Winner is a 2003 Indian

Cinema of India

The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...

 Tamil film

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

, written and directed by Sundar C

Sundar C

Sundar C. is a Tamil film director and actor. He has directed 24 films in Kollywood and debuted his acting career in 2006 with the film Thalai Nagaram. His most notable films include Ullathai Allitha, Arunachalam and Anbe Sivam and other notable films include Mettukudi, Winner, Naam Iruvar...

, that stars Prashanth, Kiran

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...

 and Vadivelu

Vadivelu

Vadivelu , often referred to as Vadivel, is a Tamil film actor,comedian and playback singer. Since 2000, he has acted as a comedian in various Tamil films. During his career, Vadivelu has won several Filmfare Awards and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards...

 in lead roles, while Vijayakumar, M. N. Nambiar

M. N. Nambiar

M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...

, Rajkapoor, Prathap Singh, Riyaz Khan

Riyaz Khan

Riyaz Khan is a Malayalam actor who has acted in several Malayalam and Telugu films. He debuted in the Malayalam film Sugham Sughakaram directed by Balachandra Menon. Later he went on to act in Tamil and Telugu films. After many years, he came back to the Malayalam film industry acting in Balettan...

 among others play other supporting roles. The film, scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

 and filmed by M. Prasath, released on 27 September 2003 and Super Hit at box office. The film is well known for its comedy parts, featuring the character of "Kaipullai", performed by comedian Vadivelu

Vadivelu

Vadivelu , often referred to as Vadivel, is a Tamil film actor,comedian and playback singer. Since 2000, he has acted as a comedian in various Tamil films. During his career, Vadivelu has won several Filmfare Awards and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards...

.

Cast

• Prashanth as Sakthi
• Kiran
  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...
  
  as Neelaveni
• Vadivelu
  Vadivelu
  Vadivelu , often referred to as Vadivel, is a Tamil film actor,comedian and playback singer. Since 2000, he has acted as a comedian in various Tamil films. During his career, Vadivelu has won several Filmfare Awards and Tamil Nadu State Film Awards...
  
  as Kaipulla
• Vijayakumar as Shakthi's father
• M. N. Nambiar
  M. N. Nambiar
  M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...
  
  as Velayutham
• M. N. Rajam as Sivagami
• Rajkapoor
• Prathap Singh as Neelaveni's father
• Riyaz Khan
  Riyaz Khan
  Riyaz Khan is a Malayalam actor who has acted in several Malayalam and Telugu films. He debuted in the Malayalam film Sugham Sughakaram directed by Balachandra Menon. Later he went on to act in Tamil and Telugu films. After many years, he came back to the Malayalam film industry acting in Balettan...
  
  as Kattathurai
• Vimalraj
• 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...
  
  
• Nirosha
• Anuradha

Crew

• Story, Screenplay, Direction: Sundar C.
• Productor: Suthan S. Ramachandran
• Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
  Yuvan Shankar Raja
  Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...
  
  
• Cinematography: Prasad Murella
• Editing: P. Sai Suresh
• Dialogues: G. Boopathy Pandian
• Art direction: Naghu R. K.
• Stunts: 'Thalapathi' Dinesh
• Stills: 'Stills' J. Raja
• Choreography: Chinni Prakash, Brindha & Prabhu Srinivas
• Costumes: S. Rajendran & K. Anandh
• Lyrics: Pa. Vijay & Viveka
• Make-up: P. Mariappan, P.S. Chandran & Pujji Babu (Prashanth)
• Associate Directors: K. Balan, K. Senthil Arumugam, Prithvi Rajkumar
• Assistant Directors: K. Stephen, G.P. Suresh Kumar, K. Muthukumar
• Sound Design: A.L. Thukkaram & J. Maheswaran
• Sound Effects: Murugesh

Soundtrack

After Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga is a 1999 Indian Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Sundar C., starring Karthik and Rambha in lead and the likes of Goundamani, Vivek, Vinu Chakravarthy, Anju among others in supporting roles. The film, scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and filmed by U. K...

(1998) and Rishi

Rishi

Rishi denotes the composers of Vedic hymns. However, according to post-Vedic tradition, the rishi is a "seer" to whom the Vedas were "originally revealed" through states of higher consciousness. The rishis were prominent when Vedic Hinduism took shape, as far back as some three thousand years...

(2000), Sundar C. and Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja

Yuvan Shankar Raja is an Indian film score and soundtrack composer, singer and occasional lyricist. He has predominantly scored music for Tamil as well as several Telugu films. His musical career began in 1996, at age 16, as he composed the film score for Aravindhan...

 worked together for the third time for the music composition of this film. The soundtrack, released on 17 March 2003, features 6 tracks with lyrics penned by Pa. Vijay and Viveka.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Duration	Notes
1	"Eye Um Eye Um"	Devan	4:23
2	"Endhan Uyir Thozhiyae"	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...	4:38
3	"Mathapoo"	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... , Premji Amaran, Sri Ranjani	3:59
4	"Mudhal Murai"	Srinivas Srinivas (singer) Srinivas 'Srini' is an award winning playback singer who has sung over 2000 songs in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada and Hindi. He is also a music composer.-Early life:... , Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer Mahalakshmi Iyer is an Indian playback singer, best known for her Hindi and Tamil songs. She has sung over a thousand songs in many Indian languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada and Malayalam.-Career:Mahalakshmi made her singing debut with Dus,...	5:10
5	"Engirundhai"	Harish Raghavendra Harish Raghavendra Harish Raghavendra is an Indian vocalist and actor from Chennai, India. His real name is Harish Ram Srinivas & son to a photographer P.V Raghavendran...	4:06
6	"Kozhi Kokkarra"	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... , Prashanthini	4:25