Bigil (2019)
October 17, 2019Release Date
Bigil (2019)
October 17, 2019Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Vijay
Michael 'Bigil' Rayappan / Rayappan / Playback Singer
Nayanthara
Angel Aasirvatham
Jackie Shroff
J. K. Sharma
Kathir
Kathir
Vivek
Nessi
Daniel Balaji
Daniel
Anandaraj
Anand
Yogi Babu
Donald
I. M. Vijayan
Alex
Arjan Bajwa
Samar
Indhuja Ravichandran
Vembu
Amritha Aiyer
Thendral
Reba Monica John
Anitha
Varsha Bollamma
Gayathri
Gayathri Reddy
Maari
Indraja Shankar
Pandiyamma
Aadhirai Soundarajan
Minnoli
Shobana Selvam
Shobana
Vinaya Seshan
Thamarai
Listin Stephen
Producer
Riddhi Ramesh
Selvi
Devadarshini
Elizabeth
Rohini
Anitha's Mother
G. Gnanasambandam
Aasirvatham
Dinesh Nair Mumbai
CastingDirector
Rama
Mrs. Aasirvatham
Boxer Dheena
Michael's Friend
Manobala
Angel's Professor
Soundara Raja
Guna
Vijay Vishwa
John
Prajuna Sarah
Mary
T.M. Karthik
Sharma's Assistant
George Mariyan
Pastor
Anish Kuruvilla
Delhi police inspector
Sahithya Jagannathan
Commentator
Atlee
Special Appearance in 'Singappenney' Song / Director / Story / Screenplay / Dialogue
A.R. Rahman
Special Appearance in 'Singappenney' Song / Original Music Composer / Playback Singer
Arun Venugopal
Commentator
Raman Vijayan
Commentator
RJ Ananthi
Commentator
Aathma Patrick
Michael's friend
Nithyaraj
Michael's friend
TSR
Michael's friend
Gana Balachandar
Self
Poovaiyar
Self
Gopi Prasannaa
Publicist
Ramana Girivasan
Screenplay / Dialogue
Antony L. Ruben
Editor
Kalpathi S Suresh
Producer
Kalpathi S Ganesh
Producer
Vivek
Lyricist
Archana Kalpathi
Creative Producer
Kalpathi S Aghoram
Producer
T. Muthuraj
Art Direction
G. K. Vishnu
Director of Photography
Tapas Nayak
Sound Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 17, 2019
Original Nameபிகில்
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 57m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Bigil (transl. Whistle) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language sports action drama film directed by Atlee and produced by AGS Entertainment. The film stars Vijay in the main dual lead role as father and son, alongside an ensemble cast of Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff, Vivek, Kathir, Daniel Balaji, Anandaraj, Yogi Babu, I. M. Vijayan, Arjan Bajwa, Indhuja Ravichandran, Reba Monica John, Amritha Aiyer, and Varsha Bollamma. It is the third and final collaboration of Vijay with Atlee after Theri (2016) and Mersal (2017). The film follows Michael "Bigil" Rayappan, a former footballer-turned-gangster, who ends up as coach of a women's football team.
The film was officially announced in November 2018 under the tentative title Thalapathy 63, as it is Vijay's 63rd film and the official title was announced in June 2019. Principal photography commenced in January 2019. It was predominantly shot in Chennai, with a minor schedule in Delhi, and wrapped by mid-August. The film has music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography handled by G. K. Vishnu and editing by Ruben.
Bigil was released on 25 October 2019, coinciding with the occasion of Diwali, where it received mixed to fairly positive reviews from critics. The film emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2019 and the second highest grossing South Indian film of 2019 after Saaho, collecting around ₹285–300 crore upon its release, it further became one of the highest-grossing Tamil films and Vijay's highest-grossing film in his career at that time until it was surpassed by Varisu and Leo (both 2023). The film completed its 100-day theatrical run on 1 February 2020, and also won two awards each at the Zee Cine Awards Tamil, Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, three Edison Awards and a SIIMA Award.