Kuruvi

 

Kuruvi  is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Dharani. Produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin, the film stars Vijay in the titular role with Trisha and Suman in other prominent roles. Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi, Manivannan and Malavika played supporting roles in the movie. The film was released on 3 May 2008. The film was dubbed into Telugu as Dopidi, Hindi as Jo Jeeta Wohi Baazigar and Malayalam with the same title.

The story revolves around a teenager who thinks that his missing father is dead, so he attempts to retrieve money owed to his father by a Malaysian crime boss. The film has collected $1,018,120 at the overseas box office.

Vijay's flying scenes in the film was inspired from the comic superhero Birdman.

The film was a successful venture.

Rediff reviewed that Vivek and Vijay's comic-timing gelled together and paved way for the success of Kuruvi.

 

Plot

Vetrivel alias Velu (Vijay) is a car racer who lives with his large family in Chennai. His father, Singamuthu (Manivannan), had gone to Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh to work at a colliery and never returned, prompting Velu and his family to think that he is dead. Velu comes to know that a Malaysia-based don named Koccha (Suman) owed his father a huge sum of money. Velu and his friend Ops (Vivek) travel to Malaysia as Kuruvi, the trade jargon for low-level contraband carriers. They come to Malaysia at a time when internal rivalry and problems are surfacing in Koccha's family. Koccha's younger sister Radhadevi alias Devi (Trisha) has refused to marry Soori (Pawan), the brother of Konda Reddy (Ashish Vidyarthi), Koccha's Kadapa-based business associate. Irritated and preoccupied, neither Koccha nor his henchmen want to devote any time or attention to resolve Velu's problem. Velu is ill-treated and thrown out of Koccha's place without any help rendered. Determined to return to India only after his father's issue is solved to his satisfaction, Velu conceals himself in Koccha's palace-like residence. He soon finds out about a large diamond owned by Koccha and steals it, feeling that it would pay off his father's debt, and returns to India with Ops. Devi also follows Velu to India, having fallen in love with him, when he saves her from falling from a tall building during New Year's Eve.

Knowing that Velu has stolen his diamond, Koccha and his gang visit Velu's house and threaten his family with dire consequences unless Velu returns the diamond. After confronting Koccha, Velu comes to know that his father isn't dead, but is being held as bonded labour along with many innocent people at Kadapa. Singamuthu had discovered diamonds at the colliery, but refused to allow Koccha and Konda Reddy to illegally mine the diamonds for their own benefit. He had been held prisoner in Kadapa since.

Velu immediately leaves for Kadapa, where he encounters Koccha again. He throws him onto a moving train, paralysing him. He soon discovers a slave camp run by Koccha and Konda Reddy (Ashish Vidyarthi) at the colliery, where a womanising rowdy named Kadapa Raja (G. V. Sudhakar Naidu) is torturing the inmates, including Singamuthu. He single-handedly takes on Konda Reddy, Kadapa Raja and their henchmen, killing them all. He drags Konda Reddy's dead body to Koccha's mansion. Koccha, who now uses a wheelchair, recovers on seeing the dead body of his associate and attempts to shoot Velu. He is arrested at that moment by a special task force led by Raj (Nassar). Singamuthu and the others who were imprisoned in the slave camp are finally freed and reunited with their families. Finally, Velu unites with Devi.

Cast

·         Vijay as Velu / Vetrivel (Kuruvi)

·         Trisha as Devi / Radhadevi

·         Vivek as Ops, (Velu's Friend)

·         Suman as Kocha, (Kadappa Diamond Kuvari Illegal Business Owner, Enemy role, Devi's Brother)

·         Ashish Vidyarthi as Konda Reddy, (Kocha's Diamond quarry Illegal Business Partner, Enemy role)

·         Manivannan as Singamuthu, (Kocha's Diamond quarry Workers, Velu father's)

·         Saranya Ponvannan as (Kocha's wife & Devi's sister-in-law)

·         T. K. Kala as Parvathi (Velu's mother)

·         Nivetha Thomas as Velu's sister^[11]

·         Ilavarasu as Elango, Velu's uncle (Diamond quarry Workers)

·         Sujatha Sivakumar as (Singamuthu Second Wife, Velu's aunt)

·         S. N. Lakshmi as (Singamuthu Mother, Velu's grandmother)

·         Chitti Babu as (Koccha's assistant P/A)

·         Aarthi as (Lady Constable)

·         Suresh Krishna as Raman

·         Raghavendra Lawrence as Rajesh

·         Pawan as Soori, (Konda Reddy's brother, Enemy role)

·         G. V. Sudhakar Naidu as Kadappa Raja (Diamond quarry Workers Head Supervisor's, Enemy role)

·         Narsing Yadav as Inspector

·         G. M. Kumar as Abdul Razak aka Bhai

·         Irfan Zaini as Devi's brother

·         Lollu Sabha Jeeva as Bujjibabu

·         Kalpana Shree as Vetrivel's sister

·         Birla Bose as Hotel Manager

·         Chaplin Balu as Slave

·         Cell Murugan

·         Vimal as Slave (uncredited)

·         Vidharth as Slave (uncredited)

·         Nassar as Raj, the director general of the police encounter squad targeting business mafia (cameo)

·         Subbaraju as Rival Racer (cameo)

·         Malavika in a cameo appearance in the song "Dandaana Darna"