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Mahaan
Mahaan 2022 poster.jpg
Official release poster
Directed byKarthik Subbaraj
Written byKarthik Subbaraj
Produced byS. S. Lalit Kumar
Starring
CinematographyShreyaas Krishna
Edited byVivek Harshan
Music bySanthosh Narayanan
Production
company
Seven Screen Studio
Distributed byAmazon Prime Video
Release date
  • 10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Mahaan (transl. Great) is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language action thriller film[1] written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by S. S. Lalit Kumar under the banner of Seven Screen Studio. The film stars Vikram, his son Dhruv, Bobby Simha, Simran and Vani Bhojan, with Sananth, Vettai Muthukumar, Deepak Paramesh and Aadukalam Naren in supporting roles. The film's music is composed by Santhosh Narayanan, with cinematography handled by Shreyaas Krishna and editing done by Vivek Harshan. It is scheduled to be released on 10 February 2022 on Amazon Prime Video.[2]

Premise

It is the story of a man whose family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a billionaire, does life give him a second chance to be a father? This story is about how his life goes through an unexpected series of events in this thrilling, action-packed journey.

— Amazon Prime Video

Cast

Production

Development

In June 2020, Karthik Subbaraj was reported to direct a gangster film with Vikram in the lead role, which was tentatively titled Chiyaan 60.[8] Vikram, initially greenlit the one-liner narrated by Subbaraj in 2016, while he was shooting for Iru Mugan, but he could not offer the role due to his commitments in other projects.[8] While Karthik Subbaraj worked on Jagame Thandhiram, Vikram agreed to start the shoot with Subbaraj's script he earlier planned, with S. S. Lalit Kumar of Seven Screen Studio, which produced the actor's Cobra, agreed to fund the project. The film marked Vikram's return to gangster film-genre after Gemini (2002) and Bheemaa (2008).[8] Lalit Kumar officially announced the project on 8 June 2020,[9] with Vikram's son Dhruv also sharing a pivotal role in the film.[10][11] Karthik Subbaraj utilised the COVID-19 lockdown period to develop the film's script and had planned to start the shoot only after the lockdown ends.[12] It is touted to be a film based on revenge, similar to Petta.[13] On 20 August 2021, the film's official title was unveiled as Mahaan.[14][15]

Casting

Soon after the film's announcement Anirudh Ravichander was chosen to score the music, in his second collaboration with Karthik Subbaraj after Petta (2019) and his maiden collaboration with Vikram.[16] Shreyaas Krishna who worked with Subbaraj in Jagame Thandhiram was signed as the cinematographer and Vivek Harshan joined the film's team as the editor, after multiple associations with Subbaraj since Jigarthanda (2014).[17] Anirudh opted out of the project due to his busy schedule and was replaced by Subbaraj's norm composer Santhosh Narayanan.[18][19][20]

The makers announced the principal cast and crew members on 10 March 2021 onwards, with Simran being the first member to be announced as a part of the film.[21] On 12 March, Bobby Simha was announced as being in the cast, this being his sixth collaboration with Subbaraj.[22] The next day, Vani Bhojan was confirmed as the female lead, with her role reported to be Vikram's love interest.[23] Actors Sanath and Vettai Muthukumar were announced soon after.[24][25] Sound designer Kunal Rajan who worked in Enthiran and Vishwaroopam was announced a part of the technical team,[26] whilst Dinesh Subbarayan, son of prominent stunt choreographer Super Subbarayan joined the team as stunt director.[27]

Filming

Subbaraj fixed Kodaikanal as the principal location for the film,[28] and planned to start the shoot in February 2021 due to Vikram's commitments to Cobra and Ponniyin Selvan.[29][30] With Vikram's return to Chennai after completing the shooting schedule for Cobra in Russia,[31] principal photography commenced on 10 March 2021.[32] The film was set to be shot across Chennai, Goa and Kodaikanal. On 29 April 2021, despite the continuous shoot for about 50 days, the producers suspended the shooting, keeping in mind the rise in COVID-19 infections across Tamil Nadu.[33] By then, 50% of the film's shooting was complete.[34] In late-June 2021, it was announced that Subbaraj planned to resume shooting for the film in July, with the entire team being vaccinated before the shoot.[35]

Filming resumed on 6 July, with a 35-day schedule being held in Kanchipuram and then another shooting schedule was planned around Chennai, Goa and Darjeeling.[36] In mid-July 2021, the team headed to Darjeeling for the final schedule.[37] and portions involving Vikram, Dhruv and Vani Bhojan were shot in this schedule.[36] On 9 August, it was reported that Dhruv Vikram had wrapped shooting for his portions in the film.[38] Four days later, on 14 August, it was reported that shooting for the film has been wrapped.[39] In December 2021, Vikram and Dhruv had completed dubbing for their respective parts.[40]

Music

Mahaan
Soundtrack album by
Santhosh Narayanan
Released2022 (2022)
Recorded2021
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length15:32
LanguageTamil
LabelSony Music South
ProducerS. S. Lalit Kumar
Santhosh Narayanan chronology
Sarpatta Parambarai
(2021) 		Mahaan
(2022) 		Dasara
(2022)
Singles from Mahaan
  1. "Soorayaatam"
    Released: 22 September 2021
  2. "Evanda Enakku Custody"
    Released: 28 January 2022
  3. "Pona Povura"
    Released: 2 February 2022
  4. "Rich Rich"
    Released: 5 February 2022

The film's soundtrack and score is composed by Santhosh Narayanan, with lyrics written by Vivek and Muthamil. Compositions for the soundtrack began during March 2021, where Santhosh and his music team recorded the first track, in collaboration with native folk musicians from Tamil Nadu.[41] In April 2021, he started tracking vocals to record the film's songs.[42] During mid-December, Dhruv had recorded vocals for one of the songs in the film, reporting to be his playback singing debut,[43] despite recording a track in his debut film Adithya Varma (2019).[44]

On the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi (10 September 2021), the first single track "Soorayaatam" was unveiled by Sony Music India.[45] Sung by V. M. Mahalingam and Narayanan providing backing vocals for the songs, Indiaglitz reviewed the track as "a brilliant blend of rustic rural tune and electronic music".[46] The second single "Evanda Enakku Custody", a retro-based dance number, was released ahead of the Pongal festival, on 12 January 2022.[47][48] The third single "Pona Povura", was released on 2 February 2022.[49]

Tamil Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Soorayaatam"MuthamilV. M. Mahalingam, Santhosh Narayanan4:41
2."Evanda Enakku Custody"VivekSanthosh Narayanan3:32
3."Pona Povura"Asal KolaarGaana Muthu, Asal Kolaar4:33
4."Rich Rich"DuraiOfRo, OfRo Durai3:26
Total length:15:32
Malayalam Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Venda Venda Ennu"Shibu KallarMahalingam3:38
2."Ini Ee Life"Shibu KallarSanthosh Hariharan3:46
Telugu Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Pothey Poni"Rajashri SudhakarMahalingam3:37
2."Yevvarra Manaki Custody"Srinivasa MoorthySanthosh Narayanan3:47
Kannada Tracklist
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Hodre Hogli Anta"Santhosh VishwaratnaMahalingam3:38
2."Yavano Namage Custody"Santhosh VishwaratnaSanthosh Hariharan3:33
3."Rich Rich"Santhosh VishwaratnaSanthosh Hariharan3:26

Release

Mahaan is scheduled release via Amazon Prime Video on 10 February 2022.[50][51] Apart from the original version, the film will be dubbed and released in Telugu and Malayalam languages under the same title, and a Kannada-dubbed version titled Maha Purusha will also be released on that date.[52]

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