Yaan

Yaan (2014)

யான்

Chandru, a jobless man, vows to get a job after the father of his girlfriend opposes their relationship. His joy on getting a job in an Islamic nation ends when he is nabbed there for carrying drugs.

Date of release
2014-10-02
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (7)
Runtime
2h 36m
Genres
Romance, Action, Thriller
Director
Ravi K. Chandran

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Morocco

Yaan (transl. I) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written, directed and filmed by Ravi K. Chandran. It stars Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in her second and final acting credit. The film's soundtrack and score was composed by Harris Jayaraj, while editing and art direction were done by A. Sreekar Prasad and Sabu Cyril, respectively. Resul Pookutty was in charge of the sound mixing and Brinda was in charge of the choreography. The film was reported to be based on the 1978 film Midnight Express, was released on 2 October 2014.

Production

In an interview with The Times of India, producer Elred Kumar of RS Infotainment said that cinematographer-turned-director Ravi K. Chandran and actor Jiiva wanted to pitch a story to him, and he was initially hesitant at first as he thought that Chandran would come up with an "arty" subject, but he immediately agreed to produce the film when Chandran came up with an action story.

The film's launch was held at Gokuldham Temple, Goregaon, Mumbai in November 2012, where photoshoots were done. By March 2013, about 65% of the film was completed in Chennai, Hyderabad and Karjat. Further shooting was done in Morocco, where a 15-day schedule was held. Shooting was also done in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mumbai and Iceland. The lead pair changed 50 costumes each for the song sequence "Latcham Calorie".

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