Thirumalai

Thirumalai is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film written and directed by Ramana. This film stars Vijay and Jyothika, while Vivek, Raghuvaran, Kausalya and Karunas play supporting roles.

Thirumalai
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Tamilதிருமலை
Directed byRamana
Produced byPushpa Kandaswamy
Written byRamana
StarringVijay
Jyothika
Vivek
Raghuvaran
Kausalya
Karunas
Music byVidyasagar
CinematographyR. Rathnavelu
Edited bySuresh Urs
Distributed byKavithalayaa Productions
Release date
  • 24 October 2003 (2003-10-24)
Running time
170 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Produced by Kavithalayaa Productions banner, Thirumalai shows Vijay playing a bike mechanic of the Pudupet area in Chennai. This film was a turning point in Vijay's career as he transitioned himself into a leading action hero from a romantic hero in his acting career.[1] The filming began in June 2002 and the film was finally released on 24 October 2003, on account of Diwali, and was a declared as a successful venture at the box office.[2]

The film was remade in Telugu as Gowri with Sumanth and Charmme Kaur in 2004 & Dhallywood(Bangladesh) as Kotha Dao Sathi Hobe with Shakib Khan and Apu Biswas in 2007.

Plot

Thirumalai (Vijay) is a mechanic who lives with his friends in Puthupet, Chennai. On the occasion of 2002 New Year's Eve, he meets Swetha (Jyothika) and falls in love with her. He starts stalking her. But she beats him up with the help of her goons. After realizing his good nature, she reciprocates his feelings. This is opposed by her father Ashok (Avinash), who calls a thug named Arasu (Manoj K. Jayan), who has a reputation of being a big mafia crime boss in Chennai. Hence, Thirumalai fights with them and this makes Arasu realize all of his misbehavior. In the end, Arasu changes his mind about the match, and Ashok also realizes his mistakes. He accepts their love finally, and both reunite with each other.

Cast

Production

The filming began in June 2002, when Vijay was simultaneously shooting for his previous action flick, Bagavathi (2002). Directing the film was debutant Ramana who had apprenticed with director R. K. Selvamani. The shooting was finally ended in August 2003. On 15 April 2003, Vijay stated that he had started dubbing for his portions of the film.

Namrata Shirodkar was chosen initially to play the female lead. But the director was not satisfied with her onscreen presence and she was replaced by Jyothika.[3]

A set resembling a market place with a mechanic shop in it was erected at Mohan Studios at a cost of about ₹ 50 lakh. Designed by art director Kathir, shooting took place there for 30 days. The film's shooting occurred in Chennai, Nellore and Vishakhapatnam, while the songs were filmed in Egypt and Switzerland.[4]

Soundtrack
Thirumalai
Soundtrack album by
Vidyasagar
Released20 June 2003
Recorded2002-2003
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelNew Music
Hit Musics
Classic Audio
Ayngaran Music
ProducerVidyasagar
Vidyasagar chronology
Nilaave Vaa
(1998)		 Thirumalai
(2003)		 Iyarkai
(2003)

Music is composed by Vidyasagar.[5] The audio's album consisting of five songs, was released on 20 June 2003.[6] The audio was also well received among the audience. The recording of the songs took place during 2002–2003.

SongSingersLyricsPicturization
Thaamthakka DheemthakkaTippu, KarthikNa. MuthukumarVijay, Raghavendra Lawrence
Vaadiyamma JakkammaUdit NarayanKabilanVijay, Kiran Rathod
Neeyaa PesiyadhuShankar MahadevanYugabharathiVijay, Jyothika
Azhagooril PoothvaleS. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha MohanArivumathiVijay, Jyothika
Dhimsu KattaTippu, Srilekha ParthasarathyPa. VijayVijay, Jyothika

Release

The film was released on 24 October 2003. The film was later dubbed into Hindi as Dum 2 in 2015 by Goldmines Telefilms with Vijay's voice dubbed by Chetanya Adib.[7] Despite the remade Telugu version, the original film was again dubbed in Telugu as Gharana Mogudu.[8]

Reception

Now running gave the film 3 out of 5 stars and stated "Yet another poor-boy rich-girl romance with parental opposition and mafia interference".[9] Chennai Online wrote "There's nothing fresh here that we haven't seen in an earlier Vijay film. The Vijay-Jyotika pair, after their successful combination in Khushi, was expected to re-create the same magic on screen. But it doesn't happen".[10] Thiraipadam wrote "Thirumalai sees director Ramana working within two big limitations. He has an age-old poor boy-rich girl love story in hand and has to contend with Vijay's mass image. Considering these restrictions, he has done a commendable job. By fashioning the hero's character a little differently and designing a fast screenplay that contains several stock situations but resolves them differently, he overcomes those negatives to deliver an entertaining feature".[11]

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References
  1. "16. Thirumalai (2003) | Top 20 Best Films of Vijay". www.behindwoods.com.
  2. "Thirumalai (2003) | Thirumalai Movie | Thirumalai Tamil Movie Cast & Crew, Release Date, Review, Photos, Videos". FilmiBeat.
  3. "Thirumalai Unseen Stills ~ Namrata shirodkar As heroine. | Facebook". www.facebook.com.
  4. "Thirumalai". web.archive.org. 22 December 2003.
  5. "Thirumalai Songs Download, Thirumalai Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs". www.raaga.com.
  6. "Thirumalai (2003) - Vidyasagar" – via mio.to.
  7. "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  8. "Video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
  9. "Thirumalai review". Now running. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  10. "Thirumalai". web.archive.org. 30 November 2003.
  11. "Thirumalai - Tamil Movie Review". www.thiraipadam.com.
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