An encounter specialist learns the hard truth that all his encounter operations have been to safeguard the interests of corrupt politicians and businessmen. But before he can undo the damage, it is too late; and four innocents become collateral damage as well.
Acting
Samuthirakani's weary authority vs. Sakthi Vasu's unraveling certainty.
Direction
R.P. Ravi stages encounters as systemic horror, not heroism.
Director
R. P. Ravi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when Tamil cinema was interrogating police brutality years before Jai Bhim made it mainstream.
The title 'Tharkappu' means 'shield'—bitter irony for a film about cops who only shield the powerful.
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