Virudhagiri
Virudhagiri | |
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Directed by | Vijayakanth |
Written by | Vijayakanth |
Produced by | L. K. Sudhish |
Starring | Vijayakanth Meenakshi Dixit Madhuri Itagi Arun Pandian |
Narrated by | Vijayakanth |
Cinematography | K. Boopathy |
Edited by | S. Saleem |
Music by | Sundar C Babu |
Production company | Captain Cine Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 143 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Virudhagiri is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Vijayakanth, making his directorial debut, besides playing the title character as well.[1] It was later dubbed in Hindi as Inspector Dabangg.[2] It is a remake of the English film Taken.[3]. This is the last movie for the actor in a lead role.
Plot
Virudhagiri (Vijayakanth), a sincere police officer endeavors in safeguarding the societal peace. Gaining international recognition for accomplishing a security task in foreign countries, he returns to Chennai handling a serious case of transgenders being scourged to death for organ racketing. On an unexpected turn, his niece (Madhuri Itagi) undertakes a trip to Australia, where she gets kidnapped by a group of strangers. Using his high-skilled intelligence activities, Virudhagiri flies down to the foreign land for the rescue.
Cast
- Vijayakanth as Virudhagiri IPS
- Arun Pandian as Franklin Australian police officer
- Madhuri Itagi as Priya
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Police inspector
- Shanmugarajan
- Santhana Bharathi as Police commissioner
- Chaams as Saamy
- Russell Geoffrey Banks as Chief police
- Peeli Sivam as Virudhagiri's father
- Kalairani as Virudhagiri's mother
- Uma Padmanabhan as Priya's mother
- K. C. Shankar as Mike Anderson
- Aman Deep Singh
- Meenakshi Dixit as Special appearance
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Sundar C Babu.
Virudhagiri | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 2010 | |||
Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
Length | 22:19 | |||
Language | Tamil | |||
Producer | Sundar C Babu | |||
Sundar C Babu chronology | ||||
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No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length (m:ss) |
1 | Makkal Oru Puram | Shankar Mahadevan | 05:07 |
2 | Devathai Ondru | Hariharan, Chinmayi | 04:11 |
3 | Mannavane Mandhirane | Senthil Dass | 04:29 |
4 | Pookal Endrom | Sadhana Sargam | 04:02 |
5 | Yezhaigal Thozhaa | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:30 |
References
- ^ gets 'UA' certificate. Sify.com. Retrieved on 2011-10-25.The film, co-starring Madhuri Itagi, Arun Pandian and Mansoor Ali Khan among others, released on 10 December 2010.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCYQv9Jv9X8
- ^ Captain's outing with Virudhagiri – Rediff.com Movies. Rediff.com (2010-12-13). Retrieved on 2011-10-25.
External links
- Virudhagiri at IMDb