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Mariyaan (2013)

Mariyaan poster
Original title
மரியான்
Directed by
Bharat Bala
Genre
action, thriller
Country
India
Runtime
2h 25m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Tamil oil worker is kidnapped by mercenaries in Sudan and taken hostage. He struggles to survive in a foreign and hostile environment far from home.

suspensefulharrowingtensesurvivallonelyresilientneutraltravel-heavy

What happens

Maryan ( transl. Immortal) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language survival drama film directed by Bharat Bala, and produced by V. Ravichandran, under the banner Aascar Films, starring Dhanush and Parvathy Thiruvothu. The film has music and background score composed by A. R. Rahman; cinematography and editing were done by Marc Koninckx and Vivek Harshan respectively. The dialogues in the film were penned by Joe D' Cruz. Oscar-award winner Resul Pookutty was the sound designer of the film. 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. 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 and scenes featuring arid land were filmed at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat. The film released in Auro 3D sound format on selective screens in India and worldwide on 19 July 2013. The film received positive critical reception in India And it was declared as a box office hit. The film had the biggest opening in the United States amongst all Indian films releasing on the same date. The dubbed Telugu version of the film titled Mariyaan was released on 11 September 2015 by SVR Media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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