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Vaanam (2011)

Vaanam poster
Original title
வானம்
Directed by
Radhakrishna Jagarlamudi
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 33m
Rated
UA
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Five strangers from different backgrounds in Chennai have their lives cross on New Year's Eve inside a hospital. Their separate stories converge through a series of events.

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What happens

Vaanam (transl. Sky) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language hyperlink action drama film written and directed by Krish. A remake of director's own Telugu film Vedam (2010), it has an ensemble cast of Silambarasan TR, Bharath, Prakash Raj, Anushka Shetty, Santhanam, Sonia Agarwal and Saranya Ponvannan. Anushka and Saranya reprise their roles from the original. The score and soundtrack were composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja; cinematography and editing were by Nirav Shah and Anthony, respectively. The film, produced by VTV Ganesh and R. Ganesh, was distributed by Dayanidhi Azhagiri's Cloud Nine Movies. Vaanam revolves around the lives of five people from different walks of life, illustrating how their fates intertwine on New Year's Eve at a Chennai hospital. Released on 29 April 2011, it received mostly positive reviews and was a box-office success. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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