Udhaya

Udhaya
Directed by	Azhagam Perumal
Produced by	Pyramid Natarajan
Written by	Sujatha (Dialogue)
Screenplay by	Azhagam Perumal
Story by	Azhagam Perumal
Starring	Vijay Simran Nassar Vivek
Music by	A. R. Rahman (Songs) Pravin Mani (Background Score)
Cinematography	Priyan
Edited by	Raja Mohammed
Production company	Pyramid Entertainment
Release date	14 April 2004
Running time	133 minutes
Language	Tamil

Udhaya is a 2004 Tamil drama-thriller film directed by Azhagam Perumal. The film featured Vijay and Simran in the lead roles, while Vivek, Nassar and Rajesh play other supporting roles.

Udhayakumaran aka Udhaya(Vijay) is a college student who is doing research on atomic physics. Soon he is selected to study at Cambridge University due to the papers he has submitted on his research. However, he declines and his teacher gives him the job of another teacher who is on leave. There he meets a student named Vasanthi (Simran) and soon they fall in love. But later on, he comes to know that she is engaged to be married. As he can't see his lover married off to someone else, he moves to Chennai and finds a job as a reporter at a magazine with the help of Basheer (Vivek). However, later, Basheer accidentally gets killed in a bomb blast. Udhaya unknowingly gets to know a group of unsavory characters who introduce him to their boss Dhananjay Veeran(Nassar) who poses as a person fighting for the people. They all promise to help him in his goals. Dhananjay asks Udhaya for a weapon to help break the granite rocks to save labor. Udhaya gives him a bomb that he had discovered during his research. However Dhananjay had other plans and uses it to cause a train to explode thereby killing many people. They frame him up. That night Udhaya is arrested by the police (Thalaivasal Vijay) and is accused of the bomb blast for which he was not responsible. Udhaya tries to fight his way out but in vain. him that his boss is not helping at all. While they are returning, the police jeep gets stuck in mud. So Udhaya, finding an opportunity, then cuts his handcuffs using one of the guns left behind by the police. He then sees Dhananjay and Niranjan discussing a plot to bomb a school bus and realizes that Dhananjay is behind all this. He goes to the spot where one bus catches fire and Udhaya saves the children. Dhananjay arrives and seeing Udhaya, he attempts to shoot him, but Udhaya stops him. Udhaya beats him up and throws him into the burning bus. The police arrest Udhaya despite the children's protests to not arrest him. He is taken to court where he is proven to not be guilty and is released. The film ends with Udhaya embracing Vasanthi.