Pokkiri
2007 film by Prabhu Deva / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pokkiri (transl. Rogue) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva. It is the Tamil remake of the 2006 Telugu film Pokiri starring Mahesh Babu. The film stars Vijay and Asin in the lead roles with Prakash Raj, Nassar, Mukesh Tiwari, Vadivelu, Sriman and Napoleon playing supporting roles. Mumaith Khan and Prabhu Deva make guest appearances. Nirav Shah handled cinematography while Kola Bhaskar was the film's editor. The music was composed by Mani Sharma, who also composed the original Telugu version.
Pokkiri | |
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Directed by | Prabhu Deva |
Written by | V. Prabhakar (dialogues) |
Screenplay by | Puri Jagannadh |
Story by | Puri Jagannadh |
Based on | Pokiri (Telugu) |
Produced by | S.Sathyaramamoorthy |
Starring | Vijay Asin Prakash Raj |
Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
Edited by | Kola Bhaskar |
Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | Kanagarathna Movies |
Distributed by | Aascar Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Box office | ₹75 crore[1] |
Pokkiri was released theatrically on 12 January 2007 and received positive reviews with praise for Vijay's performance, action sequences and music.[2] It became a commercial success, running for more than 200 days at the box office.[3] Six years later, it was dubbed in Hindi as Wanted Baaghi and was also dubbed in Odia as Wanted Police, as well as Malayalam under the same title as the Tamil version. Vijay's Pokkiri was re-released multiple times in Kerala.[1]