Ghilli

This article is about the 2004 Tamil film. For the 2009 Kannada film, see Gilli (film).
Not to be confused with Gillie.

Ghilli
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDharani
Screenplay byDharani
Dialogues by
Story byGunasekhar
Based onOkkadu
by Gunasekhar[1]
Produced byA. M. Rathnam
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music byVidyasagar
Production
company
Sri Surya Movies
Release date
  • 17 April 2004 (2004-04-17)
Running time
158 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹8 crore[3][4]
Box office₹50 crore (initial run)[5][6]
₹26.5–50 crore (re-release)[b]

Ghilli (/ɡɪllɪ/ transl. Gutsy) is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language sports action film[9] directed by Dharani and produced by A. M. Rathnam. It is a remake of the Telugu film Okkadu (2003), written and directed by Gunasekhar, with few changes made to the story. The film stars Vijay in the lead role, alongside Trisha, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi, Dhamu, Mayilsamy, Janaki Sabesh, Nancy Jennifer, Nagendra Prasad, Ponnambalam and Pandu. The film is about a Kabaddi player, who goes to Madurai to participate in an exhibition match, but instead rescues a woman from a gang leader, who wants to marry her.

The soundtrack album and score were composed by Vidyasagar, while cinematography was handled by Gopinath and editing by V. T. Vijayan and B. Lenin. The dialogues for the film were written by Bharathan. The film was released on 16 April 2004 to positive reviews from critics. The film ran for more than 200 days at the box office and emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2004. Ghilli is considered to be one of the best films in Vijay's career, starting his acting trend from romance to action.[10][5]

A re-mastered version in 4K was re-released worldwide in theatres on 20 April 2024 and received huge response among the audience.[11] It has grossed around ₹26.5–50 crore during its re-release, becoming the highest grossing re-release in Indian cinema overtaking Titanic.[12][4] This record was later broken by Hindi film Tumbbad in September 2024.[c]

  1. ^ "Okkadu is a melody, Ghilli is a 'kuthu' song, says director Dharani". OTTPlay. Archived from the original on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Ghilli". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Chennai box-office report (July 23 – 25, 2004)". Sify. 29 July 2004. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Ghilli re-release collects 50 crore worldwide with total collection 100 crore in 30 days run". Thanthi TV (in Tamil). 28 April 2024. Archived from the original on 23 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b Saraswathi, S (23 June 2014). "The Top 7 Vijay Movies". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  6. ^ "15 years of 'Ghilli': Why Vijay's action thriller still remains 'chellam' for fans". The News Minute. 20 April 2019. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Highest Grossing Re-Releases In India Since 2000: Sohum Shah's Tumbbad surpasses Thalapathy Vijay's Ghilli to claim top spot". PINKVILLA. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  8. ^ "'Ghilli' completes 25 days: Vijay's 20-year-old film shatters records for a re-release". The Times of India. 15 May 2024. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Ghilli re-release update: Vijay-Trisha Krishnan's sports action film clocks 20 years". Hindustan Times. 3 April 2024. Archived from the original on 3 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Ghilli – Birthday special: Five best commercial films of 'Thalapathy' Vijay". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  11. ^ "'Ghilli' box office collection: Vijay and Trisha starrer crosses Rs 15 crore worldwide". The Times of India. 23 April 2024. Archived from the original on 23 April 2024. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
  12. ^ "'Ghilli' re-release collects 30 crore worldwide and dethrones Titanic in re-release in its second week". The Times of India. 4 May 2024. Archived from the original on 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Tumbbad Beats Thalapathy Vijay's Ghilli To Become Highest-Grossing Re-Release In India Since 2000". Times Now. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  14. ^ "Tumbbad box office: Sohum Shah starrer becomes the highest-grossing re-release in India since 2000, surpassing Thalapathy Vijay's Ghilli". Firstpost. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.


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