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1.Chandramukhi(2005)

166 minAction, Comedy, Fantasy

Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge

Director:P. Vasu Stars:Rajinikanth, Jyotika, Prabhu, Nayanthara

Votes:4,568

1st in 2005
'All Time Blockbuster'
Nett 65Cr (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)
** 1st 50Cr Movie in Tamil**
SSRK's first 50 crore movie

2.Anniyan(2005)

Not Rated181 minAction, Drama, Thriller

Ramanujam, who suffers from multiple personality disorder, works as a lawyer by day and a vigilante at night. He uses tips from the 'Garuda Purana' as his tools to expose various antisocial elements.

Director:S. Shankar Stars:Vikram, Sada, Prakash Raj, Vivek

Votes:12,287

2nd in 2005
'Super Hit'
Nett 56 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)
**2nd 50C grossed Tamil movie**
Vikram's 1st 50 C movie

3.Ghajini(2005)

Not Rated175 minAction, Drama, Mystery

Sanjay Ramaswamy, who is suffering from short-term memory loss, sets out on a quest to find the people who were responsible for his ladylove Kalpana's murder.

Director:A.R. Murugadoss Stars:Suriya, Asin, Nayanthara, Pradeep Singh Rawat

Votes:11,178

3rd in 2005
'Super Hit'
Nett 38 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

4.Varalaaru(2006)

Not Rated166 minAction, Drama, Musical

Relationships become entangled in an emotional web.

Director:K.S. Ravikumar Stars:Ajith Kumar, Asin, Kaniha, Vijayan

Votes:2,284

1st in 2006
'Blockbuster'
Nett 35 Crore (World Wide Tamil)

5.Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu(2006)

Not Rated174 minAction, Crime, Thriller

A Police Officer investigates a series of brutal rapes and murders, with the culprits seeming to cover more than one country.

Director:Goutham Vasudev Menon Stars:Kamal Haasan, Jyotika, Prakash Raj, Daniel Balaji

Votes:5,875

2nd in 2006
'Super Hit'
30 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

6.Thimiru(2006)

155 minAction

A young medical student is plagued by local toughs and must fight to see justice done.

Director:Tarun Gopi Stars:Vishal, Reema Sen, Vadivelu, Shreya Reddy

Votes:255

3rd in 2006
'Hit'
16 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

7.Sivaji(2007)

Not Rated188 minAction, Drama, Thriller

A software engineer comes to India to serve the nation and invest in nation's welfare. A few corrupt officials and politicians try to stop him but he overcomes all obstacles.

Director:S. Shankar Stars:Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran, Suman, Vivek

Votes:15,940

1st in 2007
'All Time Blockbuster'
Nett 115 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)
1st 100C & 3rd 50C Movie in Tamil
SSRK's 1st 100C & 2nd 50C movie

8.Billa(2007)

Not Rated130 minAction, Thriller

A cop chases international gangster Billa and happens to be the only one to see him die. He places Velu, Billa's lookalike, inside the gang to get information. But Velu is framed for killing the cop.

Director:Vishnuvardhan Stars:Ajith Kumar, Nayanthara, Rahman, Namitha

Votes:5,914

2nd in 2007
'Blockbuster'
Nett 35 Crore (World Wide Tamil)

9.Pokkiri(2007)

Not Rated161 minAction, Crime, Thriller

Thamizh is a killer for hire with no ties and who will do any dirty job for money. He has a girlfriend who loves him but also detests his violent nature. But is Thamizh really what he purports to be?

Director:Prabhu Deva Stars:Joseph Vijay, Asin, Prakash Raj, Vadivelu

Votes:7,633

3rd in 2007
'Blockbuster'
Nett 35 Crore (World Wide Tamil)

10.Dasavatharam(2008)

Not Rated189 minAction, Adventure, Sci-Fi

After realizing the danger of a bio-weapon, a scientist wants to protect it from being misused. The vial accidentally reaches India, and he must race against time to prevent a potential disaster.

Director:K.S. Ravikumar Stars:Kamal Haasan, Asin, Jaya Prada, Mallika Sherawat

Votes:8,008

1st in 2008
'Blockbuster'
Nett 95 Crore
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11.Vaaranam Aayiram(2008)

Not Rated169 minDrama, Musical, Romance

A father and son help each other through growing up, romance, tragedy, and adventure.

Director:Goutham Vasudev Menon Stars:Suriya, Simran, Ramya, Sameera Reddy

Votes:7,528

2nd in 2008
'Hit'
Nett 28 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

12.Yaaradi Nee Mohini(2008)

Not Rated174 minDrama, Romance

He makes several bids to obtain employment but all goes in vain due to his poor language skills and inadequate educational qualifications. All his friends settle in life, but he continues ... See full summary »

Director:Mithran Jawahar Stars:Dhanush, Nayanthara, Karthik Kumar, Saranya Mohan

Votes:1,496

3rd in 2008
'Super Hit'
Nett 20 Crore (World Wide Tamil)

13.Ayan(2009)

162 minAction

A young man's smuggling lifestyle takes a serious turn, when a fierce rival tries to eliminate him from the business.

Director:K.V. Anand Stars:Suriya, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prabhu, Jagan

Votes:7,308

1st in 2009
'Blockbuster'
Nett 60 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)
Suriya's 1st 50C movie

14.Aadhavan(2009)

Not Rated159 minAction

Aadhavan, a sharpshooter, is hired by Dr Reddy to kill magistrate Subramaniam, who is set to uncover a list of culprits involved in an organ racket.

Director:K.S. Ravikumar Stars:Suriya, Nayanthara, Vadivelu, Saroja Devi B.

Votes:2,407

2nd in 2009
'Hit'
Nett 45 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

15.Unnaipol Oruvan(2009)

Not Rated106 minCrime, Drama, Mystery

A retiring police officer remembers a thrilling case of his life which is not recorded in any case files.

Director:Chakri Toleti Stars:Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Venkatesh Daggubati, Lakshmi

Votes:4,750

3rd in 2009
'Hit'
Nett 35 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

16.Enthiran(2010)

Not Rated174 minAction, Sci-Fi

A brilliant scientist builds a humanoid robot to protect mankind, but things go awry when human emotions are programmed and inner turmoil causes the robot to act against him.

Director:S. Shankar Stars:Rajinikanth, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Danny Denzongpa, Santhanam

Votes:23,346Gross:$4.37M

1st in 2010
'All Time Blockbuster'
Net 265 Crore (World Wide Tamil, Telugu + Hindi)
* 1st 200 Cr, 2nd 100 Cr & 6th 50Cr Movie in Tamil
SSRK's 1st 200Cr & 2nd 100C and 3rd 50C movie

17.Singam(2010)

Not Rated160 minAction, Thriller

Honest police officer Durai Singam locks horns with big-time extortionist Mayil Vaaganam.

Director:Hari Stars:Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj, Vivek

Votes:4,725

2nd in 2010
'Blockbuster'
Net 65 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

18.Paiyaa(2010)

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Not Rated152 minAction, Drama, Romance

The journey of two strangers-a jobless carefree man,and a woman with whom he has fallen in love. Upon the woman's request, he drives her to Mumbai, while a group of gangsters follow them, planning to kidnap the woman.

Director:N. Linguswamy Stars:Karthi, Tamannaah Bhatia, Milind Soman, Jagan

Votes:2,209

3rd in 2010
'Blockbustet'
Net 35 Crore

19.7 Aum Arivu(2011)

Not Rated168 minAction, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A genetic engineering student tries to bring back the skills of a legend of the past and use his skills to save India from a deadly virus attack by China.

Director:A.R. Murugadoss Stars:Suriya, Shruti Haasan, Johnny Nguyen, Abhinaya

Votes:9,018

1st in 2011
'Semi Hit / Hit'
Nett 80 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)
** No Tax Exemption in TN (Politics)

20.Mankatha(2011)

155 minAction, Crime, Thriller

A ruthless cop has to win a game to save an amount of 500 crore from a corrupt politician and a local gang

Director:Venkat Prabhu Stars:Ajith Kumar, Arjun Sarja, Trisha Krishnan, Premgi Amaren

Votes:11,804

2nd in 2011
'Blockbuster'
Nett 60 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)
Ajith's 1st 50C movie
* No Tax exemption in TN because this film got U/A certificate

21.Velayudham(2011)

Not Rated186 minAction

After a villager unwittingly prevents a number of terrorist attacks in Chennai, a young journalist identifies and persuades him to take on the disguise of a superhero to fight terrorism and corruption.

Director:Mohan Raja Stars:Joseph Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, Hansika Motwani, Saranya Mohan

Votes:9,861

3rd in 2011
'Hit'
Nett 50 Crore (World Wide Tamil)
Vijay's 1st 50C movie

22.Thuppakki(2012)

Not Rated165 minAction, Thriller

An army captain is on a mission to track down and destroy a terrorist gang and deactivate the sleeper cells under its command.

Director:A.R. Murugadoss Stars:Joseph Vijay, Kajal Aggarwal, Vidyut Jammwal, Sathyan

Votes:21,602

1st in 2012
'Blockbuster'
Net 110 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)
Vijay's 1st 100C movie

23.Nanban(2012)

Not Rated188 minComedy, Drama

10 years after finishing college, two best friends and their enemy go on a search for their third friend, while finding out some truths along the way.

Director:S. Shankar Stars:Joseph Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana D'Cruz

Votes:10,604

2nd in 2012
'Average'
Net 65 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

24.Maattrraan(2012)

165 minAction, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Conjoined twins Vimalan and Akhilan involve themselves in a series of deaths involving their father's company. However, the truths that they initially uncover lead to a bigger conspiracy, one that spans across the globe.

Director:K.V. Anand Stars:Suriya, Kajal Aggarwal, Sachin Khedekar, Thara

Votes:4,499

3rd in 2012
'Average'
Net 60 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

25.Singam 2(2013)

Not Rated166 minAction, Thriller

Tough cop Durai Singam performs an undercover operation and identifies some nefarious activities in the seas around the coastal town.

Director:Hari Stars:Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani, Vivek

Votes:5,101

1st in 2013
'Super Hit - Blockbuster'
Net 110 Crore (World Wide Tamil, Telugu + Hindi)
Suriya's 1st 100C movie

26.Vishwaroopam(2013)

Not Rated148 minAction, Thriller

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When a classical dancer's suspecting wife sets an investigator behind him, a series of violent events are triggered, revealing his real identity and connection to a darker world.

Director:Kamal Haasan Stars:Pooja Kumar, Miles Anderson, Kamal Haasan, Rahul Bose

Votes:37,921

2nd in 2013
Hit
Net 95 Crore (World Wide Tamil, Telugu + Hindi)
* No Tax Exemption in TN

27.Arrambam(2013)

Not Rated157 minAction, Drama, Mystery

A mysterious man along with a young computer hacker tries to unveil a major government conspiracy which resulted in several bloody deaths.

Director:Vishnuvardhan Stars:Ajith Kumar, Arya, Nayanthara, Taapsee Pannu

Votes:8,136

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3rd in 2013
Hit - Super Hit
Nett 90 Crore (World Wide Tamil + Telugu)

28.Lingaa(2014)

Not Rated174 minAction, Drama

A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.

Director:K.S. Ravikumar Stars:Rajinikanth, Anushka Shetty, Sonakshi Sinha, Jagapathi Babu

Votes:4,555

1st in 2014
Average
Net 130C+ (World Wide Tamil +Telugu)

29.Kaththi(2014)

Not Rated166 minAction, Drama

Jeevanandham is a social activist who fights against a monstrous MNC company to restore farming. Because of destiny, Kathiresan impersonates Jeevanandham and leads the war.

Director:A.R. Murugadoss Stars:Joseph Vijay, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Tota Roy Chowdhury

Votes:15,851

2nd in 2014
Hit
Net 110C+ (World Wide Tamil)

30.Kochadaiiyaan(2014)

Not Rated124 minAnimation, Action

A saga of revenge undertaken by a son for his father's name and his kingdom.

Director:Soundarya R. Ashwin Stars:Rajinikanth, Deepika Padukone, Sarath Kumar, Jackie Shroff

Votes:4,553Gross:$0.66M

3rd in 2014
Average
Net 75C+ (World Wide Tamil , Telugu + Hindi)

31.I(2015)

Not Rated188 minAction, Drama, Thriller

A simple body builder's life took an unexpected turn when he became a model by his beloved . When five men made his life 'better from hell' then story proceeds by how a disabled man took revenge from them in a very gore ways.

Director:S. Shankar Stars:Vikram, Amy Jackson, Suresh Gopi, Upen Patel

Votes:17,629

32.Kanchana 2(2015)

Not Rated166 minComedy, Horror

A couple of revenge seeking ghosts haunts an innocent man, and the people surrounding him, to get justice for their murders.

Director:Lawrence Raghavendra Stars:Lawrence Raghavendra, Taapsee Pannu, Kovai Sarala, Nithya Menon

Votes:1,163

33.Yennai Arindhaal(2015)

Not Rated168 minAction, Thriller

Sathyadev, a sincere police officer, tries to stop an organ trafficking racket. But he is unaware that the man performing the illegal trade is the same person who killed his beloved.

Director:Goutham Vasudev Menon Stars:Ajith Kumar, Arun Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Anushka Shetty

Votes:7,381

Biriyani is a 2013 Indian Tamil languageblack comedycrime film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu.^[1][2] Produced by Studio Green, it features Karthi, Premgi Amaren, and Hansika Motwani in the lead roles alongside an ensemble cast including Nassar, Ramki, Sampath Raj, Madhumitha, Jayaprakash, Prem, and Mandy Takhar. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the score and soundtrack of Biriyani, which marks his 100th film, while Sakthi Saravanan and Praveen-Srikanth handled cinematography and editing, respectively. Filming started in November 2012, lasted for over nine months and took place primarily at Chennai, Hyderabad and Ambur. The film was released on 20 December 2013. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Dum Biryani by Goldmines Telefilms in 2016. The fim received mixed to positive reviews and was a box office success. The movie was reported to be based on the 2004 American movie Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.^[3]

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Plot[edit]

The movie starts with Sugan (Karthi) and his friend Parasuram (Premgi Amaren) being chased by cops. The flashback shows Sugan as a womanizer who has a weakness for biryani, and Parasuram, who is his childhood friend. Sugan's womaniser attitude always gets him into a fight with his girlfriend Priyanka (Hansika Motwani). Sugan and Parasuram attend a function for a branch opening of one of their offices, where they meet Varadharajan (Nassar), who is the chief guest for the ceremony. In the meantime, it is shown that a CBI officer named Riyaz Ahmed (Sampath Raj) has been deputed to track Vardharajan's illegal activities. Varadharajan gets impressed with Sugan and later decides to make him his son-in law, and this decision gets him into an argument with his other son-in-law Vijaykrishna (Ramki).

Varadharajan later hosts a cocktail party and also invites Sugan and Parasuram, where they get drunk. Sugan who has a weakness for biriyani after getting drunk, searches for a biriyani shop. There, they both get to meet Maya (Mandy Takhar), a prostitute. The very next day, they find police cars searching for Varadharajan, who is missing. Meanwhile, Sugan and Parasuram find Varadharajan's dead body in their car trunk. They are blamed for Varadharajan's death and are chased by police, which is the starting scene of the movie.

Sugan and Parasu go to their friend's house, and Parasu sends a picture of Maya to his friends. The next day, one of their friends finds Maya at Egmore Railway Station. Sugan comes there, and Maya tells the truth that she put drugs in their drinks and that a police officer is responsible. As Sugan tries to get more information, a female cop (Uma Riyaz Khan) stops Maya from telling the truth and later kills her on the train tracks. Back at home, Sugan gets a message from the female cop, which makes him realize that she is not even a police officer but an assassin. Her next victim is no one other than Varalakshmi (Madhumitha), Sugan's sister. At the temple, Sugan's friend, brother-in-law Subbu (Subbu Panchu), and Varalakshmi are in a car accident, and the female assassin captures Varalakshmi. Sugan gets a call from Vijaykrishna that he needs Varadharajan alive so that he can give Varalakshmi back to Sugan.

Sugan decides that Parasu should impersonate Varadharajan alive, since the real Varadharajan is dead. He comes there with Parasu but finds the assassin trying to kill Sugan. Vijaykrishna wants Varadharajan back, but it was not him who called Sugan. Sugan and Vijaykrishna get into a fight along with Sampath, who gets in a fight with the hit-woman. Another police officer, ACP Vikram (Prem), kills the female assassin and returns Varalakshmi safe. A few days later at Varadharajan's funeral, Sugan tells the truth about Varadharajan's death. Avinash was in love with Varadharajan's daughter for money only, but Sugan and Parasu stopped their love on the way to the new branch opening. Avinash uses his brother to get his love back by bringing Sugan and Parasu using Maya and that Maya used drugs to make Sugan and Parasu very drunk. Then, the assassin comes by killing Maya so that she does not tell the truth to Sugan. Sugan figures out that it was no one other than Vikram, Avinash's brother who had behind everything. Even Riyaz and Vijaykrishna also find out the truth. Riyaz tells Sugan to kill Vikram, Sugan fights with Vikram, and they both fall from the office into the swimming pool below. What happens to either of them is unknown.

Cast[edit]

• Karthi as Sugan, a worker at tractor company who has a weakness for biriyani
• Hansika Motwani as Priyanka Sharma, Sugan's love interest
• Premgi Amaren as Parasuram (Parasu), Sugan's best friend
• Nassar as Varadharajan, a businessman
• Ramki as Vijaykrishna, Varadharajan's son-in-law
• Sampath Raj as CBI Riyaz Ahmed, who has been sent to track Varadharajan's illegal activities
• Subbu Panchu as Subbu, Sugan's brother-in-law
• Madhumitha as Varalakshmi, Sugan's sister and the hitwoman's kidnap victim
• Jayaprakash as AC Sampath, Varadharajan's family police officer
• Prem as ACP Vikram, a police officer and the main antagonist
• Mandy Takhar as Maya, a prostitute who used drugs to make Sugan and Parasu drunk and gets killed by the hitwoman
• Nithin Sathya as Hari, Sugan's friend
• Uma Riyaz Khan as Hitwoman, an unnamed lady who worked for Vikram
• Shanmugasundaram as Kasi Vishwanathan, Sugan's father
• Vijayalakshmi as Rohini
• Tharika as Kalpana
• Rethika Srinivas as Radhika
• Badava Gopi as Gopi
• Sam Anderson as Sam, Sugan's friend
• Haanii Shivraj as Shwetha
• Ravikanth as Sugan's boss
• Leena Maria Paul as Sree Devi
• Sangeetha Gopal as Shanthi

Special appearances by

• Jai as Jai Kanth
• Aravind Akash as himself
• Ashwin Kakumanu as himself
• Mahat Raghavendra as himself
• Vaibhav Reddy as himself
• Vijay Vasanth as himself
• Sakthi Saravanan as doctor

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

Following the release of Mankatha, Venkat Prabhu was reported to be writing a script for Suriya.^[4] In December 2011, he was signed up by Studio Green, the production company owned by Suriya's cousin K. E. Gnanavelraja, while later the month the director informed that Suriya had agreed to be part of his next film,^[5] which he was planning to shoot in 3D.^[6] Further more, the media carried reports that it would be a bilingual, made simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu, and feature Telugu actor Ravi Teja, Sonam Kapoor and Taapsee Pannu in other lead roles.^[7]

In April 2012, while Venkat Prabhu was still working on the script, giving it the final touch,^[8] Suriya chose to work with director Hari on the sequel to his Singam first after completing Maattrraan,^[9][10] which prompted Venkat Prabhu to make another film for Studio Green instead with Suriya's brother Karthi in the lead.^[11] The film was named Biriyani,^[12] and the director stated that the same team of his previous four films, comprising music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematographer Sakthi Saravanan, editors Praveen K. L. and N. B. Srikanth and costume designer Vasuki Bhaskar, would work on Biriyani.^[13] The film was launched on 16 July 2012 after a small pooja,^[14] but filming did not start until November 2012, since Venkat Prabhu was reworking his script and the casting was not finished yet.^[15] He made it clear that the film planned with Suriya earlier was an 'entirely different script',^[16] and that he would work on that project later,^[17] while revealing that Biriyani's script was initially intended for actor Vijay.^[18]

Casting[edit]

Venkat Prabhu's brother Premgi Amaren, who had been part of all his brother's ventures, was given an 'almost parallel role' as the lead character's best friend in Biriyani.^[19] For the lead female role, the production team first approached Samantha.^[19] Bollywood actresses Parineeti Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz were also considered for the role,^[20] but in early July 2012, Bengali actress Richa Gangopadhyay was selected for the role, who said that she played 'a typical girl in it; someone who's mischievous and not-so innocent'.^[21] However, she left the project by mid-October 2012 due to 'changes in the role and script'.^[22] After Gangopadhyay's exit, Venkat Prabhu expressed interest in casting Nayantara for the role.^[23] while later the month Hansika Motwani was finalized to play the leading lady of the film.^[24] Motwani told that she played a journalist named Priyanka, while classifying the film as a 'black comedy thriller'.^[25]

Sources reported that the film had two female leads and that Neetu Chandra had been approached to play the other lead.^[26] Venkat Prabhu was also keen on casting Bollywood actress Diana Penty for the role,^[27] which finally went to British Indian model and actress in Punjabi films, Mandy Takhar,^[28] who said that she played a 'strong, modern girl', describing her character as 'sexy and sensous', that she said was 'not what I am'.^[29] Takhar, who Venkat Prabhu zeroed in after seeing her photos from her Hindi film Bumboo, added that she had allotted 20 days of shooting for the film, had to put on weight for the role and had done a pole dance in the song 'Mississippi'.^[30] Further more, sources indicated that the newly married couple Sneha and Prasanna had been roped in for the film,^[31] although Venkat Prabhu refused to comment about this.^[32] Later, in an interview to The Hindu, Prasanna stated that he played an important role in it.^[33] Ramki was recruited in November 2012 for an important role.^[34]Meena was also approached by the director to play a pivotal role, but she declined the offer.^[26] Nithin Sathya and Sampath Raj, two regulars in Venkat Prabhu's films, joined the cast in December 2012.^[35] Later additions to the cast included Prem, television actor and mimic Badava Gopi, playing the role of a cameraman,^[36] Uma Riyaz Khan,^[37] Madhumitha,^[38]Bangalore socialite Sangeetha Gopal,^[39] and Sam Anderson.^[40] Reports suggested that Canadian film critic Review Raja had done a dance number choreographed by Shobhi during his visit in Chennai.^[41]

Filming[edit]

The film's principal photography was to start in August 2012,^[15] but was delayed because of changes in the script and the cast. It was then supposed to begin by early October 2012 in Ambur,^[42] but was officially commenced on 5 November 2012,^[43] following a test shoot on 1 November.^[44] The first day of shoot involved scenes between Karthi and Premji, which was carried out on a set inside a house near the Kodambakkam railway station in Chennai.^[45] The short Chennai schedule was followed by schedules in Senji, Ambur and Pondicherry.^[46] A set of a hotel worth ₹ 1 crore was erected in Chennai,^[47] where action scenes and songs were shot for the film.^[48]Motion capture technology was used to film a fight sequence involving Karthi, Nitin Sathya, Murugadas and Panchu Subbu which was shot with a multiple camera setup at Puducherry.^[49] The unit then took a break as Karthi moved on to shoot his other film All in All Azhagu Raja simultaneously,^[50] and filming was continued on 30 March 2013 in Hyderabad.^[51] 60% of the film had been completed at that time, according to the director.^[52]

Vijay Vasanth, Vaibhav Reddy, Ashwin Kakumanu, Aravind Akash and Mahat Raghavendra, who had all been part of Venkat Prabhu's Mankatha, dropped by Hyderabad for a day to take part in the shooting.^[53] Although a 14-day schedule was planned in Hyderabad, the unit returned within three days to Chennai, after facing with opposition from the stunt union of Andhra Pradesh. The crew was allowed to shoot a fight sequence on a train, for which ₹ 40 lakh had been paid in advance, after which they returned to Chennai and resume the shoot there, where new sets had been created at the AVM studios, the Binny Mills and the Rajiv Gandhi Salai (OMR).^[54] Venkat Prabhu further said that the crew would be heading to Spain and Portugal in May to shoot two songs involving Karthi and Hansika.^[55] By mid-June, the entire talkie portion had been canned.^[56] The final song, choreographed by Kalyan, was shot in July 2013.^[57] Although the team had planned to shoot the song in a foreign country,^[58] it was eventually filmed in Meenambakkam, Chennai,^[59] where two sets had been created,^[60] with Venkat Prabhu intending to shoot the song in the style of a Broadway musical, who went on to add that 'the backgrounds in the song will keep changing throughout'.^[61]

Soundtrack[edit]

Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the soundtrack and film score for Biriyani, continuing his association with Venkat Prabhu, which will be his 100th film.^[62][63] Prabhu has stated that the soundtrack album will have 'at least 8 to 9 songs'.^[64] Besides poet Vaali and the director's father Gangai Amaren, who regularly work in Prabhu's films, Niranjan Bharathi, who penned the song 'Nee Naan' in the director's previous venture Mankatha, and Madhan Karky were brought on board to write the lyrics, the latter collaborating the first time with Yuvan Shankar Raja.^[65] After being convinced by the director, film's lead actor Karthi agreed to sing a song titled 'Mississippi' for the soundtrack, making his debut in playback singing,^[64] which was recorded in December 2012.^[66] In late July 2013, four leading contemporary music directors, G. V. Prakash Kumar, S. Thaman, Vijay Antony and D. Imman, were roped in to sing the number 'Thirumbi Vaa', which was termed as a 'motivational song' by the director.^[67] Two remixes were produced by Yuvan Shankar Raja himself, for the first time remixing his own composition, and Premgi Amaren, respectively.^[68] The audio rights of the soundtrack were acquired by Sony Music in May 2013.^[69] On 16 August, the audio tracks were leaked online causing an uproar from the team.^[70] It was later announced that, due to the leak, the planned audio launch was subsequently cancelled and that the album would be directly released to stores on 21 August 2013.^[71] But the audio launch eventually happened at an undisclosed FM station on 21 August.^[72] The audio received positive response from critics as well as audience.^{[73][74][75][76][77]}

Marketing[edit]

Although costume designer Vasuki Baskar wrote on her social media account that the first look of the film would be released on 13 November, during the Diwali festival,^[78] it was unveiled on 15 December 2012 at Yuvan Shankar Raja's concert in Malaysia.^[79] A 75-second teaser of the film was released on 25 May 2013, on the occasion of Karthi's birthday.^[80]

Release[edit]

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV. Studio Green initially finalised 6 September 2013 as the release date, to be coinciding with the 2013 Vinayagar Chaturthi festival.^[81] But the date was changed to January 2014, and later to 20 December 2013.^[82] In early August 2013, ATMUS Entertainment announced that it had acquired the US theatrical screening rights for the film. The film was given 'U/A' certificate by the Indian Censor Board. The film's producer initially went to the revision committee to get a 'U' certificate to enjoy the benefit of entertainment tax exemption, but the committee rejected the appeal and awarded the film with a 'U/A' certificate.^[83][84]

Biriyani released in 1050 screens worldwide on 20 December 2013 with tough competition from Dhoom 3 and Endrendrum Punnagai. The Telugu version of the film releasing on the same day in Andhra Pradesh.

Critical reception[edit]

Biriyani received positive reviews from critics. Among the positive reviews were from The Times of India gave 3.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, 'Venkat Prabhu definitely knows how to have a cake and eat it too. Fun is certainly the core of all his movies even when the genres are varied. That is the case with Biriyani as well. It is essentially a murder mystery but Venkat seasons it with his brand of wink wink nudge nudge filmmaking, and turns it into an engaging entertainer'.^[85] Behindwoods gave 3.25 stars out of 5 and wrote, 'Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani while adhering to the director's recipe, has humor, suspense, music, action and glamour in delectable portions resulting in a delicious product'.^[86]Rediff gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, 'Though the film takes its own sweet time to get a move on, once it gathers momentum, there is no stopping till the end, where there is an exciting climax, as well as an anticlimax, in typical Venkat Prabhu style', calling it 'a fun-filled thriller'.^[87] Indiaglitz gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote, 'Through the first half the ingredients make up a commercial pot boiler and the build up to the story is slow and steady. The last 20 minutes serves the twist in the tale, and round of applause to the director to have correlated the events of 2 hours in the final climax'.^[88] The Hindu wrote, 'Intelligent line, sensible humour, particularly at the most unexpected moments, Sakthi Saravanan's contribution with the lens, Silva's noteworthy action choreography and Karthi's energy are scoring points of this Venkat Prabhu offering. Youth should find the Biriyani quite tasty'.^[89]hindustantimes wrote, 'this Biriyani is hard to digest.'

Sify wrote, 'Biriyani is the blandest one you must have had in recent times. The larger problem here is that this film doesn't have the crackle and pop of a rom-com, a thriller or even cleverly written comic lines'.^[90]IANS gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, 'Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani despite being fairly satisfying is not excellent because it gets too starchy due to unwanted ingredients. While the use of situational comedy works to some extent but what we see in some scenes is not humorous but downright awful and the double entendres directed at women are uncalled for'.^[91]

Another reviewer from The Hindu wrote, 'It's (the) irreverent fun that makes this film different from regular thrillers. Despite some good ingredients and reasonably good cooking methods, there's something that doesn’t come together and stops this from being a delectable meal'.^[92]The New Indian Express wrote, 'Venkat Prabhu's Biriyani falls flat and struggles to make an impact with the audience with a nonsensical love story and even worse thriller plot. The director's attempt at infusing some comedy as well, fails, with crass jokes on women that are almost nauseating to watch'.^[93]

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External links[edit]

• Biriyani on IMDb