Winner (film)

Winner
Directed by	Sundar C
Produced by	Suthan S. Ramachandran
Written by	Boopathy Pandian (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Sundar C
Story by	Sundar C
Starring	Prashanth Kiran Vadivelu Vijayakumar M. N. Nambiar Riyaz Khan
Music by	Yuvan Shankar Raja
Cinematography	Prasad Murella
Edited by	P. Sai Suresh
Production company	Mother India Movies International
Release date	27 September 2003
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Winner is a 2003 Indian Tamil language action comedy film written and directed by Sundar C. The film stars Prashanth and Kiran in lead roles, while Vadivelu, Vijayakumar, M. N. Nambiar and Riyaz Khan among others play other supporting roles. The film, which has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and camera work handled by Prasad Murella, released on 27 September 2003 and became a blockbuster hit at the box office.

Sakthi (Prashanth) is studying in a college in the city and he gets into quarrels every other day. Not able to withstand the threats from hooligans, Sakthi’s mother (Jayamurali) and father (Vijayakumar) packs him up to their village where Sakthi’s grandfather Velayutham (M. N. Nambiar) & grandmother Sivagami (M. N. Rajam) are cultivating Paddy. In that village an innocent and comical servant Kaipulla (Vadivelu) is constantly challenged by Sakthi’s relative Kattadurai (Riyaz Khan). Sakthi visits his grandparents and decides to stay there. A marriage of their relative is planned and the whole family from all over Tamil Nadu assembles. Neelaveni (Kiran) who accompanies her relatives falls in love with Sakthi. Kattadurai is supposed to marry Neelaveni. Many events follow. Kattadurai often clashes with Sakthi and gets beaten up. Amidst the wedding preparation a group of former enemies (Raj Kapoor, Anuradha) along with Neelaveni’s father (Prathap Singh) kidnap Neelaveni. Sakthi goes after them. After a huge tussle whether Sakthi brings back Neelaveni, Whether they unite or not is the rest of the story.