Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru

Theeran Adhigaaram Ondru (The Warrior: Chapter One), often called simply Theeran, is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action thriller written and directed by H. Vinoth and produced by S. R. Prakashbabu and S. R. Prabhu for Dream Warrior Pictures. It is based on the Bawaria robberies and shows the organised dacoity committed in Tamil Nadu in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and the investigation by a special team of the Tamil Nadu Police led by the police chief S. R. Jangid, on whom the title character is modelled. Karthi plays Theeran, with Rakul Preet Singh and Abhimanyu Singh. Vinoth researched the case by meeting police officers who had handled similar crimes, and the shoot used real locations in Chennai and North India. Ghibran composed the music. Released worldwide on 17 November 2017 through Reliance Entertainment, it opened to critical acclaim and was a major commercial success.