Thunivu

Thunivu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byH. Vinoth
Written byH. Vinoth
Produced byBoney Kapoor
Starring
CinematographyNirav Shah
Edited byVijay Velukutty
Music byGhibran
Production
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Distributed bysee below
Release date
  • 11 January 2023 (2023-01-11)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹200 crore
Box officeest. ₹190–250 crore

Thunivu (transl. Fortitude, also marketed as Thunivu – No Guts No Glory) is a 2023 Indian Tamil-language heist action thriller film written and directed by H. Vinoth, and produced by Boney Kapoor under Bayview Projects LLP and Zee Studios. The film stars Ajith Kumar, alongside Manju Warrier, Samuthirakani, John Kokken, Ajay and Veera. It follows Dark Devil and his team who forms a plan and commit a bank heist to find the corporate looted people's money.

The film was officially announced in February 2022 under the tentative title AK61, as it is Ajith's 61st film in a leading role, and the official title was announced in September 2022. Principal photography commenced in April 2022 in Hyderabad along with a schedule in Chennai, which was followed up with a sporadic schedule in Thailand, and wrapped by late November 2022. The film has music composed by Ghibran, and cinematography handled by Nirav Shah and Vijay Velukutty.

Thunivu was released theatrically in the week of Pongal on 11 January 2023. It received mixed reviews from critics but becoming the highest grossing film of Ajith's career until it was surpassed by Good Bad Ugly.