Winner is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Sundar C. The film stars Prashanth and Kiran Rathod, while Vadivelu, Vijayakumar, M. N. Nambiar and Riyaz Khan played other important supporting roles. The film, which has music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and camera work handled by Prasad Murella, released on 27 September 2003 and became a commercial hit. This film is best known for Vadivelu's comedy. Plot Sakthi is studying Engineering in a college in Chennai, and he gets into quarrels every other day. Not able to withstand the threats from hooligans, his billionaire parents send him to his mother's village in Pollachi where his maternal grandfather Velayutham and grandmother Sivagami reside. Though his grandparents are rich and respected farmers, Sakthi has not met them due to a small dispute between his father and grandfather. In the village, an innocent third cousin of Shakthi, Kaipulla, lives with the old couple with hopes of becoming their heir. He has a small gang and roams around the village with his mates. Kaipulla is constantly challenged by Sakthi's distant relative body-builder Kattadurai, who is also a rich landlord. Sakthi visits his grandparents and decides to stay there for a month. A marriage of their relative is planned, and the whole family from all over Tamil Nadu assembles. Neelaveni, who accompanies her relatives, falls in love with Sakthi. Kattadurai is supposed to marry Neelaveni. Many events follow. Kattadurai often clashes with Sakthi and gets beaten up. Amidst the wedding preparation, a group of former enemies including Vaira Kannan and Neelavani's aunt, along with Neelaveni's father, kidnap Neelaveni. After a huge tussle, Sakthi brings back Neelaveni. Cast Prashanth as Sakthi Kiran Rathod as Neelaveni Vadivelu as Kaipulla M. N. Nambiar as Velayutham Vijayakumar as Sathyamoorthy, Sakthi's father M. N. Rajam as Sivagami Riyaz Khan as Kattadurai Raj Kapoor as Vaira Kannan Jaya Murali as Dhanalakshmi, Sakthi's mother Prathap Singh as Santhanapandi, Neelaveni's father Vimalraj as Vaira Kannan's brother Anuradha as Neelaveni's aunt Santhana Bharathi as Neelaveni's uncle Crane Manohar as Kaipulla's sidekick Bonda Mani as Kaipulla's sidekick Muthukaalai as Kaipulla's sidekick Junior Balaiah as Kattadurai's uncle Vichu Viswanath as Kattadurai's cousin Singamuthu as Thief Halwa Vasu as Train Station Master Bharathi as Neelaveni's friend Thalapathy Dinesh as Neelaveni's bodyguard Vatsala Rajagopal as Neelaveni's grandmother Shanmugasundari as Neelaveni's grandmother Nirosha as Neelaveni's cousin Nellai Siva as Astrologer Kottai Perumal Chelladurai Soori