| Uriyadi | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Vijay Kumar |
| Written by | Vijay Kumar |
| Produced by | Vijay Kumar Nalan Kumarasamy Sameer Bharat Ram Satish Swaminathan |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by | Arvind Swamy |
| Cinematography | Paul Livingstone |
| Edited by | Abhinav Sunder Nayak |
| Music by | Score: Vijay Kumar Songs: Masala Coffee Anthony Daasan Vishal Chandrashekhar |
Production companies | Souvenir Productions Pinrom Pictures Ashok Manor Entertainment Filmorama |
| Distributed by | Pinrom Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Uriyadi (Tamil: உறியடி) (transl. Breaking point) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language political action thriller film[1][2] written, directed and produced by newcomer Vijay Kumar under the production banner Souvenir Productions with Nalan Kumarasamy, Sameer Bharat Ram and Satish Swaminathan presented and co-produced the film. The film stars Vijay Kumar, Mime Gopi, Citizen Sivakumar, Chandru Kumar, Henna Bella, Jeyakanth Velu and Suruli. Set in the 1990s, it revolves around four bachelors, whose carefree lives take a turn when they are embroiled in a political fight, but they end up finding their mutual interconnections.
Vijay Kumar wrote the script when he moved to the United States in early 2011, originally titled as Vidiyum Varai Vinmeengalaavom, however, the scripting process was delayed for more than a year, due to Kumar's decision of creating a storyboard to make production easier. After a brief work on scripting, casting and pre-production, the film began principal photography in July 2013 and ended that October. Most of the film's portions were shot in and around Chennai. It was followed by a lengthy post-production phase and censorship. Paul Livingstone, handled the cinematography for the film, while editing was by Abhinav Sunder Nayak. Besides acting and directing, Kumar also composed the film score and also worked as the sound engineer, the film features a soundtrack album composed by Masala Coffee, Anthony Daasan and Vishal Chandrashekhar.
Uriyadi was released theatrically on 27 May 2016, to highly positive critical reviews praising the screenwriting, direction, performances, action sequences and other major technical aspects of the film. Critics further praised Vijay Kumar for his realistic filmmaking and for being devoid of clichéd elements present in mainstream Tamil films. It was also lauded as one of the best political thrillers in Tamil cinema.[3][4][5] The film received a breakthrough for Vijay Kumar who received several accolades for his work in the film. A spiritual sequel titled Uriyadi 2 was released on 5 April 2019.
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It's an out-and-out action thriller.
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