Thiruda Thirudi
| Thiruda Thirudi | |
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| Directed by | Subramaniam Siva |
| Written by | Subramaniam Siva |
| Produced by | S.K. Krishnakanth |
| Starring | Dhanush Chaya Singh Karunas Manikka Vinayagam Krishna |
| Cinematography | G. Ramesh |
| Edited by | S. Satish J. N. Harsha |
| Music by | Dhina |
Production company | Indian Theatre Productions |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹11 crore (equivalent to ₹40 crore or US$4.7 million in 2023)[1] |
Thiruda Thirudi (English: Male Thief and Female Thief) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Subramaniam Siva.[2] The film stars Dhanush, Chaya Singh, Karunas, Manikka Vinayagam, and Krishna. This film was a low-budget production, and the soundtrack was composed by Dhina.[3] The film was remade in Telugu as Donga Dongadi and in Kannada as Sakha Sakhi.
Plot
Vasu belongs to a lower-middle-class family and is irresponsible and untrustworthy. Viji is from a traditional Telugu family and is an ambitious and career-oriented girl. Vasu and Viji meet up, and one day, he follows her on her two-wheeler. She is so bugged by him that she fails to notice a vehicle ahead. Though he cautions her, she ends up having an accident. Vasu admits her in the hospital, but Viji holds him responsible for her accident. Both of them are at loggerheads and bicker constantly. Vasu leaves for Chennai in order to prove himself to his father, who is constantly criticising his irresponsibility. Meanwhile, Viji gets a job at Chennai and moves into the same apartment complex as Vasu. The rest of the story follows Vasu's progress and deals with relationship between Vasu and Viji and whether or not their attitude for each other changed. Viji falls in love with Vasu, but he acts to hate her because she made him and his whole family separated. So in the middle, something happens, and they both end up loving each other. Vasu also got back together with his family.
Cast
- Dhanush as Vasu
- Chaya Singh as Viji (Voice dubbed by Mahalakshmi Kannan)
- Karunas as Rockfort Chandru
- Manikka Vinayagam as Vasu's father
- Krishna as Vasu's brother
- Meghna Nair as Ommana
- Delhi Ganesh
- Ramji as Raghu
- Ilavarasu
- Sujee as Pooja
- Kousalya Senthamarai as Vasu's mother
- Kambar Jayaraman as Viji's father
- Sri Vidhya as Chandru's sister
- Harish Adhithya as Kumar (Chandru's friend)
- Master Udayaraj as a naughty boy
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Dhina.
| Thiruda Thirudi | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 20 August 2003 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Hit Musics | |||
| Producer | Dhina | |||
| Dhina chronology | ||||
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| No. | Song name | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Ayurveda Azhagi" | Manikka Vinayagam, Srilekha Parthasarathy | Na. Muthukumar |
| 2 | "Azhaga Irukanga" | Timmy, Devan, Master Kiran | Tha. Kannan |
| 3 | "Manmadha Raasa" | Shankar Mahadevan, Malathy Lakshman | Yugabharathi |
| 4 | "Mutham Mutham" | Anuradha Sriram | P. Vijay |
| 5 | "Unna Paartha" | Karthik, Pop Shalini | Subramaniya Siva |
| 6 | "Vandar Kuzhazhi" | Udit Narayan, Radhika Thilak, Mimicry Senthil | Kalaikumar |
Release
A critic from Screen noted "it was an offbeat love story marked by good performance by Dhanush which makes it a breezy entertainer."[4]
The low-budget film was the second most successful film of the year.[5] It was later remade in Telugu as Donga Dongadi with Manoj Manchu and Sadha as the protagonists, and Manikka Vinayagam would reprise his role as the male protagonist's father. It was remade in Kannada as Sakha Sakhi, in which Chaya Singh is the Lead.[6]