Thuppakki
An Indian Army intelligence officer on vacation must hunt down a hidden terrorist sleeper cell before they unleash more bombings, risking his life and going rogue to stop the network’s deadly plot.
Synopsis
Captain Jagadish, an intelligence officer in the Indian Army, returns to Mumbai for a vacation but soon becomes involved in a deadly mission. After witnessing a bus bombing, he discovers a network of sleeper cells planning multiple attacks across the city. Without official support, he launches a personal mission alongside his trusted comrades to eliminate the mastermind, ensuring the sleeper cells remain leaderless and trapped in silence, waiting for orders that will never come. Ready to sacrifice his own life, he begins his final mission—but whether he succeeds and at what cost remains to be seen.
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Principal cast & crew: 29
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Edited by A Sreekar PrasadShot by Santosh SivanScored by Harris Jayaraj
Box Office
2012 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 2.1× its budget
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$23.0M
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Cast & Crew
29 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Joseph Vijay
as Jagadish Dhanapal
Vijay
as Jagadish
Kajal Aggarwal
as Nisha
Vidyut Jammwal
as Sleeper cell's leader
Sathyan
as Balaji
Sathyan Sivakumar
as Balaji
Zakir Hussain
as Kameeruddin
Jayaram
as Major V. Ravichandran
Manngala Radhakrishnan
as Jagdeesh MoM
Deepthi Nambiar
as Sanjana
Rahaao
as Surendra
Manobala
as Nisha's father
Supporting cast
12Anupama Kumar
as Nisha's mother
Sanjana Sarathy
as Jagdeesh's sister
Akshara Gowda
as Swetha
Meenakshi
as Nisha's Friend
Md Asif
as Asif Ali
Santosh Sivan
as Self
Shankara Narayanan
as Jagadish's father
Gautam Kurup
as Sleeper Agent
Mangala Radhakrishnan
as Jagadish's mother
Prayas Mann
as Afsar Ali (uncredited)
A R Murugadoss
as Self
Abhinay
as Sleeper Cell's Leader (voice)
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