Dhill

Dhill
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Dharani
Screenplay by	Dharani
Dialogues by	Bharathan
Story by	Dharani
Produced by	T. Ajaykumar
Starring	Siddhanta Mahapatra
Release date	20 July 2001 (2001-07-20)
Running time	158 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Box office	₹53 crore (US$6.6 million)[1]

Dhill (transl. Guts/Courage) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram in the lead role, alongside Laila, Ashish Vidyarthi, Nassar and Vivek in supporting roles. The music was composed by Vidyasagar, while cinematography and editing were handled by S. Gopinath and B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan.

Dhill was released on 20 July 2001 and achieved critical and commercial success at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu as Sreeram (2002), Hindi as Dum (2003), Kannada as Sye (2005), Bengali Kolkata as Shotrur Makabila (2002) and in Bengali Bangladesh as Arman (2002). Dhill was the first film to credit Vikram with the title Chiyaan.

Plot

Kanagavel an aspiring IPS trainee, succeeds in clearing the exams. After having dinner at a restaurant with his girlfriend Asha and while paying the bill, Inspector Encounter Shankar behaves indecently with Asha, but is severely beaten by Kanagavel. Upon learning this, the Chief of police training academy tells Kanagavel that Shankar is an egoistic, corrupt officer who uses his powers for illegal activities. The Chief reveals that Shankar, along with minister Vedhanayagam and a goon Aadhi Bhagavan alias Adi were responsible for his daughter's death and his wife Arathi losing her sanity as Arathi witnessed Aadhi Bhagavan killing his rival and she had only came forward to testify in the court.

Learning this, Kanagavel decides to end Shankar's threat once and for all. However, Shankar already goes into offensive by killing Kanagavel's friend Ashok with the help of Adi. Kanagavel retaliates by attacking Shankar, where he kills Adi with Shankar's gun stolen by him, making everybody believe that Shankar gunned Adi in retaliation. Shankar kills Vedanayagam and frames Kanagavel for the crime. However, it is revealed that Adi's death was faked and that he is actually in Kanagavel's captivity. Unaware of this, Shankar manages to launch a massive manhunt against Kanagavel. Upon learning that Adi is still alive, Shankar springs into action to track down Adi, Kanagavel and Asha.

Shankar traces the trio and a shootout occurs, where Adi gets fatally injured. Taking advantage of the situation, Shankar tries to corner and kill Kanagavel. On his deathbed, Adi confesses all his crimes to Asha, who records the confession. The police commissioner arrives at the crime scene, where Asha shows the dying confession to him. With Shankar's real face exposed, the commissioner orders Kanagavel and Shankar to surrender. Shankar tries to escape, but Kanagavel tracks him down and kills him. Kanagavel surrenders to the court, but he is released based on evidence and is made to join the IPS.

Cast

Production

Vikram, after the success of the critically acclaimed

Vikram often helped out during the shooting of the film by helping suggest changes to scenes.[7] The film also marked the Tamil debut of Hindi actor Ashish Vidyarthi, who has since gone on to appear in several other prominent films. The actor had to wear prosthetic make-up for the film, noting that it took over one hour to put on.^[8]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Vidyasagar.

Release