Aanai

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Aanai
Aanai Poster.jpg
DVD cover
Directed by Selva
Written by Selva
G. K. Gopinath
Produced byK. S. Sreenivasan
Starring Arjun
Namitha
Keerthi Chawla
CinematographyK. S. Shiva
Edited byS. Sathish
J. N. Harsh
Music byKarthick Babu
Distributed byVasan Visual Ventures
Release date
  • 2 December 2005 (2005-12-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aanai (transl. Order) is a 2005 Indian Tamil language action drama film written and directed by Selva. It stars Arjun, Namitha and Keerthi Chawla in the lead, while Vadivelu, Sanghavi and Manoj K. Jayan play pivotal roles. D. Imman composed the soundtrack, while Shiva was the cinematographer for the venture which released in December 2005.

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The film is a remake of the 2004 film Man on Fire [1] whose Hindi remake, Ek Ajnabee , starring Amitabh Bachchan in the lead, was released a week later.

Premise

Vijay is an ex-police officer who is persuaded by his former boss to be the bodyguard of a millionaire's 8-year-old daughter named Priya. However, Priya gets kidnapped by a militant called Ahmed Khan in London, where Vijay sets out on a rampage to exact vengeance and save Priya.

Cast

Production

Selva, who had directed Arjun in Karna (1995) and the long delayed Manikanda (2006) was signed by Vasan Visual Ventures to work with him again. The actor signed on for a hiked price of one crore rupees, following the success of his previous film Giri . [2] The unit had a 15-day shooting stint in Hyderabad in February 2005, with two of the lead actresses Namitha and Sanghavi involved in the shoot. [3] The film featured a new editing technique tried by Satish and Harsha, while the team shot three songs with Arjun and Namitha in London, notably near the London Eye and Windsor Castle. [4] Another song was shot with Arjun and Namitha at the Mohan Studio in Chennai, with the actor notably wearing four inch heels to make up for height difference with the actress. [5]

During the making of the film, allegations arose that Arjun had been sending lewd messages to Namitha, which led to a brief furore on sets. [6]

Release

The film had a brief delay in getting released due to the failure of the actor's previous film, Chinna , though the film finally released across Tamil Nadu in early December 2005. [7]

Critical reception

Moviebuzz from Sify wrote "what could have been an edge-of-the-seat thriller ends up as a badly made mass-masala movie", concluding that the film is "disappointing". [8]

Soundtrack

Aanai
Soundtrack album to Aanaiby
D. Imman
Released8 November 2005
Recorded2004
Genre Film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Hit Music
Producer D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Anbe Vaa
(2005)		Aanai
(2005)		 Madrasi
(2006)

The soundtrack album was composed by D. Imman.

Track list [9]

No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Aanai" (English)D. Imman D. Imman  
2."Hey Idupattum" P. Vijay D. Imman, Srilekha Parthasarathy  
3."Azhagiya Darisanam"Palani Bharathi Madhu Balakrishnan, Binni Krishnakumar 
4."Chinnajiru Kilye" Bharathiyar Ananthu  
5."Figurudan Oru Naal" Na. Muthukumar Karthik, Saindhavi  
6."Kumru Kumrur"P. Vijay Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram, Annupamaa  
7."Midukkanavaney"P. VijayBalram, Mathangi Jagdish  
8."Sare Jahan Se Acha" Muhammad Iqbal Srinivas  
9."Enthan Varungala Veetukaraney"Victor DassSusi Reeta 

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  2. ↑ "Arjun acts pricey!". Sify . 12 February 2005. Archived from the original on 11 December 2015.
  3. ↑ "Aanai from Arjun". The Hindu . 11 March 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2005.
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  5. ↑ "Long and short of it!". Sify . 17 November 2005. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "The gentleman turns lecher!". Sify . 3 April 2005. Archived from the original on 9 December 2015.
  7. ↑ "Will Arjun's Aanai be released this month?". Behindwoods. 8 November 2005.
  8. ↑ "Movie Review : Aanai". Sify . Archived from the original on 14 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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