
Vijayan (editing), Sabu Cyril (production design), and Peter Hein (stunt choreography), and the soundtrack was composed by Harris Jayaraj, who was in his first collaboration with the director. The technical departments were headed by V. Manikandan abandoned the project halfway through, until he was replaced with Ravi Varman. The film was notable for its recreation of the Tyagaraja Aradhana music festival and the extensive use of time slice photography in an action sequence.Ĭinematographer V.

The film was shot at Hyderabad, Thanjavur, Tindivanam and Chennai, and the song sequences were filmed in Mumbai, Malaysia, Amsterdam and Tenkasi. The making of the film, which included numerous production delays, took 14 months. Pre-production for Anniyan began in November 2003 and principal photography in March 2004. He based the film on his own life experiences during his formative years when he was disturbed by what he saw around him, and his eventual displeasure with the society. Shankar conceived the film in mid-2003 during the post-production period of his previous film, Boys. Actors Nedumudi Venu, Vivek, Prakash Raj, and Nassar also feature in the film. Vikram stars as Ambi, an idealistic, law-abiding lawyer who has multiple personality disorder and develops two other identities: a metrosexual fashion model named Remo, and a murderous vigilante named Anniyan and Sadha plays his love interest, Nandini. The plot centres on a disillusioned everyman whose frustration at what he sees as increasing social apathy and public negligence leads to a split personality that attempts to improve the system. Stranger) is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language psychological action thriller film written and directed by S.
