Pokkiri

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Pokkiri
Directed by	Prabhu Deva
Produced by	S.Sathyamurthy
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Starring	Vijay Asin Thottumkal Prakash Raj Napolean Nassar Vadivelu Mumaith Khan Brinda Parekh
Music by	Mani Sharma
Cinematography	Nirav Shah
Distributed by	Kanakarathna Movies
Release date(s)	12 January 2007
Running time	170 mins
Language	Tamil
Budget	Rs.16 crore[1]
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Pokkiri (போக்கிரி) (2007) is an Action Tamil film directed by Prabhu Deva, released on January 14, 2007 on Thai Pongal day. The film starred Vijay and Asin Thottumkal in the lead roles with Prakash Raj, Nassar, Vadivelu and Napolean in other roles. Mumaith Khan made a guest appearance in an item number. Shooting had taken place in India and Australia. The film's score and soundtrack, released on 15 December, 2006 were composed by Mani Sharma, with many songs not altered from the original. It is a remake of Puri Jagannadh's Pokiri, the Telugu film. The film upon release gained mixed reviews, but opened to full houses everywhere.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Crew 4 Music 5 Trivia 6 Box Office 7 Footnotes 8 External links

[edit] Plot

Tamizh (Vijay) is a ruthless, fearless hit man in the Chennai underworld. He climbs the mafia ladder much to the dislike of other members in the gang. But he maintains his principles, namely, never to harm women or children. He falls in love with Shruthi (Asin Thottumkal), an aerobics instructor. But a corrupt police officer L Govindan also covets Shruthi. Tamizh defends her honour at various points in the film. Although she loves him, Shruti is scared of her lover's violent streak.

After a series of gang wars, the master mind of all crimes, international don Ali Bhai (Prakash Raj) lands up in Chennai from Dubai and appoints Tamizh as the new head of the gang. However, Ali Bhai is soon arrested and also released subsequently when his henchmen kidnap the honest City Police Commissioner’s (Napolean) daughter and exploit her. All this culminates in a rivetting climax where Tamizh is revealed to be none other than IPS officer Satyamoorthy, who had infiltrated the mafia undercover to rid the city of all its criminal elements. He becomes a one-man army who takes on Ali Bhai and his entire gang, while rooting out the corrupt elements of the police force.

[edit] Cast

Actor	Role
Vijay	Tamizh/Sathyamoorthy
Asin Thottumkal	Sruthi
Prakash Raj	Ali Bhai
Mukesh Tiwari	Govindan
Nasser	Shanmughavelu
Vadivelu	Body Suda
Mumaith Khan	Apple
Napolean	Mohammed Muhideen Khan
Vincent Asokan	Guru
Dhamu	Dhanda

[edit] Crew

• Direction : Prabhu Deva
• Screenplay : Prabhu Deva
• Story : Puri Jagannadh
• Dialogues : V.Prabhakar
• Music : Mani Sharma
• Cinematography : Nirav Shah
• Editing : Kola Bhaskar
• Art : Kathir
• Stunts : FEFSI Vijayan
• Choreography : Prabhu Deva,RajuSundaram,Dinesh,Ashok Raj,Sridhar

[edit] Music

Pokkiri
Image:Http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fb/Pokkiri image1.jpg
Studio album by Mani Sharma
Released	December 15, 2006 (India)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	5 star audio
Producer	Mani Sharma
Mani Sharma chronology
Ashok (2006) Pokkiri (2007) Yogi (2007)

Song	Singer(s)
Dole Dole	Ranjith, Suchithra
Aadungada Yennai Suththi	Naveen
Nee Mutham Onru	Ranjith, Swetha
Mambazhamam Mambazham	Shankar Mahadevan, Ganga
En Chella Peru Apple	A. V. Ramanan, Suchitra
Vasaantha Mullai	Ragul Nambiyar, Krishnamoorthy

[edit] Trivia

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• Movie marks the debut of Prabhu Deva as a director in the Tamil film industry.
• This is the first film in which Vijay plays the role of a cop.
• 45th film of Vijay and his second film with Asin after the superhit Sivakasi (film)
• A remake of the blockbuster telugu film, Pokiri (Telugu film) starring Mahesh Babu and Ileana.
• It is Vijay's 10th silver jubilee
• Initially Pasupathy was considered for the role of the police officer which he refused due to date problems.Role eventually landed in the hands of bollywood character artist Mukesh Tiwari.
• Vijay had got the Mathrubhumi's Best Actor Award for this movie Pokkiri.
• Prabhudeva got the Mauthrubhumi's Best Director Award for this movie Pokkiri.

[edit] Box Office

Tamil Nadu

• All areas of the film were sold at a record price with the ttr(tamilnadu theatrical rights) alone fetching over 18 crores ^[1][2]
• Opened to 100% collections all across the state and emerged as the clear winner of the Pongal race winning rave reviews and managing to collect huge revenues at the box office^[3][4]
• Was able to sustain its opening managing to win rave reviews and collect huge revenues in the box office ^[5][6]
• Was declared a blockbuster by the trade in spite of the new government order of regulation of theater ticket rates. ^[7][8][9]
• Completed 25 days in 162 stations in Tamil Nadu.
• Created a record in kollywood by completing 50 days in 147 stations(direct run) in Tamil Nadu.
• Completed 100 days all across the state managing to collect huge revenues ^[10]
• Took the biggest opening among the Pongal releases^[11] and continued to remain at the top for 5 consecutive weeks ^[12].Even in the 9th weekend movie had 80-85% collections ^{[13][14][15][16]}
• Released on Pongal(Jan 14th) the film did good business and remained in the top 5 even after Tamil New Year(April 14th) in spite of the heavy competition and over 40 films releasing during the span ^[17]
• Vijay and producer Ramesh babu took part in the success meets organised by the distributors in the Madurai,Thirunelveli and Trichy areas ^[18][19]

Kerala

• Opened as big as a malayalam superstar film with over 30 prints ^[20].In Trivandrum it opened bigger than malayalam superstar Mohanlal's Baba Kalyani collecting an awesome Rs 14,10,240 Lakhs in a week from Anjali and Athulya theatres.At Ernakulam Shenoys, it has grossed over Rs 10 Lakhs in its first week.^[21]
• Biggest ever Tamil film in Kerala ^[22]
• Grossed over 3 crores within 25 days of run.^[23]
• Vijay's biggest hit in the state ^[24]
• Completed 50 days in 16 centers^[25]
• Maintained 60% collections even in the third month ^[26]
• Completed 100 days in several centers in the state ^[27][28].Second movie of Vijay to complete 100 days in Trivandrum after Thullatha Manamum Thullum (1999)
• Collected over 5 crores from the state alone ^[29]
• Vijay and producer Ramesh babu graced the success meet organised at SL theater complex by Mr.Shibu(the distributor of Pokkiri in Kerala).Malayalam stars [Suresh Gopi] and Boban Kunchakko also took part in the function.^[30]

Other areas

• Released with over 35 prints in Karnataka and was going strong even after 25 days ^[31] until Tamil films were banned due to the cauvery issue.Theatres resumed screening after a brief interval and Pokkiri completed 50 days in 3 bangalore screens.
• Biggest ever Tamil film in UK with movie making it to the UK TOP 20 in the opening week. ^[32][33][34].
• Biggest ever Tamil hit in Sri Lanka ^[35]
• Do also well in other Europe countries.
• Opened in 32 cinemas in Malaysia.Featured in top 5 of the Malaysian box office charts for 4 successive weeks owing to its impressive collections. ^{[36][37][38][39]}

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] External links

• Pokiri Video Songs
• Lyrics Of Pokkiri On MusicMazaa.comta:போக்கிரி (திரைப்படம்)