Dhill

Dhill
Official DVD Cover
Directed by	Dharani
Produced by	Ajaykumar
Written by	Hari Bharathan
Starring	Vikram Laila Mehdin Nassar Vivek
Music by	Vidyasagar
Cinematography	Gopinath
Editing by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Distributed by	Lakshmi Productions
Release date(s)	2001
Running time	172 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Dhill (Tamil: தில்) ( English: Guts/Courage) (2001) is a Tamil film directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram, Laila Mehdin, Nassar and Vivek in critical roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar. The film was a super hit in 2001.^{[citation needed]}

Plot

Dhil is the story about Kanagavel (Vikram) whose only dream is to become a police officer. He succeeds in passing the exams and wins a girlfriend, Asha (Laila). One night after having dinner at a restaurant near the beach Velu goes to pay the bill leaving Asha behind. At that moment a corrupt police officer Shankar (Ashish Vidyarti) drinks and behaves indecently to Asha. He then attempts to rape her but is beaten up by Velu severely and receives a scar on his face. Angered by this he seeks revenge against Velu. The rest of the story shows how Velu fights Shankar and his goons finally killing the corrupt police.

Cast

Actor	Role
Chiyaan Vikram	Kanakavel
Laila Mehdin	Asha
Ashish Vidyarthi	DSP Shankar
Nasser	Police Academy Chief
Vivek	Megaserial Mahadevan
Deepa Venkat	Kanakavel's Sister
Chaaruhasan	Minister
FEFSI Vijayan	Aadhi
Pandu	Constable
Mayilsamy	Kanakavel's Friend

Soundtrack

Music : Vidyasagar

Song Title	Singers
Dhill Dhill	Timmy , Sriram Parthasarathy
Kannukulle	Manicka Vinayagam
Machan Meesai	Pushpa Sriram
Oh Nanbane	Karthik, K. S. Chitra, Tippu, Anand
Un Samayal Arayil	Unni Krishnan, Sujatha Mohan

Box office

• Sold to distributors for $1 million, the film grossed $2 million at the box office and was declared a super hit.

Trivia

Initially Simran was selected for a female lead. She was ultimately replaced by Laila, as the former demanded more pay.

"Dum", a Hindi movie which was released in 2003, starring Vivek Oberoi is based on this film and follows the same storyline. Vivek Oberoi played Vikram's character, while Diya Mirza played his love interest in that film.

References

• IMDb
• Soundtrack Link I - Soundtrack Link II - Soundtrack Link III

External links

• Dhill at the Internet Movie Database
• Dhil Video Songs