Naan

Naan (2012)

நான்

No One Is Perfect

An ex-convict forges signature of a deceased medical student to get enrolled in a medical college. He kills his roommate by accident in a dispute and fears that his identity will be revealed.

Date of release
2012-08-15
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (20)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Drama
Director
Jeeva Shankar

Casting

Interesting facts

Naan is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language crime thriller film written and directed by Jeeva Shankar in his directorial debut. Composer Vijay Antony plays the lead role of a psychopathic killer; he also produced the film and worked as the music director. Siddharth Venugopal and Rupa Manjari appeared in supporting roles. The filming of Naan began in October 2011, and the film was released on 15 August 2012. The movie was remade in Bengali in 2015 as Amanush 2 and in Kannada in 2016 as Asthitva. The film was followed by a sequel titled Salim, an action thriller that released in 2014. The plot of the film is loosely based on 1999 American film The Talented Mr. Ripley.

Production

The film was initially launched in 2008, with Siddharth Venugopal and Rukmini Vijayakumar playing the lead roles. However, due to the failure of their previous film Ananda Thandavam, the producer Oscar Ravichandran called off the project. The film restarted with Vijay Antony's intervention in October 2011 who also took the lead role from Siddharth, while the latter plays a supporting role in the film.

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