Vaamanan (2009)

 ●  Tamil ● 2 hrs 46 mins

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Anand (Jai) is a young carefree boy from Salem, who comes to Chennai to stay along with his friend Chandru (Santhanam), to pursue his dream to become an actor. Anand uses the help from his friend Chandru, a television journalist, and his newly found girlfriend, Divya (Priya Anand) to gain entry into the difficult world of cinema. Meanwhile, minister Viduthalai, who was touted to become the next chief minister, is killed by minister Anbu Chezhiyan (Sampath Raj), which accidentally gets recorded on tape by an Ad film director Vinoth. He and his close friend, famous actress Pooja (Lakshmi Rai), are shocked by the video, and immediately inform the joint commissioner of police, Kailasam, in the faith that he would take appropriate action. However, he is a corrupt police officer who is also a hand-in-glove in the murder. Kailasam sends some goons to get the tape, but Vinoth manages to evade them. After a long chase, they get him killed in a train, where Anand and Divya were travelling. Anand, having witnessed the murder places the tape into Divya's bag, which she misses in the train. Anand develops a friendship with her after this. Always interested in observing the behaviour and unique mannerisms of people, as a technique to improve his acting skills, he focuses on John Vijay. Anand joins him and John promises to make him an actor. He would take Anand to a stranger's home, break into a random house, and conduct a mock burglary of the place. On one occasion, they enter the house of Pooja, with the intent to gain critical information about her. On that eve, Anand befriends Pooja, when he saves her after she was brutally attacked by some criminals. In return, she helps him in becoming an actor and asks for some photos of his, to get him a breaking the industry. When Anand goes to the Pooja's home, he finds her dead and Anand is put to blame (as he was the one present). Anand goes underground, suspected to be a murderer by everyone including Divya and her mother. Eventually, it is known that John has merely used him and it was he (John) who committed this cold-blooded murder, at the behest of the minister. Joint Commissioner Kailasam is after Anand and the tape and finally, Anand yes reminded of the fact that the tape was accidentally placed in Divya's handbag. The tape goes to the right hands, to that of Gopi (Pooja's media friend) who gets it and distributes it for public viewing. In the end, all the criminals are defeated and Anand has become a real life hero instead of real-life hero.

Cast: Jai, Priya Anand

Crew: I Mueenuddin Ahmed (Director), Arvind Krishna (Director of Photography), Yuvan Shankar Raja (Music Director)

Rating: U/A (India)

Genres: Action, Thriller

Release Dates: 10 Jul 2009 (India)

Tamil Name: வாமனன்

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Did you know? Ahmed picked Jai for the lead role because he felt that Jai had the image of a 'Boy next door' and felt he looked ordinary yet had the skills of an actor. Read More
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Tamil
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1, 2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
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Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: Javed Ali, Sowmya Rao

Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: DJ Earl

Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: Roop Kumar Rathod

Music Director: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Lyricist: Na Muthukumar
Playback Singer: Vijay Yesudas
Movie Connection(s):
Dubbed into: Dangerous Lover (Hindi)
Dubbed into: Live (Telugu)
Trivia:
Ahmed picked Jai for the lead role because he felt that Jai had the image of a 'Boy next door' and felt he looked ordinary yet had the skills of an actor.