Irudhi Suttru
2016 film by Sudha Kongara
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| March 6 2024 | At the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, the film received multiple honors including Best Director for Sudha Kongara, Best Actor for R. Madhavan, Best Film (Special Prize), and Best Actress (Special Prize) for Ritika Singh. |
| 2017 | Sudha Kongara remade the film in Telugu language as 'Guru' with several original cast members. |
| June 30 2017 | At the South Indian International Movie Awards, the film won Best Film, R. Madhavan won Best Actor (Critics), and Ritika Singh won Best Debut Actress. |
| June 17 2017 | At the Filmfare Awards South, Sudha Kongara won Best Director, R. Madhavan won Best Actor, and Ritika Singh won Best Actress for Irudhi Suttru. |
| March 28 2017 | At the IIFA Utsavam, the film won multiple awards including Best Film for S. Sashikanth, Best Actor for R. Madhavan, and Best Actress for Ritika Singh. |
| January 6 2017 | At the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards, Ritika Singh won Best Actress, Santhosh Narayanan won Best Music Director, and Dinesh Kumar won Best Dance Choreographer for Irudhi Suttru. |
| 2016 | Sudha Kongara directed the original Tamil film Irudhi Suttru, which gained significant success. |
| 2016 | Film was selected for the Indian Panorama section at the 47th International Film Festival of India. |
| October 2016 | Irudhi Suttru was screened at the 29th Tokyo International Film Festival. |
| March 28 2016 | Ritika Singh won a Special Mention (Feature Film) at the National Film Awards for her performance in Irudhi Suttru. |
| January 2016 | Marketing campaign began with the film team traveling to Madurai and Coimbatore for promotions, and launching the Tamil soundtrack in Chennai. |
| January 29 2016 | Both Tamil and Hindi versions of the film were released simultaneously. |
| January 4 2016 | The Tamil version of the film's music album was released at an event held at Sathyam Cinemas in Chennai. |
| January 2 2016 | The Hindi version of the film's music album was released. |
| 2015 | Post-production works continued throughout the year, with multiple potential release dates postponed. |
| 2015 | Madhavan re-grew his long beard and the team shot for an additional ten days to complete patchwork and dubbing. |
| 2015 | Post-production work continued throughout the year, with Rajkumar Hirani requesting re-shoots of certain portions. |
| December 17 2015 | Tamil version of the film's trailer was released, differently edited from the Hindi version. |
| December 15 2015 | Trailer of the Hindi version of Irudhi Suttru was released. |
| November 2015 | UTV Motion Pictures announced their involvement in the film's production and distribution in late November. |
| December 2014 | Madhavan removed his beard after initial filming was completed. |
| December 2014 | Teaser for the Tamil version of Irudhi Suttru was released alongside Prabhu Solomon's Kayal film. |
| December 2014 | Film shooting completed within fifty days. |
| November 2014 | Filming was completed after forty-two days of shooting, with scenes shot in Chennai, Dharamshala, and Ooty. |
| October 2014 | Film production reached sixty percent completion, with most scenes shot in areas surrounding Chennai. |
| August 8 2014 | A small official launch event was held, marking the formal commencement of the film's production. |
| July 14 2014 | Official production of the film began, with the team starting their shooting schedule. |
| June 2014 | The film's Hindi title was finalized after previously being called Zara and Laal. |
| June 2014 | The film's Hindi title was finalized, with the team beginning production and signing professional boxers Ritika Singh and Mumtaz Sorcar as female leads. |
| May 2014 | YNOT Studios and Thirukumaran Entertainment agreed to jointly produce the film, with Santhosh Narayanan signed on to compose the music. |
| May 2014 | The film was officially announced by producer Sashikanth. |
| 2013 | Madhavan underwent an intense body conditioning regime in Los Angeles, growing a thick beard and long hair to prepare for his role as a retired boxer. |
| 2013 | Pre-production work for the film began. |
| September 2011 | Kongara approached R. Madhavan to portray the lead role in the film, which helped improve the project's financial viability. |
| 2010 | Sudha Kongara began writing a sports drama film on boxing after reading an editorial about North Chennai's boxing culture, initiating the development of Irudhi Suttru. |
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