Thooku Medai

Thooku Medai is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by Amirtham and written by M. Karunanidhi. The film stars Chandrasekhar and Menaka. It is an adaptation of Karunanidhi's play of the same name. The film was released on 28 May 1982.

Cast

 * Chandrasekhar
 * Chakravarthy
 * Menaka
 * Usha Rajender
 * Nagesh

Production
Thooku Medai is a film adaptation of the stage play of the same name written by M. Karunanidhi who scripted the film version too.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Shankar–Ganesh.

Controversy
Karunanidhi was displeased with the censor board for reducing 500 feet of the film which contained his dialogues that "focussed on the long search from Madurai to Tiruchendur".

Release and reception
Thooku Medai was released on 28 May 1982. The reviewer from Kalki lauded Chandrasekhar's performance, and his recital of Karunanidhi's dialogues. Despite this, it failed commercially.