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Tharagu

2008 Indian film

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ131367995 ↗
Source-derived summary

Tharagu is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Kalanidhi and starring Sanjay and Dimple.

Cast

Production

This film marked the debut of Sanjay who starred in Ayyavazhi (2008) and Siruvani (2015) amongst four other unreleased films.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bharani. Andal Priyadarshini worked as a lyricist for the film.

Reception

A critic from Sify wrote that "The film leaves you exhausted, as it is lengthy and lacking in lustre. The new actors have miles to go, while the comedy track of Vyapuri and co is irritating. There are too many songs with stupid lines and embarrassing double meaning".

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Tharagu” as 2008 Indian film. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2008, 2015—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Tharagu, Indian and film can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as 2008 Indian film. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q131367995. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2008 and 2015.

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This entry incorporates text from “Tharagu” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.