Thamizh

This article is about the movie. For the language Thamizh, refer to Tamil language

Thamizh Prashanth leads a happy life with his mother Manorama and sisterinlaw Urvasi. His brotherLivingston is working in Kuwait and Thamizh too dreams of joining him there. Meenakshi Simran, their tenant and Thamizh fall in love. When the goons of Periyavar Ashish Vidyarthi injure Thamizhs niece, he stops Periyavars car on the road and questions him. He then beats up one of Periayavars goons when insulted. This makes him Periyavars target and though he tries to withdraw from the violence, he is forced to join forces with Rathnam Nasser, Periyavars sworn enemy and eventually defeats him.The film marked the debut of director Hari, who earlier worked as an assistant director to K. Balachander, while Prashanth agreed to work in the film in early 2001. The films title of Thamizh was given by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, who also helped create the films logo. Simran was selected as heroine pairing with Prashanth, for fourth time after successful collaborations in Kannedhirey Thondrinal 1998, Jodi 1999 and Parthen Rasithen 2000. Director Saran assisted Hari with the dialogues in the film, supervising his writing. The team had worked on preproduction for close to a year and the script was ready prior to the start of the shoot, with Hari revealing he was inspired by the 1989 Malayalam film Kireedam. For his role, Prashanth worked out at the gym, grew a beard and began smoking cigarettes to get into character. Shooting commenced in Chennai and proceeded in locations like Mumbai, Kolkata and Delhi. Scenes were also shot in Sikkim, reportedly becoming the first time that a Tamil film shot there. A few scenes were also later picturised on Prashanth, Charlie, Vadivelu, and Crane Manohar in Karaikudi. Prashanth had performed a lengthy dialogue in front of Madurai Meenakshi Temple which gained accolades from the onlookers. Prashanth shot action scenes for the film through pain after he had injured his knee during the making of Majunu 2001. ......

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