Thamizhan is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language courtroom drama film directed by debutant Majith and produced by G. Venkateswaran. The film stars Vijay and Priyanka Chopra. Chopra made her debut in cinema through this film. Revathi, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Vivek also play pivotal roles in the film, while the film’s score and soundtrack were composed by D. Imman. The story involves solving several corruption cases by a lawyer named Surya in the process fighting against a criminal boss and finally making Indian law basics available as a free book to common people. The film released on 12 April 2002. It received mixed reviews but was a commercial hit at the box office and its satellite rights were bought by Sun TV for a good price.
Plot:
Surya is a happy-go-lucky guy and often gets involved in petty fights. He falls in love with Priya. His sister’s lawyer husband Sakthivel advises him to work under senior lawyer Lakshminarayanan. He becomes an upright lawyer who values and tries to redress things the legally. Sakthivel is killed in the process of upholding justice by a corrupt bigwig GK.
He takes up a mission to make the layman understand his legal rights and learn the Indian law basics. So, Surya is seen as a hero by the Indian people. GK’s dairy factory gets sealed by Surya for violating food safety norms. Surya’s sister Jaya also meets a pitiful end at the hands of GK’s goons, but Surya refuses to give up. GK’s goons start a riot in a village and put the blame on Surya. Surya is arrested and beaten up by the corrupt cops, and retaliates in return. Surya is summoned at the court and fights up legally, suggesting several reforms in the judicial system of India. After Surya gets released, GK attempts to shoot him but gets thrashed by the people. Surya tells GK to reform before he gets punished. For his service, Surya is honoured by the President of India. Finally, it is shown that Surya’s dream had come true.
Cast:
Vijay as Surya
Priyanka Chopra as Priya
Revathi as Jaya, Surya’s sister
Nassar as Shakthivel, Jaya’s husband
Vivek as Nandhakumar, Surya’s friend
Ashish Vidyarthi as G.K
Delhi Ganesh as Advocate Lakshmi Narayanan
Vinu Chakravarthy as MLA Nachiyappan
M. S. Bhaskar as Conductor Ganesan
Thadi Balaji as Sekhar, Surya’s friend
Charuhasan as Sivaraman
Poornam Viswanathan as Vishwanthan
Vasu Vikram as Govindhan
Vincent Roy as DCP Muthuvel
Pooja as Ramya, Shakthivel & Jaya’s Daughter
Muthukaalai as Auto driver
Bayilvan Ranganathan
Shanti Williams as Speaker
Sridhar as dancer
Directed by Majith
Screenplay by S. A. Chandrasekhar
Story by Majith
Produced by G. Venkateswaran
Starring: Vijay, Priyanka Chopra
Cinematography – N. K. Ekambaram
Edited by V. T. Vijayan
Music by D. Imman
Production company – G. V. Films
Release date: 12 April 2002
Running time: 155 minutes
Country – India
Language – Tamil
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