Rowthiram

Rowthiram
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gokul
Produced by	R. B. Choudary
Written by	Gokul
Starring	Jiiva Shriya Saran Monica Jayaprakash Lakshmi Ramakrishnan
Music by	Songs: Prakash Nikki Background Score: Raja
Cinematography	N. Shanmugasundaram
Production company	Super Good Films
Distributed by	Telesat Media Matrix Pvt. Ltd
Release date	12 August 2011 (2011-08-12)
Running time	161 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Rowthiram (English: Fury, from Sanskrit Raudra, etymologically from Rudra) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by newcomer Gokul. Produced by R. B. Choudary, the film stars his son Jiiva and Shriya Saran in lead roles with Jayaprakash and Ganesh Acharya appearing in supporting roles.The story line of roudram is nearly equal to the movie Shiva starring nagarjuna. It released on 12 August 2011. It is dubbed into Telugu as Roudram and in Hindi as Nirbhay The Fighter. The film opened to mixed reviews because of its weak storyline. However Jeeva and Shriya received positive response from the critics and praises for their actings. After a few days after the release the ending of the film had changed according to the response to the film by the audience and it had been changed to a positive ending.

The film starts in the 1980s. A young Shiva (Jiiva) is trained in the ancient Indian martial art Kalarippayattu by his grandfather (Prakash Raj) to be bold and brave and fight against all odds, especially all that's evil. Shiva grows up with his grandfather's words as his Bhagavad Gita. However, Shiva's parents (Jayaprakash and Lakshmi) want him to lead a peaceful life. Shiva gets arrested by the police after fighting with another law student, Guna who is one of Gowri's gang. Enters Priya (Shriya), a law college student. She is the daughter of a police official (Babu Antony). She bails Shiva out and falls for him after seeing him fight for other people's good. Eventually Shiva too falls for her. Guna wants revenge as Shiva had humiliated him in front of everyone. He wants Shiva dead. Things take a turn when Shiva goes to the bus stop with his friend to pick up Ramanujam's (Sathyan (Tamil actor)) father. There, a couple of rowdies kidnap a young girl. Shiva could not stand this and fights with them. Gowri was one of the rowdies there and Shiva hits him. Gowri is infuriated and wants Shiva dead at any cost. Shiva's entire family stops talking to Shiva though he insisted that what he did was for the good. Shiva's sister gets married to Ramanujam eventually, and his brother (Srinath) marries his longtime love. These marriages happens without Shiva's knowledge and he becomes shocked and shattered. He packs up and leaves his house since he realises that his presence will only make things dangerous for his family. He takes his grandfather's photo along with him. Shiva and his sister Kavitha (Monica) the lawyer who helps Shiva to escape when he is caught by police.