Poojai

Poojai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHari
Written byHari
Produced byVishal
Starring
CinematographyPriyan
Edited by
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Distributed byVendhar Movies[1]
Release date
  • 22 October 2014 (2014-10-22)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budgetest. 25 crore
Box officeest. 45 crore

Poojai (transl.Prayer) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by Hari and produced by Vishal. The film stars Vishal, alongside Shruti Haasan, Sathyaraj, Radhika Sarathkumar, Mukesh Tiwari, Awadesh Mishra and Soori.[2] Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the music, while cinematography and editing were handled by Priyan and V. T. Vijayan.[3]

Principal photography began on 18 April 2014.

Poojai was released on 22 October 2014, on the occasion of Diwali, to mixed reviews from critics and became a box office success. The film was remade in Kannada as Anjani Putra with Puneeth Rajkumar and Rashmika Mandanna reprising the roles of Vishal and Shruti Haasan respectively.[4][5]

  1. ^ "'Poojai' sold to Vendhar movies for a big sum". IndiaGlitz. 4 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Vishal & Hari are together again". Sify. 9 February 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Vishal will continue at Jilla's spot". Behindwoods. 1 May 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  4. ^ Seshagiri, Sangeetha (28 July 2014). "Vikram vs Vijay vs Vishal: 'Ai' to Clash with 'Kaththi' and 'Poojai' during Diwali?". International Business Times. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Telugu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).