Giri (film)

Giri (Tamil: கிரி), is a 2004 Indian Tamil action comedy film written and directed by Sundar C, starring Arjun in the lead role, with Reema Sen, Ramya, Vadivelu, Devayani and Prakash Raj among others enacting supporting roles. The film, released on 1 October 2004 and became a super hit.This film was dubbed in Telugu as same title and in Hindi as Jaggu.The film contains high octain of fight and stunt sequence.

Plot

Two villages on either side of a river are always feuding as the headmen Veerasamy (Vinu Chakravarthy) and Sethupathy (Fefsi Vijayan) have personal enmity. Due to some misunderstanding, Sethupathy’s children die and the blame falls on Veerasamy. Sethupathy seeks revenge and tries to kill Veerasamy’s son but is saved by his servant's son but the boy disappears.

20 years later Shiva (Arjun) is seen arriving in Kumbakonam living with a bakery owner Veerabagu (Vadivelu). Shiva’s mission is to protect Devayani and her son from all sorts of gangsters. Priya (Reema Sen) walks into the bakery. Though she dislikes and torments Veerabhagu, she falls for Shiva. Sooner, the true identity of Shiva is revealed as he saves Devayani and her son from being murdered by Sethupathy’s son.

When questioned about his identity it is revealed in flashback that Shiva is Giri, the hatchet man of Veerasamy. Devayani’s husband Suryaprakash (Prakash Raj) is actually the long lost son of Veerasamy and he was killed by Sethupathy. To protect the rest of the family, Giri was sent to bring them back to the village. In the village Giri has another love interest, Devaki (Ramya) the niece of Sethupathy.

All this leads to a bloody climax during a boat race and Sethupathy and his family are wiped out by Giri. And the film ends with both the girls cling on to Giri.

Cast

• Arjun Sarja as Giri/Shiva
• Reema Sen as Priya
• Ramya as Devaki
• Vadivelu as Veerabhaagu
• Devayani
• Prakash Raj as Suryaprakash
• Vinu Chakravarthy as Veerasamy
• Fefsi Vijayan as Sethupathy
• Mahanadi Shankar as Kanduvetti Govinda
• Ananda Raj
• Raj Kapoor as Paramasivam
• Ilavarasu
• Pandiarajan
• Ponnambalam
• Manikka Vinayagam
• Aarthi as Bun
• Madhan Bob
• Mayilsamy

Soundtrack

Music and background score is handled by D. Imman.^[1] The song "Dai Kaiya Vechikitu Summa Iruda" was a hit number of all the tracks in the album.

Reception

The highlight of the movie was the rib-tickling comic sequences between Vadivelu and Arjun. Also the action sequences were notable, credits to Fefsi Vijayan. The film received mediocre reviews with Indiaglitz stating, "the story sink in the quagmire of pulp and predictability".^[2] But yet the film managed decent returns.

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