Anjaan

Anjaan (2014)

அஞ்சான்

A man travels to Mumbai in search of his estranged brother, a feared figure in the criminal underworld. As he follows the trail through gang rivalries and shifting alliances, he uncovers a complex web of loyalty, deception, and violence that blurs the line between justice and revenge.

Date of release
2014-08-15
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (55)
Runtime
2h 50m
Genres
Action, Thriller, Crime
Director
N. Linguswamy

Casting

Interesting facts

Anjaan is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by Thirupathi Brothers and distributed by UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Suriya, alongside Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Vidyut Jammwal, Manoj Bajpayee, Dalip Tahil, Murali Sharma, Joe Malloori, Soori, Chetan Hansraj, Sanjana Singh and Asif Basra in supporting roles. The film follows a man who arrives in Mumbai looking for his elder gangster brother and learns of the events behind his disappearance.

Production

In July 2012, it was reported first that Suriya had signed on for a film directed and produced by N. Lingusamy under his Thirrupathi Brothers banner and that he would work on it after Maattrraan (2012) and Singam 2 (2013). After the completion of both films, the actor was reported to work simultaneously with Lingusamy and director Gautham Vasudev Menon for a film titled Dhruva Natchathiram.

Lingusamy recalled that when he decided to collaborate with Suriya, he had narrated multiple scripts, which the latter rejected it. After he remembered the one-line narration he had written for Karthi, he then discussed with his team and prepared a script based on it which Suriya was impressed by the narration.

S. D. Vijay Milton was initially roped in as the film's cinematographer in June 2013, but in that October he was replaced by Santosh Sivan, who collaborates with Lingusamy for the first time. Lingusamy further renewed his norm technicians, which includes music director Yuvan Shankar Raja, editor Anthony, production designer Rajeevan, action director Stunt Silva and dialogue writer Brinda Sarathy.

Suriya was said to possess dual roles with two different appearances for filming. The first of his appearance, being a "raw and jagged look" according to Lingusamy, where he would be seen growing beard for his role, whereas his other look not being revealed and kept as a surprise. In November 2012, it was reported that Samantha Ruth Prabhu has been cast as the female lead. Vidyut Jammwal was confirmed to play an important role in the film.

Manoj Bajpayee was reported to be playing the film's antagonist. Dalip Tahil was signed on for the role of a small, but powerful don in the film. Vivek was initially approached to play a comedic role in the film but could not take up the offer as a result of date clashes with Vai Raja Vai. Instead, he was replaced by Soori in March 2014.

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