A dialogue spoken by Vadivelu in the film, "Vada Poche" became very popular. It was first remade into Tamil as Pokkiri in 2007 by Prabhu Deva , and marked his debut as a director of Tamil cinema.

The film was produced by Jagannadh and Manjula Ghattamaneni by their respective production companies Vaishno Academy and Indira Productions. Despite the Hindi remake, the original Telugu film Pokiri, its Tamil remake Pokkiri and Kannada remake Porki were dubbed in Hindi as Tapori Wanted, Wanted Baghi (2013) and Main Hoon Wanted (2012) respectively. [34] Pokiri was released in a single screen, the Jayaprada theatre in Chennai, where 98.5% of seats were sold putting it in second place in the city's box office chart, which Sify called an "awesome" feat. Vijay's mother Shobha Chandrasekhar gave the clap for the first shot. [54], Pokiri was parodied by several films. [18] Due to delays in post-production activities, the film's release was postponed to 28 April 2006,[25] clashing with the release of Bangaram and Veerabhadra. The reviewer chose "Devuda", "Gala Gala" and "Ippatikinka" as the picks of the album, rating each 3.5 out of 5. Pokkiri (transl. Make a plan and execute it) inspired a film of the same name. No Vijay fan or Ajith fan would forget this Pongal Clash as Pokkiri was Vijay’s best movie in his career at the time of the release while Aalwar was Ajith’s worst movie in his career at the time of the release. [8] Jagannadh wanted to cast Ayesha Takia as the female lead. [24], Pokiri was scheduled for a worldwide release on 21 April 2006. Another highlight of the film is its well-choreographed action sequences (if you can digest the violence), which give it a slick look. The soundtrack also features a remix of the song "Vasantha Mullai" from Sarangadhara (1958). Jagannadh agreed and also replaced the existing title with Pokiri. He later came to learn that the latter song was inspired by the former,[6] and he decided to reuse the same tune with modernised instruments and different lyrics. Vijay's father offers prayers at temples!! "[24], The film was commercial success and ran over 200 days in Tamil Nadu,[25] and 100 days in Kerala.[26]. [21] Sify called the soundtrack a peppy one and chose "Gala Gala" as the pick of the album.

It told the story of Uttam Singh, an undercover police officer, infiltrating a mafia gang as a criminal, with the intention of killing its kingpin. He also prayed at the Sacred Church at Velankanni. [56] The same sequence was spoofed in the films Sudigadu (2012) where the protagonist is named Siva Manohar I. P. S.,[57] and also in Race Gurram (2014). [53] Talking about being typecast after her success in Ye Maaya Chesave (2010) as its female lead, Samantha Ruth Prabhu cited the example of Ileana being typecast in similar roles after the success of Pokiri saying that it had become mandatory for her to wear a bikini in every film since. [5] Later, he approached Ravi Teja who agreed to play the lead; Nagendra Babu was to produce the film.

I signed Khaleja after nine months, but it just kept getting delayed and the break ended up becoming a two-year-long holiday. The second one was Wanted, the Hindi version in 2009. The film's success catapulted Ileana into stardom and brought recognition to Jagannadh as a writer and director. However, Teja was approached by Cheran, an award winning director, to remake the 2004 Tamil film Autograph in Telugu. Nirav Shah handled cinematography while Kola Bhaskar was the film's editor. [47] The 2011 Bengali Bangladeshi film Moner Jala was an unofficial remake of this movie. Learning this, Pandu confronts Pasupathy and warns him that he will face dire consequences if he is found guilty of being involved. [11] Asin was selected, pairing with Vijay for the second time after Sivakasi. [46] Pokiri was remade into Kannada as Porki in 2010 by M. D.

- Tamil News", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pokkiri&oldid=984361773, Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police, Album articles lacking alt text for covers, Articles needing additional references from August 2020, All articles needing additional references, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Ashok Raja (special appearance in the song "Aadungada Yennai Suththi"), This page was last edited on 19 October 2020, at 18:29. I only wanted to act in movies that were like Pokiri, I think that was a mistake. Inspector Govindan (Mukesh Tiwari) is a corrupt police inspector in the colony where Tamizh and Shruthi live and is on Ali Bhai's payroll. Jagannadh wanted to experiment by casting Sonu Sood in the lead role but this too failed to materialise. [33] The scenes from the film were parodied in Thamizh Padam as hero being an undercover cop. Home » Hot News » 10 Years of Pokkiri vs Aalwar. [22], Rediff.com stated: "Sporting a new, rugged look, 'Prince' Mahesh Babu has stolen the show. [a], For Pokiri, Babu sported a longer hair style than in his previous films and shed five kilograms of weight. Tamizh learns of this and thrashes Govindan incognito. ", "Tamil movies : Vijay's Pokkiri sold at record price! [8] During the shoot of Sivamani (2003), Jagannadh listened to the song "Listen to the Falling Rain" which sounded like the song "Gala Gala Parutunna Godarila" from the Telugu film Gowri (1974). Som Shekar – (Bigg Boss Tamil 4) Wiki, Age, Family, Images, Aari Arjuna (Bigg Boss Tamil 4) Wiki, Age, Family, Images, Rekha (Bigg Boss Tamil 4) Wiki, Age, Family, Images, Vj Archana (Bigg Boss Tamil 4) Wiki, Age, Family, Images, Samyuktha Karthik (aka) Samyuktha Shanmughanathan (Bigg Boss Tamil 4) Wiki, Age, Family, Images, Aajeedh Khalique (Bigg Boss Tamil 4) Wiki, Age, Family, Images. [31] Vijay's dialogue "Oru Vaati Mudivu Panta, Yen Pecha Naane Kekka Maaten" (transl. To repel Pasupathy's advances, she meets Pandu and proposes to him.

He goes there and starts to eliminate Ali Bhai's gang members one by one, rescuing the commissioner's daughter in the process. [3] In 2019, the film also had a limited re-release on the occasion of Vijay's birthday.[4]. After much ado and mental anguish, Shruthi accepts Tamizh's love. "[32] IndiaGlitz gave a positive review stating: "In Pokiri, the hero is introduced to us a ruthless baddie, part of the huge underbelly of mafia. [38] The film was screened in Bhagiratha theatre, Kurnool for 500 days at the rate of four shows per day and collected a share of ₹60 lakh. The film was also one of the fourteen southern Indian films to be screened at the International Indian Film Academy Awards (IIFA) Film festival in 2006. He later joins Ali Bhai's gang for monetary reasons. I also watched all three of their movie with the same story. Pandu, a remorseless gangster living in Hyderabad along with his friends, is hired by Narayana and attacks Ali Bhai's henchmen. Thamizh,a local rowdy,wants to join one of the city's two gangs.He loves Priya,a dance teacher.He joins gangster Ali,an elusive character,and begins to eliminate the rivals.This bothers Priya. After his film Aathi in January 2006, for nearly six months Vijay was listening to stories, but none had appealed; he was supposed to do a Tamil Remake of Dharani's Bangaram, until that film's failure made him look at other options. Babu had gotten out of the pool two seconds before the accident happened which he termed a "miracle". Shruti lives with her widowed mother and brother and her neighbour Brahmi, a software engineer, who pesters her to marry him. [12], The first day of shoot for the film was held at the new Pillayar Kovil at AVM studios, with various dignitaries gracing the occasion.