Cast

Credited cast:
	M. Sasikumar	...	M. Sasikumar
	Varalaxmi Sarathkumar	...	Varalaxmi Sarathkumar
	Pragathi Guruprasad	...	Pragathi Guruprasad

Storyline

Director Bala finalised his next project following Paradesi (2013) only in October 2013 and revealed that he would make a film starring his former protege Sasikumar in the lead role, while G. V. Prakash Kumar and Kishore would be the film's composer and editor respectively. In January 2014, Bala decided to call Ilaiyaraaja in to the project to replace G. V. Prakash.

Early reports had suggested that Shriya Saran had been signed on to play the leading female role of a Karagattam dancer, but it was later noted that she had only been auditioned for the part. However after also auditioning other actresses including Shravanthi Sainath, he then chose to offer Varalaxmi Sarathkumar the leading role and subsequently asked her to lose ten kilograms for the film. Sasikumar was asked to shave his trademark beard and sport a thin moustache, in order to reportedly play a Nadaswaram player in the movie. Pragathi Guruprasad, a finalist in Airtel Super Singer Junior competition, was picked to make her acting debut as Sasikumar's sister in the film. Producer Suresh of Studio 9 Media Works, was signed on to play the antagonist in the film and undertook training in fight scenes with action choreographer Pandian.

The title of the film was announced in March 2014 to be Tharai Thappattai, after titles including Karagattam and Parai had been considered. Also by March 2014, it was revealed that Ilaiyaraaja had finished recording 12 songs for this film using a live orchestra, in a span of six days. Furthermore, since folk dance is an integral part of the film, he had used folk musicians who are not associated with the film industry.   

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