Thotti Jaya

Thotti Jaya is an Indian Tamil action drama film released in 2005. It was written and directed by Durai. The soundtrack was composed by Harris Jayaraj.Despite initial expectations, this film bombed at box office.

After finishing Sachein,Kalaipuli Thanu approved the plotline of narrated by V. Z. Durai. Durai wanted Jeevan to play lead role and also conducted test shoots with him but director was not impressed with his performance he replaced him with Simbhu. Thanu was initially reluctant to have him as lead actor since Thanu had misunderstandings with his father T. Rajender during the time of Coolikaaran, later he made up his mind. Nayanthara was initially selected as heroine but she was replaced with Gopika. Simbhu refused to dub for the film after shooting citing salary problems, the problem was resolved in Tamil Nadu Producers Council.There are six songs composed by Harris Jayaraj collaborated with Durai for first and only time. Lyrics written by Na. Muthukumar, Thamarai, Kabilan. Yuvan Shankar Raja, who was first signed as the music director, composed one song for the film, not included in the soundtrack and is credited in the title card. Yaaridamum was reused from Harriss own song Ye Chilipi from Telugu film Gharshana, remake of Kaakha Kaakha. ........

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