Kireedam

Kireedam (2007)

கிரீடம்

Rajarajan, an honest police officer, wants to make his eldest son Shakthivel a policeman. However, He faces several obstacles on his way.

Date of release
2007-07-20
TMDB
5.8 / 10 (19)
Runtime
2h 37m
Genres
Drama
Director
A. L. Vijay

Casting

Interesting facts

Kireedam (transl. Crown) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action drama film directed by Vijay. The film is the Tamil remake of the 1989 Malayalam film of the same name. It stars Ajith Kumar in the main lead role alongside Trisha and Rajkiran, while Vivek, Saranya, Ajay and Santhanam appear in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while Tirru was the cinematographer.

Production

The film was announced in September 2006 as a collaboration between producer Balaji and Ajith, and was to be co-produced by the Mumbai-based production company Adlabs. Vijay made his directorial debut with Kireedam after working as an ad filmmaker and chose to remake the 1989 film of the same name directed by Sibi Malayil. He was a former assistant to Malayalam director Priyadarshan, who directed Gardish, the Hindi remake of Kireedam.

Ajith Kumar was signed to appear in the lead role with Trisha, 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.

The first schedule of shooting took place in Rajamundry. In the 20-day schedule, some crucial scenes were shot with Ajith, including a fight scene with Ajay. Choreographed by stunt master Super Subbarayan, it had Ajith taking on Ajay and members of his gang. The second schedule continued in Chennai. A lavish set was erected by art director Selvakumar.

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