Thirumalai
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| Thirumalai | |
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| Image:Thirumalai.jpg | |
| Directed by | Ramana |
| Written by | Ramana |
| Starring | Vijay, Jyothika, Vivek, Raghuvaran, Kausalya |
| Music by | Vidyasagar |
| Release date(s) | october 24, 2003 |
| Running time | 169 min. |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | Rs. 10 crores ($ 2.2 million) |
Thirumalai is a Tamil film which released on Oct 24, 2003 and was directed by Ramana. This film has Vijay in the main lead. Jyothika plays his love and Kiran Rathod plays a guest role. But this film was a success and ran for 125 days. Vijay's string of fast paced entertainers started with this one and was followed by Ghilli, Madhurey, Thirupaachi, Sivakasi and Aathi. It was remade in Telugu as Gowri.
[edit] Story
Thirumalai(Vijay), a mechanic, falls in love with Sweta(Jyothika) and after some persistent wooing, she reciprocates his feelings. Sweta's father(Ashwin), the owner of a television channel, seeks the help of Arasu(Manoj.K.Jayan), a dada, to break up the romance.
[edit] Crew
- Written and Directed by: Ramana
- Produced by: Pushpa Kandaswamy
- Music: Vidyasagar
- Director of Photography: R.Rathnavel
- Editor: Suresh Urs
- Art Direction: K.Kathir
[edit] Trivia
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- Originally, Namratha Shirodkar was selected as the heroine. They even started shooting. However, Ramana liked Jyothika better for this role.
- Vijay has changed his get up in this role to be like a rowdy/mechanic and to give a younger look.
- This is his 2nd Movie Vijay has acted with Jyothika.
- This is Vijay's 2nd movie acting with Kousalya. However, Kouslaya is a side actress in this.
