Maryan (film)
Maryan | |
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Directed by | Bharat Bala |
Written by | Joe D'Cruz (Dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Bharat Bala Sriram Rajan |
Story by | Bharat Bala |
Produced by | V. Ravichandran |
Starring | Dhanush Parvathy Thiruvothu |
Cinematography | Marc Koninckx |
Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Aascar Film Pvt Ltd (Tamil) SVR Media (Telugu) |
Release dates | 19 July 2013 11 September 2015 (Telugu) | (Tamil)
Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Maryan (pronounced Mariyāņ; transl. Immortal) is a 2013 Indian
The film revolves around a story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil workers from Tamil Nadu were kidnapped and taken hostage in
.The film released in
Plot
Mariyaan Joseph is a fisherman in a village named
Cast
- Dhanush as Maryan Vijayan Joseph
- Parvathy Thiruvothu as Panimalar
- Jaganas Sami
- Appukutty as Sakkarai
- Uma Riyaz Khan as Seeli
- Salim Kumar as Thomayya
- Vinayakan as Theekkurissi
- Imman Annachi as Kuttyandi
- Ankur Vikal as Bappan
- Christopher Minnie as Head Terrorist
- Barry Mydou as Al-Jazeera
- Dagbeh Tweh
- Hari Krishnan
- Joe D'Cruz as Negotiator at Hospital (cameo role)
Production
Development
"I was one of the jury members at the National awards committee that chose Dhanush as the best actor for Aadukalam. His performance in Aadukalam moved me. I was looking for a real person to carry this character. I needed to believe the character, his emotions and his journey. Who else but Dhanush could give me what I wanted?"
—Director Bharat Bala on approaching Dhanush, who had won the 58th National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Aadukalam.[6]
In early 2011, director Bharat Bala read about a 2008 incident involving three immigrant oil workers from India being kidnapped in the Darfur region of Sudan and how they had managed to escape from post being hostages. While improvising his script, the director met the former hostages who were held for 21 days under captivity. In late September 2011, the director narrated the first half of the film script to actor Dhanush and he agreed play the character Maryan. During this time, the filmmaker was done with half of the screenplay. Following his casting in the film, actor Dhanush became involved in character and screenplay-related discussions that were carried on for six months.[6] In March 2012, the film and collaborations were officially announced.[14] After a lot of research, the director came up with the film title and stated it is the name of the character. In Tamil it translates to "A man who never dies". As per the film script, it implies that the spirit of the man never dies.[6]
The director opined that the fishing community in southern India goes through terrible hardship and countries like
A press release from March 2013 along with a poster revealed the film's outline as "A young man is faced with adversity. Life deals him immense challenges, and forces him to struggle to thrive. But he does, nevertheless, fighting to survive by thriving on the sheer undying spirit of the human will to survive. Along his thrilling journey is a tryst with adventure, a smattering of drama and a gritty tale that shows the power of love in extreme circumstances. And that is the story of Maryan."[16] In an interview with Zee News, Bharatbala quoted, "Even though it (Maryan) is about the fight for survival, it deals with several other emotions such as love, separation and struggle. The story recounts a beautiful journey about the separation of the protagonist from his loved ones and his struggle to reunite".[5]
Filming
As the film's story takes place in Sudan and in Kanyakumari, India,[17] Bharatbala noted that filming had to take place in two contrasting terrains. The sandy rugged locations in Africa were shot in Liberia, made to look like Sudan, and several other portions were shot in a month. Subsequent close-up scenes featuring supporting cast members from Africa were filmed in India. The first schedule of the film began in Namibia, with scenes including a fight sequence supervised by Dilip Subarayan, being canned.[18] The song "Nenje Ezhu" was shot in Namibia's Coastal Deserts featuring the leading duo.[19] Dhanush also shared screen space with a cheetah.[20]
The final schedule of the film started in
.The film incorporates firm
Soundtrack
The music and background score of the film was composed by
Controversies
The third teaser as well as a promotional film poster depicting a smoking Dhanush
Marketing
The first official poster of the film was released on 28 March 2013.
The promotions for the dubbed Telugu version of the film began from February 2015. The dubbed trailer was released on 14 February 2015.[43]
Release
The satellite rights of the film were secured by
The estimate number of screens of the film in
Bharat Creations secured the distribution rights of the film in the United States and North America.[52] The screens in United States were 25 whereas 6 in Canada. The film was also released in several UK cities. A special screening of the film was held at Mumbai on 11 August 2013.[53]
The dubbed Telugu version of the film was released nearly two years later on 11 September 2015.[54]
Reception
Critical reception
The film received generally positive reviews upon release. The film's technicalities, performances of the lead actors and the score were applauded by the critics.[55]
At
Box office
- International
At the Box Office of United States, the film had the biggest opening amongst all Indian films releasing on the same date.[12] In its opening weekend, at the UK and Ireland Box Office the film has collected £13,675 on 5 screens.[63] The film earned approximately ₹10 lakh (equivalent to ₹19 lakh or US$24,000 in 2023) in the second weekend. The total collections, one month estimate was ₹23.23 lakh (equivalent to ₹44 lakh or US$55,000 in 2023). At the Australian box office, the film raked in approximately ₹25 lakh (equivalent to ₹47 lakh or US$59,000 in 2023) at the end of the second weekend.[64]
- Domestic
The film netted approximately ₹1.65 crore (equivalent to ₹3.1 crore or US$390,000 in 2023) in first weekend from nearly 35 screens and overall 531 shows in Chennai and suburbs. 85% average occupancy was recorded for these days.
In the second week number of weekend shows in Chennai were 306 and average theatre occupancy was 65%. The collections for the weekend grossed ₹75 lakh (equivalent to ₹1.4 crore or US$180,000 in 2023). During the subsequent weekdays, number of shows in Chennai were 600 with theatre occupancy 60% and the film grossed ₹1.44 crore (equivalent to ₹2.7 crore or US$340,000 in 2023). The second weekend experienced a drop compared to the first, but prime multiplexes reported near full houses. All over Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru City the film opened with a mixed response and second weekend's occupancy was less than 40% at the multiplexes.[50][67]
In the third week number of weekend shows in Chennai were 117 and average theatre occupancy was degraded to 55%. The collections for the weekend grossed ₹18 lakh (equivalent to ₹34 lakh or US$42,000 in 2023). For the following weekdays, number of shows in Chennai were 372 with theatre occupancy 40% and the film grossed ₹52.06 lakh (equivalent to ₹98 lakh or US$120,000 in 2023).[67]
After a month of the film release, weekend shows in the same city were 39 and average theatre occupancy further dipped to 40%. The collections for the weekend grossed ₹4 lakh (equivalent to ₹7.5 lakh or US$9,400 in 2023). For the subsequent weekdays, number of shows in Chennai were 132 with theatre occupancy 30% and the film grossed ₹10 lakh (equivalent to ₹19 lakh or US$24,000 in 2023).[67]
Accolades
Distributor | Date announced | Category | Recipient | Result | Reference |
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Edison Awards | January 2014 | Best Actor | Dhanush | Nominated | [68] |
Best Music Director | A R Rahman
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Best Playback Singer – Male | Yuvan Shankar Raja (for the song "Kadal Raasa Naan") | ||||
Best DOP (cinematography) | Marc Koninckx | ||||
Best Choreographer | Bharathi Raghuraam | ||||
Filmfare Awards | 12 July 2014 | Best Actor (Critic's choice) | Dhanush | Won | [69] |
Best Music Director | A R Rahman
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Nominated | |||
Best Playback Singer – Male | Yuvan Shankar Raja (for the song "Kadal Raasa Naan") | ||||
8th Vijay Awards | 5 July 2014 | Best Actor | Dhanush | Nominated | |
Best Actress | Parvathy Thiruvothu | Nominated | |||
Favourite Hero | Dhanush | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematographer | Marc Koninckx | Nominated | |||
Best Male Playback Singer | Yuvan Shankar Raja | Won | |||
Best Male Playback Singer | A.R. Rahman
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Nominated | |||
Best Female Playback Singer | Shweta Mohan | Nominated | |||
Best Lyricist | A.R.Rahman
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Nominated | |||
Best Background Score | A.R.Rahman
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Nominated | |||
Best MakeUp | Ramesh Mohanty, Thomas Van Der Nest | Nominated | |||
SIIMA Awards | 12–13 September 2014 | Best Actor | Dhanush | Nominated | |
Best Actor (Critics) | Dhanush | Won | |||
Best Actress | Parvathy Thiruvothu | Nominated | |||
Best Actress (Critics) | Parvathy Thiruvothu | Won | |||
Best Music | A.R.Rahman
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Nominated | |||
Best Male Playback Singer | Vijay Prakash | Nominated | |||
Best Female Playback Singer | Shweta Mohan | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematographer | Marc Koninckx | Nominated | |||
Behindwoods Gold Summit Award | 2014 | Best Actress | Parvathy Thiruvothu | Won |
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External links
- Maryan at IMDb