His father was Rayappan ( Vijay), a don who had a feud with a rival don named Alex, who was Daniel's father. Seven years earlier, Michael was an aspiring footballer and contributed to victories for the Tamil Nadu football team along with Kathir. The story then shifts to Michael's past as a football player. To allow the women's football team to take part in the upcoming National Championship in Delhi, Kathir requests to the Tamil Nadu Football Federation to replace him with his former teammate named "Bigil", who is none other than Michael. Kathir suffers spinal injuries during the attack, due to which he is paralysed for a year. One night, Daniel attacks Michael and his close friend Kathir ( Kathir), who is the coach of the Tamil Nadu women's football team. He has a running feud with a rival don named Daniel ( Daniel Balaji). He has a romantic relationship with Angel Aasirvatham ( Nayanthara), a physiotherapist who comically refuses to marry any groom at the last minute due to their love and every time Angel refuses an arranged marriage, her father gets beaten up by the church reverend. Michael Rayappan ( Vijay) is a crime boss from Chennai who works for the welfare of people in his slum.
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Business Today reported the film grossed ₹300 crore at the box office. The film registered 35,000 footfalls in France highest for a Tamil film all-time in France. It collected US$1.46 million at the U.S box office. īigil surpassed the box office collections of Rajnikanth's Endhiran and Petta and emerged as the fifth-highest grossing south Indian film of all-time. It was the first Tamil film to be released in Egypt and Jordan. The film completed its 100-day theatrical run on 1 February 2020, and also won two awards each at the Zee Cine Awards Tamil and Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards. Bigil emerged as the highest-grossing Tamil film of 2019, collecting ₹285–300 crore, upon its release, and Vijay's highest-grossing film in his career. The film received mixed reviews upon release, with Vijay's performance and direction praised, but criticism was aimed at the fault in delivering social message, casual screenplay, weak and formulaic first half and excessive length. It was dubbed and released simultaneously in Kannada in same name and in Telugu under the title Whistle. Made on a budget of ₹180 crore, Bigil released theatrically in India on 25 October 2019, coinciding with the occasion of Diwali festival. Rahman, with cinematography handled by G. The film's title Bigil, was announced on 22 June 2019, along with the first look poster. Principal photography for this film commenced on 21 January 2019, at Chennai and ended on 10 August. This film marked the third collaboration of Vijay and Atlee, after Theri and Mersal. The film was officially announced on 14 November 2018, under its working title Thalapathy 63. Michael faces challenges when his team does not cooperate with him due to his violent background and also finds himself hunted by some rivals who want revenge. The film follows Michael, a mobster and a former footballer who decides to coach a women's football team when their coach gets attacked. The film stars Vijay in dual lead roles as Michael, a mobster and former footballer and Rayappan, a gangster and Michael's father, alongside Nayanthara, Jackie Shroff, Vivek and Kathir in other prominent roles. Aghoram under the banner AGS Entertainment. Whistle) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language sports action film written and directed by Atlee and produced by Kalpathi S.