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{{Short description|2017 Indian film by Jeeva Shankar}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}

{{Infobox film
| name = Yaman
| image = Yaman (2017).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = [[Jeeva Shankar]]
| producer = [[Subaskaran Allirajah|A. Subaskaran]]<br/>Fatima Vijay Antony
| writer = [[Jeeva Shankar]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| starring = [[Vijay Antony]]<br/>[[Miya (actress)|Miya]]<br/>[[Thiagarajan]]
| music = Vijay Antony
| cinematography = [[Jeeva Shankar]]
| editing = Veera Senthil Raj
| studio = [[Lyca Productions]]<br/>Vijay Antony Film Corporation
| runtime = 159 minutes
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2017|02|24}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Yaman''''' ({{langx|en|[[Yama|Lord of Death]]}}) is a 2017 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[political film|political]] [[action thriller film]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2016 |title=Vijay Antony to play dual roles in political action thriller 'Yemen' |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vijay-antony-play-dual-roles-political-action-thriller-yemen-51126 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421195750/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vijay-antony-play-dual-roles-political-action-thriller-yemen-51126 |archive-date=21 April 2022 |access-date=12 April 2019 |publisher=[[The News Minute]]}}</ref> written and directed by [[Jeeva Shankar]]. Co-produced by [[Lyca Productions]] and [[Vijay Antony|Vijay Antony Film Corporation]], the film stars [[Vijay Antony]] in a [[dual role]] as father and son, alongside [[Miya (actress)|Miya]], while [[Thiagarajan]] portrays another pivotal character. The film, which features Jeeva Shankar and Vijay Antony doubling up as the cinematographer and the music composer respectively, was released.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yaman review. Yaman Telugu movie review, story, rating |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/yaman-telugu-movie-review-21301.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133617/https://www.indiaglitz.com/yaman-telugu-movie-review-21301.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> The movie was a commercial success.

== Plot ==
During the 1980s, Arivudai Nambi was selected for the MLA seat by Thangapandi’s father rather than Thangapandi, Nambi’s friend. At the same time, Arivudai Namib’s wife, Agaliya, gives birth to a son named Tamizharasan. Thangapandi conspires with Agaliya’s brother, Kathir, to kill Arivudai Nambi to become MLA. One night, Thangapandi and Nambi’s brother-in-law brutally murder Arivudai Nambi and then Pandi murders Kathir. Eventually, Agaliya kills herself and Pandi is elected as MLA. Arivudai Nambi's father raises Tamizharasan by himself.

Thirty years later, Tamizharasan’s grandfather has to have an operation to remove cancer but it cost 3 lakhs. He finds a wallet at a bar and returns it to a man. The man, Govindan, receives a phone call asking someone to go to jail for an accident, and they will be paid 4 lakhs. Tamizh negotiates for 5 lakhs and goes to jail. He meets with Manimaran, and then eventually beats up Selvam. He then saves Manimaran after an assassination attempt in jail. Tamizh meets with a motorbike accident and meets with Anjana. He then falls in love with Anjana.

Manimaran hires goons to kill Tamizh in the sea, but someone calls Tamizh and Tamizh smartly escapes death. Manimaran eventually dies. Karunakaran was the one who called him and decided to protect Tamizh. Tamizh meets Pandi’s aide, Thiyagu, and meets Pandi and hallucinates Arivudai Nambi. Pandi leases Tamizh a bar behind Central station. Selvam and Pandi decides to kill Tamizh. Selvam hires contract killers from outside town to kill Tamizh, but Tamizh smartly beats them up. Tamizh meets up with Selvam and Pandi and threatens to kill Selvam. Selvam tells that Pandi told him to kill Tamizh, and just as Selvam is about to reveal the truth, Pandi takes the gun and kills him. Tamizh eventually decides to step into politics.

Anjana meets with Tamizh and informs him that someone has been constantly calling her and sexually harassing her and she believes that the caller has political support. Tamizh decides to join politics. Tamizh meets with Pandi and discovers that Anjana’s caller is Pandi’s son and Tamizh warns him at gunpoint for his son to apologise to Anjana. Some goons attempt to kill Thamizh using Molotov cocktails and also target his grandfather, and Tamizh’s grandfather is admitted to the hospital. However, he dies. Anjana meets with Tamizh, apologises, and conveys her love. Tamizh meets with Karunakaran and tells him that Thiyagu should become a witness against Pandi. Tamizh then informs Sakthi, his henchman, to kidnap Thiyagu’s family and forces Thiyagu to go to the media and speak against Pandi. Thamizharasan marries Anjana and invites Karunakaran to their wedding. Tamizh informs that he wants to contest as a candidate in the upcoming elections for VTMK (Veera Tamizhar Muentra Kazhagam).

Karunakaran then decides to conspire with Thangapandi to murder Tamizh before the election. Pandi says that he will kill Tamizh and informs Karunakaran that he needs Thiyagu to die for the court cases to disappear. His party inform Tamizh that he has been selected as a candidate for the election, and hears that Thiyagu has met with a fatal car accident. Karunakaran tells Sakthi to kill Tamizh and he will give him the bar and parking lease. Tamizh contemplates Thiyagu’s death. The following day, Tamizh decides to let Anjana stay home and goes to the party rally. Tamizh tells Karunakaran that he knows about the conspiracy to kill him and says that he plans to end the “political game”. Karunakaran tells Sakthi that Tamizh knows of their plan and tells him to kill Tamizh. Sakthi then tells Karunakaran that he was the one who exposed Karunakaran’s plan to Tamizh.

Eventually, Tamizh’s goons kill Councillor Anbazhagan during a planned meeting with a woman and they also kidnap Thangapandi. During a riot at the rally, Sakthi stabs Karunakaran in the back and then sets his car afire. During Karunakaran’s funeral, Tamizh informs the media that Thangapandi masterminded Thiyagu’s and Karunakaran’s deaths. Tamizh wins the MLA election and meets with Pandi at an abandoned warehouse, and fatally hangs Pandi, avenging his father’s death.

==Cast==
{{cast listing|
*[[Vijay Antony]] in a [[dual role]] as
**Tamizharasan aka Yaman, Arivudai Nambi's son
**Arivudai Nambi, Tamizharasan's father
*[[Miya (actress)|Miya]] as Agalya (Anjana)
*[[Shilpa Manjunath]] as Agalya, Nambi's wife and Tamizharasan's mother
*[[Thiagarajan]] as Karunakaran
*[[G. Marimuthu]] as Manimaran
*Jayakumar as Selvarathinam (Selvam)
*Aroul D. Shankar as Thangapandian (Pandi)
*Vettai Muthukumar as Kadhir
*[[Charle]] as Thiagarajan (Thyagu)
*[[Swaminathan]] as Govindhan
*[[Sangili Murugan]] as Tamizharasan's grandfather and Nambi's father
*[[Arjai]] as Sakthi
*[[Sreeja Ravi]] as Karunakaran's wife
*[[D. R. K. Kiran]] as Anbazhagan
*Gajaraj as Party Member
*Ashok Pandian as Police
}}

==Production==
In December 2015, Jeeva Shankar announced that his next film would feature [[Vijay Antony]] and the pair would collaborate after working together in ''[[Naan (2012 film)|Naan]]'' (2012). Shankar had initially discussed the script with other actors including [[Vijay Sethupathi]], who had requested the director to finish the script in two months, but Shankar took eight months and Vijay Sethupathi became busy with other projects.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anantharam |first=Chitra Deepa |date=11 February 2017 |title=Power politics |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Power-politics/article17288258.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133616/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/Power-politics/article17288258.ece |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Hindu |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Antony's availability meant that Shankar chose to cast him in the lead role. He revealed that the film would be a political thriller film set in Chennai and Antony would portray the character who brings "the message of death".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M. |title='Naan' combo back again for an action film |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Naan-combo-back-again-for-an-action-film/articleshow/50282462.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906211115/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Naan-combo-back-again-for-an-action-film/articleshow/50282462.cms |archive-date=6 September 2017 |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Miya (actress)|Miya]] was signed on as the film's lead actress during January 2016, while [[Lyca Productions]] announced that they would produce the film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 January 2016 |title=The Heroine of Vijay Antony-Jeeva Shankar film - Tamil News |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/mia-george-is-the-heroine-of-vijay-antony-jeeva-shankar-yeman-tamil-news-151334.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133617/https://www.indiaglitz.com/mia-george-is-the-heroine-of-vijay-antony-jeeva-shankar-yeman-tamil-news-151334.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> Antony put on weight for the film and began working on the project during the same month, with the producers revealing that the film would be shot within eighty days.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Subhakeerthana |first=S. |date=31 January 2016 |title=I've been binge-eating to gain weight!: Vijay Antony |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/310116/i-ve-been-binge-eating-to-gain-weight.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133618/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/310116/i-ve-been-binge-eating-to-gain-weight.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> [[Thiagarajan]] joined the film's cast during May 2016 and revealed that he would portray the lead antagonist, appearing as a "political mastermind".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M. |title=Thiagarajan plays a political mastermind in his next, Yeman |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Thiagarajan-plays-a-political-mastermind-in-his-next-Yeman/articleshow/52504465.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918074202/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Thiagarajan-plays-a-political-mastermind-in-his-next-Yeman/articleshow/52504465.cms |archive-date=18 September 2017 |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

Several scenes were shot in Chennai, while a prison set was erected in [[Puducherry (city)|Pondicherry]] for the shoot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=K |first=Janani |date=23 January 2017 |title=A political thriller for Vijay Antony |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/230117/a-political-thriller-for-vijay-antony.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133615/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/kollywood/230117/a-political-thriller-for-vijay-antony.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> A song was shot in Mumbai during July 2016 featuring Vijay Antony and Miya.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 July 2016 |title=Vijay Antony's 'Yeman'- Important shooting update - Tamil News |url=https://www.indiaglitz.com/vijay-antony-miya-george-yeman-shooting-happening-in-mumbai-tamil-news-162671.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133616/https://www.indiaglitz.com/vijay-antony-miya-george-yeman-shooting-happening-in-mumbai-tamil-news-162671.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> The team later moved on to film sequences in [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] during July 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Suganth |first=M. |title=Vijay Antony will sport a new look in Yeman song |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Vijay-Antony-will-sport-a-new-look-in-Yeman-song/articleshow/53504383.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906211158/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Vijay-Antony-will-sport-a-new-look-in-Yeman-song/articleshow/53504383.cms |archive-date=6 September 2017 |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Yaman
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Vijay Antony]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|2017|02|4}}
| recorded = 2016
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length =
| label = Lyca Music
| producer =
| prev_title = [[Saithan]]
| prev_year = 2016
| next_title = [[Annadurai (film)|Annadurai]]
| next_year = 2017
}}
The film's score and soundtrack were composed by [[Vijay Antony]]. The song "Yem Mela Kai Vachaa Gaali" was released as a single in September 2016, during the [[Tamil Nadu Premier League]] match of Kovai vs Chepauk held in Tirunelveli.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-09-09 |title=Vijay Antony's Yemen single track launched |url=http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vijay-antonys-yemen-single-track-launched-49607 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002122409/http://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vijay-antonys-yemen-single-track-launched-49607 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |access-date=1 October 2016 |website=The News Minute}}</ref> The album was released on 4 February 2017 by Lyca Music.

{{track listing
| headline = Tamil (original)
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Yem Mela Kai Vachaa Gaali
| lyrics1 = Annamalai
| extra1 = [[Vedala Hemachandra|Hemachandra]], Chetan, Kumar
| length1 = 4:30
| title2 = Damelo Dumelo
| lyrics2 = P. Vetriselvan
| extra2 = Saranya, [[Maria Roe Vincent]], El Fe
| length2 = 4:31
| title3 = Kadavul Ezhuthum
| lyrics3 = [[Ko. Sesha]]
| extra3 = [[Yazin Nizar]], Janaki Iyer
| length3 = 4:57
| title4 = Sigaram Chella
| lyrics4 = Eknath
| extra4 = [[Jagadeesh Kumar]], Ranjith Unni, [[Velmurugan]], Ayappan
| length4 = 2:44
| title5 = Neeye Thaniyaai
| lyrics5 = Muthumilan
| extra5 = Jagadeesh
| length5 = 2:44
}}

==Release==
The film had a worldwide theatrical release on 24 February 2017. The satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Zee Tamil]]. The film received mixed to positive reviews from both critics and the audience. Sify.com gave the film a positive review, stating "to conclude, ''Yaman'' is a film with many layers, and one with solid drama at its core, which makes it such an engaging watch" and that "it is that rare kind of film which transports you bang in the middle of its action".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yaman review: An intense political drama |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/yaman-review-an-intense-political-drama-review-tamil-rcyqRdgeccdeb.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170224205743/http://www.sify.com/movies/yaman-review-an-intense-political-drama-review-tamil-rcyqRdgeccdeb.html |archive-date=24 February 2017 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> In their review of the film, ''[[The Hindu]]'' found "strong performances and detailing save the day for Vijay Antony's ''Yaman''... the film's release timing is apt in the country's politically active scenario".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nadadhur |first=Srivathsan |date=24 February 2017 |title=Yaman: A political plunge |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/Yaman-review-A-political-plunge/article17361606.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133616/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/reviews/Yaman-review-A-political-plunge/article17361606.ece |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |work=The Hindu |via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> A critic from ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote "overall, a little more pace, doing away a duet song which appears in the second half which makes audience yawn and slight tone down of heroism would have worked wonders". ''The Indian Express'' called it "a watchable political drama, which has come out at the right time in the light of the ongoing political crisis in [[Tamil Nadu]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Menon |first=Thinkal |title=Yaman Movie Review {3/5}: Vijay Antony has once again chosen a script which suits him |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/yaman/movie-review/57341569.cms |work=The Times of India}}</ref> Likewise, ''The Deccan Chronicle''{{'}}s review mentioned, "the film works only in parts". ''The New Indian Express'' stated "despite the glitches, and with more positives than negatives, ''Yaman'' is a fairly interesting watch".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Review: This is not the 'Yaman' of all political dramas |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2017/feb/25/review-this-is-not-the-yaman-of-all-political-dramas-1574351.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133616/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2017/feb/25/review-this-is-not-the-yaman-of-all-political-dramas-1574351.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Subramanian |first=Anupama |date=25 February 2017 |title=Yaman movie review: Decent political drama that only works in parts |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/250217/yaman-movie-review-decent-political-drama-that-only-works-in-parts.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323133616/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/250217/yaman-movie-review-decent-political-drama-that-only-works-in-parts.html |archive-date=23 March 2020 |access-date=23 March 2020 |website=Deccan Chronicle}}</ref> Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote "There's too much dialogue, explaining what we already know. And Vijay Antony isn't actor enough to clue us in to the character's inner workings...To his credit, he wants to veer away from the mass-hero template. His films actually have a story. If only he'd find better people to tell them."<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 March 2017 |title=Yaman Movie Review – Film Companion |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/yaman-movie-review-baradwaj-rangan |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031105847/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/yaman-movie-review-baradwaj-rangan |archive-date=31 October 2023 |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref>

<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-04-05 |title="Yaman total worldwide box office collections" |url=https://collectionsdaysmovieboxofficephotos.com/collection/box-office/tamil/yaman-total-worldwide-box-office-collections |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019132557/https://collectionsdaysmovieboxofficephotos.com/collection/box-office/tamil/yaman-total-worldwide-box-office-collections |archive-date=19 October 2019 |access-date=2019-10-19 |website=CDMBP - Indian Box Office Destination}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|6567396}}

{{Lyca Productions}}

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