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'{{for|the form of Vishnu called "Thirumalai"|Venkateswara}} {{Refimprove|date=December 2009}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2010}} {{Infobox film | name = Thirumalai | image = Thirumalai Vijay Movie.jpg | writer = Ramana | starring = [[Jyothika]]<br/>[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]<br />[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]]<br/>[[Raghuvaran]]<br/>[[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]]<br>[[Karunas]] | director = [[Ramana (director)|Ramana]] | producer = Pushpa Kandaswamy | cinematography = [[R. Rathnavelu]] | editing = [[Suresh Urs]] | distributor = [[Kavithalayaa Productions]] | released = {{Film date|2003|10|24|df=y}} | runtime = 169 min | language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] | budget = {{INRConvert|87|M|year=2003}} |gross = {{INRConvert|300|M|year=2003}} }} '''''Thirumalai''''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]] [[Action film|action]]-[[masala (film genre)|masala]] film directed by [[Ramana (director)|Ramana]] . This film has [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] and [[Jyothika]] in the lead roles, while [[Lawrence Raghavendra]] and [[Kiran Rathod]] make special appearances in the film. Produced by [[Kavithalayaa Productions]] banner.<ref>http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/9398.html</ref> 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.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/features/visitors-1/vijay-sura-thirumalai-12-05-10.html</ref> This film opened to huge positive reviews and was declared a blockbuster hit in Vijay's career.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-deepavali/thirumalai.html</ref> The movie was dubbed in Hindi as ''Dum 2''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bYY-YYCzFk</ref> The highly commercial success of the film lead to be remade in Telugu as '''''[[Gowri (film)|Gowri]]''''' in the year 2004. ==Plot== Thirumalai ([[Joseph Vijay|Vijay]]) is a 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 (actor)|Vijay]] as Thirumalai * [[Jyothika]] as Swetha * [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Palani * [[Karunaas]] as Thirumalai's Friend * [[Five Star Krishna]] as Thirumalai's friend * [[Raghuvaran]] as Selvam a.k.a Artist * [[Kausalya (actress)|Kausalya]] as Nagalakshmi (Raghuvaran's wife) * [[Manoj K. Jayan]] as Arasu * [[Avinash]] as Swetha's father * [[Ajay Rathnam]] as a police officer * Sakthi Kumar * [[T. P. Gajendran]] * [[Kalairani]] * Anju Mahendran as Thirumalai's Friend * Lavanya * [[Shanthi Williams]] * Bonda Mani * Cell Murugan * [[Raghavendra Lawrence]] in a special appearance in the song "Thaamthakka Dheemthakka" * [[Kiran Rathod]] in a special appearance in the song "Vaadiyamma Jakkamma" ==Crew== * Story, Screenplay, Dialogue and Directed by: [[Ramana (director)|Ramana]] * Produced by: Pushpa Kandaswamy * Music: [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] * Cinematography: [[R. Rathnavelu]] * Editing: Suresh Urs * Art: K. Kathir * Fights: [[Peter Hein]] * Lyrics: [[Pa. Vijay]], Arivumathi, [[Na. Muthukumar]], [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]] and [[Yugabharathi]] * Choreography: [[Raju Sundaram]], [[Raghavendra Lawrence]] and Ashok Raja * Costumes: S. Rajendran, V. Sai, S. K. Balan and Anu Parthsarathy * Banner: [[Kavithalaya Productions|Kavithalaya]] ==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.<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20031222002619/http://chennaionline.com/location/thirumalai.asp</ref> ==Reception== The film opened to positive reviews. Thirumalai has been touted as Vijay’s comeback vehicle. Movie was blockbuster and this movie is the highest grosser among the 2003 Diwali releases in collections, which released in same day.<ref>http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-deepavali/thirumalai.html</ref> 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".<ref>{{cite web|title=Thirumai review|url=http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/452/tamil/thirumalai/167/review.htm|publisher=Now running |accessdate=22 April 2015}}</ref> Mouthshut.com described as "Same masala with different perspective".<ref>{{cite web|title=Thirumai review|url=http://www.mouthshut.com/review/Thirumalai-Movie-review-ppnusmptp|publisher=.Mouthshut|accessdate=22 April 2015}}</ref> ==Soundtrack== {{Infobox album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Thirumalai | Type = [[soundtrack]] | Artist = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] | Cover = | Released = 2003 | Recorded = | Genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]] | | Length = | Label = New Music<br/>Hit Music<br/>Classic Audio | Producer = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] | Reviews = }} Music is composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]. "Thaamthakka Dheemthakka" choreography was praised by everyone.{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} {| border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; ;" |- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center" |'''Song''' || '''Singers''' || '''Picturization''' |- | ''Thaamthakka Dheemthakka'' || [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]], [[Karthik (singer)|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 (singer)|Tippu]], [[Srilekha Parthasarathy]] || Vijay, Jyothika |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Kavithalaya Productions}} [[Category:2003 films]] [[Category:Tamil-language films]] [[Category:Indian films]] [[Category:Directorial debut films]] [[Category:Tamil films remade in other languages]] [[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]'