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Yaanai
Theatrical release poster
Directed byHari
Written byHari
Produced byVedikkaranpatti S. Sakthivel
Starring
CinematographyS. Gopinath
Edited byAnthony
Music byG. V. Prakash Kumar
Production
company
Drumsticks Productions
Distributed byKKR Cinemas
Release date
  • 1 July 2022 (2022-07-01) (India)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Box office₹25.25 crore (equivalent to ₹27 crore or US$3.2 million in 2023) (Day 7)[1][2]

Yaanai (transl. Elephant) is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Hari and produced by Vedikkaranpatti S. Sakthivel of Drumsticks Productions. The film stars Arun Vijay, Ramachandra Raju, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Samuthirakani, Rajesh, Raadhika Sarathkumar, Aishwarya, Ammu Abhirami, Yogi Babu and Pugazh in prominent roles. The film's music and score is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, with cinematography handled by Gopinath and editing done by Anthony.[3][4]

This is the second collaboration of Arun Vijay and Priya Bhavani Shankar after Mafia: Chapter 1 and Vijay's first collaboration with Hari.[5] It was shot extensively across Tamil Nadu including Ramanathapuram, Rameshwaram, Thoothukudi, Palani and the final schedule was wrapped up in Karaikudi.The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters on 6 May 2022, and got postponed to 17 June 2022, but got postponed again due to Kamal Haasan-starrer Vikram.[6]

The film released in theatres on 1 July 2022,[7] to positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised the direction, performances of the entire cast, emotional scenes, action sequences and background score, but criticized the formulaic storyline and screenplay.[8][9] The film grossed ₹25.25 crore (US$3.0 million) in 7 days and went on to become one of the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year.[1][2]

Plot

P.R.V. is an influential man in Ramanathapuram district, running multiple business ventures all over the place. He has 4 sons, 3 of whom: Ramachandran, Sivachandran, and Jayachandran are from his first wife, who died, and the youngest, Ravichandran, from his second wife. PRV loves all of his sons but has a soft spot for Ravi. Ravi loves his brothers dearly, but they always disregard him as their half-brother. Samuthiram, P.R.V.'s old friend from Rameswaram, blames his family for the death of his younger son, Pandi, and is out to avenge him with his elder son/Pandi's twin brother, Lingam, who is currently in jail. Ravi is the loving protector of P.R.V.'s family, always looking out and preventing his family from getting hurt. He also falls for Jebamalar, who eventually reciprocates his feelings.

Lingam soon gets released from prison after serving 7 years for killing the policemen who killed Pandi. Ravi realizes that Lingam is out for blood, and secretly tries to protect his family. He soon stumbles upon his half-niece and Ramachandran's daughter, Selvi aka Paapa, with a Muslim boy, Raheem. He, although accepts their relationship, tries to prevent her from hasty decisions. However, Paapa elopes with Raheem, with the help of Jebamalar, unbeknownst to anyone. Ravi's caste fanatic half-brothers blame him for his inaction, despite knowing of Paapa's affair, and oust him and his mother from their house. P.R.V. dies from the resulting distress. During his funeral, Ravi was not allowed to look at his father, for one last time, but Lingam and Samuthiram were let in. This angered the loving mother of Ravi, Muthaaram and she ridicules the PRV brothers. Ramachandran, having lost his respect and family status now, orders Pappa's death, to protect his honor. Ravi decides to take things on his own and tries to locate Pappa.

After intense efforts, Ravi finds Pappa and her husband Raheem in Nagore. He brings her back to their house but Ramachandran decides to kill her. Ravi stops him and warns him of his severed relationship with his daughter when he had the intention to kill her. The PRV brothers decide to team up with Lingam to kill the household of Ravi. Lingam and his men barge into his house while he is not home. Although Pappa and Muthaaram try to stop them from breaking in, Lingam and his men managed to enter and start to attack them. Ravi comes in time to protect his family from Lingam's attack. Ramachandran gets backstabbed by some of his own men, having been bribed by Lingam, who tries to double-cross the brothers, but he manages to survive the attack. Muthaaram and Pappa get brutally injured and are admitted to the hospital. Ravi enters their house and tearfully reveals that he had chosen to sever the ties with the PRV family, and reminds him of how he chose to work with Lingam, who went on to backstab him. A guilty Ramachandran reconciles with Ravi. But Lingam had other plans as he kidnapped one of the brother's children. Ravi begs Lingam to leave her alone, but Lingam did not budge. However, Samuthiram was disgusted at Lingam for trying to kill a child instead of the brothers' and distracts him for the child to escape. Lingam proceeds to kill his own father and chases after the girl. Ravi arrives in time to save her and starts chasing Lingam to an island nearby. Ravi pins Lingam down but then spares him, since he just become a father, thus ending the feud peacefully. Pappa, along with Raheem, reunites with Ramachandran. Ravi is also finally accepted as the "brother" of Ramachandran, Sivachandran, and Jayachandran.

Cast

Production

Development

The film was tentatively titled as AV33. On September 9, 2021, the film's official title was unveiled as Yaanai by 33 prominent Indian celebrities such as Anurag Kashyap, Vijay Sethupathi, Arya, Pa. Ranjith, Vignesh Shivan, Keerthy Suresh and many more others.[10][11]

Casting

Priya Bhavani Shankar was cast in as the female lead opposite Arun Vijay, marking their second collaboration after Mafia: Chapter 1, while veteran actress Radhika and other actors and actresses like Yogi Babu, Samuthirakani, Ammu Abhirami and Ramachandra Raju appear in other pivotal roles.[12]

Filming

Principal photography of the film began on 3 March 2021[13] and wrapped up on 7 December 2021.[14]

Music

Yaanai
Soundtrack album by
G.V. Prakash Kumar
Released2022
Recorded2022
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length28:09
LanguageTamil
LabelDrumsticks Productions
ProducerG. V. Prakash Kumar
G.V. Prakash Kumar chronology
Ayngaran
(2022) 		Yaanai
(2022)
Singles from Yaanai
  1. "Yelamma Yela"
    Released: 13 January 2022
  2. "Bodhaiya Vittu Vaale"
    Released: 11 February 2022
  3. "Sandaaliye"
    Released: 17 June 2022

G. V. Prakash Kumar composed the soundtrack and background score of the film while collaborating with actor Arun Vijay for first time and director Hari for second time after Seval. The lyrics for the songs are wriiten by Snehan, Ekadasi, Arivu and Hari.The first single "Yelamma Yela" was released on 13 January 2022.[15] The second single " Bodhaiya Vittu Vaale" was released on 11 February 2022.[16] The third single is "Sandaaliye" was released on 17 June 2022.[17] The full album was released by Drumsticks Productions on 30 June 2022.[18]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Yelamma Yela"SnehanArya Dhayal4:09
2."Bodhaiya Vittu Vaale"ArivuG. V. Prakash Kumar, Arivu,Santhosh Hariharan4:14
3."Sandaaliye"SnehanVelmurugan, Roshini4:23
4."Enna Othaiyila"EkadasiVelmurugan4:31
5."Ganapathy Saranam"HariSaindhavi2:14
6."Deiva Magale"HariSaindhavi3:24
7."Edhanaala Varutham"HariAnthony Daasan3:24
8."Yelamma Yela - Version 2"SnehanG. V. Prakash Kumar4:04
Total length:28:09

Release

Theatrical

The teaser trailer of the film was released on 23 December 2021.[19] The film was initially planned for release in theatres on 6 May 2022,but got postponed due to lack of adequate screens. It was later scheduled for 17 June 2022, but got postponed again due to Kamal Haasan's Vikram for record breaking success.[6] The film was finally released in theatres on 1 July 2022.[20][21]

Distribution

The film is distributed in Tamil Nadu by KKR Cinemas.[22]

Home media

The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film was bought by ZEE5 and the satellite rights of the film was bought by Zee Tamil and Zee Thirai.[23]

Reception

Box office

The film opened well with an opening day gross of ₹4.5 crores worldwide. The film managed to do better on its second day, a weekend, with an increase in box office collections by 22% for a total gross of ₹10 crores. On its third day, the film grossed ₹15 crores worldwide.[24] The film had performed well grossing over ₹20.05 crore in Tamil Nadu and ₹5.2 crore from other territories for a total gross of around ₹25.25 crores worldwide,[1][2] and then went on to become one of the highest-grossing Tamil film of the year.[1]

Critical response

The film received positive reviews from critics.[25][8][9]

M Suganth of The Times of India gave 3.0 out of 5 and wrote "Some of the characters are also interesting. If not for Lingam, Samuthirakani's Ramachandran, a casteist, self-centered rich man, would have been the antagonist of the film, and Hari builds his character's arc pretty well. Even Ravi isn't perfect, with his views constantly shifting, and Arun Vijay does a good job in putting across this character as a flawed man who means good. We see that he is a product of the casteist, patriarchal culture that he's grown up in, but will always put being humane above all else. Priya Bhavani Shankar and Radikaa score in the couple of scenes that they get while Yogi Babu impresses more in one emotionally charged scene compared to the numerous attempts at comedy."[3]

Praveen Sudevan of The Hindu, after reviewing the film wrote "Arun Vijay, thankfully, is not as loud as some of the earlier Hari protagonists. But he gets to flex his well-worked out muscles, especially in one well-choreographed, single-shot action sequence towards the end of the first half. He tries his best to make the melodramatic scenes work too. The emotional beats of these portions, however, are too generic. Despite the ensemble cast, including Samuthirakani, Radhika, Bose Venkat, Priya Bhavani Shankar, and others, the film hardly succeeds in keeping us engaged."[26] Moviecrow gave the film's rating 2.75 out of 5 and stated "An agmark Hari film, the man is back in action with an emotional actioner that is sure to attract its targeted family audience. He has revamped his style a bit, by improving his presentation skills, but sticking to some of his flaws too with respect to the comedy track. Racy flow is missing at places, nevertheless it’s a satisfying masala flick with a convincing story and strong performance by Arun Vijay."[27] India Herald rated the film 4 out of 5 stars stating that "The fight between the good and the bad would have been interesting to watch if the villain had been more powerful. Although GV Prakash's songs don't really have much impact, the score makes up for it by giving the scenes greater intensity."[28] Karthik Keramalu of Firstpost gave the film's rating 3 out of 5 and stated that "Love alone doesn’t win at the end of the day in Yaanai. Dysfunctional families that remain functional during a malfunction also win here."[29] Bhavana Sharma of Pinkvilla gave 3 out of 5 and wrote "On the whole, Yaanai is a film that is definitely worth a watch this weekend."[30] Indiaglitz gave the film's rating 2.8 out of 5 stating that "Go for this sentimental action film in which Arun Vijay is at his best".[31]

Behindwoods rated 2.5 out of 5 and wrote "Arun Vijay's performance, GV Prakash's music & Hari's Family Drama elements make Yaanai a watchable commercial entertainer."[32] Sruthi Ganapathy Raman of Film Companion after reviewing the film wrote "But some things never change about potboilers, and sadly the film also stands by the genre’s murkier side. Apart from Radhika’s noticeably fierce character arch, the women in the PRV family are reduced to damsels in distress and crying bots, who are often thrashed for their daughters’ attitudes. Priya Bhavani Shankar (who plays Jabamalar, Ravi's love interest) initially comes off as a glitch in the matrix that is this genre, and stands up to the ridiculousness that the men around her spew. But she is also put in her place when her time comes."[33] Navein Darshan of The New Indian Express gave 3.5 out of 5 and wrote "When mainstream cinema brings such wholesomeness and depth, they do warrant some forgiveness from us for its flaws."[34] Ananda Vikatan rated the film 41 out of 100.[35]

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