Virudhagiri is a 2010 Indian Tamil

Tamil cinema

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 action film

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 written and directed by Vijayakanth, making his directorial debut, besides playing the titular character as well. The film, co-starring Madhuri Idaki, Arun Pandian

Arun Pandian

Arun Pandian is an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician. He began his career as an actor with the critically acclaimed film Oomai Vizhigal . After retiring from acting, he took over the post as a chief producer for the London-based, Ayngaran International, a film production and...

 and Mansoor Ali Khan

Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)

Mansoor Ali Khan is a South Indian actor who is prominent in Tamil films. He usually plays comedic villains- villains with unusual characteristics making them funnily evil. His first film was Rajathi Thedi starring Karthik - as a pickpocket-cum-rowdy who harasses the heroine. From then on he has...

 among others, released on 10 December 2010. The film is a remake of the French/English movie Taken

Taken (film)

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. The film had a lukewarm reception by critics.

Cast

• Vijayakanth as Virudhagiri
• Arun Pandian
  Arun Pandian
  Arun Pandian is an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician. He began his career as an actor with the critically acclaimed film Oomai Vizhigal . After retiring from acting, he took over the post as a chief producer for the London-based, Ayngaran International, a film production and...
  
   as Franklin
• Madhuri Idaki as Priya
• Mansoor Ali Khan
  Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)
  Mansoor Ali Khan is a South Indian actor who is prominent in Tamil films. He usually plays comedic villains- villains with unusual characteristics making them funnily evil. His first film was Rajathi Thedi starring Karthik - as a pickpocket-cum-rowdy who harasses the heroine. From then on he has...
  
  
• Shanmugarajan
• Peeli Sivam
• K. C. Shankar
• Aman Deep Singh
• Kalai Rani
• Uma Padmanabhan
  Uma Padmanabhan
  Uma Padmanabhan is a Tamil socialite, television and movie actress and T. V. anchor.- Career :Uma Padmanabhan had her early education in Chennai and had graduated in commerce from S. I. E. T, Nandanam. When SUN TV was founded in 1993, she applied for the job of a compere in the channel...
  
  
• Meenakshi Dixit
• Santhana Bharathi
  Santhana Bharathi
  Santhana Bharathi is a popular Tamil language film celebrity in Kollywood, the Tamil film industry in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. He has directed several films such as Guna and the National Film Award winner, Mahanadhi...
  
  
• Sams