Virudhagiri

Award) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Vijayakanth, making his directorial debut, besides playing the title character as well.

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.

[2] 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.

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.