Taana (film)

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Taana
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Theatrical release poster
Directed byYuvaraj Subramani
Written byYuvaraj Subramani
Produced byM.C. Kalaimamani
M.K. Lakshmi Kalaimamani
Starring Vaibhav
Nandita Swetha
CinematographyG. R. N. Shiva
Edited by Prasanna GK
Music by Vishal Chandrashekhar
Production
company
Nobel Movies
Release date
  • 24 January 2020 (2020-01-24)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Taana is a 2020 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Yuvaraj Subramani. The film stars Vaibhav and Nandita Swetha. [1]

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Plot

Sakthi is the only son in the family of cops but he refuses to join the force due to his voice disorder; if Sakthi gets anxious or tensed, he speaks in a female voice. The film is all about how Sakthi overcome his shortcomings and join the police force only to find the criminals behind the murder of an innocent girl.

Cast

Production

Vaibhav was signed to work on a film titled Taana directed by Yuvaraj, an associate of Selvaraghavan in 2018. The film was titled Taana, which is based on the Tamil term Taanakaran (Police). Nandita Swetha, Pandiarajan, Yogi Babu, and Hareesh Peradi were signed to play supporting roles with the latter portraying a negative role and Pandiarajan portraying the father of Vaibhav's character. The film was shot in Ranipet. [4]

Soundtrack

Vishal Chandrashekhar was roped in to compose the music and notably used 40 violins for the song "Nee Mayakkura". [5] The lyrics for all songs were written by Ku. Karthik. [6]

Reception

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