Kuruvi
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| Kuruvi | |
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 Tagline: Where Eagles Dare |
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| Directed by | Dharani |
| Produced by | Udhayanidhi Stalin |
| Written by | Dharani |
| Starring | Joseph Vijay Trisha Suman Vivek Ashish Vidyarthi Malavika Saranya Ponvannan |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Cinematography | Gopinath |
| Distributed by | Red Giant Movies |
| Release date(s) | 3 May 2008 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tami |
| Budget |  20 crore (US$4.4 million) |
| Box office | 40 crore (US$8.8 million) |
Kuruvi (Tamil: குருவி; English: Sparrow) 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 revolves around a son who declares revenge on the villain, who betrayed and caused the mysterious disappearance of his father by stealing a diamond. The son in his attempt to recover his dues ends up stealing the villain’s precious diamond and also wins the heart of his sister, who runs away with him to Chennai to avoid a marriage with her brother’s henchman.
The film opened to Indian audiences after several delays, on 3 May 2008 to mixed reviews. And was declared an above average grosser.
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[edit] Plot
Vetrivel (Joseph Vijay) is a race car driver who lives with his large family in Chennai. His father, Singamuthu (Manivannan) is out of station on business and he 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 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 Krishnan) has refused to marry her cousin, 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 is held as bonded labor along with many innocent people in Kadapa.
The rest of the film is how Vetrivel goes to Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh and discovers a slave camp run by Kocha and his associate Konda Reddy (Ashish Vidyarthi), at the collieries and also finds his long lost father. Vetrivel single handedly takes on the mining mafia and finally annihilates them.
[edit] Cast
- Joseph Vijay as Vetrivel
- Trisha Krishnan as Devi
- Vivek as Ops, Vetrivel's sidekick
- Suman as Koccha
- Manivannan as Singamuthu.
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Konda Reddy
- 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
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Kuruvi has uncredited cameos by Vimal and Vidharth, who later became full fledged heroes with hit movies Pasanga and Mynaa respectively.
[edit] Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Vidyasagar | ||||
| Released | 2008 | |||
| Producer | Vidyasagar | |||
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[edit] 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 |
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