Thirumalai
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| Thirumalai | |
|---|---|
| File:Thirumalai Vijay Movie.jpg | |
| Directed by | Ramana |
| Written by | Ramana |
| Produced by | Pushpa Kandaswamy |
| Starring | Vijay Jyothika Vivek Raghuvaran Kausalya Karunas |
| Cinematography | R. Rathnavelu |
| Edited by | Suresh Urs |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Distributed by | Kavithalayaa Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 169 min |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹8.7 crore |
Thirumalai (Template:Lang-ta) is a Tamil action-masala film directed by Ramana . This film has Vijay and Jyothika in the lead roles with Lawrence Raghavendra and Kiran Rathod make special appearances in the film. Produced by Kavithalayaa Productions banner.[1] In which Vijay plays a bike mechanic of the Pudupet area in Chennai. This film was a turning point in actor Vjay's career as he introduced himself as an action hero with a new look. The new formula of action along with Punch dialogues suited well for Vijay. And worked out well on screen.[2] This film opened to huge positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster hit in Vijay's career.[3] The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Dum 2. The highly commercial success of the film lead to be remade in Telugu as Gowri in the year 2004.
Plot
Thirumalai (Vijay) mechanic who lives in Pudupet and has three close friends for whom he would do anything. Raghuvaran is an artist who comes to stay near Tirumalai’s mechanic shop with his wife Nagalakshmi (Kousalya). Thirumalai happens to meet Swetha (Jyothika), on a New Year’s Day. As she appears in front of him all of a sudden, she happens to greet saying ‘Everyone will do fine’. From that very day, things start to shine up in Thirumalai’s life. He falls in love with Swetha as he thinks that good things started to happen in his life only after she greeted him. Swetha first ignores him, but soon she understands his nature and reciprocates. Meanwhile Swetha’s father (Avinash), a business tycoon who owns six satellite channels hates the idea of a mechanic being his son-in-law and seeks the help of a local thug Arasu (Manoj.K.Jayan) whose only job is to kill people for huge money. Arasu plots an attempt to kill Thirumalai. Does Thirumalai succeed in winning his girl or is he caught up in the plot against him forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Vijay as Thirumalai
- Jyothika as Swetha
- Vivek as Palani
- Karunaas as Thirumalai's Friend
- Five Star Krishna as Thirumalai's friend
- Raghuvaran as Selvam a.k.a Artist
- Kausalya as Nagalakshmi (Raghuvaran's wife)
- Manoj K. Jayan as Arasu
- Shyam Ganesh
- Kalairani
- Bonda Mani
- Cell Murugan
- Lawrence Raghavendra in a special appearance in the song "Thaamthakka Dheemthakka"
- Kiran Rathod in a special appearance in the song "Vaadiyamma Jakkamma"
Crew
- Written and directed by: Ramana
- Produced by: Pushpa Kandaswamy
- Music: Vidyasagar
- Director of photography: R. Rathnavelu
- Editor: Suresh Urs
- Art direction: K.Kathir
- Fights: Peter Hein
Production
Directing the film is debutant Ramana who had apprenticed with director R. K. Selvamani.
Namrata Shirodkar was chosen to play the female lead. But Director not satisfied with her screen presence and she was replaced by Jyothika
A set resembling a market place with a mechanic shop in it was erected at Mohan Studios at a cost of about Rs. 50 lakh. Designed by art director Kathir, shooting took place there for 30 days.[4]
Reception
The film opened to positive reviews. Thirumalai has been touted as Vijay’s comeback vehicle. Movie was blockbuster and this movie flushed ajith's Anjaneya in collections, which released in same day.[5] Now running gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and stated "There's nothing fresh here that we haven't seen in an earlier Vijay film".[6] Mouthshut.com described as "Same masala with different perspective".[7]
Soundtrack
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Music is composed by Vidyasagar. "Thaamthakka Dheemthakka" choreography was praised by everyone.[citation needed]
| Song | Singers | Picturization |
| Thaamthakka Dheemthakka | Tippu, Karthik | Vijay, Lawrence Raghavendra |
| Vaadiyamma Jakkamma | Udit Narayan | Vijay, Kiran Rathod |
| Neeyaa Pesyadhu | Shankar Mahadevan | Vijay, Jyothika |
| Azhagooril Poothvale | S. P. Balasubramaniam, Sujatha Mohan | Vijay, Jyothika |
| Dhimsu Katta | Tippu, Srilekha Parthasarathy | Vijay, Jyothika |
References
- ^ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/9398.html
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/features/visitors-1/vijay-sura-thirumalai-12-05-10.html
- ^ http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-deepavali/thirumalai.html
- ^ http://web.archive.org/web/20031222002619/http://chennaionline.com/location/thirumalai.asp
- ^ "Thirumai review". Sify. 20 April 2012. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Thirumai review". Now running. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Thirumai review". .Mouthshut. Retrieved 22 April 2015.