Maattrraan

Maattrraan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. V. Anand
Written by
Produced by
  • Kalpathi S. Aghoram
  • Kalpathi S. Ganesh
  • Kalpathi S. Suresh
Starring
CinematographySoundararajan
Edited byAnthony
Music byHarris Jayaraj
Production
company
Distributed byEros International[1]
Release date
  • 12 October 2012 (2012-10-12)
Running time
172 minutes[2]
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Maattrraan (transl. Alternate) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[3] co-written and directed by K. V. Anand and produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh and S. Suresh under the banner AGS Entertainment. It stars Suriya in dual roles as a conjoined twin brothers,[4] along with Kajal Aggarwal in the female lead. It also stars an ensemble supporting cast. The dialogues were penned by the duo Suresh and Balakrishnan. The film features music composed by Harris Jayaraj, cinematography handled by Soundararajan, editing done by Anthony, respectively. V. Srinivas Mohan, handled the visual effects.

The film was launched on 22 July 2011, along with the commencement of principal photography. A major portion of the film was shot in the Balkan region in countries like Croatia, Serbia, Albania and Macedonia, as well as Latvia and other parts of Europe, with rest of the scenes in India. Maattrraan was the first Indian film to use performance capture technology.[5] Based on the conjoined twins concept,[6] It was also touted to be the first Indian film based on conjoined twins, until two other films, with the same concept were launched later.[7] The film was released on 12 October 2012.

  1. ^ "Eros Gets Hold Of Suriya". www.behindwoods.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Maattrraan considerably chopped". Behindwoods. 14 October 2012. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  3. ^ "Maattrraan". BBFC. Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
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  6. ^ "Suriya to play Siamese twins in next?". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 8 May 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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