Virudhagiri
Virudhagiri is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Vijayakanth, 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. The film, co-starring Madhuri Itagi, Arun Pandian and Mansoor [Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan] among others, released on 10 December 2010 It is a remake of the English-language French film Taken.
Although this movie is supposed to occur in Albania and 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, when his niece Priya was undertaking a trip to Australia, she gets kidnapped by a group of strangers. Using his high-skilled intelligence activities, Virudhagiri flies down to the foreign land of Albania for the rescue.Cast
- Vijayakanth as Virudhagiri IPS
- Arun Pandian as Franklin Williams, Australian police officer
- Madhuri Itagi as Priya
- K. C. Shankar as Mike Anderson
- Russell Geoffrey Banks as Chief of Australian police
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Police inspector
- Shanmugarajan
- Santhana Bharathi as Police commissioner
- Chaams as Saamy
- Peeli Sivam as Virudhagiri's father
- Kalairani as Virudhagiri's mother
- Uma as Priya's mother
- Aman Deep Singh
- Meesai Rajendranath
Soundtrack
| No. | Title | Singer | Lyrics | Length |
| 1 | "Makkal Oru Puram" | Shankar Mahadevan | Vaali | 05:07 |
| 2 | "Devathai Ondru" | Hariharan, Chinmayi | Snehan | 04:11 |
| 3 | "Mannavane Mandhirane" | Senthildass Velayutham, M. M. Srilekha, Manikka Vinayagam | Yugabharathi | 04:29 |
| 4 | "Pookal Endrom" | Sadhana Sargam | Na. Muthukumar | 04:02 |
| 5 | "Yezhaigal Thozhaa" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Snehan | 04:30 |