Sandakozhi

Sandakozhi
Directed by	N. Linguswamy
Produced by	Vikram Krishna
Written by	S. Ramakrishnan (Dialogues)
Screenplay by	N. Linguswamy
Story by	N. Linguswamy
Starring	Vishal Meera Jasmine Rajkiran Lal Suman Setty Ganja Karuppu
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography	Nirav Shah Jeeva
Edited by	G. Sasikumar
Production company	G K Film Corporation
Release date	16 December 2005 (2005-12-16)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹100 million (equivalent to ₹240 million or US$3.5 million in 2016)
Box office	₹300 million (equivalent to ₹710 million or US$11 million in 2016)

Sandakozhi
Soundtrack album by Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released	25 November 2005 (India)
Recorded	2005
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	New Music
Producer	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Kanda Naal Mudhal (2005) Sandakozhi (2005) Kalvanin Kadhali (2005)

Sandakozhi (English: Battle rooster) is a 2005 Indian Tamil action film written and directed by N. Linguswamy and produced by Vikram Krishna under the banner of G K Film Corporation. The film stars Vishal, Meera Jasmine, Rajkiran and Lal in lead roles, whilst Suman Setty, Raja, Shanmugarajan and Ganja Karuppu essay supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film released on 16 December 2005 to rave reviews and has become one of the huge hits in 2005, running for more than 200 days in theatres. The film was remade in Kannada as Vayuputra. It was also remade in Odia as Ganja Ladhei. It was declared a blockbuster at the box office and cult film for action film genre especially south indian cinemas.

Balu (Vishal Krishna) visits his friend Karthik’s (Raja) home in Chidambaram after completion of engineering. Balu meets Hema (Meera Jasmine), Karthik's sister, and they develops an affection which transforms into love. Kasi (Lal) is the local gangster in Chidambaram and the entire town fears for him. Balu on his way back to his place, sees Kasi chasing a man with a sickle. When Kasi was about to kill the man he was chasing, Balu interferes and stops Kasi. An angered Kasi immediately tries to attack Balu and to save himself, Balu retaliates by hitting Kasi. Only then, Balu comes to know that the person he hit is none other than Kasi. To everyone’s surprise, Balu smashes Kasi in front of everyone and then leaves.

Kasi is furious and wants to take revenge on Balu. Kasi’s men trap Karthik’s father and get to know about Balu’s native place. Kasi sets goons to kill Balu, but Kasi gets shocked when he knows that Balu’s father is Durai (Rajkiran), who is a powerful man in Madurai and it will be very difficult to attack them. Kasi leaves to Madurai and waits for the right moment to kill Balu and his family.