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{{Infobox film
| name = Balloon
| image = Balloon Film Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical Release Poster
| director = Sinish Sreedharan
| producer = [[Dhilip Subbarayan]] Arun Balaji Nandakumar
| writer =
| starring = [[Jai (actor)|Jai]] [[Anjali (actress)|Anjali]] [[Janani Iyer|Janani]]
| music = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cinematography = R. Saravanan
| editing = [[Ruben (film editor)|Ruben]]
| studio = 70mm Entertainment and Farmer's Master Plan Productions
| distributor = Auraa Cinemas
| released = {{Film date|2017|12|29|ref1=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/movies/balloon.html|title=Balloon (Baloon) Tamil Movie, Wiki, Story, Review, Release Date, Trailers,Balloon 2018 - Filmibeat|website=FilmiBeat|accessdate=7 December 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002054952/https://www.filmibeat.com/tamil/movies/balloon.html|archivedate=2 October 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}
| runtime = 139 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
| gross =
}}

'''''Balloon''''' is a 2017 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Tamil cinema|Tamil language horror comedy]] <nowiki/>film written and directed by Sinish and produced by [[Dhilip Subbarayan]], Arun Balaji and Nandakumar.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.top10cinema.com/article/42109/when-jai-was-surprised-on-his-birthday|title=When Jai was surprised on his birthday|date=2017-04-08|work=Top 10 Cinema|access-date=2017-04-09|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170410133023/https://www.top10cinema.com/article/42109/when-jai-was-surprised-on-his-birthday|archivedate=10 April 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The film stars [[Jai (actor)|Jai]], [[Janani Iyer|Janani]] and [[Anjali (film actress)|Anjali]] in the leading roles. Featuring music composed by [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], the film began production during June 2016, and released on 29 December 2017.<ref>[http://www.cover365.in/balloon-movie-review-rating-story-plot-actor-jais-horror-colors-3945/ Balloon Movie released on 29 Dec 2017 - Review]</ref> This film performed average at the box office.

==Plot==

Jeevanandam ([[Jai (actor)|Jai]]), an aspiring filmmaker, travels to Ooty along with his wife Jacqueline ([[Anjali (film actress)|Anjali]]), his nephew (Master Rishi), and two friends in the hope of making a film on an haunted house which he comes to know of through a Facebook post. He lives in a guest house closer to the house. That is when they begin experiencing strange things with the boy being lured by a balloon and befriending a ghostly girl. After realising that they are the targets of ghostly beings, they search for a priest who befriends them and helps them, and through him, get to know Jeeva's previous birth as Charlie (Jai) and the injustice done to him. The hero takes revenge on the villain for the injustice done to the victims who have become ghosts, and the priest is revealed to be a spirit. Finally, they leave the place, and the camera pans out of the film screen, and the whole film is revealed to be shown as a movie played in a theatre, with it being the first film of aspiring filmmaker Jeevanandam ([[Raj Tarun]]) and the real Jeevanandam, Jacqueline, and the others as actors in the film. The film ends with [[Raja Ravindra]], a film person, receiving a call from people and planning to demand money as the film has controversial content. Finally, the real ghosts appear and finish him off.

==Cast==

{{colbegin}}
*[[Jai (actor)|Jai]] as Jeevanandham (Jeeva), Charlie (dual Role) and himself
*[[Anjali (film actress)|Anjali]] as Jacqueline and herself
*[[Janani Iyer]] as Shenbagavalli (Shembu) and herself
*[[Yogi Babu]] as Paanda (Nandha Babu) and himself
*[[Nagineedu]] as Community Leader
*[[Joy Mathew]] as Father Andrews
*[[Ramachandran Durairaj]] as Henchman
*[[K. S. G. Venkatesh]] as Cinema Producer
*[[Subbu Panchu Arunachalam]] as Jeeva's brother
*Master Rishi as Pappu, Jeeva's nephew
*Baby Monica as Joy, Charlie's adopted daughter
*Gayathri Raja as Shenbagavalli's friend
*Karthik Yogi as Arokkiam
*[[Poster Nandakumar]]
*[[P. L. Thenappan]]
* Supergood Subramani
*[[Raj Tarun]] as Jeevanandham (special appearance)
*[[Chandini Tamilarasan]] as Jeevanandham's girlfriend (guest appearance)
* [[Raja Ravindra]] (special appearance)
{{colend}}

==Production==
In March 2016, [[Jai (actor)|Jai]] signed on to appear in a horror film directed by Sinish, who had earlier made ''[[Endrendrum]]'' (2014) and worked as an assistant on the production of the shelved project, ''Vettai Mannan''. Produced by Kandasamy Nandakumar and Arun Balaji, the director revealed that Jai would portray a married man and would have three separate looks in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/250316/horror-interests-jai-too.html|title=Horror interests Jai too!|date=25 March 2016|website=deccanchronicle.com|accessdate=7 December 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826124312/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/250316/horror-interests-jai-too.html|archivedate=26 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/Jai-to-sport-three-looks-in-next/article14172993.ece|title=Jai to sport three looks in next|first=Srinivasa|last=Ramanujam|newspaper=The Hindu|date=24 March 2016|publisher=|accessdate=7 December 2017|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> [[Anjali (film actress)|Anjali]] was signed on to play the female lead role in June 2016, despite a statement by the actress in 2011 that she would not like to be in films starring Jai in the lead role.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/170616/anjali-and-jai-pair-up-again.html|title=Anjali and Jai pair up again!|date=17 June 2016|website=deccanchronicle.com|accessdate=7 December 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826125849/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/170616/anjali-and-jai-pair-up-again.html|archivedate=26 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Jai-Anjali-part-ways/articleshow/10867265.cms|title=Jai, Anjali part ways — Times of India|website=indiatimes.com|accessdate=7 December 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902093153/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Jai-Anjali-part-ways/articleshow/10867265.cms|archivedate=2 September 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Titled ''Balloon'', the film was launched in July 2016 and began production thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/jai-anjali-movie-title-balloon-tamil-news-162915.html|title=Jai Anjali movie title Balloon — Tamil Movie News — IndiaGlitz|website=indiaglitz.com|date=10 July 2016|accessdate=7 December 2017|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826115813/http://www.indiaglitz.com/jai-anjali-movie-title-balloon-tamil-news-162915.html|archivedate=26 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Following the success of ''[[Bigg Boss Tamil]]'' and the famous words of actress [[Oviya]], the term "Neenga Shut Up Pannunga" was used in a song in the film. This promotional song was sung by [[Anirudh Ravichander]] and released on 28 August 2017, with Anjali going inside the Bigg Boss house to promote the film.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://top10cinema.com/article/43763/anirudhs-hand-for-jais-horror-film|title=Anirudh's hand for Jai's horror film|date=2017-08-25|work=Top 10 Cinema|access-date=2017-08-26|language=en-US|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826113919/https://top10cinema.com/article/43763/anirudhs-hand-for-jais-horror-film|archivedate=26 August 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album|
| name = Balloon
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 5 December 2017
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 18:26
| language = [[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]
| label = Auraa Music [[Divo (record label)|Divo]]
| producer = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| prev_title = [[Semma Botha Aagathey]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = [[Irumbu Thirai (2018 film)|Irumbu Thirai]]
| next_year = 2018
}}

The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

{{track listing
| headline = Track-List
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics = [[Arunraja Kamaraj]]
| total_length = 18:27
| title1 = Vaanam Dhaane
| extra1 = Rizwan
| length1 = 2:53
| title2 = Mazhai Megam
| extra2 = Yuvan Shankar Raja, Priya Jerson
| length2 = 3:50
| title3 = Uyirile Uyirile
| extra3 = [[Vijay Yesudas]], Priyanka NK
| length3 = 3:35
| title4 = Shutup Pannunga
| extra4 = [[Anirudh Ravichander]], [[Arunraja Kamaraj]]
| length4 = 3:16
| title5 = The Balloon's Mystery - Title Track
| note5 = [[Instrumental]]
| length5 = 2:10
| title6 = Revenge Of The Joker - Theme
| note6 = Instrumental
| length6 = 2:42
}}

==Release==
The film opened across Tamil Nadu on 29 December 2017, notably alongside two films that the film's co-producer [[Dhilip Subbarayan]] had worked in as an actor, ''[[Sangu Chakkaram]]'' and ''[[Ulkuthu]]''. The satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Zee Tamil]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://moviegalleri.net/2017/12/balloon-movie-satellite-rights-bought-by-zee-tamil.html |title=Balloon Movie satellite rights bought by Zee Tamil|website=moviegalleri.net |date=22 December 2017 |access-date=12 April 2019}}</ref> The HDRip Version Released in January, 2019
<ref>https://tamilmoviesonline.in/balloon-2018/</ref>

===Reception===
''Times of India'' wrote "Balloon doesn't break any new ground in the horror genre, but it adapts a bunch of the genre's tropes — possessed kid, exorcism, revenge-seeking ghost and the like — to give us a solid horror film."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/balloon/movie-review/62291694.cms|title = Balloon Movie Review {3/5}: Critic Review of Balloon by Times of India}}</ref> ''Hindustan Times'' wrote "Balloon lacks elements that make us sit up. It works to an extent, but even that doesn't leave us in awe."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/balloon-movie-review-jai-anjali-starrer-is-predictable-but-fun-in-parts/story-wo5oORiF1ojapyMAOA8d1H.html|title=Balloon movie review: Jai-Anjali starrer is predictable, but fun in parts|date=29 December 2017}}</ref> ''Behindwoods'' wrote "Debutante director Sinish Sreedharan's Balloon is more of a thriller comedy than a horror. Of course, there are plenty of horror moments but the USP of the film is the comedy that keeps the audience entertained in the first half."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/balloon/balloon-review.html|title = Balloon (Aka) Baloon review|date = 30 December 2017}}</ref> ''New Indian Express'' wrote "Balloon's story or scares aren't novel but the laughs are. The humour and one-liners are the saving grace in this film, that is a predictable mish-mash of some memorable horror moments from the past."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/balloon-movie-review-jai-anjali-star-rating-5001074/|title = Balloon movie review: This Jai and Anjali starrer is a mosaic of horror moments from yore|date = 31 December 2017}}</ref> ''Firstpost'' wrote "Balloon is a well made horror comedy that provides the necessary thrill needed for the genre."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/balloon-movie-review-a-gripping-horror-comedy-with-entertaining-action-scenes-4280563.html|title=Balloon movie review: A gripping horror-comedy with entertaining action scenes-Entertainment News , Firstpost|date=29 December 2017}}</ref> ''The Hindu'' wrote "Balloon is uninventive and ends up repeating sequences from earlier horror flicks".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/balloon-the-familiar-ghost/article22326951.ece|title = 'Balloon' review: Running out of air|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 29 December 2017|last1 = Ramanujam|first1 = Srinivasa}}</ref>

Despite the favourable response it had at the box office, the film's co-producers, T. N. Arun Balaji and Kandasamy Nandhakumar of 70 MM Films, filed a complaint against Jai to the Tamil Film Producers Council citing that the actor's unprofessional behaviour delayed the film's release. The complaint stated that the shoot for the film began in June 2016 and the film was expected to release by January 2017. However, it was delayed multiple times solely because of Jai and his actions led to the production house seeking a payment of Rs 1.50 crore. They added that Jai failed to turn up on the dates he had given, and did not cooperate with the makers, leading to the film's release being postponed to September 2017 and his failure to attend the dubbing sessions delayed the release even more. It was also alleged that he regularly attended the shooting spot drunk, and as a result of Jai's troubles, director Sinish contemplated suicide during the making of the film in Kodaikanal suicide point.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://silverscreen.in/tamil/news/balloons-producers-file-complaint-against-jai-seek-rs-1-5-crore-from-the-actor/|title=Balloon's Producers File Complaint Against Jai, Seek Rs 1.5-Crore from the Actor|date=6 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/balloon-producers-accuse-jai-of-mental-torture-forcing-director-to-attempt-suicide/story-3pzyj6YUVrakiEnERVwgjI.html|title = Balloon producers accuse Jai of mental torture, forcing director to attempt suicide|date = 5 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/balloons-producers-accuses-jai-for-the-films-loss.html|title = Balloon's producers accuse Jai of the film's loss|date = 5 January 2018}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=7041458}}

[[Category:2017 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy horror films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
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