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]
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Directed by | Vijayakanth |
Written by | Vijayakanth |
Produced by | L. K. Sudhish |
Starring | Vijayakanth 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 |
Although this movie is supposed to occur in Australia, it was actually shot in Malaysia.
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.
The soundtrack was composed by Sundar C. Babu.
Virudhagiri | ||||
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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) |
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1 | "Makkal Oru Puram" | Shankar Mahadevan | 05:07 |
2 | "Devathai Ondru" | Hariharan, Chinmayi | 04:11 |
3 | "Mannavane Mandhirane" | Senthildass Velayutham | 04:29 |
4 | "Pookal Endrom" | Sadhana Sargam | 04:02 |
5 | "Yezhaigal Thozhaa" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | 04:30 |
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