Thirupathi

Thirupathi
Directed by	Perarasu
Produced by	M. Saravanan M. S. Guhan
Written by	Perarasu
Starring	Ajith Kumar Sadha Riyaz Khan Arun Pandian
Music by	Bharathwaj
Cinematography	S. Saravanan
Editing by	Anthony
Studio	AVM Productions
Release date(s)	April 14, 2006
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Thirupathi (Tamil: திருப்பதி) is a 2006 Tamil action film written and directed by Perarasu and produced by AVM Productions. The film features Ajith Kumar and Sadha in the lead roles, with Riyaz Khan and Arun Pandian appearing in other pivotal roles. The film opend to negative reviews on April 14, 2006 and didn't perform well at the box office.

Plot

Ajith is a straight forward young man who leads a happy life with his parents and younger sister. He happens to meet the heroine Sada and both fall for one another. Ajith’s sister is pregnant and at the time of delivery, he takes her to a hospital. The doc there expects bribe but when it is not forthcoming, neglects his duty because of which Ajith’s sister dies. Ajith comes to know that this is not the first instance in the hospital and the doctor is none other than Riyaz Khan’s brother. When he goes out to get him, Riyaz Khan and his father do all that they can to protect this guy from Ajith. That is where the action part of the movie takes off. How Ajith gets his revenge on the people responsible for his sisters death is the movies climax.

Cast

• Ajith Kumar as Thirupathi
• Sadha as Priya
• Riyaz Khan as Muthu
• Arun Pandian
• Livingston
• M. S. Baskar
• Harish Raghavendra
• Sampath Raj
• Sathyan
• Ganja Karuppu
• Perarasu
• Laila Mehdin in a special appearance

Production

During the making of Sivakasi, representatives from AVM Productions approached Perarasu to make a commercial film with Ajith Kumar in the lead role. The director immediately accepted the offer and told the producer the story of the film during the meeting and the film was announced publicly two days later. In August 2005, it became clear that the film would begin in November and that Riyaz Khan would play the lead antagonist role in the project. Sadha was signed on to play the lead role after early reports suggested that either Nayantara, Renuka Menon or Gopika would play the lead female role. The film was launched officially on September 15, 2005 with Vijay attending the opening ceremony.

For the film, Ajith lost 18 kilograms in 55 days by being on a liquid diet and lost the weight he had sported on screen in his previous few films. The art director erected the set of a village in Prasad studios in December 2005 including a shopping place, a big temple and a 80 ft statue of Lord Shiva. In early 2006, Asin was approached to appear in an item number in the film but refused, with Laila eventually taking the role.

Release

The film opened with mixed reviews with critics claiming that the film drew to much resemblance to Perarasu's previous projects, Thirupaachi and Sivakasi. Sify.com labelled the film as "disappointing" claiming that "Perarasu should take a break from his usual formula", whilst Ajith "just manages" to save the film. However the entertainment portal, nowrunning.com, gave the film three stars out of five claimign that is a "great entertainer with a good social message" praising the intentions of the director.

The film did a decent business at the box office by running more than 125 days.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film, scored by Bharathwaj, was released on March 15, 2006 at the AVM Studios with the cast of the film in attendance Noted industrialist Nalli Kuppusamy Chetty released the first copy of the audiocassette and was received by proprietor of Sri Krishna Sweets Murali in the presence of producers AVM Saravanan and M S Guhan..

• Track 1 Aathadi Aathadi (K.K. and Mathangi)
• Track 2 Thirupathi Vantha (Shankar Mahadevan)
• Track 3 Keerai Vedhaippom (Pushpavanam Kuppusamy)
• Track 4 Yenaiye Yenaku (Vijay Yesudas)
• Track 5 Sollavum Mudiyala (Harish Raghavendra and Swarnalatha)
• Track 6 Pudhu Veedu (Anuradha Sriram)

External links

• Thirupathi at the Internet Movie Database