''Virudhagiri'' is a 2010 Indian

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-language

action film Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist is thrust into a series of events that typically involve violence and physical feats. The genre tends to feature a mostly resourceful hero struggling against incredible odds, which include l ...

written and directed by

Vijayakanth Narayanan Vijayaraj Alagarswami (born 25 August 1952), better known by his stage name Vijayakanth, is an Indian politician and former actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil cinema. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the Tamil Nadu Leg ...

, making his directorial debut, besides playing the title character as well. This was also his final film in his cinematic career before his full-fledged career into politics. It was later dubbed in Hindi as ''Inspector Dabangg''. It is a remake of the English language French film '' Taken''. Although this movie is supposed to occur in Australia, it was actually shot in Malaysia.

Plot

Virudhagiri (

), a sincere police officer endeavors in safeguarding the societal peace. Gaining international recognition for accomplishing a security task in foreign countries, he returns to Chennai handling a serious case of transgenders being scourged to death for organ racketing. On an unexpected turn, his niece Priya (

Madhuri Itagi Madhuri Itagi (born 7 October 1988) is an Indian actress and reality television personality. She has acted in Kannada films like ''Rambo'' (2012) and ''Ouija'' (2015). She is also well known for her part in the reality TV show " Bigg Boss Kannada ...

) undertakes a trip to Australia, where she gets kidnapped by a group of strangers. Using his high-skilled intelligence activities, Virudhagiri flies down to the foreign land for the rescue.

Cast

as Virudhagiri IPS *

Arun Pandian Arun Pandian is an Indian actor, filmmaker and politician. He began his career as an actor as part of the critically acclaimed film ''Oomai Vizhigal'' (1986). After retiring from acting, he took the post of chief producer for the London-based A ...

as Franklin, Australian police officer *

as Priya * K. C. Shankar as Mike Anderson * Mansoor Ali Khan as Police inspector *

Shanmugarajan Shanmugarajan is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films. He is an alumnus of The American College in Madurai and National School of Drama. Filmography Television References External links * * Living people Male actor ...

* Santhana Bharathi as Police commissioner * Chaams as Saamy * Russell Geoffrey Banks as Chief police *

Peeli Sivam P.L. Sivanappan known by his stage name credited as Peeli Sivam (5 July 1938 – 25 September 2017) was an Indian actor who featured around 400 Tamil-language films and plays from 1958–2017. He has featured in several films such as ''Muhamma ...

as Virudhagiri's father *

Kalairani Kalairani Indian actress who has worked in many Tamil films and as a performer with the Koothu-P-Pattarai theatre group. Filmography Serials * ''Panchavan Kaadu'' (2014) (Tamil) * ''Unarchigal'' (2014) (Tamil) * '' Nandini'' (2018) (Tami ...

as Virudhagiri's mother *

Uma Parvati ( sa, पार्वती, ), Uma ( sa, उमा, ) or Gauri ( sa, गौरी, ) is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. She is a physical representation of Mahadevi in ...

as Priya's mother * Aman Deep Singh

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

Sundar C. Babu Sundar C Babu composes music for Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films in India. He is the son of an eminent Veena Vidhwan Dr.Chitti Babu and Sudakshina Devi and his brothers are Rangasai and Radhakrishnan. Under his father's guidance, Babu began ...

References

External links

* 2010 films 2010s Tamil-language films Films scored by Sundar C. Babu Indian remakes of French films 2010 directorial debut films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub