Ghilli (2004)

Original title

கில்லி

Directed by

Dharani

Genre

drama film, action film, romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 40m

Rated

UA

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A kabaddi player visits Madurai for an exhibition match. He ends up rescuing a woman from a gang leader who wants to force her into marriage.

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What happens

Ghilli ( transl. Gutsy) is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language sports action film directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam. It is a remake of the Telugu film Okkadu (2003), written and directed by Gunasekhar, with few changes made to the story. The film stars Vijay in the lead role, alongside Trisha and Prakash Raj (reprising his role from the original version). Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhamu, Mayilsamy, Janaki Sabesh, Nancy Jennifer, Nagendra Prasad, Ponnambalam and Pandu play supporting roles. The film is about a Kabaddi player, who goes to Madurai to participate in an exhibition match, but instead rescues a woman from a gang leader, who wants to marry her. The soundtrack album and score were composed by Vidyasagar, while cinematography was handled by Gopinath and editing by V. T. Vijayan and B. Lenin. The dialogues for the film were written by Bharathan. The film was released on 16 April 2004 to positive reviews from critics. The film ran for more than 200 days at the Tamil Nadu box office and emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2004. Ghilli is considered to be one of the best films in Vijay's career, starting his acting trend from romance to action. A re-mastered version in 4K was re-released in theatres on 20 April 2024 and received huge response among the audience. It grossed around ₹26–32.50 crore during its re-release, becoming the highest grossing re-release in India overtaking Titanic. This record was later broken by Hindi film Tumbbad in September 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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