Rogue) is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language action 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.

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.

They threaten builders and landowners into giving them protection money or property through force, extortion, or murder.

Mohammed Maideen Khan takes charge as the new Police Commissioner of Chennai and starts cracking down on crime.

Body Soda, a bogus kung fu master, lives above Shruthi's house and frequently, albeit comically and unsuccessfully, tries to convince her to marry him.

However, in her drugged state, Maideen's daughter reveals that her father had placed an undercover police officer as a mole in Ali Bhai's gang.

When Satyamoorthy actually turns up, everyone, especially Shruthi and Govindan, is shocked to see that he is none other than Tamizh (now revealing his true identity as an IPS officer).

After Shanmugavel's and Saravana's funerals, Satyamoorthy forces Govindan to call Ali Bhai to find out his location, which is Binny Mills.

In the end, Satyamoorthy thrashes and kills Ali Bhai by slashing his throat with a broken glass window.

After this, he also shoots Govindan dead and says the following words: Oru vaati mudivu paniten naa yen pecha naane kekamaten (transl.

[7] Being a childhood friend of Mahesh Babu from his Madras days, Vijay watched the Telugu Pokiri (2006) and felt that it would also work well in Tamil.

[11] Vijay's father, S. A. Chandrasekhar, conducted a special puja at the Sri Arunachaleswarar Temple in Tiruvannamalai.

[13] The first day of shoot for the film was held at the new Pillayar Kovil at AVM studios, with various dignitaries gracing the occasion.

[15][16] The film was released on 12 January 2007 at the festival of Pongal weekend, alongside Ajith's Aalwar and Vishal's Thaamirabharani.

And if it manages to hold interest to a point, it's mainly due to the Vijay-factor and it's [sic] racy narrative style.

[37] Some of the quotes from the film that became popular were: "Vada Poche",[40] "Plan Panni Pannanum" spoken by Vadivelu[41] and Vijay's dialogue "Oru Vaati Mudivu Panta, Yen Pecha Naane Kekka Maaten" (transl.

Once I have made a decision, I won't listen to my own voice) became popular and was repeated multiple times in his 2022 film Beast.

[42] One of Vadivelu's dialogue "Vada Poche" inspired a comedy show in Sun Music with same name.

[48] Pokkiri was also parodied in the Star Vijay comedy series Lollu Sabha, in an episode named Bakery.