Kuruvi | |
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Directed by | Dharani |
Screenplay by | Dharani |
Dialogues by | |
Story by | Dharani |
Produced by | Udhayanidhi Stalin |
Starring | Vijay Trisha Suman |
Cinematography | S. Gopinath |
Edited by | V. T. Vijayan |
Music by | Vidyasagar |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Red Giant Movies |
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Running time | 170 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | ₹18 crore[1] |
Box office | ₹40 crore[a] |
Kuruvi (transl. Sparrow)[b] is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Dharani. It is produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin under Red Giant Movies. The film stars Vijay in the lead role alongside Trisha, Suman, Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi and Manivannan.
Kuruvi released on 3 May 2008. It received mixed reviews from critics, but overall was a commercial success and completed a 150-day theatrical run.[5][6] It also marked Nivetha Thomas's Tamil debut as a child artist.
The film collected ₹31 crore domestically and $1,018,120 or ₹9 crore and was successful at both the domestic and overseas box offices.[2][3][7] It was one of the highest grossing Tamil films of 2008 in the United Kingdom alone, collecting £263,919 or ₹3 crore.[8] In 2021, The film was re-released in Kerala.[9] The American media cited Vijay's Kuruvi as Indian Birdman.[10]
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