Thiruda Thirudi

<p>Vasudevan belongs to a middle-class family and is irresponsible and untrustworthy. Vijayalakshmi is from a traditional family and is an ambitious and career-oriented girl. Vasu and Viji meet up, and one day, he follows her on her two-wheeler. She is so bugged by him that she fails to notice a vehicle ahead. Though he cautions her, she ends up having an accident. Vasu admits her in the hospital, but Viji holds him responsible for her accident. Both of them are at loggerheads and bicker constantly. Vasu leaves for in order to prove himself to his father, who is constantly criticising his irresponsibility. Meanwhile, Viji gets a job at Chennai and moves into the same apartment complex as Vasu. The rest of the story follows Vasu’s progress and deals with relationship between Vasu and Viji and whether or not their attitude for each other changed. Viji falls in love with Vasu, but he acts to hate her because she made him and his whole family separated. So in the middle, something happens, and they both end up loving each other. Vasu also got back together with his family after a couple of twists. As per the film’s opening credits: is the directorial debut of and the first Tamil film for producer S. K. Krishnakanth and actress . This is ‘s third film as an actor and the first film not made by his family members. The song “Manmadha Raasa” was shot at , . According to the cinematographer , the song was shot within two-and-a-half days. The soundtrack was composed by . “Manmadha Raasa” became a popular song. It was later reused by as “Suntaragaali” in the Kannada film (2004). was released on 5 September 2003 and became the second most successful Tamil film of the year. A critic from noted “it was an offbeat love story marked by good performance by Dhanush which makes it a breezy entertainer.” Malathi Rangarajan of wrote “ARMED WITH a well-worked out success formula, new director Subramaniam Siva confidently enters the fray in Indian Theatre Production’s “Thiruda Thirudi”. He compensates for his flimsy storyline with screenplay that moves at full speed till the first half, sagging slightly only in the second, and dialogue that’s completely in with the trend with all kinds of weird coinage typical of today’s youth”. Visual Dasan of praised the performance of Dhanush, Chaya Singh and Manikka Vinayagam and direction but panned the unnecessary vulgar scenes and dialogues. The film was remade in Telugu as (2004) by the same director. It was also remade in Kannada as (2005) where Chaya Singh reprised her role.</p>