Thiruda Thirudi

Thiruda Thirudi (transl. Male Thief and Female Thief) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by debutant Subramaniam Siva.[2] The film stars Dhanush, Chaya Singh, Karunas, Manikka Vinayagam, and Krishna. This film was a low-budget production, and the soundtrack was composed by Dhina.[3] The film released on 5 September 2003. It was remade in Telugu as Donga Dongadi and in Kannada as Sakha Sakhi. The film was a commercial success.

Thiruda Thirudi
Poster
Directed bySubramaniam Siva
Written bySubramaniam Siva
Produced byS.K. Krishnakanth
StarringDhanush
Chaya Singh
Karunas
Manikka Vinayagam
Krishna
CinematographyG. Ramesh
Edited byS. Satish
J. N. Harsha
Music byDhina
Production
company
Indian Theatre Productions
Release date
  • 5 September 2003 (2003-09-05)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Box office₹11 crore (equivalent to ₹40 crore or US$5.1 million in 2023)[1]

Plot

Vasudevan aka Vasu belongs to a middle-class family and is irresponsible and untrustworthy. Vijayalakshmi aka Viji is from a traditional Telugu family and is an ambitious and career-oriented girl. Vasu and Viji meet up, and one day, he follows her on her two-wheeler. She is so bugged by him that she fails to notice a vehicle ahead. Though he cautions her, she ends up having an accident. Vasu admits her in the hospital, but Viji holds him responsible for her accident. Both of them are at loggerheads and bicker constantly. Vasu leaves for Chennai in order to prove himself to his father, who is constantly criticising his irresponsibility. Meanwhile, Viji gets a job at Chennai and moves into the same apartment complex as Vasu. The rest of the story follows Vasu's progress and deals with relationship between Vasu and Viji and whether or not their attitude for each other changed. Viji falls in love with Vasu, but he acts to hate her because she made him and his whole family separated. So in the middle, something happens, and they both end up loving each other. Vasu also got back together with his family.

Cast
  • Dhanush as Vasudevan aka Vasu
  • Chaya Singh as Vijayalakshmi aka Viji (Voice dubbed by Mahalakshmi Kannan)
  • Karunas as 'Rockfort' Chandru
  • Manikka Vinayagam as Vasu's father
  • Krishna as Ganesh, Vasu's brother
  • Meghna Nair as Omanakutty
  • Delhi Ganesh as Vasudevan's Boss (guest appearance)
  • Sujee as Pooja
  • Kousalya Senthamarai as Vasu's mother
  • Kambar Jayaraman as Narayanasamy Naidu Viji's father
  • Sri Vidhya as Chandru's sister
  • Harish Adhithya as Kumar (Chandru's friend)
  • Master Udayaraj as a naughty boy

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Dhina.The track "Manmadha Rasa" became popular.

No.Song nameSingersLyrics
1"Ayurveda Azhagi"Manikka Vinayagam, Srilekha ParthasarathyNa. Muthukumar
2"Azhaga Irukanga"Timmy, Devan, Master KiranTha. Kannan
3"Manmadha Raasa"Shankar Mahadevan, Malathy LakshmanYugabharathi
4"Mutham Mutham"Anuradha SriramP. Vijay
5"Unna Paartha"Karthik, Pop ShaliniSubramaniya Siva
6"Vandar Kuzhazhi"Udit Narayan, Radhika Thilak, Mimicry SenthilKalaikumar

Release

A critic from Screen noted "it was an offbeat love story marked by good performance by Dhanush which makes it a breezy entertainer."[4]

The low-budget film was the second most successful film of the year.[5] It was later remade in Telugu as Donga Dongadi, where Manikka Vinayagam would reprise his role as the male protagonist's father. It was also remade in Kannada as Sakha Sakhi.[6][7]

References
  1. Thiruda Thirudi grossed 11 crore
  2. "'Velaiyilla Pattathari' firms up its release plans". Sify. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. "The Hindu : Thiruda Thirudi". www.thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 8 December 2003. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  4. "Thiruda Thirudi". Screen. Archived from the original on 30 September 2005. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
  5. Thiruda Thirudi is the second biggest hit of 2003
  6. "Tamil movies : Thiruda Thirudi will be remade in Kannada by Rockline Venkatesh". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. Vijayasarathy, RG (19 December 2005). "Saka Sakhi review". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 16 April 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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