Directed by S.J. Suryah · Music by Vidyasagar · 2001
Friendship-love blockbuster. Sunny entertainer with chartbuster songs.
This was Vijay's film 28 of 69 as a lead actor — counted from his debut Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) — released in 2001 during the 2000s.
Vijay and Suriya shared the screen as best friends — a remake of Siddique's own Malayalam hit Friends.
Ilaiyaraaja composed the soundtrack for this Pongal 2001 hit.
Friends (2001) stands among the commercial high points of Vijay's 69-film journey as a lead actor — a film that resonated deeply with audiences and reinforced his stature as one of Tamil cinema's most bankable stars of the 2000s. Every blockbuster in this filmography was another step on the road that ultimately led from cinema halls to the Chief Minister's chair.