Back دغل (فیلم ۲۰۰۷) Persian Pokkiri French पोक्किरी Hindi पोक्किरी (२००७ तमिळ चित्रपट) Marathi Pokkiri NB போக்கிரி (திரைப்படம்) Tamil
| Pokkiri | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Prabhu Deva |
| Written by | V. Prabhakar (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Story by | Puri Jagannadh |
| Based on | Pokiri (Telugu) |
| Produced by | S.Sathyaramamoorthy |
| Starring | Vijay Asin Prakash Raj |
| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
| Edited by | Kola Bhaskar |
| Music by | Mani Sharma |
Production company | Kanagarathna Movies |
| Distributed by | Aascar Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹75 crore[1] |
Pokkiri (transl. Rogue) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Prabhu Deva and produced by Kanagarathna Movies. The film stars Vijay in the lead role alongside Asin, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Mukesh Tiwari, Vadivelu, Sriman, Anandaraj, Napoleon, Vincent Asokan, Subbaraju and Master Bharath. It is the Tamil remake of the 2006 Telugu film Pokiri, directed by Puri Jagannadh. In the film, a young IPS officer working under Police Commissioner Mohammed Maideen Khan IPS goes undercover as a rogue to take out the anti-socials.
The film was officially announced in July 2006, in addition to the official title. Principal photography commenced the same month. It was predominantly shot in Chennai, and wrapped by late-November. The film has music composed by Mani Sharma, cinematography handled by Nirav Shah and editing by Kola Bhaskar.
Pokkiri was released theatrically on 12 January 2007 and received positive reviews with praise for Vijay's performance, action sequences and music.[2] It became a commercial success, running for more than 200 days at the box office.[3] Six years later, it was dubbed in Hindi as Wanted Baaghi and was also dubbed in Odia as Wanted Police, as well as Malayalam under the same title as the Tamil version. Vijay's Pokkiri was re-released multiple times in Kerala.[1] A re-mastered version in 4K was re-released worldwide in theatres on 21 June 2024.[4]
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- ^ "The Top 7 Vijay Movies – Pokkiri". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
- ^ "Thalapathy Vijay's Pokkiri To Re-release In Theatres On June 21". News18. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 22 June 2024.