Jigarthanda (movie)

Jigarthanda () is a 2014 Indian Tamil language action crime comedy movie. It was written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj. The movie is produced by Kathiresan's Group. It stars Siddharth, Bobby Simha, Lakshmi Menon, Karunakaran and Guru Somasundaram. It was the first Tamil cimema movie for cinematographer Gavemic U Ary. Santhosh Narayanan wrote the songs and background music.
Sypnopsis.
An aspiring director tries his best to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research a gangster fail miserably. He discovers a mole in the gang and things go out of control for him.
Awards.
The movie won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor for Bobby Simha and Best Editing for Vivek Harshan.
Remakes.
The movie was dubbed into Telugu as "Chikkadu Dorakadu" in 2016. The movie was reported to be inspired by the 2006 South Korean movie "A Dirty Carnival". It was remade in Kannada with the same title (2016). The Telugu version is "Gaddalakonda Ganesh" (2019) and the Hindi version is "Bachhan Paandey" (2022).