AJITH'S THALA TAG WAS INSPIRED FROM A MURDER INCIDENT!

Dheena was a path breaking film for Ajith, majorly because it got him the moniker Thala. Since then, Thala has become a household name. But not many actually know from where the Thala tag was inspired from.

Recently in a discussion at BOFTA, AR Murugadoss revealed how he arrived at the Thala tagline for Ajith. “I once had a roommate called Mohan who used to hang out with few goons. So once Mohan narrated a murder incident where one thug was reluctant to kill a man and then another ruffian asks the reluctant thug to move aside saying ‘nee thallu THALA, naa pathukaren’. That gave me a spark. What is Thala? It looked fresh, why not use it for my film. During that time, I was working on Dheena script and I eventually used it in that film.

So, now we all know the origin of Thala!