Virudhagiri

Virudhagiri is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Vijayakanth, making his directorial debut, besides playing the title character as well. This was also his final film in his cinematic career before his full-fledged career into politics. The film, co-starring Madhuri Itagi, Arun Pandian and Mansoor Ali Khan among others, released on 10 December 2010. It was later dubbed in Hindi as Inspector Dabangg. It is a remake of the English language French film Taken.

Although this movie is supposed to occur in Albania and Australia, it was actually shot in Malaysia.

Plot
Virudhagiri (Vijayakanth), a sincere police officer endeavors in safeguarding the societal peace. Gaining international recognition for accomplishing a security task in foreign countries, he returns to Chennai handling a serious case of transgenders being scourged to death for organ racketing. On an unexpected turn, when his niece Priya (Madhuri Itagi) was undertaking a trip to Australia, she gets kidnapped by a group of strangers. Using his high-skilled intelligence activities, Virudhagiri flies down to the foreign land of Albania for the rescue.

Cast

 * Vijayakanth as Virudhagiri IPS
 * Arun Pandian as Franklin Williams, Australian police officer
 * Madhuri Itagi as Priya
 * K. C. Shankar as Mike Anderson
 * Mansoor Ali Khan as Police inspector
 * Shanmugarajan
 * Santhana Bharathi as Police commissioner
 * Chaams as Saamy
 * Russell Geoffrey Banks as Chief police
 * Peeli Sivam as Virudhagiri's father
 * Kalairani as Virudhagiri's mother
 * Uma as Priya's mother
 * Aman Deep Singh
 * Meesai Rajendranath

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Sundar C. Babu.

Reception
Rediff wrote "It might not be a great movie, or even a good one, but Virudhagiri was made for only one purpose: To be a political vehicle for Vijaykanth. And it serves that purpose admirably". Behindwoods wrote "The motive of Vijayakanth is very clear. He has used Virudhagiri as a communication vehicle to convey his thoughts at the same time satisfying the entertainment quotient to the audience. If you go with an unbiased notion, the film may appeal to you. For the hard core Vijaykanth fans, Virudhagiri is a treat!". Indian Express wrote " Vijayakant has bounced back with a vengeance. With the script racy and fast paced, and going full throttle on an unabashed image-boosting exercise, he has projected himself in the most flattering way possible. It should be an ideal treat for the Captain fans!".