Running time123 minutesCountryIndiaLanguageTamilBudget₹ 5.25 croreBox office₹ 7 croreAaranya Kaandam (English: Jungle Chapter; English title: Anima and Persona) is a 2011 Indian -language written and directed by newcomer. It is supposedly the first neo-noir film in Tamil cinema.
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The story takes place in a day in the lives of the six protagonists, played by, and newcomers, and Master Vasanth. Produced by 's Capital Film Works, the film features musical score by and cinematography by and editing handled by the duo and.The film was launched on 18 December 2008, with its being completed by late 2009, which was followed by a lengthy phase. It ran into difficulties as the regional in Chennai raised objection against the film, giving it an adult rating besides demanding 52 cuts. After screening at and becoming approved by the Tribunal in Delhi, the film was released worldwide on 10 June 2011, to high critical acclaim but at box-office.
Despite its failure, it gained recognition over the years and now it is regarded as a in Tamil & Indian cinema.It had its on 30 October 2010 at the South Asian International Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Award for Best Film. Subsequently, the film was honoured with two for and category respectively. This article's plot summary may be.
Please by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( May 2013) The film opens with the ageing gangster, Singaperumal, forcing himself on a young girl, Subbu. He is unable to perform, and vents his anger by slapping the helpless Subbu. Singaperumal is the grand don of crime in Madras.
His lieutenant, Pasupathi, brings a proposal. A large stash of cocaine, worth about ₹ 2 crore, has entered the city. The guy bringing the stash wants to sell it for ₹ 50 lakh. Pasupathi sees the immediate easy profit, as well as the long term benefit (to control the cocaine market with such a large supply) and the recognition that they are able to pull off such a deal. The drawback is that the stash really belongs to their arch-rival Gajendran.
Singaperumal knows that Gajendran is a vicious and unpredictable adversary, and the venture is risky and likely to become messy. He decides to pass. Pasupathi dourly suggests Singaperumal is getting old and rusty.
He asks Singaperumal to loan him the ₹ 50 lakh so he can do the job himself. Pasupathi is prepared to face the risks, and in return for the loan, he offers Singaperumal a cut of the profits. Singaperumal agrees to the loan, but, instead asks Pasupathi to first get the stash and then think of the profit distribution. The money for the loan is brought to Singaperumal.The film introduces Kalaya, a now destitute farmer, and his young, street-smart son Kodukapuli. They live in the slums and earn a meagre living staging cock-fights; as a coincidence, Singaperumal loves to watch these cock-fights.
One evening, a man arrives to bunk with Kalaya for the night. This man is the cocaine courier. He routinely transports various stashes of drugs in and out of the city, and collects a relatively small fee ( ₹ 10,000) for each trip. That evening, after a long bout of drinking, he reveals that he has learnt the true value of the stash, and he now intends to sell it himself instead of delivering it to its true owner. He passes out.Seeing Subbu in tears, Singaperumal asks one of his men, Sappai, to take her out and comfort her 'so she is prepared to perform for him at night'.
Sappai takes her to the beach and tries to console her.Pasupathi and the men meet with the tipster and drive off to retrieve the stash. En route in the car, one of the men receives a call from Singaperumal, who orders him to bump-off Pasupathi as soon as the stash is acquired. Pasupathi overhears this as the call is on speaker mode and gets into a with others. In a desperate ploy he deliberately provokes a cop at a checkpoint, getting arrested and then later making an escape. The other men kidnap his wife, Kasturi, and use her as bait to lure Pasupathi. Singaperumal orders them to bring Kasturi to him.Subbu hates being a plaything for Singaperumal.
She yearns to be free and live life on her own terms. She tries to persuade Sappai to think for himself and realise that Singaperumal is merely using them. Sappai, however, is too fearful and weak to oppose Singaperumal. Subbu and Sappai become unlikely lovers, and Subbu continues to hope for a way out. We learn that Subbu is somewhat educated, and learns whatever she can about the world outside Singaperumal.Kalaya stages his cock-fight the following day. But this time, his prize cocks get killed.
Kalaya is in serious financial trouble. Kodukapuli senses this and immediately goes to see if their visitor, still unconscious, has any money.
They find out that the man had overdone his drink and died. Kalaya and Kodukapuli find the cocaine stash and the telephone number of a prospective buyer (Singaperumal and Pasupathi). Kalaya declares that his financial woes are at an end.Singaperumal is worried. His stash has not arrived, nor has he got word that Pasupathi is dead. He gets an angry call from Gajapati (Gajendran's brother and right-hand man): if Pasupathi seizes Gajapati's stuff, Gajendran will unleash a terrible gang war.
The cunning Singaperumal tells Gajapati that Pasupathi has gone rogue, and that Gajapati is free to take out Pasupathi. Singaperumal figures this will benefit him both ways: he will get the stash, and his avaricious general will be killed by Gajendran. Gajendran sends his thugs after Pasupathi. Pasupathi is on the run. Now that Singaperumal has become his enemy, Pasupathi figures that Gajendran could possibly become an ally.Kalaya calls Singaperumal to meet and make a deal for the stash.
While waiting for him, Singaperumal's thugs arrive and kidnap Kalaya at the rendezvous point. After continuous torture, Kalaya is unable to reveal anything as his son Kodukapuli has the stash. Kodukapuli ends up calling Pasupathi's number accidentally, and offers to trade the stash for his father. Pasupathi joins Kodukapuli and offers the same trade to Singaperumal: the stash in return for Kalaya and Kasturi. Pasupathi places a call to Gajendran and offers to reveal the location of the stash.Gajendran and his gang arrive at the location to make the exchange with Pasupathi. Singaperumal's thugs also arrive at about the same time.
Pasupathi pretends to offer the stash to Gajapati, but instead slices his throat right in front of Gajendran. An enraged Gajendran and his gang chase Pasupathi.
Pasupathi leads them around the block where Singaperumal's gang lay waiting. Both gangs mistaking Pasupathi's loyalties charge at each other and ensue in a gang-fight.
Pasupathi gets out of the fray, and watches as Gajendran and the key generals of Singaperumal's hack each other to bits. Pasupathi's plan to decimate the two strong factions has succeeded. He returns to finish Singaperumal.Back in his rooms, Singaperumal discovers that the bag with the loan money is missing.
He rushes to the conclusion that Sappai took it. When Sappai returns (having been sent by Subbu to fetch fruits), Singaperumal beats him up severely. Sappai's faith is shattered. In his first moment of independence, he grabs a pistol and shoots Singaperumal dead! Subbu emerges from the shadows. She is proud of Sappai, but in a stunning twist, she shoots and kills Sappai! When Pasupathi arrives, he finds Sappai and Singaperumal dead and Subbu in tears.
Having always been sympathetic to Subbu's suffering with Singaperumal, he says she is free to go. Subbu leaves. Pasupathi summons the remaining thugs of Singaperumal's gang and assumes command. Kasturi is unharmed.
Pasupathi gets the stash and pays Kodukapuli a fair commission.It is finally revealed that Subbu had planned the whole thing. She sent Sappai with the bag containing the loan money to provoke Singaperumal's temper. She retrieves the bag with the loan money and quietly leaves the city to begin her new life. She remarks that the men basically mistrusted, misused and slaughtered each other.
In her view, Sappai, too, was not really an innocent victim. She says Sappai is also a man, but all men are sappai (The word 'sappai' has varied meanings, but in this case, it means insignificant to the point of being ).
The film ends with her line: The best thing about being a woman is that it’s a man’s world.Cast. as Singaperumal/Ayya.
as Sappai. as Pasupathy. Master Vasanth as Kodukkapuli. as Kaalayan. as Subbu.
as Chittu. Boxer Aarumugam as Gajendran. Sai Dheena as Gajapathy. as Mullu. as Kasthuri. as astrologerProduction Development In August 2007, following the success of his film (2007), speculation over 's next production venture arose. While initial reports suggested that he would produce, starring and, Charan opted to produce a film titled Aaranya Kaandam, to be directed by a newcomer and starring newcomers.
However, despite announcing the project, it was called off later that year and Charan started producing the film in May 2008.In late 2008, while Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum was in stage, reports surfaced that Charan and Kumararaja were going to revive the project, with noted actor being roped in for a leading role, making his debut in. Director was revealed to be a former student, and popular, who has also directed several, including the short film Becky, which was awarded the first prize at the one-minute film competition 60 Seconds to Fame. Kumararaja had previously written the dialogues for the 2007 as well. He got the opportunity to work with Charan, when, the director duo of Oram Po, had suggested him to approach Charan, who listened to the storyline and immediately agreed to produce the film, 'in a matter of time' as Kumararaja cites. The film was formally launched on 18 December 2008 at the Kodandapani Studios in.Writing The script was written by himself, which he had finished in 2006. He cites that he wanted to make a 'racy film' and wrote the part first, which would be the 'raciest part of a film'.
He then wrote 'multiple story lines with three climaxes' as he felt that one climax was 'not enough for a feature film', which eventually turned out to be a 'leisurely paced film, taking its own time to unfold' and not a racy film as intended. He cited that, while writing the script, he was sure that it was meant for a matured audience and not for children, 'primarily because of the content'.Thiagarajan Kumararaja went on to add that there were 'no hero and no villain introduction scenes, there are no love scenes, no sentimental scenes' but nonetheless considered his film a and not an.Casting When announcing the film had already roped in, debuting in the, of fame along with from the based theatre group. Shroff was said to play the role of a 'hoodlum', who was chosen after Kumararaja had approached several other Tamil actors, who declined the offer, fearing of their 'image'. According to the director, the role required a senior person and Shroff had fit the role 'completely'.
Speaking of his role, Shroff remarked that he had done things in the film that he hadn't dared to do in the past 30 years of his career, quoting 'I am literally a monster in the film. Actually, I am more like a coconut — hard on the outside, but a veritable softie inside'. Plays a 'lover boy', whose role, he claimed would be totally different from his earlier roles. Ravi Krishna was Kumararaja's first choice for the character as he had written it with keeping Ravi Krishna in mind. Enacts the role of a gangster named Pasupathy.
Kumararaja finalised Guru Somasundaram for the character of Kaalayan, after he had seen him performing the titular character in Koothu-P-Pattarai's play Chandrahari. Kumararaja had stated that the voice modulation and pattern of the Kaalaiyan character was based on Somasundaram's performance in the play Chandrahari, which eventually resulted in casting him in the film.
Somasundaram cited that the dialogues were also written 'keeping the artist in mind'., a popular based model, who had appeared in television advertisements and won many, was selected for the role of the lead female character. Her role was, however, written for, keeping her in mind, who couldn't accept the offer as she had given her dates to magnum opus. The details about the crew members were also published, when the film was announced in early December. Was chosen as the cinematographer, who had earlier shot films like and, while Videsh was announced as the art director, 'Super' Subbarayan as the stunt master and Kalyan and as choreographers. Vasuki Bhaskar was appointed as the costume designer. However, during the making of the film 'Super' Subbarayan was replaced by his son Dilip Subbarayan.
Themes and influences Aaranya Kaandam is named after one of the chapters from the epic meaning 'Jungle Chapter'. It is supposedly the first film in Tamil cinema and influenced by films like. Thiagarajan Kumararaja said that his inspiration behind making a gangster film was revealed to be as well as the thought of 'how someone becomes a gangster and continues to be one', clarifying that Aaranya Kaandam was not a biography or history of a gangster but 'a page out of the life of a gangster'. The film's poster was inspired by a panel in, a widely popular Japanese post-apocalyptic cyber-punk manga series. Music was signed as the music director, who was working on a again after the likes of. Kumararaja divulged that he actually hadn't anyone in mind, but joined with Yuvan Shankar, following producer Charan's recommendation, who shared a 'good working relationship' with the composer.
Initially a was also planned to be composed, with being roped in to pen lyrics, however Charan disclosed later that the film would feature no songs at all, becoming Yuvan Shankar Raja's second film project after without a soundtrack. Charan told that background music of this film will be released in CD's which eventually proved false. The song 'Moodupanikkul' from (2014) was originally composed for this film. Release The film was first screened on 30 October 2010 at the South Asian International Film Festival in.
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