Maryan (film)
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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]
Maryan | |
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Directed by | Bharat Bala |
Written by | Joe D'Cruz (Dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Bharat Bala Sriram Rajan |
Story by | Bharat Bala |
Produced by | V. Ravichandran |
Starring | Dhanush Parvathy Thiruvothu |
Cinematography | Marc Koninckx |
Edited by | Vivek Harshan |
Music by | A. R. Rahman |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Aascar Film Pvt Ltd (Tamil) SVR Media (Telugu) |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
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 on September 2011, and the film was announced officially on 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]