Bheema

For the Mahabharata character, see Bhima.

Bheema
An early poster
Directed by	N. Linguswamy
Produced by	A. M. Rathnam
Written by	N. Linguswamy Sujatha Rangarajan
Screenplay by	N. Linguswamy
Starring	Vikram Trisha Krishnan Prakash Raj Raghuvaran
Music by	Harris Jayaraj
Cinematography	R. D. Rajasekhar
Editing by	Anthony
Distributed by	Sri Surya Movies
Release date(s)	15 January 2008 (2008-01-15)
Running time	170 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	23 crores

Bheema (Tamil: பீமா) is a 2008 Tamil action film directed by N. Linguswamy. It stars Vikram, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, and Raghuvaran. The film score was by composer Harris Jayaraj, shot by cinematographer R. D. Rajasekhar, and edited by Anthony. The film was released on 15 January 2008, after two years of production delays to positive reviews. The release coincides with the Thai Pongal harvest festival in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Plot

The story follows a tug of war between two underworld gangs trying to outsmart each other. Chinna’s (Prakash Raj) gang—the smaller of the two—, struggles to overtake Periyavar’s (Raghuvaran) gang, until a man named Sekar (Vikram) gives Chinna’s gang new life. Sekar is a man of steel, physically and mentally, who had idolised Chinna in his childhood; he is similar to the character Bhima from the ancient Hindu epic Mahabharata. Sekar challenges Periyavar’s group and puts Chinna on top.

The gangs are then targeted by the new police commissioner (Ashish Vidyarthi). Sekar later leaves the fight to settle down with his girlfriend Shalini (Trisha Krishnan), but although Chinna wants Sekar to lead his own life, his gang members want him back. In the film's final climax, Chinna's gang members kill Shalini; Sekar retaliates by killing Chinna, and the police then kill Sekar.

Cast

• Vikram as Shekhar
• Trisha Krishnan as Shalini
• Prakash Raj as Chinna
• Raghuvaran as Periyavar
• Ashish Vidyarthi as Police Commissioner

Production

Vikram trained his body for three months with the help of former Mr. Tamil Nadu bodybuilding champion Rajendran for the part of Sekar so that he would look more like the physically strong character of Bheema.

Reception

Antony's editing and R. D. Rajasekhar's cinematography was greatly praised and "fantastically pulled off, with great effect".

Soundtrack

Bheema
Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj
Released	2008
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Munna (2008) Bheema (2008) Sathyam (2008)

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Harris Jayaraj, was well received by the audience. Bheema is the only film Jayaraj scored for Linguswamy.

Bheema soundtrack tracklist
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ragasiya Kanavugal"	Hariharan & Madhushree
2.	"Mudhal Mazhai"	R. Prasanna, Hariharan & Mahathi
3.	"Rangu Rangamma"	Vijay Yesudas, Kailash Kher & Swarnalatha
4.	"Siru Paaravaiyaale"	Karthik & Harini
5.	"Oru Mugamo"	Krish & Naresh Iyer
6.	"Enadhuyire"	Nikhil Mathew, Chinmayi, Sadhana Sargam & Sowmya Raoh

Box office

In its opening week, the film grossed a record of 19 crores in Tamil nadu and fetched a record 5 crores in Thiruvarur alone, thus becoming the second biggest opening after Sivaji at that time. The film debuted at number one position at the Chennai box-office and grossed 58 lakhs in the first four days of release, eventually grossing 3 crores there. In Overseas market, the film grossed $634,779 in United Kingdom and Malaysia.

External links

• Bheema - Official Website
• Bheema at the Internet Movie Database