Velu, an aspiring kabaddi player, goes to Madurai to participate in a regional match, where he rescues Dhanalakshmi from Muthupandi, a powerful man keen on marrying the girl against her will... Read allVelu, an aspiring kabaddi player, goes to Madurai to participate in a regional match, where he rescues Dhanalakshmi from Muthupandi, a powerful man keen on marrying the girl against her will.Velu, an aspiring kabaddi player, goes to Madurai to participate in a regional match, where he rescues Dhanalakshmi from Muthupandi, a powerful man keen on marrying the girl against her will.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations total
Trisha Krishnan
- Dhanalakshmi
- (as Trisha)
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Am an ardent Vijay fan. I have never seen another movie of his which is as good as this.
It has all the regular clichés that one can expect from a commercial entertainer. A hero who is bad in studies but a star in his forte i.e.Kabbadi. His friends to fill in the comedy quota. A heroine in a life-and-death situation. A villain, which I say is the best ever portrayed by the protagonist. High octane chase and action sequences. Music that can make one dance. And above all that a perfect storyline to keep all the above factors within an enjoyable circle. Perfect.
The director doesn't give any chance for the audience to loosen up. He just goes on from one nail on the head to the next. And one can see the lighter side of Vijay in this film which he rarely executes.
All said.....This movie was and will be perfect for many years to come....
It has all the regular clichés that one can expect from a commercial entertainer. A hero who is bad in studies but a star in his forte i.e.Kabbadi. His friends to fill in the comedy quota. A heroine in a life-and-death situation. A villain, which I say is the best ever portrayed by the protagonist. High octane chase and action sequences. Music that can make one dance. And above all that a perfect storyline to keep all the above factors within an enjoyable circle. Perfect.
The director doesn't give any chance for the audience to loosen up. He just goes on from one nail on the head to the next. And one can see the lighter side of Vijay in this film which he rarely executes.
All said.....This movie was and will be perfect for many years to come....
Semmma semmma semmma movie to watch. Such an interesting movie espically Vijay's attitude and Prakash Raj acting top notch.
17/04/2004, a golden day for the whole of cinema industry. Ghilli is the best among the other best movies vijay has ever acted. There are innumerable hits and blockbuster vijay has given but this will be the best among that, this is remake of okkadu the telugu movie but if you watch both the movies, ghilli outshines okkadu, Dharani has tweaked the screenplay, added different scenes here in ghilli which is some n times betrer than okkadu, okkadu is also a very good film but ghilli has outperformed it, all the actors and Trisha has done an award winning show and this movie gives you many nostalgic moments and that romantic track in the last 45 minutes will make this movie an evergreen movie, if there is a baasha for rajini, then here is ghilli for Thalapathy Vijay. Perfect must watch movie. The only negative aspect of this movie is that there is some over the top action stunt in the first fight of the movie but other fights are very realistic and awesome when compared to some lame fight sequences in okkadu.
This action drama continuous all the emotions especially the hero velu makes more humour which actually brings out the laughter..The screenplay was too good and its totally a feel good movie..A must watch movie for all kind of audience , since it have something for every set of audience..That's the success of Ghilli..
The word Ghilli actually means a small sharp wooden game instrument that is used in a game called ghilli-danda (a precursor to Cricket) in India. The use of the word as nickname for the principal character is stylish, as it signifies one who is sharp, fast and can hurt badly when rubbed in the wrong way.
Ghilli is one of the best movies for Vijay and in it is unrivaled in its pace and action. The movie never slacks for a moment, and keep you always with some exciting action. The movie is set in Madurai and Chennai and its story core is simple. A rich landlord tries to covet a beautiful girl in his town, and his unquestionable power and authority, prevents the girl from seeking a justice. The hero tries to rescue her and the majority of this movie portrays the week in which all this action happens.
A very exciting movie and though the story is nothing new, the director and the actors receive praise for the full-paced action.
Ghilli is one of the best movies for Vijay and in it is unrivaled in its pace and action. The movie never slacks for a moment, and keep you always with some exciting action. The movie is set in Madurai and Chennai and its story core is simple. A rich landlord tries to covet a beautiful girl in his town, and his unquestionable power and authority, prevents the girl from seeking a justice. The hero tries to rescue her and the majority of this movie portrays the week in which all this action happens.
A very exciting movie and though the story is nothing new, the director and the actors receive praise for the full-paced action.
Did you know
- TriviaAt Mumbai's Aurora cinema a group of eunuchs would come daily with Pooja Thali to watch the film for the song Aapdi Pode.Before the film starts they would put Tikka on the screen,once the song came on they would dance joyfully in front of the screen and would leave the theater after the song got over.
- GoofsIn a scene sequence when thugs try to attack Joseph Vijay (Velu) by throwing a coca-cola bottle, he guards himself by viewing the reflection of the bottle in his friend's sun-glass. However in the sun-glass, bottle is shown to be moving straight towards Velu. But the thugs used to throw the bottle through side. And after catching the same bottle Velu drinks the entire coke inside the bottle and throws an empty bottle towards the thugs. But coke is splashed after it got hit at a wall.
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- Language
- Also known as
- Ghillli
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Box office
- Budget
- ₹20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $163,961
- Runtime
- 2h 40m(160 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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