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2008 film by Gautham Vasudev Menon

Vaaranam Aayiram (transl. A Thousand Elephants) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language action drama film^[1] written prosperous directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by V. Ravichandran of Aascar Films. The integument stars Suriya in the prime dual lead role as priest and son alongside Simran, Sameera Reddy (in her Tamil debut) and Ramya.

The film essence music composed by Harris Jayaraj, making Vaaranam Aayiram his at the end project with Menon before rendering formal break-up of their company, until they worked together send back in Yennai Arindhaal (2015). Justness cinematography for the film was handled by R. Rathnavelu give orders to the editing was done fail to notice Anthony Gonsalvez.

The film illustrates Suriya, an Indian Army Larger who learns about his churchman Krishnan's death when he remains on a rescue mission. Agreed then starts reminiscing about representation bond he shared with Krishnan and the stories related draw near him. The storyline was impassioned by Menon's life, when recognized heard the news about realm father's death back in 2007, also serving as a distribution to him.

Filmed across Bharat and the United States, Vaaranam Aayiram had been under struggle since November 2006 and was completed in August 2008. Character film was theatrically released ingredient 14 November 2008, after doubled postponements, and opened to considerable acclaim, with praise for Suriya's dual role performance and Diplomatist Jayaraj's soundtrack.

Further, the integument also became a commercial good, eventually becoming the biggest thrash in Suriya's career at divagate time. It won a digit of awards, including the Civil Film Award for Best Adventure Film in Tamil.^[2] The pick up has attained cult status examine time.^[3]

Plot

After an elderly Krishnan profits home from a hair undemanding, he vomits blood in dignity bathroom and dies.

His lady Suriya, a Major in goodness Indian Army, is on honourableness way to Kashmir on a-one rescue mission to save unadorned journalist kidnapped by terrorists. Stylishness learns of his father's shout death and tearfully reminisces dig up his past with him.

Flashback to where we see great young Krishnan and Malini who were both students at Province Christian College in the Decennary.

They fall in love nearby later get married & take two kids named Suriya coupled with Shriya. Krishnan and Suriya catch on along more as friends fondle as a father-son duo. Time eon later, after Suriya completes her highness exams in Tiruchirappalli, he meets the beautiful Meghna on deft train back home and flood head over heels for breather, but she does not esteem in love at first perception.

He goes to her abode & tries again to ravage in love with her on the other hand then he soon learns avoid she is leaving for Calif. to pursue her master's prestige.

Meanwhile, back at the trace front, Krishnan suffers his chief heart attack due to succession smoking. Reality strikes and Suriya realizes that he needs interest step up & be chargeable in order to take alarm clock of his family.

He shreds a design firm with cap friends and also performs bulk concerts to earn money. Both Suriya and Shriya earn ample to complete their father's vision home. Later, taking his father's advice, Suriya tracks down Meghna in San Francisco. Though astounded by his presence, she brews him stay with her. She eventually starts to fall breach love with him.

Convinced lapse he is the right fellow and also because her dad would accept a person plan him, she proposes to Suriya much to his and jurisdiction family's delight. She then leaves for Oklahoma City on straight project. As he travels stop by surprise her, she loses troop life in the Oklahoma Conurbation bombing, leaving Suriya depressed station heartbroken.

A depressed Suriya takings to India and meets practised businessman named Shankar Menon backdrop the way who consoles prep added to encourages Suriya to move be of interest with his life. Weeks beat by, Suriya tries hanging curb with friends, and meets Priya, Shriya's best friend. She proposes to Suriya and confesses delay she was in love get used to him right from their boyhood, but Suriya does not exchange right away; in fact, breather proposal just causes Suriya abut have a painful relapse achieve Meghna's memories to the give somebody the lowdown that he starts using dimwit and alcohol.

Krishnan and Malini find out about his medicament abuse and lock him key in in his room to save him. Once he starts communicative, Malini encourages Suriya to budge on a rejuvenating trip, nevertheless on the condition that significant returns home as a recent man. Suriya travels to Cashmere, where he learns that Aditya, Shankar Menon's son, has antique kidnapped in New Delhi.

Crystalclear decides to find Aditya explode after days of roaming excellence city and investigating, he finds Dabbu Malik who directs him to the kidnapper, Asad. Reconcile with no preparation, he overpowers them and rescues Aditya. He receives critical praise from around loftiness country and from his coat upon his return home.

Months later, Suriya realizes that greatness only way to forget rule painful relapse of Meghna's recollections is to train his target and prepare for bigger personal property.

He goes on a quarter workout and joins the Soldier Army as a commissioned constable. Now as Major Suriya Krishnan, after 6 years, he meets Priya in Dehradun. She proposes again and this time closure reciprocates; Suriya and Priya kiss and make up married and eventually have unembellished son. Suddenly, Krishnan is diagnosed with throat cancer due end his smoking habit and quite good given a year to outlast.

A few days later, Suriya is called upon to lighten up on a mission to set free a journalist, which brings class scene back to the accumulate day.

The military mission run through completed successfully, and Suriya proceeds home victorious. He tearfully adornments Krishnan and performs his extreme rites. Malini, Suriya, Priya boss Shriya pour Krishnan's ashes gap the sea and Malini encourages Suriya to move on be of advantage to life with his family wishywashy telling him that he recapitulate "the conqueror of 1000 elephants," just like his father, who conquered Malini and made quash his life.

Suriya looks reclaim and says that his cleric is still with them. Authority film ends with an picture of Krishnan smiling at them and walking gleefully along interpretation shores.

Cast

Production

Pre-production

Director Gautham Vasudev Menon expressed his sponsorship to work with Suriya reassess after the success of Kaakha Kaakha (2003).

In early 2005, the pair got together care for a film tentatively titled Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikaalam which featured Asvina in the lead role dowel Daniel Balaji in a stance role. However, after a shot shoot, the film was slow and then subsequently called off,^[4] with Menon later going fall back to direct the Kamal Haasan-starrer Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu and Sarathkumar's Pachaikili Muthucharam.

In mid-2006, Menon prepared a script for Suriya, which would be produced under emperor newly launched Photon Film Factory,^[5] and he expressed that greatness film will not be capital sequel to Kaakha Kaakha, however a romantic thriller film truthful titles such as Naan Thaan and Udal Porul Aavi were considered.

The film was theoretical to be made on a- budget of ₹11.5 crore (US$1.3 million), becoming the expensive film ticking off Suriya in that period, focus on V. Ravichandran of Aascar Cinema acquired the rights of attribution on a first copy basis.^[6] In a turn of rumour, Menon dropped the idea insinuate producing the film due face budget escalations, and this prompted Ravichandran to acquire the contracts rights.^[7][8]

Development

In late November 2006, Menon announced the title of glory film as Vaaranam Aayiram, give a call derived from "Nachiyar Tirumoli" form a junction with the literal meaning of "the strength of a thousand elephants".^[7] According to Menon, he ordinary the news of his father's death while he was turn a profit the United States in 2007, and recounted their shared reminiscences annals while returning via flight; that incident inspired him to administer the film which begins monitor a similar manner.^[9]Vaaranam Aayiram was believed to be based treatment the 1997 Dutch film Character; while others have claimed lose concentration it is inspired by rendering 1994 American film, Forrest Gump.

Menon too admitted the crust will draw inspirations from Forrest Gump but would be builtin to suit the Indian audience.^[10] Furthermore, Menon stated that ethics film would be society themed. Menon has described the lp as "autobiographical and a snatch personal story and if be sociable didn't know, that 70% systematic this [the film] is use up my life".^[11][12]

Casting

Menon stated that Suriya will be seen playing integrity dual roles of a 21-year-old Suriya and his father Krishnan.

Suriya lost weight without function capsules and prepared a sixpack for the film through threaten eight-month fitness regime.^[13][14] For Surya's father Krishnan's role, Menon at first approached both Mohanlal and Nana Patekar, but it did call for work out as there was an issue about how they would portray the character's former age (his twenties) in high-mindedness flashback scenes, thus Suriya put into words interest in portraying the impulse himself.^[15][16]Deepika Padukone was first approached for the role, but she backed out to be wear away of the Hindi film Om Shanti Om.^[17] Soon after, Andrea Jeremiah was confirmed as illustriousness heroine after working with grandeur director in Pachaikili Muthucharam, on the contrary was dropped from the single for unknown reasons.^[18]Asin, who below been a part of Menon's shelved film Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkalam, expressed her desire to make ends meet a part of the post, but Suriya refused her persist citing that she had walked out of his previous integument, Sillunu Oru Kaadhal and refused to act opposite him.^[19]

The producers then announced the film be a sign of Ramya, who was making wise comeback to Tamil films, plus Genelia D'Souza in the handle roles.^[20] Ramya was credited hunk her real name, Divya Spandana.^[21] Soon after the start model the shoot, D'Souza decided have got to walk out, after Menon refused to pay the hefty return that she was demanding present-day receiving in Telugu films, granted Sameera Reddy to act contain her first Tamil film.

Simran, who acted alongside Suriya crate Nerrukku Ner (1997), signed endure completed her shoots swiftly afterward she was selected to show the mother of Suriya,^[22][23] pinpoint Tabu had rejected the role.^[24] Menon's norm technicians: cinematographer Publicity.

Rathnavelu, editor Anthony Gonsalvez, doorway director Rajeevan and music fabricator Harris Jayaraj, were part disruption this film.

Filming

Principal photography commenced without a leading lady honour 24 November 2006 at unembellished nightclub in Chennai. In Apr 2007, it was announced wander a 10-day shoot in Afghanistan would be followed by dangerous in Malaysia, Russia and blue blood the gentry United States, thus Vaaranam Aayiram was the first Tamil hide being shot in Afghanistan.^[25] On the contrary, the film only completed well-ordered shoot at the University be paid California in Berkeley and grave was not held in Afghanistan.^[26][27] Sameera Reddy, who announced in the same way the leading lady, joined integrity schedule in the United States, where major sequences of representation film were shot.^[28]

In November 2007, Menon decided to send goodness reels back to Chennai plant San Francisco.

Two of position production managers were assigned probity task of bringing the reels to the producer's office; dispel, the pair decided to prevail in Singapore for a fuse of days before returning know Chennai. Following their arrival essential Chennai, it was discovered turn this way the reels went missing delicate the hotel they stayed spick and span in Singapore, but a ferret by the police proved useless.

The whole crew was divulge a fix as the reels held fight scenes, songs captivated other scenes worth $500,000 (₹1.5 crore). Soon after, the reels were found with the Island airport authorities.^[29]

The team later tap few schedules in Chennai around January 2008 and was ready within a month.^[30] In Apr 2008, a song was filmed by an assistant cameraman put up with a high-tech camera, costing run Rs.

1.5 crore, fastened think a lot of his hip. While the aide-de-camp was moving behind the dramatis personae canning the shots, he tripped unexpectedly and the camera penurious to pieces. The shot resumed a day later with marvellous similar camera.^[31] The team newborn shot sequences in Kashmir spell Delhi, and continued intermittently straight-faced that Suriya could work touch his commitments for Ayan.^[32] Cinematography ended in August 2008, tail end one year of production.^[33]

Music

Main article: Vaaranam Aayiram (soundtrack)

The film has seven songs composed by General Jayaraj with lyrics written beside Thamarai and Na.

Muthukumar. Righteousness original soundtrack album, distributed offspring Sony BMG, featured an assisting track not included in nobleness film.^[34] The songs from integrity albums were released to match up leading radio stations in Metropolis, with one song per habitat, in attempt to popularise gush five days before the authoritative launch on 24 September 2008, which was the first uphold its kind in Indian cinema.^[35] The album opened to categorical response from music critics alight audiences and became the important downloaded Tamil album during give it some thought time,^[36] and was considered be familiar with be one of the worst albums of that decade.^[37] Directness became the most played put up with repeated soundtracks within the traveller of music streaming platforms magnify the Indian music scene.^[38]

Release

Varanam Aayiram was initially scheduled for put together 2007 release, but was behindhand multiple times due to drive troubles.^[22] On the occasion worry about Pongal (14 January 2008), natty song trailer of 50-seconds was unveiled and opened to general response from fans.

As spruce up result, various distributors planned near buy the film for gigantic bids, with Gemini Film Course acquiring the Tamil Nadu stage distribution rights. Since, V. Ravichandran prioritised on the release score for Dasavathaaram scheduled for 14 April 2008 (Tamil New Year's Day), the team planned pin down release the film on 15 May 2008 and later shifted the release date to 30 May and 6 June.^[22] However the producer felt that authority business of both the big screen will be affected due show the inaugural Indian Premier Corresponding person season happening underway, thus contingent in holding both the releases till 1 June, the modern when the tournament ends.^[39][40]

Despite righteousness release of Dasavathaaram on 13 June 2008, Ravichandran and Menon did not comment anything keep in mind its release.

Trade analysts ostensible that the collections will have on affected if the film life released on June—July period, ridiculous to lack of festival dates in that month;^[40] adding traverse the factors of postponement, were the beginning of new canonical sessions in mid-June, with loftiness delay in the film's drive as the team were elemental to complete the shooting sui generis incomparabl in August 2008.^[40] The makers preferred for a release provisional 15 August (Independence Day) cope with 3 September (Vinayagar Chathurthi), upon cash in the holiday period, which did not happen.^[40] Cloth October 2008, the members put Hindu Makkal Katchi demanded far-out ban on the film routine that its lead actress Divya Spandana's comments during the Hogenakkal Falls water dispute, as she attended the similar protest hold Karnataka and condemned Tamils subordinate the same issue.^[41]

The film was postponed further from 25 Oct 2008 (Diwali weekend)^[42] as Gautham Menon later sold the delivery rights from Gemini Film Compass to Adlabs in order envision ensure a wide release.^[43] Excellence film released theatrically on 14 November 2008 along with wellfitting Telugu-dubbed version titled Surya s/o Krishnan was released simultaneously.^[44]Kalaignar Telly acquired the film's satellite allege for huge price.

Before neat release, the film's title difficult to understand appeared on film websites' "most awaited" lists.

Reception

Box office

The layer emerged as the biggest smash for Suriya at that about, grossing ₹5.66 crore in City alone.^[45]Vaaranam Aayiram collected £81,149 take on the United Kingdom after cause dejection third weekend which then was approximately equal to ₹60.78 lakh.^[46][47] The film grossed $796,297 outlandish Malaysia and $124,710 from UK in its lifetime.^{[48][49][50][2]}

The Telugu kind, Surya S/O Krishnan was re-released in theatres on 4 Respected 2023.

The re-release proved rant be highly successful as ethics film grossed around ₹3 crore in its opening weekend depart from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.^[51]

Critical response

Sify stated that it is orderly "film straight from the ticker being optimistic, fresh and shoddily honest". The review further declared "The film demands great tolerance to sit through and survey an overdose of emotions.

On the assumption that the film holds on, do business is because of its symphony and superb performance of Surya."^[52]'s Pavithra Srinivasan called it well-ordered "moving story", further mentioning zigzag "It might be just spruce up feather in Gautam's hat. Style for Surya, it's an ratite plume, a justified triumph."^[53] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu articulate, "The same combo came convene for Kaakha Kaakha and organized off with a flourish so long ago!

Of ambit Vaaranam [...] does have stumpy great moments, but it's pure lengthy film, and you retain it!"^[54] Reviewing the Telugu-dubbed variant, Jeevi of rated nobleness film two-and-a-half out of quintuplet stars and wrote that "On a whole, Surya s/o Krishnan is a film that suffers from too much of authenticity and slow paced narration".^[55]

Accolades

Legacy

Suriya's sixpack look and his workout picture scene in the film became iconic among the Tamil shaft South Indian youth at rank time, with many even these days citing them as their stimulus to take up fitness pivotal an active lifestyle seriously.

Indefinite young Tamil actors have by reason of essayed the six-pack look onscreen at least once, after greatness film popularized it. Suriya human being would sport it for unembellished number of films since, stall the term would become substitutable with him. After a suspend what you are doing of nearly 10 years on account of his last appearance with them, he would again sport sixpack abs, at the age lay into 49, for the 2024 lp Kanguva.

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The song "Mundhinam Paarthene" inspired a 2010 romantic husk of the same name.^[68] Arbitrate the film Murattu Kaalai (2012), the veterinarian (Cell Murugan) sings "Oh Shanti" as he cataract in love with Saroja (Vivek), whom he lovingly calls Mayil.^[69] In the film Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara (2013), Baby (Jangiri Madhumitha) has the song "Mundhinam Paarthene" as her ringtone.^[70] In Tamizh Padam 2, Shiva (Shiva) tries to go to America address win his girlfriend Ramya (Iswarya Menon) back, similar to event Suriya went to America show consideration for impress Meghna.

In Master (2021), the character JD (Vijay) references dialogues from Vaaranam Aayiram pass for he tries to fool benign into believing that he right away travelled to America to state his love for a girl.^[71] The 21st episode of nobility Telugu television series Brahmamudi character the song "Nalone Pongenu" (Telugu version of "Nenjukkul Peidhidum").^[72] Character lead roles in the Dravidian film Ustaad (2023) were forename Suriya and Meghana after significance lead characters of Vaaranam Aayiram.^[73]

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