Yaman (film)

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Yaman
Yaman (2017).jpg
Promotional poster
Directed by Jeeva Shankar
Written by Jeeva Shankar
Produced by A. Subaskaran
Fatima Vijay Antony
Starring Vijay Antony
Miya
Thiagarajan
Cinematography Jeeva Shankar
Edited byVeera Senthil Raj
Music byVijay Antony
Production
companies
Lyca Productions
Vijay Antony Film Corporation
Release date
  • 24 February 2017 (2017-02-24)
Running time
159 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Yaman (English: Lord of Death ) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language political action thriller film [1] written and directed by Jeeva Shankar. Co-produced by Lyca Productions and Vijay Antony Film Corporation, the film stars Vijay Antony in a dual role as father and son, alongside Miya, while Thiagarajan portrays another pivotal character. The film, which features Jeeva Shankar and Vijay Antony doubling up as the cinematographer and the music composer respectively, was released. [2] The movie was a commercial success.

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Plot

During the 1980s, Arivudai Nambi was selected for the MLA seat by Thangapandi’s father rather than Thangapandi, Nambi’s friend. At the same time, Arivudai Namib’s wife, Agaliya, gives birth to a son named Tamizharasan. Thangapandi conspires with Agaliya’s brother, Kathir, to kill Arivudai Nambi to become MLA. One night, Thangapandi and Nambi’s brother-in-law brutally murder Arivudai Nambi and then Pandi murders Kathir. Eventually, Agaliya commits suicide and Pandi gets elected as MLA. Arivudai Nambi's father raises Tamizharasan by himself.

30 years later, Tamizharasan’s grandfather had to have an operation to remove cancer but it cost 3 lakhs. He finds a wallet at a bar and returns it to a man. The man, Govindan, receives a phone call asking someone to go to jail for an accident, and they will get 4 lakhs. Tamizh negotiates for 5 lakhs and goes to jail. He meets with Manimaran, and then eventually beats up Selvam. He then saves Manimaran after an assassination attempt in jail. Tamizh meets with a motorbike accident and meets with Anjana. He then falls in love with Anjana.

Manimaran hires goons to kill Tamizh in the sea, but someone calls Tamizh and Tamizh smartly escapes death. Manimaran eventually dies. Karunakaran was the one who called him and decided to protect Tamizh. Tamizh meets Pandi’s aide, Thiyagu, and meets Pandi and hallucinates Arivudai Nambi. Pandi leases Tamizh a bar behind Central station. Selvam and Pandi decides to kill Tamizh. Selvam hires contract killers from outside town to kill Tamizh, but Tamizh smartly beats them up. Tamizh meets up with Selvam and Pandi and threatens to kill Selvam. Selvam tells that Pandi told him to kill Tamizh, and just as Selvam is about to reveal the truth, Pandi takes the gun and kills him. Tamizh eventually decides to step into politics.

Anjana meets with Tamizh and informs him that someone has been constantly calling her and sexually harassing her and she believes that the caller has political support. Tamizh decides to join politics. Tamizh meets with Pandi and finds out Anjana’s caller is Pandi’s son and Tamizh warns him at gunpoint for his son to apologise to Anjana. Some goons attempt to kill Thamizh using Molotov cocktails and also target his grandfather, and Tamizh’s grandfather gets admitted to the hospital. However, he passes away. Anjana meets with Tamizh, apologises, and conveys her love. Tamizh meets with Karunakaran and tells him that Thiyagu should become a witness against Pandi. Tamizh then informs Sakthi, his henchman, to kidnap Thiyagu’s family and forces Thiyagu to go to the media and speak against Pandi. Thamizharasan gets married to Anjana and invites Karunakaran to their wedding. Tamizh informs that he wants to contest as a candidate in the upcoming elections for VTMK (Veera Tamizhar Muentra Kazhagam).

Karunakaran then decides to conspire with Thangapandi to murder Tamizh before the election. Pandi says that he will kill Tamizh and informs Karunakaran that he needs Thiyagu to die for the court cases to disappear. His party inform Tamizh that he has been selected as a candidate for the election, and hears that Thiyagu has met with a car accident and died on the spot. Karunakaran tells Sakthi to kill Tamizh and he will give him the bar and parking lease. Tamizh contemplates about Thiyagu’s death. The following day, Tamizh decides to let Anjana stay home and goes to the party rally. Tamizh tells Karunakaran that he knows about the conspiracy to kill him and tells that he plans to end the “political game”. Karunakaran tells Sakthi that Tamizh knows of their plan and tells him to kill Tamizh. Sakthi then tells Karunakaran that he was the one who exposed Karunakaran’s plan to Tamizh.

Eventually, Tamizh’s goons kill Councillor Anbazhagan during a planned meeting with a woman and they also kidnap Thangapandi. During a riot at the rally, Sakthi stabs Karunakaran in the back and then sets his car alight. During Karunakaran’s funeral, Tamizh informs the media that Thangapandi was the mastermind behind Thiyagu’s and Karunakaran’s deaths. Tamizh wins the MLA election and meets with Pandi at an abandoned warehouse, and hangs Pandi to death, avenging his father’s death.

Cast

Production

In December 2015, Jeeva Shankar announced that his next film would feature Vijay Antony and the pair would collaborate after working together in Naan (2012). Shankar had initially discussed the script with other actors including Vijay Sethupathi, who had requested the director to finish the script in two months, but Shankar took eight months and Vijay Sethupathi became busy with other projects. [3] Antony's availability meant that Shankar chose to cast him in the lead role. He revealed that the film would be a political thriller film set in Chennai and Antony would portray the character who brings "the message of death". [4] Miya was signed on as the film's lead actress during January 2016, while Lyca Productions announced that they would produce the film. [5] Antony put on weight for the film and began working on the project during the same month, with the producers revealing that the film would be shot within eighty days. [6] Thiagarajan joined the film's cast during May 2016 and revealed that he would portray the lead antagonist, appearing as a "political mastermind". [7]

Several scenes were shot in Chennai, while a prison set was erected in Pondicherry for the shoot. [8] A song was shot in Mumbai during July 2016 featuring Vijay Antony and Miya. [9] The team later moved on to film sequences in Georgia during July 2016. [10]

Soundtrack

Yaman
Soundtrack album by
Vijay Antony
Released4 February 2017 (2017-February-04)
Recorded2016
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Lyca Music
Vijay Antony chronology
Saithan
(2016)		Yaman
(2017)		 Annadurai
(2017)

The film's score and soundtrack were composed by Vijay Antony. The song "Yem Mela Kai Vachaa Gaali" was released as a single in September 2016, during the Tamil Nadu Premier League match of Kovai vs Chepauk held in Tirunelveli. [11] The album was released on 4 February 2017 by Lyca Music.

Tamil (original)
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yem Mela Kai Vachaa Gaali"Annamalai Hemachandra, Chetan, Kumar4:30
2."Damelo Dumelo"P. VetriselvanSaranya, Maria Roe Vincent, El Fe4:31
3."Kadavul Ezhuthum" Ko. Sesha Yazin Nizar, Janaki Iyer4:57
4."Sigaram Chella"Eknath Jagadeesh Kumar, Ranjith Unni, Velmurugan, Ayappan2:44
5."Neeye Thaniyaai"MuthumilanJagadeesh2:44

Release

The film had a worldwide theatrical release on 24 February 2017. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Tamil. The film received mixed to positive reviews from both critics and the audience. Sify.com gave the film a positive review, stating "to conclude, Yaman is a film with many layers, and one with solid drama at its core, which makes it such an engaging watch" and that "it is that rare kind of film which transports you bang in the middle of its action". [12] In their review of the film, The Hindu found "strong performances and detailing save the day for Vijay Antony's Yaman... the film's release timing is apt in the country's politically active scenario". [13] A critic from The Times of India wrote "overall, a little more pace, doing away a duet song which appears in the second half which makes audience yawn and slight tone down of heroism would have worked wonders". The Indian Express called it "a watchable political drama, which has come out at the right time in the light of the ongoing political crisis in Tamil Nadu". [14] Likewise, The Deccan Chronicle's review mentioned, "the film works only in parts". The New Indian Express stated "despite the glitches, and with more positives than negatives, Yaman is a fairly interesting watch". [15] [16] Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote "There's too much dialogue, explaining what we already know. And Vijay Antony isn't actor enough to clue us in to the character's inner workings...To his credit, he wants to veer away from the mass-hero template. His films actually have a story. If only he'd find better people to tell them." [17]

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