Dhill ( English

English language

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: Guts/Courage) (2001

2001 in film

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) is a Tamil

Tamil language

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 film

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 directed by Dharani

Dharani (director)

Dharani is an Indian film director, who primarily directs action-masala films. He is best known for directing the blockbuster films Dhill, Dhool and Ghilli.-Career:...

. The film stars Vikram, Laila Mehdin

Laila Mehdin

Laila Mehdin is an Indian actress. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed and award-winning performances in the Bala-directed films Nandha and Pithamagan.-Career:She made her debut in the Telugu film...

, Nassar

Nassar

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 and 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...

 in critical roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar (music director)

Vidyasagar is an Award-Winning Indian film music director and music composer in the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industry. He is very popular in South Indian music industry and best known for his soulful melodies. His fast numbers to many films have earned him much fame too. He has...

. The film was a super hit in 2001.

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

• Chiyaan Vikram as Kanakavel
• Laila Mehdin
  Laila Mehdin
  Laila Mehdin is an Indian actress. She has acted in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi language films. She is probably best known for her critically acclaimed and award-winning performances in the Bala-directed films Nandha and Pithamagan.-Career:She made her debut in the Telugu film...
  
   as Asha
• Ashish Vidyarthi
  Ashish Vidyarthi
  Ashish Vidyarthi is an Indian actor who worked predominantly in Hindi films and lately in South Indian films. He has won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for film Drohkaal in 1995....
  
   as DSP Shankar
• Nasser as Police Academy Chief
• Vivek
  Vivek
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   as Megaserial Mahadevan
• Deepa Venkat
  Deepa Venkat
  Deepa Venkat is a Tamil film and television actress and dubbing artist. She has played leading roles in over 70 television serials and a few Tamil movies. She had dubbed for Anushka Shetty in the critically acclaimed Deiva Thirumagal and more recently for Richa Gangopadhyay in Mayakkam Enna....
  
   as Kanakavel's Sister
• Chaaruhasan as Minister
• FEFSI Vijayan as Aadhi
• Pandu as Constable
• Mayilsamy as Kanakavel's Friend
• Vaiyaapuri as Kanakavel's Friend

Soundtrack

Music : Vidyasagar

Vidyasagar (music director)

Vidyasagar is an Award-Winning Indian film music director and music composer in the Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu and Hindi film industry. He is very popular in South Indian music industry and best known for his soulful melodies. His fast numbers to many films have earned him much fame too. He has...

Song Title	Singers
Dhill Dhill	Timmy , Sriram Parthasarathy Sriram Parthasarathy Sriram Parthasarathy is an award-winning Tamil playback singer singing predominantly in Tamil. He is also an accomplished Carnatic Classical singer and a talented Veena player who is well versed with complete classical knowledge...
Kannukulle	Manicka Vinayagam
Machan Meesai	Pushpa Sriram
Oh Nanbane	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... , K. S. Chitra, Tippu Tippu Tippu or Tipu can refer to:* Tippu Sultan, Indian ruler* Tippu , a South Indian film playback singer* Tipu, a Mayan archaeological site... , Anand
Un Samayal Arayil	Unni Krishnan, 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...

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

Dum (2003 Hindi film)

Dum is a Bollywood action film directed by E.Nivas and produced by Ali and Karim Morani. The film stars Vivek Oberoi, Diya Mirza, Govind Namdeo and Atul Kulkarni in lead roles. Sushant Singh, Mukesh Rishi and Sheeba have important supporting roles. The film's music was penned by Sandeep Chowta,...

", a Hindi movie which was released in 2003, starring Vivek Oberoi

Vivek Oberoi

Vivek Oberoi is an Indian actor. He is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi and Yashodhara Oberoi.- Early life :Vivek attended Mayo college in Ajmer. At an actors' workshop in London he was spotted by the director of New York University who took Vivek off to New York, where he completed his...

 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.

External links

• Dhil Video Songs