Virumbugiren

Virumbugiren (2002)

Shivan an aspiring designer's hopes crash when he lands up with the responsibility of looking after his mother and younger brothers with his father's sudden death. Since his father dies while in service, Shivan is forced to take up his father's job as a fire service man. He meets Thavamani, a beautiful rustic while on a posting in a village and they fall in love. But the girl's father and the whole village are against the lovers. How the lovers' fight against all odds and win form the rest of this love story.

Date of release
2002-12-21
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (2)
Genres
Drama, Romance
Director
Susi Ganesan

Casting

Interesting facts

Virumbukiren is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by Susi Ganesan. Adapted from his novel Vakkappatta Bhoomi, the film stars Prashanth and Sneha, while Eswari Rao, Nassar, Livingston and Sriman portrayed supporting roles. Deva composed the film's music while K. V. Anand handled the film's cinematography. The film was released on 20 December 2002. It won four Tamil Nadu State Film Awards including Best Film and Best Director for Susi Ganesan. Sneha also won the Best Actress award, while Easwari Rao won the Best Supporting Actress award.

Production

In March 1999, Susi Ganesan, an erstwhile assistant of Mani Ratnam, was able to convince producer Shanti Thiagarajan to fund his first feature film, after he left Mani Ratnam's team of assistant directors. The film was initially titled Thithikkum Thee and was to feature to Murali in the lead role of a firefighter.

The project, Virumbukiren, was launched at Hotel Chola Sheraton, Chennai on 19 January 2000 with Ganesan being introduced as a director. It was announced that the film would have cinematography by K. V. Anand, music by Deva, lyrics by Vairamuthu, art by Thota Tharani editing by Suresh Urs and special effects by Venki; and it would be produced by Vandana Bhatt and Mary Francis under the banner of V.M. Creations.

Despite its launch in early 2000, the film went through production troubles and released nearly two years after the launch. A host of Prashanth starrers which were launched after Virumbugiren such as Star, Chocolate, Majunu and Thamizh were subsequently released earlier. Sneha, for whom Virumbugiren was the first film she signed, was reported to be amongst the reasons for the delay after her popularity created problems in her call schedules.

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