Thunivu

A gang of robbers enters a Chennai bank intending to empty its vaults, only to discover that the building is already under the control of a mysterious criminal who has taken it over. The two sides are forced into an uneasy arrangement as police surround the premises, and the pasts of everyone involved begin to close in on them. The film follows the standoff between the intruders and the man already inside, whose identity and reasons for the heist stay unclear.

Thunivu is a Tamil-language action thriller written and directed by H. Vinoth and produced by Boney Kapoor. It stars Ajith Kumar, Manju Warrier, Samuthirakani, John Kokken, Veera Bahu and Prem, among a credited cast of twenty-seven. The film runs 146 minutes and is the first of the two features Vinoth has directed, followed by Jana Nayagan in 2026.

It was released in January 2023 and made on a budget of about 12 million USD, against a worldwide box office of roughly 2 million USD. On IMDb it holds a rating of 6.1 out of 10 from around 31,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 5.7 from a much smaller number of 43 votes. The gap between the two scores reflects how few users have rated it on the latter platform compared with the larger sample on the former.