10 Endradhukulle (Eng: Before I Count to Ten) is a 2015 Indian Tamil-language action movie written and directed by Vijay Milton. Produced by AR Murugadoss and Fox Star Studios, the film features Vikram and Samantha in the lead roles.It was released on 21 October 2015 to mixed reviews.
A driving instructor (Vikram), who refers to himself by various names such as “James Bond”, “Mani Ratnam”, and “Sunil Gavaskar”, but who never reveals his actual name, is assigned by a local criminal, Doss (Pasupathy), to deliver a woman named Shakeela (Samantha Ruth Prabhu) to Pooran Singh (Abhimanyu Singh) in Mussoorie. Shakeela is an orphan who has failed her driving test 14 times. The driving instructor is constantly irritated by Shakeela’s antics during the journey to Mussoorie, but soon falls in love with her. But when Shakeela got kidnapped and sends to Hyderabad, A random Telugu lady (Charmy Kaur) flirts with Vikram. At Mussoorie, he learns from Pooran Singh that Shakeela is to be delivered to Daksha Bhai (Rahul Dev), an upper-caste landlord from an Uttarakhand village. He delivers Shakeela to Daksha Bhai and is invited to stay at his ancestral mansion for a festival.
During the stay, he finds out why Shakeela has been delivered to Daksha Bhai: Shakeela is the doppelgänger of Daksha Bhai’s sister Gadgi Moi (Samantha Ruth Prabhu), a cruel and merciless upper-caste leader who has been sentenced to death for orchestrating a massacre against the lower-caste people. Daksha Bhai plans to send Shakeela to jail in the place of Gadgi, who has been released on parole to perform the last rites of her dead mother. The plan backfires as Shakeela escapes from the police. In the chaos that ensues, Gadgi breaks her cover and kidnaps Shakeela, planning to kill her in a moving train. The driving instructor manages to rescue Shakeela and kill Gadgi Moi. Daksha Bhai, distraught at Gadgi’s death, commits suicide by jumping off the train with her body.
Directed by Vijay Milton
Produced by AR Murugadoss
Written by Vijay Milton
Starring Vikram, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Pasupathy, Rahul Dev, Abhimanyu Singh
Music by D. Imman (soundtrack), Anoop Seelin (score)
Cinematography Bhaskaran K.M
Edited by Sreekar Prasad
Production AR Murugadoss Productions
Distributed by Fox Star Studios
Release dates 21 October 2015
Running time 144 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil