Ghilli

Ghilli is the nickname for the popular state level kabbadi player Velu (Joseph Vijay). His father Sivasubramanian (Ashish Vidyarthi), an assistant police commissioner, is a martinet, who finds his son (who still has his arrears to clear before he gets his degree) incorrigible. His mother (Janaki Sabesh), on the other hand, dotes on him. His younger sister Bhuvana (`Baby' Jennifer) is the typical sharp and inquisitive schoolgirl. Velu goes to Madurai for a kabbadi match, but circumstances force him to lend a helping hand to Dhanalakshmi (Trisha) who is fleeing from the cantankerous Muthupandi (Prakash Raj), a State Minister's son, madly in love with her. From then on, it is a hectic run for the two with Muthupandi and his henchmen, who seem to be teeming all over the place, close on their heels.

Velu hides Danalakshmi in his house and manages to get her a Passport and Visa for America. But Dhanalakshmi is not willing to go to America as she had fallen in love with Velu. Velu and his friends cross many hurdles to get Dhanalaksmi to the Airport in time for the flight before their final league Kabbadi Match, only to find her back in the stadium while the match is going on. Before she came, Velu had missed her and that caused him to have a lot of trouble playing. But after seeing Dhanalakshmi, Velu plays well and wins the game. The movie ends in a gripping climax with a fight until death between Velu and Muthupandi.

The film ran for over 320 days and grossed above 30 crores worldwide and collected a distributor share of Rs 18 crores in india .^[2][3] The film ran for 150 days in Kerala and was declared a blockbuster hit.^[4][5] The overseas market was estimated at Rs 3 to 3.5 crores.^[6]

The soundtrack features 6 songs composed by Vidyasagar

Song title	Singers	Length
Kabadi	Maran, Jayamoorty	01:44
Arjunar Villu	Sukhwinder Singh	04:27
Sha La La	Sunidhi Chauhan	04:30
Appadi Podu	KK, Anuradha Sriram	05:53
Soora Thenga	Tippu	04:03
Kokkarakko	Udit Narayan, Sujatha Mohan	04:35