Kuruvi

Kuruvi
Tagline: Where Eagles Dare
Directed by	Dharani
Written by	Dharani
Produced by	Udhayanidhi Stalin
Starring	Joseph Vijay Trisha Suman Vivek Ashish Vidyarthi Malavika Saranya Ponvannan
Cinematography	Gopinath
Music by	Vidyasagar
Distributed by	Red Giant Movies
Release date	3 May 2008
Country	India
Language	தமிழ் Tamil
Budget	30 crore
Box office	7 crore

Kuruvi (Template:Lang-ta; Template:Lang-en) is a 2008 Tamil Action film. Directed and co-written by Dharani and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, it stars Joseph Vijay, Trisha Krishnan and Suman in the lead roles. Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi, Manivannan and Malavika played other roles in the movie.The film opened to Indian audiences after several delays, on 3 May 2008 to average reviews. And was declared an average grosser.

Plot

Vetrivel (Vijay) is a race car driver who lives with his large family in Chennai. His father, Singamuthu (Manivannan) had gone to Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh for work at a colliery and never returned, prompting Vetrivel and his family to think he is dead. Vetrivel comes to know that a gentleman named Koccha (Suman) owes his father a huge sum of money. Finding that Koccha is based in Malaysia, Vetrivel and his friend Pons (Vivek) fly to Malaysia, as Kuruvi (courier), the trade jargon for low-level contraband carriers. He steps into the group at a time when internal rivalry and problems are surfacing in Koccha's family. Koccha's darling sister Devi (Trisha) has refused to marry her cousin (Vimal), the boy approved by her family members. Irritated and preoccupied, nobody wants to devote any time or attention to resolve Vetrivel's problem. Vetrivel is abused, harassed, suffers more ill-treatment and is thrown out of Koccha's place without any help rendered. These callous actions enrage the young man. Totally enraged, with a do-or-die attitude, deciding to get his work done no matter who gets hurt, Vetri becomes a veritable suicide machine and launches into a terrific scuffle with the dangerous gang. Determined to return only after the issue is solved to his satisfaction, motivated by an urge to reveal the truth, Vetrivel conceals himself in Koccha's palace-like residence. He returns to India after stealing a large diamond that was in Koccha's possession.

Devi follows Vetrivel and comes to India too. Knowing that Vetrivel has taken his diamond Koccha and his gang visit Vetrivel's house and threaten his family. After confronting Koccha, Vetrivel comes to know that his father in not dead, but is being held as bonded labor along with many innocent people in Kadapa. Singamuthu had discovered diamonds at the collieries but refused to allow Koccha and his associate Konda Reddy (Ashish Vidyarthi) to illegally mine the diamonds, saying that it should go to the government. He had been held in Kadapa since.

Vetrivel goes to Kadapa and discovers a slave camp run by Koccha and Konda Reddy at the collieries, where a womanising rowdysheeter, Kadapa Mohan, is torturing the inmates. Vetrivel first encounters Koccha in Kadapa and throws him into a moving train, paralysing him. Then he single handedly takes on Kadapa Mohan and Konda Reddy, killing them. When the paralysed Koccha sees Konda Reddy's dead body, he recovers and attempts to shoot Vetrivel, but is then arrested by a special task force led by Raj (Nassar). Singamuthu and the others who were imprisoned in the slave camp, are finally freed.

Cast

• Joseph Vijay as Vetrivel, the protagonist
• Trisha Krishnan as Devi, Vetrivel's love interest
• Vivek as Ops, Vetrivel's sidekick
• Suman as Koccha, the main antagonist
• Manivannan as Singamuthu, Vetrivel's father
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Konda Reddy, Vetrivel's associate
• Nassar as Raj, the general of the police encounter squad targeting businesses (cameo appearance)
• Malavika in a cameo appearance in the song "Dandaana Darna"
• Saranya Ponvannan as Koccha's wife and Devi's sister-in-law
• Niveda as Vijay's Sister
• Vimal as Konda Reddy's brother, who was betrothed to Devi

Snippets

Kuruvi has uncredited cameos by Vimal and Vidharth, who later became full fledged heroes with hit movies Pasanga and Mynaa respectively.

Soundtrack

Untitled

Track listing

No.	Song	Singers	Length (min:sec)
1	"Happy New Year"	Yogi B, Dr. Burn, Mc.jazz, Sunidhi Chauhan	04:05
2	"Dandaana Darna"	Sangeeth Althipur	03:40
3	"Thaen Thaen Thaen"	Udit Narayan, Shreya Ghoshal	03:38
4	"Palaanadhu Palaanadhu"	Vidyasagar and Rajalakshmi	04:05
5	"Theme Music"	Praveen Mani, Dr. Burn, Ranina, Suvi	02:00
6	"Mozha Mozhannu"	KK, Anuradha Sriram	03:55

Reception

Kuruvi opened to the audience with mixed reviews.IndiaGlitz stated that "'Kuruvi', a racy thriller loaded with romance and action, is a sure treat for Vijay fans"..Behindwoods rated the movie with 2.5 out of 5 stars and called "If you go to see Kuruvi with lowered expectations, you may end up liking it. But those who are looking for big build-up sequences and large Ghilli-like payoffs - stay away." .