
The Times of India gave the film two stars and wrote that "It is a formidable star cast that you see in "Thoranai". Rediff wrote:"Thoranai's only merit is that it's marginally better than Sathyam. Nothing, simply nothing happens in the first half of the film". First and foremost, it's got a dead script. Sify wrote:"The problems with Thoranai are sundry. Reception Critical response Tamil versionīehindwoods wrote:"Thoranai does entertain, but a tighter script and better execution could have yielded far better results". Music Thoranai / Pistha: The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack Reema Sen and Neetu Chandra were not part of the final cast. Reema Sen was cast to play the role of a second actresses and Neetu Chandra was considered to play the third heroine. Trisha was cast as the lead actress, but opted out of the film and was subsequently replaced with Shriya. How he accomplishes his task forms the crux. Now he is entrusted with the task of protecting him from Tamizharasu / Suryaprakash.

In a bloody duel with Guru, he learns that he is his brother, whom he has been searching for long.

He comes across the gangsters and a sequence of events results in him incurring both their wrath. Murugan / Murali Krishna gets the help of his friend Vellaichamy / Chittibabu. He leaves his village promising his mother that he would return only with his brother, who had run away from the house about two decades ago. A native of Madurai / Ramachandrapuram, he comes to Chennai / Vizag with a mission. They indulge in gang war painting Chennai / Vizag red. They are against pitted each other and fight to establish their supremacy in city. Guru (Ganesan / Rambabu) and Tamizharasu / Suryaprakash are dreaded gangsters in Chennai/Vizag. It was remade in Bhojpuri with Khesari Lal Yadav as "Shola aur Shabnam".

Both Tamil and Telugu opened to mixed reviews. Shot simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu languages with Ali replacing Santhanam as Vishal's friend as well as a different supporting cast. The film stars Vishal and Shriya Saran and Prakash Raj, Kishore, and Santhanam in another pivotal roles. Person with attitude) is a 2009 Indian action drama film written and directed by Sabha Ayyappan, who previously worked as an associate director for Malaikottai, and produced by Vikram Krishna under the banner G K Film Corporation.
