Maryan (film)

For other uses, see Maryan (disambiguation).

Maryan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBharat Bala
Written byJoe D'Cruz (Dialogue)
Screenplay byBharat Bala
Sriram Rajan
Story byBharat Bala
Produced byV. Ravichandran
StarringDhanush
Parvathy Thiruvothu
CinematographyMarc Koninckx
Edited byVivek Harshan
Music byA. R. Rahman
Production
company
Distributed byAascar Film Pvt Ltd (Tamil)
SVR Media (Telugu)
Release dates
  • 19 July 2013 (2013-07-19) (Tamil)
  • 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) (Telugu)
Running time
133 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Maryan (pronounced Mariyāņ; transl. Immortal) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language drama film[1] directed by Bharat Bala, and produced by V. Ravichandran, under the banner Aascar Films, starring Dhanush and Parvathy Thiruvothu.[2] The film has music and background score composed by A. R. Rahman;[3] cinematography and editing were done by Marc Koninckx and Vivek Harshan respectively.[4] The dialogues in the film were penned by Joe D' Cruz. Oscar-award winner Resul Pookutty was the sound designer of the film. Maryan is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life.[5] The film's title represents the character as "a man who never dies".[6] This movie is partially inspired from Malayalam novel Aadujeevitham written by Benyamin.[1]

The film revolves around a story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil workers from Tamil Nadu were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan by mercenaries.[7] Bharatbala narrated the story to Dhanush in September 2011, and the film was announced officially in March 2012, revealing the details of the cast and crew. The commencement of the principal photography took place on the same date, and was primarily shot across Sudan and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. The underwater scenes were filmed in Andamans[8] and scenes featuring arid land were filmed at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat.

The film released in Auro 3D sound format[9] on selective screens in India and worldwide on 19 July 2013.[10] The film received positive critical reception in India And it was declared as a box office hit.[11] The film had the biggest opening in the United States amongst all Indian films releasing on the same date.[12] This movie is inspired from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, where three oil workers from India were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan by mercenaries.The dubbed Telugu version of the film titled Mariyaan was released on 11 September 2015.[13]

  1. ^ a b "Maryan". British Board of Film Classification. MARYAN is a Tamil language drama about a fisherman who goes to work in Africa for two years.
  2. ^ "Dhanush's next with Bharatbala". The Times of India. 15 March 2012. Archived from the original on 31 March 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Rahman: I am back". IndiaGlitz. 21 April 2012. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Dhanush's next: 'Maryan'!". IndiaGlitz. 18 April 2012. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Tamil film industry more open to fresh stories: Bharatbala". Zee News. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference rediff was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Bharat Bala, Dhanush, AR Rahman: Maryan is a film to watch out for". Sify. 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference promo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference aur was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "Maryan's release date officially announced!". Behindwoods. 29 June 2013. Retrieved 29 June 2013.
  11. ^ "Maryan is a Must watch!". in.com. 20 July 2013. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
  12. ^ "At the USA Boxoffice, amongst Indian releases". Twitter – Taran Adarsh. Retrieved 21 July 2013.
  13. ^ "Dhanush Mariyaan is all set to release on July 31". telugucinemas.in. Retrieved 7 August 2015.