''Thiruda Thirudi'' () is a 2003 Indian

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-language

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...

film written and directed by debutant

Subramaniam Siva Subramaniam Siva is an Indian film director and actor who works in the Tamil film industry. Career Directing Subramaniam Siva made his debut with the romantic comedy ''Thiruda Thirudi'' in 2003, featuring Dhanush and Chaya Singh. The success ...

. The film stars

Dhanush Venkatesh Prabhu Kasthuri Raja (born 28 July 1983), known professionally as Dhanush, is an Indian actor, filmmaker, lyricist and playback singer who primarily works in Tamil cinema. Having starred in Dhanush filmography, 50 films over his car ...

and

Chaya Singh Chaya Singh is an Indian actress who predominantly works in Tamil and Kannada films and television shows. She started her acting career in Kannada films and has worked in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Bengali and Bhojpuri films. She has a reputati ...

(in her

film debut), with

Karunas Karunas (born as Karunanidhi Sethu; February 21, 1970) is an Indian actor, comedian, composer, playback singer and politician in the Tamil film industry. Appearing mostly in supporting roles, he has also played main lead roles in films includ ...

Manikka Vinayagam Manikka Vinayagam (10 December 1943 – 26 December 2021) was an Indian playback singer and actor. He sang for South Indian language films and acted in several Tamil films as a character artist. He was the son of the dancer Vazhuvoor B. Ramiah ...

, and

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in supporting roles. It was released on 5 September 2003 and became a success. The film was remade in

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as '' Donga Dongadi'' and in

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as '' Sakha Sakhi''.

Plot

Vasudevan belongs to a middle-class family and is irresponsible and untrustworthy. Vijayalakshmi is from a traditional

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

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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 after a couple of twists.

Cast

As per the film's opening credits:

Production

''Thiruda Thirudi'' is the directorial debut of

and the first Tamil film for producer S. K. Krishnakanth and actress

. This is

's third film as an actor and the first film not made by his family members. The

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song "Manmadha Raasa" was shot at

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. According to the cinematographer G. Ramesh, the song was shot within two-and-a-half days.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by

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. "Manmadha Raasa" became a popular song. The song "Manmadha Raasa" was later reused by as "Suntaragaali" in the Kannada film Kalasipalya (2004).

Release and reception

''Thiruda Thirudi'' was released on 5 September 2003 and became the second most successful Tamil film of the year. A critic from '' Screen'' noted "it was an offbeat love story marked by good performance by Dhanush which makes it a breezy entertainer." Malathi Rangarajan of ''

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'' wrote "ARMED WITH a well-worked out success formula, new director Subramaniam Siva confidently enters the fray in Indian Theatre Production's "Thiruda Thirudi". He compensates for his flimsy storyline with screenplay that moves at full speed till the first half, sagging slightly only in the second, and dialogue that's completely in with the trend with all kinds of weird coinage typical of today's youth". Visual Dasan of ''

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'' praised the performance of Dhanush, Chaya Singh and Manikka Vinayagam and direction but panned the unnecessary vulgar scenes and dialogues.

Remakes

The film was remade in Telugu as '' Donga Dongadi'' (2004) by the same director. It was also remade in Kannada as '' Sakha Sakhi'' (2005) where Chaya Singh reprised her role.

References

External links

* * {{Subramaniam Siva 2000s Indian films 2000s Tamil-language films 2003 directorial debut films 2003 films 2003 romantic comedy films Films directed by Subramaniam Siva Films set in Tiruchirappalli Films shot in Karnataka Films shot in Tiruchirappalli Indian romantic comedy films Tamil films remade in other languages Tamil-language Indian films Tamil-language romantic comedy films