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For the 1984 film, see Naan Mahaan Alla (1984 film).
Naan Mahaan Alla
Audio poster
Directed bySuseenthiran
Written by
Produced by
  • K. E. Gnanavelraja
  • S. R. Prakash Babu
  • S. R. Prabhu
Starring
CinematographyR. Madhi
Edited byKasi Viswanathan
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Distributed byCloud Nine Movies
Ayngaran International
Release date
  • August 20, 2010 (2010-08-20)
Running time
131 mins
CountryTemplate:Film India
LanguageTamil

Naan Mahaan Alla (Tamil: நான் மகான் அல்ல; English: I'm No Saint) is a 2010 Tamil-language drama-thriller film written and directed by Suseenthiran. It stars Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal, Jayaprakash and Soori. It features music scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and cinematography handled by R. Madhi and was produced by K. E. Gnanavelraja and distributed by Dayanidhi Azhagiri's Cloud Nine Movies.[1] The film, not related to the namesake 1984 Rajinikanth-starrer,[2] but based on a real life incident,[3] released on 20 August 2010 to positive reviews.[4][5]

It was later dubbed in Telugu as Naa Peru Shiva, released across 230 screens in Andhra Pradesh and became a success there too.[6]

Plot

Jeeva (Karthi) is a typical Chennai youngster. His father Pragasam (Jayaprakash), a call taxi driver, showers love and affection on him. They lead a simple life and derive happiness in whatever they do. One day, Jeeva comes across Priya (Kajal Aggarwal) at the wedding of their mutual friends. The two fall for each other. He doesn't tell her about his feelings and knows that she likes him. He plays hard to get until their mutual friend tells Priya about Jeeva's infatuation. Jeeva tries to make her become more independent. One day he goes up to Priya's father against her pleas and tells him of their love. Jeeva eventually secures a good job as that is one of the requirements for him to marry Priya. Eventually Priya becomes acquainted with Jeeva's family and is accepted as the future bride. When all seems to go well, a murder attempt on Jeeva’s father disturbs everything. Jeeva’s father had witnessed a girl being taken by a group of sociopathic teenagers in his taxi. The girl gets killed and Jeeva's father decides to knock on the doors of justice. Sensing trouble, the gang murders him. The death of his father shatters Jeeva. He vows to take revenge on the killers. He sets out on a mission to identify the culprits and goes running around the town baying for their blood. How he avenges his father forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Production

Development

After his first feature film Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu, released in February 2009, became a success, receiving much critical acclaim as well, director Suseenthiran started to work on the script for his next film. Initially planning to do one titled Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai, which failed to commence due to financial problems, he decided to first direct a film featuring a known lead actor, before coming back to that film.[7] He was ready with the script by August 2009, revealing details about the project. While his previous work was based on sporting incidents in a rural background, this one was said to be a "total city subject", shot entirely in Chennai.[8] An action family entertainer, it would deal about problems in city life, according to Suseenthiran.[8] On 19 August 2009, it was announced that the film was titled Naan Mahaan Alla and would be produced by K. E. Gnanavelraja under the banner of Studio Green, who earlier had produced Surya's Sillunu Oru Kadhal and the award-winning Paruthiveeran by Ameer Sultan, which incidentally also starred Karthi in the lead role.[9] It was reportedly based on a real-life incident that happened to one of the relatives of director Suseenthiran.[10] He scripted the film for five months.[11]

Casting

While Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (Suseenthiran's first feature film) starred mostly newcomers, he chose Karthi for the lead role in this film as he felt that Karthi has an "innocence in his face" that was needed for this role and that he could "convey charm, innocence and being jolly at the same time".[8] For the lead female role, Kajal Aggarwal, who had appeared in Tamil films as Pazhani, Saroja and Modhi Vilayadu, was roped in. Suseenthiran chose her after seeing her performances in the Telugu films Chandamama and Magadheera. He felt that her "cute expressions" were what he needed for that character.[8] While Karthi's character is a middle-class bank employee, Aggarwal would play an employee in a mobile phone company.[8]

Soori, who also played a comedic role in Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu was again included, while Jayaprakash, who essayed several supporting roles and rose to fame with his performance in Pasanga was chosen to play Karthi's father.[11] As in his previous film, Suseenthiran introduced several new artists,[11] such as five boys who played the villains.[12] According to the director, he found three of them "loitering on a popular road in the city", whilst cinematographer Vijay Milton's assistant Ramachandran and cinematographer Aruldass debuted and played pivotal roles.[13]

Filming

Filming began, after ten days of rehearsals,[11] on 4 September 2009 and was held in cities as Chennai, Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam.[9] In mid-September, reported locations included East Coast Road (ECR) near Chennai[14] and later in the environs of the highways near Poonamallee in Chennai.[15]

Soundtrack

Untitled

The soundtrack of Naan Mahaan Alla is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, making this his third collaboration with Karthi, after scoring highly successful results with Paruthiveeran (2007) and Paiyaa (2010),[16][17] and his first with director Suseenthiran, who worked with V. Selvaganesh for his previous film. The soundtrack album, which was released on 16 July 2010 at Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai,[18] features five songs, with lyrics penned by Na. Muthukumar and Yuga Bharathy. The song "Va Va Nilava Pudichi" is repeated at the end of the album, with singer Rahul Nambiar credited for both. Nambiar, however, stated on his Facebook site that two versions were recorded featuring his and Haricharan's voice, respectively, but that both songs in the album were rendered by Haricharan only and his own version wasn't included at all. The songs were later dubbed for the Telugu version Naa Peru Shiva. The Telugu album was launched on June 25, 2011.[19]

Only three songs were used in the film in their entirety, with "Oru Maalai Neram" being left out completely. The album received favorable reviews, with "Iragai Pole" in particular, sung by composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, becoming very popular.[20] Before the soundtrack release, Yuvan claimed on Twitter that the song was one of his favorites, on which he had worked for days.[21] Interestingly, after seeing the entire film, he was said to have remixed and completely reworked that song, altering the orchestration inter alia, to match it with the visuals.[22] He garnered accolades for the film's score as well. As per Suseenthiran, the music was "crucial" in the second half of the film, which was the reason for opting for Yuvan Shankar.[11] According to Karthi, Yuvan had worked for 12 days for the score of the second half, which has "hardly any dialogues", adding that he was the one "who narrates the story in the second half through his music".[22]

Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Va Va Nilava Pudichi" (Singer credited as Rahul Nambiar)Na. MuthukumarRahul Nambiar04:47
2."Iragai Pole"YugabharathyYuvan Shankar Raja, Tanvi Shah05:19
3."Oru Maalai Neram" (Not featured in the film)Na. MuthukumarJaved Ali, Shilpa Rao04:46
4."Theivam Illai"YugabharathyMadhu Balakrishnan04:41
5."Va Va Nilava Pudichi II" (Singer credited as Rahul Nambiar)Na. MuthukumarRahul Nambiar04:47
Total length:24:21

Release

Reception

Naan Mahaan Alla received positive reviews, with Top10Cinema.com labelling Naan Mahaan Alla as "outstanding", proceeding to highlight that "almost everything works: the plot and screenplay, performances, technical panoramas",[23] while Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com described it as "almost perfect", giving it 3 out of 5.[24] Sreedhar Pillai of Sify.com also gave a very positive verdict, stating that director Suseenthiran comes up with a "rocker of a film" that is "refreshingly fresh, innovative and packaged in a breezy manner within the commercial format", adding that it is "engrossing and racy".[25] Furthermore, he praised lead actor Karthi's "power packed" performance, citing that he "nails the character to perfection" and "carries the film to its winning point". Similarly Times of India reviewer Bhama Devi Ravi, gave 3.5 out of 5, claiming the film to be "entertaining almost till the end", whilst addressing high praise to both Suseenthiran, who according to her is "turning out to be a treasure", and Karthi, whose performance she described as his "best work yet".[26] Behindwoods gave the movie 2.5 out of 5 and said "Although there are a few slow patches, Suseendiran should be appreciated for coalescing the energy and entertainment of a mainstream film with a sensitivity of a realistic one. He has the wholesome attention of the audience in most parts."[27]

Box office

The film opened well,[28][29] and made a steady progress in the Chennai box office,[30][31][32] eventually becoming a very successful venture.[33] In five weeks Naan Mahaan Alla made a collection of ₹ 5 crore; 4.47 crore was collected in Chennai city alone.[34]

Accolades

Award Category Name Outcome
2011 Edison Awards[35]
Best Character Actor Jayaprakash Won
Best Villain Mahi, Anbu, Iman, Vinoth and Arun Won
Best PRO (Public Relations Officer) John Won
Best Supporting Actress Neelima Rani Won
58th Filmfare Awards South[36]
Best Music Director Yuvan Shankar Raja Nominated
Best Male Playback Yuvan Shankar Raja for Iragai Pole Nominated
5th Vijay Awards
Best Actor Karthi Nominated
Best Villain Vinod Nominated
Best Art Director Rajeevan Nominated
Best Stunt Director Anal Arasu Won
Best Editor Kasi Viswanathan Won

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