Kireedam (2007 film)

Kireedam Tamil , English The Crown is a 2007 Tamil film directed by A. L. Vijay, who made his directorial debut with the film. The film was a reworked version of Sibi Malayils 1989 Malayalam classic film, Kireedam starring Mohanlal. Na. Muthukumar assisted with writing the dialogues. The film starred Ajith Kumar in the lead role with Trisha Krishnan and Rajkiran in other pivotal roles, while Vivek, Saranya, Cochin Haneefa and Santhanam appear in supporting roles. The films score and soundtrack are composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while Tirru was the cinematographer for the film. The film opened onJuly 2007 to positive reviews and turned to Hit.

Divya Trisha Krishnan, a college girl, is a charming fullofbeans girl. She has some comical runins with Sakthi, and eventually falls in love with him. Elsewhere, Rajarajan, who books an MLAs son for an offence, is hauled up over the coals and sent on a punishment transfer to a place, which is run as personal fief by a local dada, Varadarajan Ajay. One thing leads to another, and Sakthi is unwittingly sucked into the unholy vortex. Just as he is about to join the police force, destiny decrees otherwise His life is not going to be the same again. A dads dream lies shattered while a son, despite his unwillingness, has to fight an honest war beyond the matrix of a law. It is a situation that is actually an emotional cauldron. How the dad and son reconcile to the new reality is the story.The film was announced in September 2006 as a collaboration between producer Balaji and Ajith, and was to be coproduced by the Mumbai based production company Adlabs. Vijay, a former assistant of Malayalam director Priyadarshan who directed Hindi remake made his directorial debut with Kireedam after working as an ad film maker and chose to remake the 1989 film of the same name directed by Sibi Malayil and written by A. K. Lohithadas. Ajith Kumar was signed to appear in the lead role with Trisha Krishnan, Rajkiran, Saranya and Vivek also a part of the cast, while the cinematographer was Tirru, music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar and the film was edited by Anthony. Vijay revealed that he reworked about 80 per cent from the original version. The film was briefly renamed Magudam, before being changed again. ........

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