# Giri (film)

Giri is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed and co-written by Sundar C, starring Arjun Sarja, Ramya and Reema Sen, with Devayani, Vadivelu, and Prakash Raj among others enacting supporting roles. The film was released on 1 October 2004 and become a profitable venture at the box office and was remade in Kannada in 2020 as Shivarjuna starring Arjun's nephew Chiranjeevi Sarja. This film is also noted to be actress Khushbu's productional debut in her production company house Avni Cinemax. The film was dubbed into Telugu under the same name.

## Plot

Veerapandi Puram and Soolachery are two villages, which are on either side of a river and are always feuding as the headmen Veerasamy and Sethupathy have personal enmity. Due to some misunderstanding regarding Sethupathy's children's death, Sethupathy seeks revenge against Veerasamy and tries to kill Veerasamy's son Suryaprakash, but Suryaprakash is saved by his servant's son Giri, where Suryaprakash suddenly disappears. 20 years later, Shiva arrives in Kumbakonam with a mission to protect DSP Chandrashekhar's wife and his son from Sethupathy and his gangsters, where he lives with a bakery owner named Veerabagu. During a wedding reception, Shiva saves Chandrashekhar's family from being murdered by Sethupathy's son. When questioned about his identity, it is revealed that Shiva is actually Giri and Chandrashekhar was actually Suryaprakash whom Sethupathy had killed after learning about his real identity. To protect the rest of the family, Giri was sent to bring them back to the village. In the present, Giri wipes out Sethupathy and his family during a boat race, thus avenging Suryaprakash's death.

## Cast

* Arjun as Giri (Shiva)
* Ramya as Devaki
* Reema Sen as Priya
* Vadivelu as Veerabagu
* Prakash Raj as Suryaprakash "Surya" (Chandrashekar)
* Devayani as Suryaprakash's wife
* Vinu Chakravarthy as Veerasaamy
* FEFSI Vijayan as Sethupathy
* Anandaraj as Pasupathy and Pasupathy's father (dual role)
* Pandiarajan as Devaki's potential bridegroom
* Mahanadi Shankar as Kanduvatti [Loan shark] Govinda
* Raj Kapoor as Paramasivam (Giri Father)
* Sindhu as Pasupathy's wife
* Ilavarasu as Ramalingam
* Manikka Vinayagam as a Councillor (Maavattam)
* Sai Prashanth as Maavattam's son
* Aarthi as Bun
* Madhan Bob as Veeraabaghu's neighbor
* Gowtham Sundararajan as Police Inspector
* Mayilsamy as Maavattam's PA
* Singamuthu as Financier
* Jasper as Contractor Sathya
* Aryan as Singampuli
* Bonda Mani

## Production

The producer of the film did not pay popular Kannada actress Ramya for the film because the film was not released in Karnataka. The filming was held at Chennai, Kumbakonam, Mayavaram and Trichy. A boat race scene was picturised at Kerala while some songs were shot at a village near Kumbakonam.

## Soundtrack

Music and background score were handled by D. Imman.

## Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote, "HIGHLIGHTING ACTION and using comedy and romance now and then for relief, Sundar C. makes quite a quick-paced flick of Avni Cinemax's "Giri " (A). He doesn't allow much room for the viewer to ponder over the fact that the story is the usual family feud with clichéd characters dealt with since time immemorial."