Virudhagiri is a 2010 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by Vijayakanth, making his directorial debut, besides playing the titular character as well. The film, co-starring Madhuri Idaki, Arun Pandian and Mansoor Ali Khan among others, released on 10 December 2010. The film is a remake of the English movie Taken. The film had a very mixed to positive reception by critics,but became a commercial Hit at the box office.
Three death row prisoners escape from the jail and hijack a plane where Abdul Salim (Laxmi Rattan), a scientist, owns a miracle drug. The pilot (Napoleon), instead of listening the hijackers, manages to land in a Kashmir mountain. There, Snobir (Mansoor Ali Khan), a sadistic terrorist leader threatens the passengers for recovering the drugs.
The film begins with the murder of a reputed heart surgeon Dr. Charles (Vijay Krishnaraj). The next day, Sivalingam (Manivannan) is killed by a mysterious person. His wife Chandra (Jayabharathi) is a corrupt and influential politician who supplies weapons to the terrorists. The mysterious person warns Chandra that he will continue to kill. Antony (C. Arunpandian), an honest police officer, is charged to protect Chandra.
, 2h10 GenresDrame, Action ActeursS. Manivannan, Arun Pandian, Mansoor Ali Khan, Roja, Shakeela, Roopa Sree Note49% Parvathi (Roja), a young woman, is a goddess believer while her father (V. Gopalakrishnan) is the priest of a temple. After a quarrel between two castes during a Hindu festival, the temple was closed off. Five years later, the temple reopens.
Raja Mohamed (Arun Pandian), an honest police officer, is an happy head of family married to Ranji (Ranjitha) but he spends much more time in police station than at home. Chandru (Chandru) loved Sumathi and they arranged for the marriage. Few day later, Sumathi got lost since she tried to recover her entire money from the bank. Raja Mohamed investigates in this odd affair.
GenresDrame, Action ThèmesLe terrorisme ActeursDevayani, Raghuvaran, P. Vasu, Mukesh Rishi, Karan, Mansoor Ali Khan Note63% Vallarasu (Vijayakanth) is the deputy commissioner of police and a very honest Police Officer who has arrested Wasim Khan a terrorist from Pakistan. He is married and has wife Anjali (Devayani) and 2 children. Vallarasu kills his senior Police officer (Raguvaran) who is his father in law on knowing he is hand-in-glove with terrorists and Anti-National elements. Anjali leaves Vallarasu after she comes to know he had killed her father. Vallarasu takes the help of some youths who are disillusioned by their inability to join the police force to fight the terrorist and other criminal elements. Vallarasu fights R.Kandasamy (P. Vasu) a rich man who is behind the attempts to destabilise the country. With the help of Sheshadri, a software engineer, Vallarasu succeeds in killing the son of R. Kandasamy. Kandasamy in retaliation attacks Sriman and Karan who both die. In the climax, Anjali unites with Vallarasu after knowing the truth and he kills Kandasamy and Wasim Khan.
Rammohan (Harish Raghavendra), after five long years of saying 'no' to getting married, agrees to wed Gowri(Gayatri Raghuram) after seeing her picture. But he gets a shock on his wedding night when Gowri turns out to be the exact opposite of what he has imagined her to be. While he had thought she would be a traditional, homely girl, Gowri turns out to be an ultra-modern gal who even drinks. On the other hand, Kaveri(Uma), who Rammohan hires as his secretary at work, is the kind of woman he wished for as his wife. Meanwhile Rammohan rubs Selvakumar(Arun Pandiyan), the new policeman in town, the wrong way and Selvakumar itches for a chance to get back at him. The time comes when Rammohan gets into an accident.