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Jigarthanda

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 51m
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
14K
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Siddharth, Lakshmi Menon, and Bobby Simha in Jigarthanda (2014)
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An aspiring director targets a ruthless gangster because he wants to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research the gangster fail miserably. Finally when he gets caught ... Read allAn aspiring director targets a ruthless gangster because he wants to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research the gangster fail miserably. Finally when he gets caught snooping, things hit the fan.An aspiring director targets a ruthless gangster because he wants to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research the gangster fail miserably. Finally when he gets caught snooping, things hit the fan.

  • Director
    • Karthik Subbaraj
  • Writer
    • Karthik Subbaraj
  • Stars
    • Siddharth
    • Bobby Simha
    • Lakshmi Menon
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.2/10
    14K
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    • Director
      • Karthik Subbaraj
    • Writer
      • Karthik Subbaraj
    • Stars
      • Siddharth
      • Bobby Simha
      • Lakshmi Menon
    • 47User reviews
    • 22Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 6 nominations total

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    Siddharth
    Siddharth
    • Karthik
    Bobby Simha
    Bobby Simha
    • Assault Sethu
    • (as Simhaa)
    Lakshmi Menon
    Lakshmi Menon
    • Kayalvizhi
    Nassar
    Nassar
    • Mukesh
    • (as Nasser)
    Aadukalam Naren
    Aadukalam Naren
    • Sundar
    • (as Narein)
    Guru Somasundaram
    Guru Somasundaram
    • Muthu Sir
    Karunakaran
    Karunakaran
    • Oorni
    Sangili Murugan
    Sangili Murugan
    • Pottikadai Annachi
    Delhi Ganesh
    Delhi Ganesh
    • Karthik's Father
    Ambika
    Ambika
    • Kayalvizhi's Mother
    Sudha
    • Karthik's Mother
    Bagavathi Perumal
    Bagavathi Perumal
    • Film Unit Member
    Rajkumar
    • Karthik's Friend
    Vinodhini Vaidynathan
    Vinodhini Vaidynathan
    • Widowed Woman
    Ramachandran Durairaj
    • Rasu
    • (as Ramachandran)
    Soundararaja
    Soundararaja
    • Soundar
    • (as Soundara Raja)
    Kaalaiyan
    Thennavan
    • Sekhar
    • Director
      • Karthik Subbaraj
    • Writer
      • Karthik Subbaraj
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    User reviews47

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    10arjepoch22

    Jigarthanda : Artistic, Engaging, and No-Nonsense Flick !!

    Jigarthanda is Story telling at its best, you just cannot miss a single frame of this artistic cinema for three reasons

    1. I can merely remember any movie which had so many twists lately, if you liked Pizza, trust me, this movie is hundred times better than Pizza

    2. This movie is artistic, in terms of how clean shots are engaged with some classic background music, there are some scenes which comply with the BGM, so much so, it takes them to a completely different level.

    3. It's all about ACTING, actors in this movie do pure justice to their roll , Specially Simhaa, he nailed the character , and definitely garners admiration from audience.

    I dare not talk about story line, in the end, have fun this week watching this splendid piece of cinema, brings roof down with laughter's in some scenes.

    AMAZING JIGARTHANDA !!
    10shyloo2000

    By far the best "Jigarthanda" I have ever had! Yum :-)

    This movie is a pride of Tamizh and Indian cinema.

    What genre does it fall into? comedy? thriller? gangsterism? I say, jigarthanda in itself is a genre on its own. A very unique story telling.

    When was the last time you felt more than satisfied and relished watching a movie? This movie guarantees you that feeling!

    When was the last time you kept speaking of a movie for a long time? This movie will definitely make you do that!

    #Jigarthanda is a cult. Standing ovation to everyone involved.

    A simple yet soulful film. Every frame reflects the director's passion for art.
    9SatiagoManez

    New genre of movie !

    The first thing that anyone can say after watching the movie is that its a new genre of movie.Its a story of an aspiring director who attempts making a action movie on a don's life, decides to follow such a living rowdy and in the attempt gets caught by the group. Till this point the movie is paced with good action, seriousness and leaves the audience in suspense for the interval.

    After the interval, the movie has dynamic change in the direction of the story where in the gangster (Assault Sethu) himselves gets interested in the movie on his life and gives all the detail that the director wanted. But what happens after that is completely what you will never expect. The humour has worked out in an extra ordinary way that your hands might pain clapping and ur stomach might pain laughing.

    The notable performance by Simhaa (Sethu) is added advantage in the movie. The characterization is so powerful that even after seeing him as a comedian in previous movies, you wouldn't feel it anywhere in the first half.

    I can certainly say the movie has all the gripping elements to make the audience to be involved with the script from few mins from beginning till the end. The movie has achieved what was intended and defines to the meaning of the title (Hot-Cool) (First half-Second Half), But you cannot make a clear choice whether it was a complete movie in spite of the efforts put in the climax to justify it. And the most powerfully introduced character gives all the details of his murders as a recording which also adds to contradictory facts.
    dhaya-cool

    JIGARTHANDA is nice gangster entertainment movie.

    JIGARTHANDA is nice gangster entertainment movie.

    Director Karthik Subbaraj (Pizza) deals movie in Madurai thriller about "Hero decides to make a movie about a gangster and how he overcome his issue" with fun type of screenplay Siddharth given a neat performance and good acting.

    Lakshmi Menon is aptly cast as a simple looking girl, not much given important role.

    Karunakaran keeps you in splits with his comic timings, cute expressions and dialogue delivery.

    The star performer is only man Simha - He is terrifyingly menacing at times while cool and humorous in others and given a remarkable performance.

    Vijay sethupathy - Guest role appearance was surprise Other actors have also done their parts well.

    Music are OK.

    Dialogues by Karthik Subbaraj was superb.

    Plus : Story Simha Performance Siddharth + Karunakaran combo Comedy

    Minus: film runs slow, Lenghty (2nd Half) Songs

    Verdict: A film not to be missed!.

    3.25 /5
    9austin-premkumar

    One of the rarest movie in Indian cinema and one of the finest actor in Inidan cinema

    The reason I watched this movie is for my favorite Bobby Simha and Karthick Subbaaraj. I stunned with the performance of Simha, he is really amazing and awesome. I am dare to say Simha is going to be finest actor in Indian cinema if he is continue to do the different character as he did so far. Even I am dare to suggest tamil old actors like Rajini, Kamal, Ajith, Vijay to learn what is real acting from Simha. Simha is really great great. Am damn sure he is one of the best actor in Indian cinema. Particularly I am mesmerized when he change over his acting from don to normal man and normal man to don, especially when he ask Siddarth with knife in his hand, "pakathula vandhavudanae bayam poiduchaa", this performance is epic. And another grooving performance is, when Simha receives credits from the child of Soundhar, Simha's eyes itself conveyed the movie climax, thats why director orchestrate all the dialogue in gibberish in the climax, only few actors can do that performance and only good movie lovers can understand what Simha is expressing.

    Apart from performance all credits goes to director. After Pizza the expectation was much higher on Jigarthanda. But after Jigarthanda what Karthick is going to do. lets wait and watch. Hope Kartick will come with another surprise in his next movie. But am damn sure, Karthick himself can not make flick like this again, it is a once in a life time script. I admire Karthick more than Bala, Manirathnam. Because Karthick is more intellectual director than them.

    And last credits goes to composer Santhosh and cinemotographer gavemic u ary. Hats off to them. Great work.

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    • Trivia
      Jigarthanda is Karthik Subbaraj's first feature film story. Karthik could not do the film as the producers were hesitant to invest a huge amount for a debut director. So Karhik made up a low-budget story, Pizza, which did well critically and commercially.
    • Quotes

      character in 'movie within movie': Hey are you from Jaihindpuram area?

      Special Appearance: Yes!

      character in 'movie within movie': Don't you have any girls in your area?

      Special Appearance: We have girls in our area.It seems there ain't no guys in your area!

    • Connections
      Features Thalapathi (1991)
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      Kanamma
      Produced by Santhosh Narayanan

      Written by Muthamil

      Performed by Rita & Anthony Dasan

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    • Release date
      • August 1, 2014 (India)
    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Official site
      • Watch Jigarthanda on Disney+ Hotstar
    • Language
      • Tamil
    • Also known as
      • Cold Heart
    • Production companies
      • Five Star Films
      • Group Company
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      • ₹300,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $24,274
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    • Runtime
      • 2h 51m(171 min)
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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