''Thimiru'' () is a 2006 Indian

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-language

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written and directed by debutant

Tarun Gopi Tarun Gopi (born 10 April) is an Indian film director, scriptwriter and film producer. His first film as director was ''Thimiru'' (2006), which became one of the year's top-grossing Tamil films. He later ventured into acting roles, but has sinc ...

. It stars Vishal,

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and Sriya Reddy in lead and former football player

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, Manoj K. Jayan and

Vadivelu Kumaravadivel Natarajan (born 12 September 1960), known professionally as Vadivelu, is an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer, having acted in supporting and lead roles in Tamil cinema. He gained widespread acclaim in Kollywood in the 2 ...

in supporting roles, whilst

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appears in an

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. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by

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. Produced by Vikram Krishna, under the banner of G K Film Corporation, it was released on 4 August 2006. ''Thimiru'' became highly successful at the

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and one of the top-grossing Tamil films in 2006. The film was also praised for Sriya Reddy's performance and Vadivelu's comedy. The film also has been dubbed in Telugu as ''Pogaru''. It was later remade by director Vishal Raj in

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as ''Minchu'' but failed to repeat the success of its original version.

Plot

Ganesh comes from

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to continue his medical course in

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. Srimathy, Ganesh's professor's daughter, wants to meet Ganesh and thank him for helping her escape from the clutches of some goons. When Ganesh and Srimathy meet, they are surprised as they know each other. Having spotted both of them, some unknown gangsters vow to kill them, which leads to Ganesh and Srimathy's past. Eswari is an arrogant

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, who lends money at usurious rates and goes after families who fail to repay. Srimathy's family falls afoul of Eswari, where Ganesh helps Srimathy's folks. Eswari falls for Ganesh's bravery and proposes to him, but he rejects her. She ends up kidnapping Ganesh's parents and threatening Ganesh to accept her. However, Ganesh thwarts all her plans, but in a freak mishap, Eswari mistakes Ganesh to be the reason for their sister's death, where her brothers Periya Karuppu and Chinna Karuppu resolve to kill him. Ganesh, who reaches Chennai for safety, is eventually forced to go back to his old ways and fights the goons to restore order.

Cast

* Vishal as Ganesh *

as Srimathy (Voice dubbed by Renuka Kathir) * Sriya Reddy as Easwari (Voice dubbed by Jayageetha) *

as Warden Vallaran * Manoj K. Jayan as Periya Karuppu *

as Chinna Karuppu *

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as Easwari's sidekick * Sriranjini as Srimathy's mother *

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as Srimathy's friend *

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as Principal * Pawan as Bhavani *

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as Ganesh's father *

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as Ganesh's uncle *

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* Robo Chandru *

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in a cameo *

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in a cameo * Aarthi in a cameo *

in a special appearance in the song 'Maana Madura' *

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in a special appearance in the song 'Oppurane Oppurane'

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, composed by

, was released on 21 July 2006 and features 6 tracks overall, including a "

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". The lyrics were written by

Pa. Vijay Pa. Vijay is an Indian actor, poet, writer, director, producer and film lyricist for Tamil cinema. He won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in India for his song '' Ovvoru Pookalume'' in Cheran's ''Autograph'' (2004). Career Vijay is a na ...

Na. Muthukumar Nagarajan Muthukumar (12 July 1975 – 14 August 2016) was a Tamil poet, lyricist, and author. Best known for his Tamil language film songs, he received the most Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist in Tamil and was a two-time recipient of the Nat ...

and

Yugabharathi Yugabharathi is a Tamil poet and lyricist. His birth name was "Santhanam Desan" and he was known as "Santhanam" by his family and friends. During the early 1990s when he began writing poems for magazines he started using the pen name "Yugabharat ...

. Rajesh Ramnath lifted the five songs for the Kannada version of the film, ''Minchu'', not giving due credits to the original composer Yuvan Shankar Raja.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1480296, Thimiru
Listen to Thimiru songs
at Raaga 2006 films Indian action films 2000s masala films 2006 action films Films shot in Madurai Tamil films remade in other languages 2000s Tamil-language films 2006 directorial debut films