Anjaan (2014)

Original title

அஞ்சான்

Directed by

N. Lingusamy

Genre

action film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 46m

Rated

U

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 49 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man comes to Mumbai to find his older brother who is a gangster. He learns what happened to him through flashbacks.

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What happens

Anjaan (transl. Fearless Man) is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language action film written and directed by N. Lingusamy and produced by Thirupathi Brothers and distributed by UTV Motion Pictures. The film stars Suriya, alongside Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Vidyut Jammwal, Manoj Bajpayee, Dalip Tahil, Murali Sharma, Joe Malloori, Soori, Chetan Hansraj, Sanjana Singh and Asif Basra in supporting roles. The film follows a man who arrives in Mumbai looking for his elder gangster brother and learns of the events behind his disappearance. The project was reported in July 2012 marking the maiden collaboration with Suriya and Lingusamy and was set to begin production after the former's commitments on other films. Principal photography began on 20 November 2013 and was completed on 23 June 2014, where the film was predominantly shot in Mumbai, with the exception of one song sequence which was filmed in Goa. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while cinematography and editing were handled by Santosh Sivan and Anthony. Anjaan premiered at Kuala Lumpur on 14 August 2014, and theatrically released on 15 August 2014, coinciding with India's Independence Day. The film received mixed reviews from critics with praise for Suriya's performance, action sequences, music and cinematography. Criticism was directed towards the plot and duration. A re-edited version of the film released on 28 November 2025. The film was later remade in Bangladeshi as Captain Khan (2018). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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