Aanai

Aanai
Directed by	Selva
Produced by	K. S. Sreenivasan
Written by	Selva G. K. Gopinath
Starring	Arjun Namitha Keerthi Chawla
Music by	Karthick Babu
Cinematography	K. S. Shiva
Edited by	S. Sathish J. N. Harsh
Distributed by	Vasan Visual Ventures
Release date	2 December 2005 (2005-12-02)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Aanai (English: Order) is a 2005 Indian Tamil action drama film written and directed by Selva. It stars Arjun, Namitha and Keerthi Chawla in the lead, while Vadivelu, Sanghavi and Manoj K. Jayan play pivotal roles. D. Imman composed the soundtrack, while Shiva was the cinematographer for the venture which released in December 2005.

The film is a remake of the 2004 film Man on Fire starring Denzel Washington and Dakota Fanning. The film's Hindi Bollywood remake, Ek Ajnabee, starring Amitabh Bachchan in the lead, was released a week later.

Synopsis

Selva has set the story in Chennai city as some terrorist leader in London wants to kidnap children of the rich and powerful.

Plot

Vijay (Arjun) is an ex-cop who was framed up after he cleaned the city of the scum of the earth including nine encounter killings of dreaded gangsters. Now out of work, he is persuaded by his former boss to be the bodyguard of 8-year-old Priya whose parents (Manoj K. Jayan and Sanghavi) are millionaires.

He is hired to protect the little girl from kidnappers who are on the prowl. The kidnappers are led by a loony militant called 'Ahmed Khan' who manages to kidnap Priya and humiliate Vijay. The rest of the film is how Vijay assisted by two glam girls (Namitha and Keerthi Chawla) mete out vigilante justice in a cat-and-mouse game with the kidnappers.

Cast

• Arjun as Vijay
• Namitha as Ramya
• Keerthi Chawla as Sandhya
• Sanghavi as Meena Jayaram
• Vadivelu
• Manoj K. Jayan as Jayaram
• Baby Taj as Priya
• Ranganath
• Aryan
• Thalaivasal Vijay
• Delhi Ganesh
• Halwa Vasu
• Mahadevan
• OAK Sundar
• Junior Silk

Production

Selva, who had directed Arjun in Karna (1995) and the long delayed Manikanda (2006) was signed by Vasan Visual Ventures to work with him again. The actor signed on for a hiked price of one crore rupees, following the success of his previous film Giri. The unit had a 15-day shooting stint in Hyderabad in February 2005, with two of the lead actresses Namitha and Sanghavi involved in the shoot. The film featured a new editing technique tried by Satish and Harsha, while the team shot three songs with Arjun and Namitha in London, notably near the London Eye and Windsor Castle. Another song was shot with Arjun and Namitha at the Mohan Studio in Chennai, with the actor notably wearing four inch heels to make up for height difference with the actress.

During the making of the film, allegations arose that Arjun had been sending lewd messages to Namitha, which led to a brief furore on sets.

Release

The film had a brief delay in getting released due to the failure of the actor's previous film, Chinna, though the film finally released across Tamil Nadu in early December 2005. A critic from Sify.com noted "what could have been an edge-of-the-seat thriller ends up as a badly made mass-masala movie", concluding that the film is "disappointing".

Soundtrack

Aanai
Soundtrack album to Aanai by D. Imman
Released	8 November 2005
Recorded	2004
Genre	Film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Label	Hit Music
Producer	D. Imman
D. Imman chronology
Anbe Vaa (2005) Aanai (2005) Madrasi (2006)

The soundtrack album was composed by D. Imman.

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Aanai" (English)	D. Imman	D. Imman
2.	"Hey Idupattum"	P. Vijay	D. Imman, Srilekha Parthasarathy
3.	"Azhagiya Darisanam"	Pazhani Bharathi	Madhu Balakrishnan, Binni Krishnakumar
4.	"Chinnajiru Kilye"	Bharathiyar	Ananthu
5.	"Figurudan Oru Naal"	Na. Muthukumar	Karthik, Saindhavi
6.	"Kumru Kumrur"	P. Vijay	Sirkazhi Sivachidambaram, Annupamaa
7.	"Midukkanavaney"	P. Vijay	Balram, Mathangi Jagdish
8.	"Sare Jahan Se Acha"	Muhammad Iqbal	Srinivas
9.	"Enthan Varungala Veetukaraney"	Victor Dass	Susi Reeta