Vanam

Vanam (transl. Forest) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film directed by Srikantan Anand and produced by Golden Star Productions Pvt Ltd. The film stars Vetri, Anu Sithara and Smruthi Venkat in the lead roles, and the music is composed by Ron Ethan Yohann.^[1] The film released theatrically on 26 November 2021.^[2]

Vanam
Film Poster
Directed by	Srikantan Anand
Written by	Srikantan Anand
Produced by	Grace Jayanthi Rani JP Amalan JP Alex
Starring	Vetri Anu Sithara Smruthi Venkat
Cinematography	Vikram Mohan
Edited by	Prakash Mabbu
Music by	Ron Ethan Yohann
Production company	Golden Star Productions Pvt Ltd
Release date	26 November 2021 (2021-11-26)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Synopsis

An art college student, with the help of a documentary filmmaker, tries to find the reasons behind the mysterious deaths of the people who have stayed in a hostel room.

Cast

• Vetri as Magizh
• Anu Sithara as Malli
• Smruthi Venkat as Jasmine
• Azhagam Perumal
• Vela Ramamoorthy
• Ravi Venkatraman

Soundtrack

Vanam
Soundtrack album by Ron Ethan Yohann
Released	2021
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	5:45
Language	Tamil
Label	Think Music
Ron Ethan Yohann chronology
Navarasa (2021) Vanam (2021) D Block (2022)

The soundtrack and score was composed by Ron Ethan Yohann.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Kaatrile Mudhal Isai"	S. Gnanakaravel	Ron Ethan Yohann, Shweta Mohan	05:45

Reception

The Times of India gave the film a rating of 2.5 out of 5 and wrote, "Vanam is a run-of-the-mill horror thriller."^[3] Bharat Kumar of News Today wrote, "Vanam is a movie that manages a decent watch. Good writing is the key."^[4] Sify called it a "run of the mill thriller" and "yet another horror-thriller in Tamil cinema with an earnest flashback episode", rating it 2 out of 5.^[2]