Directed by Majith · Music by Deva · 2002
Rural action entertainer. Vijay plays a village hero. Good commercial run.
This was Vijay's film 31 of 69 as a lead actor — counted from his debut Naalaiya Theerpu (1992) — released in 2002 during the 2000s.
Priyanka Chopra made her acting debut in this film — before her Bollywood and Hollywood career.
Composer D. Imman made his debut with Thamizhan's soundtrack.
Vijay played a young lawyer fighting the system — an early hint of the socially conscious roles that would define his later career.
Thamizhan (2002) was a well-received chapter in Vijay's steadily rising career, part of the remarkable consistency that defined his run through the 2000s and built the enormous fan base that would later power his political movement.