Thamizhan

Thamizhan
poster
Directed by	Majith
Produced by	G. Venkateswaran
Written by	Majith (dialogue)
Screenplay by	S. A. Chandrasekhar
Story by	Majith
Starring	Vijay Priyanka Chopra Nassar Revathi Vivek
Music by	D. Imman
Cinematography	N. K. Ekambaram
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Production company	G. V. Films
Release date	April 12, 2002
Running time	162 mins
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹115 million (US$1.7 million)

Thamizhan (English: Tamilian) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language political drama film directed by debutant Majith and produced by G. Venkateswaran. The film stars Vijay in the lead role with Priyanka Chopra, making her debut as a lead actress.Revathi, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Vivek also play pivotal roles in the film, while the film's score and soundtrack were composed by D. Imman. The film was released in April 2002 and it was declared as hit at the box office. The movie was later dubbed in Telegu as Dammunte Kasko and Hindi as Gundaraaj 2.

Surya (Vijay) is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya (Priyanka Chopra). His brother-in-law Shakthivel (Nassar), also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister Jaya (Revathi) also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals, but Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights .

In 2001, producer G. Venkateswaran signed on Thirupathisamy to direct Vijay in an action film titled Velan. The film, a remake of the director's Telugu film Azad, saw Priyanka Chopra, winner of the beauty pageant Miss World 2000, being brought in by Venkateswaren to make her debut and play the lead female role. However, before production began, Thirupathisamy died in an accident and Venkateswaren duly decided to give debutant Majith a chance to direct a film with the same cast.

Gouthami Tadimalla was initially selected to play Vijay's sister in the film, but was later replaced by Revathi.Vivek was signed on to film comedy scenes for a sum of 15 lakh rupees. A new technical team of music director 17-year-old Imman, who had scored for serials earlier, and cinematographer Ekambaram, who had apprenticed with Jeeva, were also selected. Furthermore, the sets were designed by Sabu Cyril, dance choreography was by Raju Sundaram, and stunts were arranged by Super Subbarayan.