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'''''Thambikottai''''' ({{Translation}} ''Younger Brother's Fort'') is a 2011 Indian [[romance film|romantic]] [[action comedy film]] directed by R. Ammu Ramesh and produced by [[R. K. Suresh]]. It stars [[Narain (actor)|Narain]], [[Meena (actress)|Meena]], [[Poonam Bajwa]] and [[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]], with [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]], [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]], and [[Rajendran]] playing supporting roles. The music was composed by [[D. Imman]] with cinematography by [[Karnan (cinematographer)|Karnan]]. The film released on 11 February 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-february-11-news-tamil-lcllbecdgcc.html?scategory=tamil |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019100525/http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-february-11-news-tamil-lcllbecdgcc.html?scategory=tamil |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-19 |title=Friday Fury- February 11 | publisherwebsite=[[Sify.com]]}}</ref> It received mixed reviews upon release but was a commercial success.<ref>[https://www.sify.com/movies/thambikottai-review--pclxRbbigdggb.html sifySify.com]{{dead link|date=September 2022|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}</ref>

Azhagiri ([[Narain (actor)|Narain]]) is raised by his sister Shanmugapriya ([[Meena (actress)|Meena]]) following their parents’parents' early death. Azhagiri is a college student, while Priya is a lecturer. Azhagiri is closely bonded with his sister Priya. Azhagiri goes to a village named Thambikottai for a NSS field trip where he meets Kanaga ([[Poonam Bajwa]]), and both fall in love. Kanaga is the younger daughter of a local goon Amirthalingam ([[Rajendran]]). Kanaga’sKanaga's elder sister Beeda Pandiamma ([[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]]) is a rogue who creates ruckuses in the village often. Kanaga comesgoes to Chennai for her studies but is kept under continuous monitoring by her sister’ssister's henchmen as Pandiamma and Amirthalingam find out about Kanaga’sKanaga's love affair. Azhagiri skillfully takes Kanaga away to his home. However, Kanaga is again taken away from Azhagiri’sAzhagiri's home by Amirthalingam. Priya getsis shockedsurprised seeingto see Amirthalingam. Priya tells a flashback whereby they actually belong to Thambikottai and their father Shanmugam ([[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]]) was a bus driver working under Amirthalingam who owned a transport service with several buses. However, all the buses were poorly maintained, and Amirthalingam bribes the officials to getobtain the fitness certificates. Despite several attempts made by Shanmugam to convince Amirthalingam to properly repair the buses, he neglects. This makeinfuriates Shanmugam furious, and he resigns as does not want to risk the life of passengers. Lakshmi ([[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]]) is Shanmugam's wife. When Lakshmi travels in Amirthalingam’sAmirthalingam's bus, the brake gets failedfails and the bus meets with an accident, and Lakshmi passes away. Amirthalingam’sAmirthalingam's bus company is sealed by the government. Angered, Amirthalingam bombs the bridge that connects Thambikottai with the land, and hence, no buses could enter the village unless the bridge is repaired. Shanmugam is also killed by Amirthalingam’sAmirthalingam's men. Now, Azhagiri fights against Pandiamma’sPandiamma's henchmen and rescues Kanaga. In the fight, Pandiamma getsis accidentally killed by one of her henchmen. Azhagiri also fights against Amirthalingam and helps reconstruct the broken bridge in Thambikottai.

* [[Narain (actor)|Narain]] as Azhagiri Shanmugam<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60281.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924111515/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/60281.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 September 2010 |title=Narain becomes Azhagiri - Tamil Movie News |publisherwebsite=IndiaGlitz |date=2010-09-23 |accessdate=2012-11-08}}</ref>

* [[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]] as Beeda Pandiamma, Amirthalingam's elder daughter (Voice Dubbed By Jeyegeetha) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/54675.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225022057/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/54675.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 February 2010 |title=Sangeetha is don 'Beeda Pandiamma' - Tamil Movie News |publisherwebsite=IndiaGlitz |date=2010-02-23 |accessdate=2012-11-08}}</ref>

* [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]] as Shanmugam, Azhagiri and Shanmugapriya's father

* [[Vijayalakshmi (Kannada actress)|Vijayalakshmi]] as Lakshmi Shanmugam, Azhagiri and Shanmugapriya's mother

* [[SriranjiniSriranjani (Tamil actress)|SriranjiniSriranjani]] as Sridevi, the college principal

The film was launched at [[AVM Studios]] on 14 December 2009. [[Prabhu (actor)|Prabhu]], [[Mysskin]], [[Jayam Ravi]], [[Mohan Raja]], [[S. Thanu|Kalaipuli S. Thanu]], and [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasana]] were present for the function.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/52591.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100109220836/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/52591.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 January 2010 |title=Narain's 'Thambikottai' starts rolling! - Tamil Movie News |publisherwebsite=IndiaGlitz |date=2009-12-14 |accessdate=2012-11-08}}</ref>

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