Aanai

Aanai (2005)

ஆணை

Vijay is an ex-cop who was framed up after he cleaned the city of the scum of the earth including nine encounter killings of dreaded gangsters. Now out of work, he is persuaded by his former boss to be the bodyguard of 8-year-old Priya whose parents are millionaires. He is hired to protect the little girl from kidnappers who are on the prowl. The kidnappers are led by a loony militant called 'Ahmed Khan' who manages to kidnap Priya and humiliate Vijay. The rest of the film is how Vijay assisted by two glam girls mete out vigilante justice in a cat-and-mouse game with the kidnappers.

Date of release
2005-05-05
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
2h 37m
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Director
Selva

Casting

Interesting facts

Aanai: Born to Fight is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language vigilante action film directed and co-written by Selvaa. The film stars Arjun, Namitha and Keerthi Chawla, while Vadivelu, Sanghavi and Manoj K. Jayan play pivotal roles. D. Imman composed the soundtrack, while Shiva was the cinematographer. It is a remake of the 2004 American film Man on Fire. The film was released on 2 December 2005.

Production

Selva, who had directed Arjun in Karnaa (1995) and the long delayed Manikanda (2006) was signed by Vasan Visual Ventures to work with him again. The actor signed on for a hiked price of ₹1 crore (equivalent to ₹3.7 crore or US$390,000 in 2026), following the success of his previous film Giri. The unit had a 15-day shooting stint in Hyderabad in February 2005, with two of the lead actresses Namitha and Sanghavi involved in the shoot.

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