Anjaan (2014 film)

Anjaan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byN. Lingusamy
Written byBrinda Sarathy (Dialogues)
Screenplay byN. Linguswamy
Story byN. Linguswamy
Produced bySiddharth Roy Kapur
N. Subash Chandrabose
StarringSuriya
Vidyut Jammwal
Samantha Ruth Prabhu
Manoj Bajpayee
Dalip Tahil
CinematographySantosh Sivan
Edited byAnthony
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
Distributed byUTV Motion Pictures[1]
Release dates
  • 14 August 2014 (2014-08-14) (Kuala Lumpur premiere)
  • 15 August 2014 (2014-08-15) (Worldwide)[2]
Running time
160 minutes[3]
CountryIndia
LanguagesTamil
Hindi

Anjaan (transl. Fearless) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action film[4] written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced under his banner Thirupathi Brothers.[5] The film stars Suriya in the main lead role alongside Vidyut Jammwal and Samantha Ruth Prabhu.[6][7] Manoj Bajpayee, Dalip Tahil, Murali Sharma, Joe Malloori, Soori, Chetan Hansraj, Sanjana Singh and Asif Basra play supporting roles.[8] The film follows a disabled man who arrives in Mumbai looking for his elder gangster brother and learns of the events behind his disappearance.

Principal photography began on 20 November 2013, in Mumbai and Goa, and was completed in June 2014. The film's cinematography and editing were handled by Santosh Sivan and Anthony, respectively, while Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the soundtrack album and background score.[9] The film was distributed by UTV Motion Pictures. Anjaan was released on 15 August 2014 and received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics and has achieved a cult status.

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