David (2013 Tamil film)

David is a 2013 Indian Tamil drama film directed by Bejoy Nambiar, starring Vikram and Jiiva in the title roles, alongside Tabu, Lara Dutta, Isha Sharvani and Nassar. An altered version with the same title featuring a slightly different cast was simultaneously shot in Hindi. The plot revolves around the lives of two different men named David, who are about to take a step which is going to change their lives forever. The film was released worldwide onFebruary 2013 to mixed reviews and performed average business at the box office.

Mumbai, 1999 19yearold David Jiiva is an amateur guitarist born into a family of lowermiddle class Christians in a poor colony in Mumbai. He is a happy go lucky teenager who dreams of becoming a professional musician and sending his sister, Susannah Sheetal Menon off to Dubai to pursue her dreams. Their father, Noel Nassar, a Protestant priest rallies the locals to do charity work for those in need. A Hindu fanatic politician, Malati Tai Rohini Hattangadi, finds out about this and makes it appear as if Davids father is converting poor people to Christianity in return for money. She attacks Davids colony with the help of gangsters and humiliates Noel by blackening his face in front of the media. Traumatized by this, the priest starts to lose his mind. An angry David is then easily persuaded by a political activist to assassinate Malati at a rally to seek vengeance. However, the plan is foiled when the activist himself kills tries to assassinate Malati by shooting her.Goa, 2010 30yearold David Vikram is an alcoholic fisherman living in the small fishing village of Betul in Goa. He falls in love with the deaf and mute Roma Isha Sharvani the only hitch is that she is engaged to be married to his best friend Peter Nishan Nanaiah indays. When he finds out Peter does not really love her but is only marrying her for her wealthy fathers boat which he will receive as dowry, David is coaxed by his friend, Frenny Tabu to stop the wedding. However, David comes to realise that his intentions might not be sincere as both his mother and the priest who tries to help him stop the wedding become involved in separate accidents and are hospitalized. On the day of the wedding, David plans to profess his love for Roma until Peter reveals that he actually sincerely loves her and was only lying that he was marrying her for the dowry out of fear he would be teased. David decides not to stop the wedding. ........

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