Yaan (film)
Yaan | |
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Directed by | Ravi K. Chandran |
Written by | Ravi K. Chandran |
Produced by | Elred Kumar Jayaraman |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Manush Nandan |
Edited by | A. Sreekar Prasad |
Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
Production company | R. S. Infotainment |
Distributed by | Dream Factory |
Release date |
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Running time | 156 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Yaan (transl. Me) is a 2014 Indian
Plot
The film begins in Mumbai where cops plan the encounter of terrorist Malik Shah (
A shock awaits Chandru and Iqbal, as they are arrested in Basilistan airport for carrying drugs. In the court, Chandru sees a man named Abdul Rashid, a wealthy entrepreneur from Basilistan, who resembles Malik. Chandru is interrogated by the officials. He claims that he is innocent but is sent to prison with a note that
Meanwhile, it is revealed that Rashid is none other than Malik himself, who faked the encounter with a dummy. Fearing that his identity will be revealed by Chandru, he follows Chandru and Sreela to kill them. They cross the Basilistan border with a camel, and Malik gets killed. Finally, Chandru and Sreela escape from Basilistan.
Cast
- Jiiva as K.Chandrasekhar (Chandru)
- Thulasi Nair as Sreela Rajan
- Nawab Shah as Sultan Malik Shah (Terrorist) /Abdul Rashid
- Nassar as Rajan
- Jayaprakash as Anwar Ali
- Thambi Ramaiah as Chinna
- Karunakaran as Shaji
- Arjunan as Shiva
- Bose Venkat as Haridas
- Rishi as Ram
- Urmila Unni as Lakshmi
- Danush Bhaskar as Iqbal
- Alpesh Dhakan
- Bobby Bedi
- Neha Chauhan as Isha
Production
Development
In December 2012, cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran announced that he would make his directorial debut with a film Yaan featuring Jiiva in the lead role.[7] It was reported that Elred Kumar, owner of production company R. S. Infotainment, would produce the film [8] and that Kajal Aggarwal would play the female lead[9] but the role went to Thulasi Nair. Elred Kumar, in an interview to The Times of India said that Ravi K. Chandran and Jiiva wanted to pitch a story to him, and he was initially hesitant at first as he thought that Chandran would come up with an arty subject, but he immediately agreed to produce the film when Chandran came up with an action story.[10] Jiiva was said to play Chandru, an unemployed MBA graduate with a "happy-go-lucky nature", while Thulasi Nair's character, Sreela, was a "sincere, responsible girl" who is just out of college.[11] Stuntman Mustapha Touki, who had worked in films like Babel (2006), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012), was hired to choreograph the action and stunt sequences.[12] Karunakaran was selected to play a supporting role, in a role originally written for Prakash Raj.[13] This movie is almost a remake of Midnight Express, a 1978 American/British film directed by Alan Parker.[14]
Filming
The film's launch was held at Gokuldham Temple, Goregaon, Mumbai in November 2012,[15] where photoshoots were done.[16] In March 2013, about 65% of the film was completed in Chennai, Hyderabad and Karjat.[17] Further shooting was done in Morocco, where a lot of action sequences were filmed,[18] and also shooting was done in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mumbai and Iceland.[19] The lead pair changed 50 costumes each for the song sequence of Latcham Calorie in the film.[20] Two song sequences were shot in Switzerland.[21] The climax portions were wrapped up by the beginning of August 2014, along with further schedules in Rajasthan.[22] On 2 September 2014, Jiiva confirmed on his Twitter account that the shooting of the film was completed.[23]
Music
Yaan | ||||
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Feature film soundtrack | ||||
Length | 23.43 | |||
Language | Tamil | |||
Label | Sony Music India | |||
Producer | Harris Jayaraj | |||
Harris Jayaraj chronology | ||||
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Harris Jayaraj composed the soundtrack album, scoring for Jiiva for the fourth time. Lyrics were written by Vaali, Pa. Vijay, Thamarai and Kabilan.[24] Harris recorded the songs in New York, Florida, Haiti, Jamaica and Mexico.[25] The album was released on 12 May 2014.[26] In early September 2014. Harris began work on the background score of the film.[27] On 12 September 2014, Harris confirmed that the background score for the first half of the film had been completed.[28]
The soundtrack received generally positive reviews from critics. S. R. Ashok Kumar of The Hindu described "Aathangara Orathil" as "interesting and energetic" and "Nenje Nenje" as "charming", while also stressing that "Latcham Calorie" "is sure to strike a chord with listeners".[29] Behindwoods rated the album 3 out of 5 and stated that it had "some new ideas within Harris's popular template".[30] Indiaglitz described the tracks on the album as "sweet pills from Harris to get completely mesmerised in," with praise being dedicated to "Aathangara Orathil" for its unique combination of Kuthu and Rap music, "Nee Vandhu Ponadhu" for its blend of Carnatic and Trance music and "Latcham Calorie" for its "instantly likeable tune".[31] Karthik of Milliblog provided a mixed review and stated that, "But for "Hey Lamba Lamba" and "Nenje Nenje", Yaan is Yawn".[32]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Hey Lamba Lamba" | 6:24 | ||
Total length: | 23.43 |
Release
The film's release was earlier planned for June 2014
The trailer of the film was launched on 3 September 2014[38] and received positive response.[39] The teaser features Jiiva in a police uniform confirming that he would portray the role of a police officer in the film.[40] Bollywood Life wrote in its teaser review, "With few gunshots and blasts and lots and lots of running, Yaan seems to be an intense action thriller. It looks like we are in for a roller coaster cat and mouse chase between our hero and the baddies."[41] The Trailer reached 400,000 hits in 3 days on YouTube.[10] The trailer crossed 1 million views on 14 September 2014.[42] A video clip of the song "Aathangara Orathil" was premiered on
Critical reception
The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics.
Box office
Yaan released across 350 screens worldwide. The film collected ₹2.78 crore (US$350,000) on the first day of its release in Tamil Nadu.[52]
Plagiarism allegations
Although Ravi K. Chandran initially claimed that Yaan was an original script inspired by a true incident, Elred Kumar realised he had substantially plagiarised the British film Midnight Express (1978). Kumar later sent a legal notice to Chandran for "breaching the agreement he had signed that the story is original".[53]
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External links
- Yaan at IMDb