Virudhagiri

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. This was also his final film in his cinematic career before his full-fledged career into politics.[1] It was later dubbed in Hindi as Inspector Dabangg.[2] It is a remake of the English language French film Taken.[3][4][5][6]

Virudhagiri
Poster
Directed byVijayakanth
Written byVijayakanth
Produced byL. K. Sudhish
StarringVijayakanth
Madhuri Itagi
Arun Pandian
Narrated byVijayakanth
CinematographyK. Boopathy
Edited byS. Saleem
Music bySundar C Babu
Production
company
Captain Cine Creations
Release date
  • 10 December 2010 (2010-12-10)
Running time
143 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Although this movie is supposed to occur in Australia, it was actually shot in Malaysia.

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, when his niece Priya (Madhuri Itagi) was undertaking a trip to Australia, 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

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Sundar C. Babu.

Virudhagiri
Soundtrack album by
Sundar C. Babu
Released2010
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length22:19
LanguageTamil
ProducerSundar C. Babu
Sundar C. Babu chronology
Agam Puram
(2010)		 Virudhagiri
(2010)		 Aadu Puli
(2011)
No.TitleSinger(s)LyricsLength (m:ss)
1"Makkal Oru Puram"Shankar MahadevanVaali05:07
2"Devathai Ondru"Hariharan, ChinmayiSnehan04:11
3"Mannavane Mandhirane"Senthildass Velayutham, M. M. Srilekha, Manikka VinayagamYugabharathi04:29
4"Pookal Endrom"Sadhana SargamNa. Muthukumar04:02
5"Yezhaigal Thozhaa"S. P. BalasubrahmanyamSnehan04:30

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Action Movie | Inspector Dabangg (Virudhagiri) | Full Movie | Vijayakanth | Tamil Hindi Dubbed Movie". YouTube. Archived from the original on 1 March 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. Captain's outing with Virudhagiri – Rediff.com Movies Archived 2 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine. Rediff.com (2010-12-13). Retrieved on 2011-10-25.
  4. "Let's take a look at Kollywood's several attempts in remaking foreign films". Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  5. "Virudhagiri Movie Review - Tamil Movie Virudhagiri Movie Review". Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  6. "Virudhagiri". Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 2 May 2022.


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