Pokkiri (2007)

Original title

போக்கிரி

Directed by

Prabhu Deva

Genre

action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 45m

Rated

15

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A ruthless hit man named Tamizh joins a Chennai gang and quickly makes enemies among its members. He falls in love with an aerobic teacher who is horrified by his violent profession.

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What happens

Pokkiri (transl. Rogue) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva. A remake of the 2006 Telugu film Pokiri directed by Puri Jagannadh, the film stars Vijay in the lead role alongside Asin, Prakash Raj, Napolean, Nassar, Mukesh Tiwari, Vadivelu, Sriman, Anandaraj, Vincent Asokan, Subbaraju and Master Bharath. The film is about Tamizh, a ruthless, fearless hit man in the Chennai underworld. He swiftly joins the mafia with the dislike of other members in the gang. He and an aerobic teacher, Shruthi, fall in love with each other, but Shruthi is repulsed by his violent life. The film was officially announced in July 2006, in addition to the official title. Principal photography commenced the same month. It was predominantly shot in Chennai and wrapped by late-November. The film has music composed by Mani Sharma, cinematography handled by Nirav Shah and editing by Kola Bhaskar. Pokkiri was released theatrically on 12 January 2007 and received positive reviews with praise for Vijay's performance, action sequences and music. It became a huge commercial success, running for more than 200 days at the Tamil Nadu box office. Six years later, it was dubbed in Hindi as Wanted Baaghi and was also dubbed in Odia as Wanted Police, as well as Malayalam under the same title as the Tamil version. Vijay's Pokkiri was re-released multiple times in Kerala. A re-mastered version in 4K was re-released worldwide in theatres on 21 June 2024. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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