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Yaan is a film of genre Thriller directed by Ravi K. Chandran with Jiiva
Yaan (2014)
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Add to a movie listYaan (Tamil: யான், English: Me) is a 2014 Indian Tamil action-thriller film written, directed and filmed by Ravi K. Chandran. It features Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in the lead roles. The film's soundtrack and score was composed by Harris Jayaraj, while editing and art direction were done by A. Sreekar Prasad and Sabu Cyril, respectively. Resul Pookutty was in charge of the sound mixing and Brinda was in charge of the choreography.
Synopsis
The film begins in Mumbai, where the cops plan the encounter of a terrorist 'Malik' (Nawab Shah), who is a notorious criminal.The cops succeed in trapping him and the Commissioner of police, Anwer kills Malik. Then comes Chandru (Jiiva), a happy go lucky jobless youth who lives in his Grandmother's expense. Chandru meets Sreela (Thulasi Nair) on the day of encounter and helps her elope the spot, saving her life. Chandru falls for Sreela at first sight and starts to follow her. Though initially she refuses him, they both fall in love soon. As usual, Sreela's father (Nasser) Opposes their marriage, as Chandru is jobless and doesn't have an income.Hence Chandru decides to find a job with full fledge. He finally gets a job offer in 'Basilistan', a strict Islamic nation. Chandru travels to Basilistan with the help of a travel agent 'Haridas'. He also introduces Iqbal, an autistic teen boy to Chandru, who is also travelling to Basilistan for a work and asks Chandru to take care of him till they reach Basilistan, Morocco.Actors
Jiiva
(Chandrasekhar (Chandru))
Thulasi Nair
Nassar
(Rajan)
Thulasi Nair
(Sreela Rajan)
Thulasi Nair
(Sreela Rajan)
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