Ghilli

Infobox_Film
name = Ghilli


director = Dharani
writer = Sujatha
Gunasekhar
starring = Vijay
Trisha
Prakash Raj
Ashish Vidyarthi
Dhamu
Nagendra Prasad
producer = A. M. Rathnam
music = Vidyasagar
distributor =
released = 2004
runtime = 142 mins
language = Tamil
budget = Rs. 11 crores
imdb_id = 0422320

"Ghilli" (2004) (Tamil : கில்லி) is a Tamil film directed by Dharani. The film stars Vijay, Trisha, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, and Dhamu. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. This is one of the most immensely successful blockbusters of all time in Vijay's career. This was a remake of Telugu blockbuster Okkadu.

Plot

Ghilli is the nickname for the popular state level kabbadi player Velu (Vijay). His father Sivasubramanian (Ashish Vidyarti), an assistant police commissioner, is a martinet who finds his son (who still has his arrears to clear before he gets his degree) incorrigible. His mother (Janaki Sabesh), on the other hand, dotes on him. His younger sister Bhuvana (`Baby' Jennifer) is the typical sharp and inquisitive schoolgirl. Velu goes to Madurai for a kabbadi match. But circumstances force him to lend a helping hand to Dhanalakshmi (Trisha) who is fleeing from the cantankerous Muthupandi (Prakash Raj), a State Minister's son, madly in love with her. From then on it is a hectic run for the two with Prakashraj and his henchmen, who seem to be teeming all over the place, close on their heels.

Velu hides Danalakshmi in his house and manages to get her a Passport and Visa for America. But Dhanalakshmi is not willing to go to America as she had fallen in love with Velu. Velu and his friends cross many hurdles to get Dhanalaksmi to the Airport in time for the flight before their Kabbadi Match, only to find her back in the stadium while the match is going on. Before she came, Velu was having a lot of trouble playing. The movie ends in a gripping climax with a fight until death between Velu and Muthupandi.

Cast

Full cast and credit listing [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0422320/fullcredits available] .

oundtrack

The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by Vidyasagar

*Kabadi - Maran, Jayamoorthy
*Arjunar Villu - Sukwindher Singh, Manicka Vinayagam
*Sha La La - Sunidhi Chauhan
*Appadi Podu - Kay Kay, Anuradha Sriram
*Soora Thenga - Tippu
*Kokkarakko - Udit Narayan, Sujatha

Box Office

*Blockbuster opening worldwide with 185 prints [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13453347] [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13457619]
* Opened to full houses in all areas then [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13465395&cid=2408]
* Completed 50 days in 106 stations in Tamil Nadu [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13492429]
* Completed straight 100 days run in 45 stations in Tamil Nadu in spite of the heavy competition. [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13552110&cid=2408]
* Had a silver jubilee (175 days) run in 10 centers in Tamil Nadu [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/interview.php?id=13552110&cid=2408]
* In Chennai city alone,movie grossed 1.60 crores in 4 screens within 4 weeks of release [http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/9966.html] and made a record distributors share of 1.06 crores within 35 days [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13489822] .
* In Madurai made a distributors share of Rs 1.22 Crores in 35 days and over 1.85 Crores in the total run [http://sify.com/movies/tamil/fullstory.php?id=13489822] . In Coimbatore area made a distributors share of 1.7-1.9 crores.
*This movie ran for more than 225 days.
*It has collected a distributors' share of Rs.18 crores. [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2004/12/31/stories/2004123101620100.htm] It was the bigest hit of 2004 in Kollywood.

Awards

# Dinakaran Best Actor Award - Vijay
# Film Today Best Actor Award - Vijay
# Dinakaran Best Villain Award - Prakash Raj

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