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Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAdhik Ravichandran
Written byAdhik Ravichandran
Produced byS. Michael Rayappan
Starring
CinematographyKrishnan Vasant
Edited byRuben
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Global Infotainment
Distributed byT-Series Films
Release date
  • 23 June 2017 (2017-06-23)
Running time
136 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan (transl. The affectionate, uncompromising/unflinching, uncontrollable man), also known as AAA, is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film, written and directed by Adhik Ravichandran and produced by S. Michael Rayappan. The film stars Silambarasan in a triple role, along with Shriya Saran and Tamannaah. This film marks Silambarasan's first triple-role film. The film has music composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with Krishnan Vasant and Ruben handling the cinematography and editing, respectively.

The film received generally negative reviews from critics and failed at the box-office.

Plot

In Dubai, a cop named Ruby interrogates an old man in an attempt to capture the dreaded don Michael. The man narrates Michael's story.

In 1992, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Madurai Michael is a notorious thug who works for a smuggler named Senthamarai and kills for money. He spends his time with his sidekicks played by Mahat and VTV Ganesh. Michael falls for Selvi, a girl from his town. Selvi rejects him initially, but later reciprocates his love. She asks him to leave his gangster life and move to Dubai, starting a new life. Michael half-heartedly accepts this. However, an enemy from the same gang backstabs Michael by turning into a witness for many murders committed by Michael and the latter is jail.

Michael then escapes prison with the help of his friends and finds out that Selvi is soon to marry a man of her parents' choice. Understanding that he is going to be on the run forever, Michael leaves Selvi and migrates to Dubai where he rose to become a dreaded gangster.

Back in Dubai, the old man, one of Michael's friends, dies soon after narrating the story. Ruby and the other cops figure out that Michael will be over 50 years old and would be fearing for his life, hiding somewhere. They circle in on Chennai and send a fax of Michael's photo to the police in Chennai. But Michael is revealed to be living a lavish and happy life in Chennai under the alias of Ashwin Thaatha.

Ashwin has all the money he wants in his life except for a woman. So he decides to get married. While interviewing probable brides, he falls in love with a much younger girl called Ramya, who along with her father is running an old-age home. Ashwin mistakes Ramya's friendly talks as a reciprocation of his love and is ecstatic when she decides to tell her father about her love.

At a ceremony, Ramya breaks the news to her father by saying that she loves someone and wants to marry him, but the age difference might be a problem. To Ashwin's surprise, Ramya introduces a younger man called Shiva who looks like Ashwin. It turns out that Shiva is only a few years younger than Ramya and they had pursued a long-distance relationship, he is settled in the US.

A distraught and broken Ashwin resorts to drinking and turns negative when he kidnaps Shiva. He employs a prominent make-up artist and plans to use their resemblance to pose as Shiva and win over Ramya.

Cast

Production

In February 2016, Adhik Ravichandran revealed that his second directorial venture would star Silambarasan in the lead role, with several members of his crew from Trisha Illana Nayanthara being retained. He revealed that he would direct the film alongside his commitments with another film titled Virgin Maapillai. Yuvan Shankar Raja was signed on to be the music director of the film in June 2016.[2] Trisha held talks with the film about portraying a leading female role but eventually did not sign the project. Later, Shriya Saran was signed on to appear as the lead heroine pairing opposite Simbu, marking her return to Tamil films after a long hiatus.[3] The film's title was announced in May 2016.[4] For one of his roles in the film, Silambarasan put on significant weight and grew a beard.[5]

Music

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan
Soundtrack album by
Yuvan Shankar Raja
Released2017
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LanguageTamil
LabelU1 Records
Divo
ProducerYuvan Shankar Raja
Yuvan Shankar Raja chronology
Kadamban
(2016) 		Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan
(2017) 		Oxygen
(2017)

The soundtrack of Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja and the first part, AAA-1D is said to have five songs, in which One of the songs will be a TR remix song.[6] Yuvan himself released the album through his music label U1 Records. A single "Trend Song" which had vocals and lyrics by STR himself was released as a New Year special on 30 December 2016.[7][8] The next single, Rottula Vandi Oduthu also known as "Spiritual Gaana" was released on 2 June 2017 coinciding with Ilaiyaraaja's birthday.[9]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Trend Song"SilambarasanSilambarasan6:06
2."Raththam En Raththam"VairamuthuSilambarasan4:17
3."Spiritual Ganaa"SilambarasanIlayaraja4:36
4."Madura Michael Theme" (Instrumental)  1:59
5."Ashwin Thatha Theme" (Instrumental)  2:57
6."Retro Romance Theme" (Instrumental)  3:09
7."Thatha Love" (Instrumental)  3:37
Total length:26:43

Release

Sources confirmed that Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan will be released in two parts as AAA-1D and AAA-2D, showcasing the characters Madura Michael, Ashwin Thatha and Thikku Siva.[10] and Silambarasan also confirmed that AAA-1D releases on 23 June 2017, as a Ramadan festival weekend, and AAA-2D will be releasing within the end of the year.[11] In an interview with The Hindu, Adhik Ravichandran confirmed that 85% of both the parts have been completed. It has been speculated that the sequel may not be released due to the disappointing reception of the first part.[12]

Reception

Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan received negative reviews from critics.[13] The review of The Indian Express was slightly more on the positive side, rating the film 3 out of 5 stars, and stating that "AAA's highlight would be the dialogues, especially ones about lead actor Simbu's father TR Rajendran and humour will draw audience to the theatres."[14] Sify rated the film 2.5 stars, and Indiaglitz rated 2.25 out of 5 stars, stating that "This film is strictly for STR fans."[15] Thinkal Menon from The Times of India rated 2 out of 5, stating that "A suspense cameo towards the end makes things worse as the film, by then, makes one yawn unapologetically."[16] Behindwoods rated 1.75 out of 5 and stated "AAA – Doesn't live up to the expectations."[17] Sreedhar Pillai, for Firstpost, rated the film 2 out of 5 and summarised that "AAA is hugely disappointing and a crashing bore. The film tests your patience with a confusing screenplay and disjointed narration."[18] Srivatsan of India Today rated 2 out of 5 stars, stating that "From what we get, Adhik Ravichandran wanted to bring Subramaniyapuram into his of Trisha Illana Nayanthara space. Save for the bits with Madurai Michael, there's no denial that Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangathavan is not even an ordinarily made film."[19] Sowmya Rajendran of The News Minute reviewed it as a loud, tacky "gentlemen" oriented film.[20] Baradwaj Rangan wrote for Film Companion, "Adhik Ravichandran appears to make movies with male gaze. He bandages the inabilities and insecurities of his target audience with scene after scene that could be subtitled, "women are like this only."[21]

Controversies

Several months after the film's release, producer Michael Rayappan and Adhik Ravichandran met the media to criticise Silambarasan's unruly behaviour and interference during the course of the project. They alleged that during the first schedule, production was delayed by two months because no actress was willing to star opposite Silambarasan for his alleged unprofessionalism and that later, the actor insisted that the team shift to a different town from the finalised town of Madurai, as he did not like the warm climate. After moving the shoot to Dindigul, he continued to refuse to shoot in public areas or on Sundays and regularly failed to turn up as per the agreed schedule. They alleged that during the first schedule, Silambarasan refused to film a song sequence, unfairly requested Shriya Saran to be replaced after she had finished her portions, demanded the shoot to be moved to London from Dubai and made false promises about reducing his body weight as required for the script. During the second schedule, it was alleged that he out-rightly refused to undergo makeup sessions, refused to turn up to shoot on time, demanded a hotel room on the East Coast Road, refused to provide hotel expenses, and demanded that a production executive was sacked. Silambarasan also cancelled the third schedule and demanded that the film be released in two parts against the makers' wishes, while sending his team to Thailand to have leisure time on the producers' money. He later refused to co-ordinate when completing necessary scenes to make it a two-part film and also half-heartedly provided dubbing work. The producer revealed that out of an agreed schedule of seventy-six days, Silambarasan only worked on thirty-eight days, meaning that the dates of Tamannaah and Shriya Saran were widely wasted.[22] As a result of, Silambarasan was widely criticised by his peers in the Tamil film industry.[23][24] In September 2023, he received a "red card" from the Tamil Film Producers Council due to his actions, prohibiting him from working on new projects until further notice.[25]

References

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  3. ^ Upadhyaya, Prakash (15 June 2016). "Trisha walks out of Simbu, Adhik Ravichandran's 'AAA'". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Title of Silambarasan's next with 'Trisha Illana Nayanthara' Director". Indiaglitz. 1 May 2016. Archived from the original on 13 August 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  5. ^ "STR has bulked up to 95 kilos for AAA!". Deccan Chronicle. 25 June 2016. Archived from the original on 13 November 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. ^ LM, Kaushik (26 April 2017). "The real Simbu will be back". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  7. ^ "YUVAN AND STR'S TREND SONG, THE NEXT VIRAL HIT? REVIEW". Behindwoods. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  8. ^ "WOW ! SIMBU ANNOUNCES A NEW YEAR SPECIAL RELEASE FROM 'AAA'". IndiaGlitz. 24 December 2016. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  9. ^ @iam_str (19 April 2017). "#AAA1D #SpiritualGanaa single 2 on the way . @thisisysr #YSRnSTR #RottulaVandiOodudhu" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 28 April 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017 – via Twitter.
  10. ^ @Adhikravi (19 April 2017). "1 #AAA super special announcement 2 come,on the way.Any guess ? @iam_str SirappuO #Sirappu" (Tweet). Retrieved 20 May 2017 – via Twitter.
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