Thirumalai is a Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film which released on 24 October 2003 and was directed by Ramana. This film has Joseph Vijay

Joseph Vijay

Vijay is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who is based in the cinema of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his debut in a lead role in the 1992 film...

 in the main lead, with Jyothika. Lawrence Raghavendra

Lawrence Raghavendra

Raghav Murugaiyan is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his first few appearances in supporting actor roles, he got his breakthrough with Style and then Muni...

 and Kiran Rathod

Kiran Rathod

Kiran Rathod is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in Hindi and Tamil films.-Early life:Rathod was born on 11 January 1981 in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh into a Rajput family. She is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai...

 make special appearances in the film.

Plot

Thirumalai (Vijay), a mechanic, falls in love with Sweta (Jyothika) and after some persistent wooing, she reciprocates his feelings. Sweta's father (Ashwin), the owner of a television channel, seeks the help of Arasu (Manoj K. Jayan), a bad guy, to break up the romance. This rest of the story is about how Thirumalai successfully join hands with Sweta. This movie was later remade in Telugu as Gowri.

Cast

• Joseph Vijay
  Joseph Vijay
  Vijay is an Indian film actor and playback singer, who is based in the cinema of Tamil Nadu. He is the son of film producer and director S. A. Chandrasekhar. After performing uncredited roles as a child actor in films produced by his father, he made his debut in a lead role in the 1992 film...
  
   as Thirumalai
• Jyothika Saravanan
  Jyothika Saravanan
  Jyothika Sadanah-Saravanan is a former Indian film actress who predominantly appeared in Tamil films. She also acted in a few Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi films. She gained critical acclaim for her performances in Kushi, Perazhagan, Chandramukhi and Mozhi, winning one Filmfare and three...
  
   as Swetha
• Vivek
  Vivek (actor)
  Vivekananthan is an Indian film actor and comedian. He has won four Filmfare Best Comedian Awards for his performances in Run, Saamy, Perazhagan and Sivaji, respectively. In April 2009, Vivek received the Padma Shri award by the Government of India for his contribution to the arts. He was...
  
  
• Raghuvaran
  Raghuvaran
  Raghuvaran was an Indian actor who predominantly acted in movies made in South India. He became famous for his portrayal of villain and character roles in Tamil films. He has acted in more than 150 Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi films...
  
   as Artist
• kausalya
  Kausalya (actress)
  Kausalya , also known as Nandini, is an Indian film actress and model, who has starred mainly in Tamil and Malayalam films. She was purusing a modelling career, before she debuted in the 1996 Malayalam film April 16 by Balachandra Menon...
  
   as Raghuvaran's wife
• Manoj K. Jayan
  Manoj K. Jayan
  Manoj K. Jayan is an Indian actor who mainly acts in Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu films. Manoj has won the Kerala State Film Award twice: Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Hariharan's Sargam and Second Best Actor for Hariharan's Pazhassi Raja .-Family and early life:He was born in...
  
   as Arasu

Crew

• Written and directed by: Ramana
• Produced by: Pushpa Kandaswamy
• Music: Vidyasagar
• Director of photography: R. Rathnavelv
• Editor: Suresh Urs
• Art direction: K.Kathir

Reception

This movie had a good opening and was declared a superhit for Vijay. The movie had a successful 125 days run in screens of Tamil Nadu. It was the second film of that year for Kavithalaya productions which ran for 100+ days after Saamy

Saamy

Saamy is a 2003 Tamil film directed by Hari starring Vikram and Trisha. The film's music was composed by Harris Jayaraj. This film was a blockbuster of the year and was a musical hit too...

 which had Vikram

Vikram

Vikram may refer to:*Vikram , a male name in the Hindu community*Vikramāditya, a legendary king of India**Vikram, a character in Baital Pachisi, identified with Vikramāditya...

 in the lead.

Music

Music is composed by Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar may refer to:People*Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, the Bengali scholar *Acharya Vidyasagar, the prominent Digambar Jain Acharya *Vidyasagar , the South Indian music directorOther...

. "Thaamthakka Dheemthakka" choreography was praised by everyone.

Song	Singers	Picturization
Thaamthakka Dheemthakka	Tippu Tippu (singer) Tippu is a South Indian playback singer who has performed in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages. Tippu's original name, as told by him in Koffee with Anu, is Ekambaresh. He is married to playback singers Harini. Tippu did his schooling at St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School... , Karthik Karthik (singer) Karthik is an Indian playback singer.Karthik started his professional singing career as a backing vocalist and has since been a playback singer in Tamil cinema while also single in other Indian languages for various composers...	Joseph Vijay, Lawrence Raghavendra Lawrence Raghavendra Raghav Murugaiyan is an Indian choreographer who has also appeared in films as an actor, director, composer and playback singer. After making his first few appearances in supporting actor roles, he got his breakthrough with Style and then Muni...
Vaadiyamma Jakkamma	Udit Narayan Udit Narayan -Career:King of melody, Udit Narayan Jha was born on 1 December, 1955 in a village called Bhardaha in the Saptari district , Nepal. His father was Hare Krishna Jha and his mother was Bhuwaneshwari Devi.Narayan studied at P.B...	Vijay, Kiran Rathod Kiran Rathod Kiran Rathod is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in Hindi and Tamil films.-Early life:Rathod was born on 11 January 1981 in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh into a Rajput family. She is a graduate of Mithibai College in Mumbai...
Neeyaa Pesyadhu	Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan Shankar Mahadevan is an Indian music composer and singer. He is a part of the Shankar Ehsaan Loy trio team that composes for Indian films and a playback singer.-Early life:...	Vijay, Jyothika
Azhagooril Poothvale	S. P. Balasubramaniam, Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan Sujatha Mohan , usually credited as Sujatha, is an award-winning Indian playback singer who is popular for singing in Malayalam and Tamil movies. She has also sung for Telugu, Kannada and Hindi movies. She is widely popular for her evergreen melodies and her sweet voice is considered to be her...	Vijay, Jyothika
Dhimsu Katta	Tippu Tippu (singer) Tippu is a South Indian playback singer who has performed in Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu languages. Tippu's original name, as told by him in Koffee with Anu, is Ekambaresh. He is married to playback singers Harini. Tippu did his schooling at St. John's Matriculation Higher Secondary School... , Srilekha Parthasarathy Srilekha Parthasarathy Srilekha Parthasarathy is a Tamil singer who is commonly referred to by her first name Srilekha...	Vijay, Jyothika