Aal (film)

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Aal
Aal Poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by Ananda Krishnan
Produced byVidiyal Raju
Starring Vidharth
Vidiyal Raj
Hardika Shetty
CinematographyN. S. Uthayakumar
Edited byM. Ramesh Bharathi
Music byJohan Shevanesh
Production
company
Shoundaryan Pictures
Release date
  • 19 September 2014 (2014-09-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aal (transl. Single Person) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by Ananda Krishnan in his directorial debut and produced by Vidiyal Raju. A remake of the 2008 Hindi film Aamir , it stars Vidharth, Vidiyal Raj, and Harthika Shetty in the lead roles. The background score and soundtrack were composed by Johan Shevanesh with cinematography by N. S. Uthayakumar and editing by M. Ramesh Bharathi. The film released on 19 September 2014 to negative reviews from critics. [1]

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Plot

The film is about the life of an ordinary man facing an extraordinary situation in a single day. The story starts in Sikkim and travels with a grip towards the climax in Chennai. The film screens about how the youngsters are brought to the terrorism. Amir (Vidharth) is an intelligent professor who has already been in love with Meenakshi (Hardika Shetty), who works in Sikkim. When Amir goes back to Chennai, he is blackmailed into joining a terrorist organization that would hold his family and Meenakshi captive. Then, the extraordinary things happen in one day.

Cast

Production

The makers of the film noted that they managed to shoot the film in parts in Parry's Corner, making it the first film to do so in forty years. Similarly Anna Salai was used as a filming location for the first time in nearly twenty years. [2] Scenes were also shot in Gangtok in Sikkim, a location not shown before in Tamil films. [3] [4] The tagline of the film is ‘Who says a man writes his own destiny?’

Soundtrack

The film score and soundtrack were composed by Johan Shevanesh.

Aal
Soundtrack album by
Johan Shevanesh
Released2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length42:27
LanguageTamil
Label Saregama
Producer Johan Shevanesh
Johan Shevanesh chronology
Kollaikaran
(2012)
Aal
(2014)
Metro
(2016)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Poda. Po, Pt. 1"  Hariharan 4:44
2."Dammal Dammal"Ananda Krishnan Blaaze, Simran3:49
3."Androru Naal"  Vijay Prakash 5:30
4."Oor Aal"  Haricharan, Prathi4:12
5."Poda. Po, Pt. 2" Hariharan5:34
6."The Leader (Instrumental)"  3:33
7."Red Suitcase (Instrumental)"  4:20
8."One Mans Blood (Instrumental)"  4:48
9."Hot Freeze (Instrumental)"  2:36
10."My Name Is Aamir (Instrumental)"  3:21
Total length:42:27

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