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Revisiting Dhool: A nostalgic look-back at the Chiyaan Vikram blockbuster with unknown trivia and rare pictures

Team CE

Updated:3rd Jan, 2021 at 5:33 PM

After the success of their 2001 collaboration Dhill, Dharani and Vikram announced in February 2002 that they were to come together again for a project titled Dhool.

Actually, Dhool's script was written for Vijay by Dharani.

Vikram was signed up after Vijay refused the offer.

Jyotika shared screenspace with Vikram for the first time in the film.

The film's song, 'Aasai Aasai', was partially shot in Denmark.

Initially, plans were made to shoot the film's action sequences in London, but, the team later opted against doing so, citing budget concerns.

A huge set of a temple, a church, some houses and a shopping area, was erected at The Indian Express office premises for the film

The film's music was composed by Vidyasagar.

The 'Madurai Veeran' song, which played over an action sequence, became a trend-setter, and subsequently inspired several such scenes in Tamil cinema, till the latest Darbar.

The tunes of 'Ithanundu Muthathile' and 'Koduva Meesa' were used for two songs of Naaga, another Telugu film that Vidyasagar composed the music for.

Upon release in January 2003, the film was financially successful, despite opening alongside other prominent ventures such as the Kamal Haasan-Madhavan starrer Anbe Sivam and Vijay's Vaseegara.

The film, which was made by AM Ratnam at a budget of 7 crores (equivalent to 25 crores now), made 30 crores at the BO (equivalent to nearly 95 crores now).

Dhool was Reemma Sen's third film in Tamil after the 2001 Minnale and the 2002 Bhagavathi.

Dhool was Pasupathi's breakout film as the villain.

Telangana Shakuntala played the iconic character of Sornakka, which also influenced several such female villains in Tamil cinema.

Vikram's comedy track in the film involving Paravai Muniyamma and Mayilsamy, became a part of the pop-culture of the early 2000s.

Dhool was dubbed and released in Malayalam under the same title.

Dhool was remade and released in Telugu in October 2003 by Ravi Raja Pinnisetty as Veede, with Ravi Teja and Arthi Agarwal taking up the lead roles, while Reemma Sen retained her role

The Sinhala remake of the film released in Sri Lanka in 2014 starred Ranjan Ramanayake as Ranja. A sequel titled Ranja 2 was shot and released as well.

A Bengali remake titled Ghatak and a Punjabi remake titled The Lion of Punjab, starring Diljit Dosanjh, has been made.

A Bengali remake titled Ghatak and a Punjabi remake titled The Lion of Punjab, starring Diljit Dosanjh, has been made.

Here a few more rare pictures from the film...