Dhill

Dhill
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDharani
Screenplay byDharani
Dialogues by
Story byDharani
Produced byT. Ajaykumar
StarringVikram
Laila
Ashish Vidyarthi
Narrated byP. Ravi Shankar (climax)
CinematographyS. Gopinath
Edited byB. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music byVidyasagar
Production
company
Lakshmi Productions
Distributed byOmm Divya LTD Siddhanta Mahapatra
Release date
  • 13 July 2001 (2001-07-13)
Running time
158 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Dhill (transl. Guts/Courage) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by Dharani. The film stars Vikram in the lead role, alongside Laila, Ashish Vidyarthi, Nassar and Vivek in supporting roles. The music was composed by Vidyasagar, while cinematography and editing were handled by S. Gopinath and B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan.

Dhill was released on 13 July 2001. It received positive reviews and became a commercial success. The film was remade in Telugu as Sreeram (2002), Hindi as Dum (2003), Kannada as Sye (2005), Indian Bengali as Shotrur Mokabila (2002) and in BangladeshI Bengali as Arman (2002). Dhill was the first film to credit Vikram with the title Chiyaan.