year | Vijay | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |- | Favorite Hero | Vijay | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |- | Favorite Heroine | Kajal Aggarwal | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |- | Favorite Film | Thuppakki | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |- | Favorite Director | AR Murugadoss | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |- | Favorite Song | Harris Jayaraj
(Google Google) | style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center; " class="yes table-yes2 notheme"|Won |}

Prath100 (talk) 22:17, 31 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. --ElHef (Meep?) 02:14, 1 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.tamilcreation.com/forum/showthread.php?160542-quot-7th-Annual-Vijay-Awards-Full-Nominees-n-Other-Details-quot-Pradeep66.

pl add the nominations of thuppakki in vijay awards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janasara (talk • contribs) 17:55, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, awards won by this film are listed here. The source you have provided here is not reliable source since it's a blog, if you have reliable sources then feel free to list it here so that others can add to the list. For now, only awards listed with sources are to be included in the article. Tolly4bolly 19:06, 2 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

http://maruthivideo.com/tags/vijay-awards-2013-nomination-list/ is this reliable — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.43.216.197 (talk) 17:56, 5 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Note: I am not doing the GA review, but I thought I'd make some comments on this before the review is started.

1. The citation provided for the Vijay Awards only backs up the claims of the winners - it makes no mention of the nominees. Another one is needed for the nominees.
2. There is no in-line citation for the 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards in the table.
3. Should the fight choreographer/stunt director be "Kecha", or "Kechcha"? Not having looked myself, I don't know. Neither name is mentioned anywhere in the main article - this may want to be sorted.
4. The currency situation in the "Overseas" section (under box office) is a mess - that needs work.
5. "in a Special Appearance" from the "Cast" section - that may want clarifying a little bit.
6. The "Plot" section is totally unreferenced, so this might want sorting, and it also has some stubby sentences that may want merging.

I won't say any more - that'll be for the GA reviewer to do. :) Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 10:14, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the comments, I'll start working. But I want the article totally protected from IP edits first. Kailash29792 (talk) 10:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's unlikely to happen, and there's no reason for it to happen. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 11:24, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Pls see all the consecutive edits that happened since this. Plus, the actor has a a huge fan following, most of whom vandalize this article. ---- Kailash29792 (talk) 11:43, 1 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: SL93 (talk · contribs) 02:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC) Awkward phrasing -[reply]

• "On his arrival, he is forced by his parents and younger sisters into seeing Nisha (Kajal Aggarwal), a girl of their choice for their son to get married to." - I suggest "On his arrival, his parents and younger sisters force him to see Nisha (Kajal Aggarwal), who they chose for him to be married to".
• "At the bride-viewing ceremony, Jagdish makes up excuses to avoid marrying her, such as commenting that she is old-fashioned." I suggest "At the bride-viewing ceremony, Jagdish makes up excuses to avoid marrying her, which includes commenting about her being old-fashioned".
• "On the contrary, Nisha turns out to be a college-level boxer who is completely modern in outlook." I suggest "On the contrary, Nisha is a college-level boxer, who is completely modern in her outlook".
• "He captures the man, who planted the bomb in that bus and soon finds out that he is a mere executor (a sleeper cell) whose only role was to plant the bomb and that the Islamic terrorist group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami (which the bomber belongs to) has planned various such attacks in the city in a couple of days." I suggest "He captures the man, who planted the bomb in that bus, and soon finds out that he is a mere executor, a sleeper cell, whose only role was to plant the bomb. He also discovers that the Islamic terrorist group Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islam, which the bomber belongs to, has planned various such attacks in the city in a couple of days." It is not good to have such a long sentence.
• When the leader of the terrorist group (Vidyut Jamwal) finds out about the role of Jagdish in the failure of the terrorist attack, he begins to target the families of the army men (except Jagdish), kidnapping someone close to them." I suggest "When the leader of the terrorist group (Vidyut Jamwal) finds out about the role of Jagdish in the failure of the terrorist attack, he begins to target the families of the army men, except Jagdish, by kidnapping someone close to them."
• The sentence with "(who was about to be killed after Jagdish's bluff was exposed)" should be ", who was about to be killed after Jagdish's bluff was exposed,..."
• "With this attack too failed, the terrorist leader decides to target Jagdish himself." should be "When this attack fails, the terrorist leader decides to target Jagdish himself."
• I don't understand what "He asks Jagdish to surrender to him, failing which there would be more terrorist attacks." means.

That was only the plot section, and there are too many other issues throughout the article for this to be anything other than a quick-fail. It would be beneficial to ask someone from Wikipedia:WikiProject Guild of Copy Editors to copy edit the article. SL93 (talk) 02:48, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Reviewer: SL93 (talk · contribs) 06:25, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The review is pending until after I complete the copy-edit. SL93 (talk) 06:25, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have completed the copyedit. Although it was throughout most of the article, there wasn't that many errors. With over 100 reliable references and much content, this article is sufficiently broad in scope. I am passing this. SL93 (talk) 07:03, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Since I originally nominated the article and of course added most of the content, I too some deserve appreciation, don't I? But thanks anyway sir for the unexpected help. Kailash29792 (talk) 07:23, 5 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

An editor has created an WP:POVFORK so they can continue their WP:OR of lumping a bunch of things together under the tag "Controversies" - even though most of the items in the article are not identified as "controversies" by the sources, just the WP:OR of an editor. Please join the discussion : Talk:Controversial issues surrounding Thuppakki-- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 11:25, 18 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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box office = 650 million gross = 1.95 billion Surendardot (talk) 11:06, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

•  Not done - No reliable sources presented for the proposed change. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 12:04, 8 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Add the GROSS - 180 Crores Reliable Sources http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Vijays-Thuppakki-makes-180-crore/articleshow/18691254.cms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYvrIIK_x9k

http://www.catchnews.com/regional-cinema/list-of-ilayathalapathy-vijay-action-packed-films-actor-vijay-filmography-theri-movie-box-office-records-top-south-indian-action-films-from-ghilli-to-theri-movie-news-1463648578.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.206.113.14 (talk) 18:53, 14 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

In this edit I boldly deleted the Legacy section, the content of which seems to have been recently added here. Not one of the sources in that section makes the claim that the film popularised the term "sleeper cell", and even if the sources did make that assertion, it's a dubious claim. The term has been in use for decades and the most significant spike in usage occurred around 2001 after the US's 9/11 attacks, according to dictionary.com Looking at Google Trends, there appears to be very little usage worldwide around the time of the film's release, (unfortunately it doesn't track stuff prior to 2004) and looking at Google Ngram viewer, the term was on a decline worldwide with no spikes in 2012. If what the contributor meant was that there was an increase in popularity in India, looking at trends in India, there was a burst of popularity around the time of the film's release, but there were also bursts in 2007, 2008, and 2009. In my mind, upticks in phrase popularity doesn't necessarily equate to "popularised". Popularised suggests that a term was coined and spread widely, or that an obscure term was used and launched into wide usage, which seems to have been the case after 9/11. So, I don't think it's accurate to say that the film popularised the term "sleeper cell".

And, the statement, in 2018, director Ramana Madhesh stated, "My film Arasangam, dealt with sleeper cells, four years before the release of Thuppakki. But, I failed to coin a name for the concept seem to suggest that we're attributing the concept of "sleeper cell" to either Murugadoss or to Madhesh for his 2008 film, which again is dubious, since the term was in the lexicon at either point, and the notion of a clandestine group lying in wait is not anything that someone in the 21st century could claim to have invented. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:05, 21 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Cyphoidbomb, I have re-added the legacy section with content that was not added by the IP but long ago. Kailash29792 (talk) 06:45, 22 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]