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Maanaadu
Maanaadu poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byVenkat Prabhu
Written byVenkat Prabhu
Produced bySuresh Kamatchi
StarringSilambarasan
S. J. Suryah
Kalyani Priyadarshan
CinematographyRichard M. Nathan
Edited byPraveen K. L.
Music byYuvan Shankar Raja
Production
company
V House Productions
Distributed bySSI Productions (Tamil Naadu)
(Norway)
Release date
  • 25 November 2021 (2021-11-25)
Running time
147 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Box office₹100 crore[1]

Maanaadu (transl. Conference) is a 2021 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu and produced by Suresh Kamatchi. The film stars Silambarasan, S. J. Suryah and Kalyani Priyadarshan alongside S. A. Chandrasekhar, Y. G. Mahendran, Karunakaran, Premgi Amaren, Aravind Akash and Anjena Kirti in supporting roles. The film's music and score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography handled by Richard M. Nathan and editing done by Praveen K. L. It revolves around a common man and a police officer, who is trapped in a time loop, at the day of a public conference of the chief minister and forced to live the same day over and over again. The film was released on 25 November 2021 to highly positive reviews. A sequel is confirmed by Venkat Prabhu with the main cast returning.[2]

Plot

Abdul Khaaliq is an NRI on his way to Coimbatore to help his friend Eeswaramoorthy elope with his lover Zarina Begum on the day of her marriage with the help of his other friend Syed Baasha. He makes an acquaintance with a chatty Seethalakshmi during the flight. He gets her to join him after its revealed she is also on the way to Zarina's marriage. They elope and escape from the bride's family's pursuit. On the way to the registrar's office, an unknown man suddenly falls on their car. The man is revealed to have been pursued by the police headed by Inspector John. They are subsequently interned extrajudicially on the orders of DCP Dhanushkodi. Khaaliq is then forced by the DCP and John to attend a scheduled political gathering with chief minister present and is instructed to shoot the CM with a pistol else his friends would die, Khaaliq reluctantly shoots the CM Arivazhagan, who dies. Inspector John shoots Khaaliq dead in the enduring chaos.

Khaaliq reawakens only to find himself in the mid-flight where he was on the start of that day and proceeds to relive all the distinct incidents of that morning. After attempting to help his friend elope again he finds himself in the same spot where the police had previously accosted him. Khaaliq is shocked to find Rafique, the unknown man from his previous experience enter his car attempting to flee the police. The police catch up to them and Khaaliq is shot dead by Dhanushkodi this time. Khaaliq surprisingly finds himself mid-flight once again failing to realize he is looping in time. He attempts to take a different path and prevent interacting with the police but he eventually dies at the hands of an angry Zarina's brother. He wakes up mid-flight once again and finally realizes he is trapped in a time-loop. He explains the matter to his friends and Seethalakshmi who tells him stories of time looping and Ujjain's Kaal-Bhairav, the Hindu lord of time. Khaaliq realises how he, having been born in Ujjain in Kaal-Bhairav's temple, might be behind the time loop and that he has to reach a set objective to escape the loop. He begins investigating the political gathering once again and sees a cameraman shoot at the CM with a disguised sniper rifle. Using the time loop to his advantage, Khaaliq locates the hitman and restrains him to prevent the assassination. However the Chief Minister is then killed in an IED bombing while leaving the gathering. A frustrated Khaaliq confronts Dhanushkodi and laments about how the CM's assassination would lead to a dangerous religious riot and cause further societal conflict.

It is then revealed Dhanushkodi has also been stuck in a time-loop from when his blood accidentally transfused into Khaaliq's body when he is wounded in one of the previous loops. It is now set the two must struggle against each other to achieve their conflicting goals. Khaaliq needs to stop the political gathering which would prevent the CM's public assassination and foil any possibility of a religious riot while Dhanushkodi needs to try to prevent Khaaliq from doing so. Dhanushkodi is revealed to be working for Paranthaaman, a veteran aide of the chief minister who is unhappy with the nepotism inside his party. Paranthaaman wants to get to power by assassinating the CM and Dhanushkodi expects to benefit from such a transfer of power by orchestrating the assassination.

Khaaliq is given a final warning by Dhanushkodi to stay away from his assassination and resets the loop. A resilient Khaaliq attempts to warn the CM's son Mugilan of the impending assassination. On failing to do so, Khaaliq eventually figures out Tamizhvaanan, a local Hindu figurehead already knew of Paranthaaman's plans to assassinate the CM. Tamizhvaanan was murdered earlier that day. On knowing the CM and Tamizhvaanan are close, Khaaliq realises he needs to save Tamizhvaanan and get him to warn the CM to prevent the gathering. After many futile attempts and loops, Khaaliq finally saves him and warns the CM in time which leads to a final confrontation between Khaaliq and Dhanushkodi. Khaaliq successfully protects the CM and Dhanushkodi is shot dead by the CM's guards, seemingly ending the time loop. Paranthaaman dies of a stroke.

The film ends with Khaaliq getting ready to loop through time again, this time to protect his friends from Zarina's angry brother.

Cast

Production

Pre-production

Venkat Prabhu initially planned to collaborate with Silambarasan for Billa 3,[4] the third instalment in the Billa film series, which came under the news in late 2016.[5] With Prabhu failing to helm the project, because of his ongoing commitments with his directorial Party, Silambarasan decided to direct the film by himself, after a hiatus of nearly ten years, since Vallavan (2006).[6] Silambarasan then decided to revive his shelved project Kettavan.[7] The project was expected to take place in July 2017,[8] with shooting being held at Mumbai and the United States,[9] but failed to materialise then.[10]

Development

In June 2018, producer Suresh Kamatchi of V House Productions,[11] officially confirmed their next venture with Silambarsan and Venkat Prabhu.[12][13] The project was not considered to be the third instalment of Billa but another fresh script written by Prabhu;[14] though it was rumoured to be a gangster film, it was later revealed to be an action-thriller instead.[15][16] On 9 July 2018, Venkat Prabhu announced the title of the film as Maanadu,[17][18] with a poster release, revealing that the film will be based on political backdrop.[19][20] Venkat Prabhu added that the film would be a political thriller, his first attempt at the genre.[21] The film, however, uses this as a subplot for the film whilst the story revolves around time loop, a first-of-a-kind in Tamil and Indian cinema.[22][23]

Despite few developments in the project, in August 2019, Suresh Kamatchi announced that he had ousted Silambarasan from the film citing the actor's failure to commit to dates properly, although the film had undergone pre-production work for close to a year before Silambarasan's exit.[24] The producer claimed that the film will go on production with another actor in the lead role, while Silambarasan later chose to launch another new project titled Maghaa Maanaadu immediately after his removal from Maanaadu.[25][26] Suresh Kamatchi, along with several other producers came forward with an official complaint to the Tamil Film Producers Council about Silambarasan's poor punctuality during the same month.[27][28] In November 2019, the producers announced that Silambarasan would come back to the project after sorting out the issues,[29] and the project was expected to be re-launched.[30][31]

Casting

With the film's cast and crew not being announced yet, it was rumoured that A. R. Rahman was being approached to compose the music and P. C. Sreeram being hired as the cinematographer.[32] In January 2019, Raashi Khanna, was in talks to play the female lead,[33] however Kalyani Priyadarshan, who paired up with Sivakarthikeyan in Hero (2019), was later cast.[34][35] In June 2019, Yuvan Shankar Raja, who is known for his successful collaborations with Silambarasan and Venkat Prabhu, signed in as the composer.[36]

In January 2020, the makers announced the complete cast and crew, which includes S. A. Chandrasekhar, Bharathiraja, Premgi Amaren and Karunakaran,[37] along with cinematographer Richard M. Nathan, editor Praveen K. L., action director Stunt Silva and costume designer Vasuki Bhaskar, being a part of the project.[38] Furthermore, the team also included S. J. Suryah,[39] Manoj Bharathiraja, Daniel Annie Pope and Y. G. Mahendran, to the film's cast.[40][41] Prabhu initially wanted Arvind Swamy to play the DCP Dhanushkodi, but he could not allot dates, resulting in Suryah being cast.[42] Silambarasan was reported to play a Muslim in the film,[43] whose character name was revealed as "Abdul Khaaliq" with a poster release on Silambarasan's birthday, 3 February 2020. It is a reference to Abdul Haliq, the legal name of Yuvan Shankar Raja following his conversion to Islam in 2014.[44][45] Badava Gopi joined the film's sets during the filming schedule in Pondicherry in November 2020.[46]

Filming

Principal photography commenced on 19 February 2020 with a customary pooja ceremony being held on Chennai,[47] where the team planned to few scenes in the venue and move to Hyderabad for a 40-day schedule.[48][49] Following the accident held on the sets of Indian 2, the producer Suresh Kamatchi had assured an insurance of ₹30 crores to the film's cast and crew,[50][51] also ensuring the safety of the workers on the film sets.[52] On 27 February 2020, the team moved to VGP Golden Beach at Chennai,[53] for a song shoot featuring Silambarasan which was choreographed by Raju Sundaram, was being filmed at a huge set with around 200 dancers from Mumbai and Bangalore.[54]

The team later moved to Ramoji Film City at Hyderabad on 11 March for the film's second schedule.[55][56] However, the film council in Hyderabad declined permission to shoot the film until 19 March for safety reasons due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thus the film's shooting being put on hold.[57] Later the shooting of the film resumed at Pondicherry on 9 November 2020,[58] with Silambarasan joining the sets post the completion of his film Eeswaran (2021).[59][60] The schedule took place for a month and was completed within 9 December 2020.[61] The team headed to Yercaud on 25 December 2020, to shoot major sequences without featuring Silambarasan.[62][63]

A huge set was erected at the EVP Film City in Chennai, resembling a political gathering, and several lead stars were part of this schedule.[64] The set works began in mid-February 2021 and took place for more than a month.[64] Venkat Prabhu revealed that it was a challenging one to shoot a sequence with lot of artistes involved during this pandemic situation.[65] He further added that the team planned to shoot this sequence in a quick time, citing the rise of COVID-19 infections in Chennai following the hot weather in the city.[66] The shooting of the schedule was wrapped up on 5 April 2021,[67] and then planned for another sequence to be filmed in Maldives airport, but was delayed further since the government had imposed ban on passengers from India arriving in the country due to surge in COVID-19 cases.[68] The team later shifted to Hosur Aerodrome on 6 July 2021 for the final schedule filming, and was completed on 9 July 2021.[69] The production team eventually planned to shoot the entire film in 85 days, but filming was completed within 68 days.[70]

Post-production

The post-production began in July 2021, soon after the completion of the film.[71] In September 2021, according to a report, the film "is shot in several locations, with a huge political gathering scene in the film, it requires almost 900 computer graphic shots".[72] Silambarasan started dubbing for the film in May 2021, earlier before the post-production works, with the dubbing took place in his home studio.[73][74] In mid-October 2021, Premgi Amaren completed dubbing for his portions for the film.[75] The following day, S. J. Suryah started dubbing for his portions in the film and completed within five days.[76] However, it was reported that Silambarasan refused to dub for the portions in the film, citing pending renumeration.[77] Suresh Kamatchi, assured Silambarasan to pay him ₹2 crore (US$270,000) as the remainder, which convinced the actor, and had completed dubbing for the remaining portions of his film, within a day.[77] Yuvan started re-recording for the film's music and score in August 2021, which was completed within early-October 2021.[78] The final copy of the film was submitted to the Central Board of Film Certification and was received U/A certificate (in concern of few action sequences) with a runtime of 147 minutes.[79][80]

Themes and influences

Following the official teaser, which released on Silambarasan's birthday (3 February 2021),[81] netizens and fans of the actor claimed uncanny comparisons have been made to that of the American film Tenet (2020), directed by Christopher Nolan, as the frames from the teaser had made the use of reverse editing, as it deals with reverse-time formula.[82][83] However, Venkat Prabhu refused such claims saying that it has no connection to that film.[84] In the trailer, it was revealed that the film is based on a time loop concept (a common trope used in science-fiction films), where two characters were forced to repeat the same day after an unfortunate incident.[85] It is the second Indian film to deal with the concept of time loops after Jango, released earlier the same year. Prabhu acknowledged Groundhog Day (1993) and Vantage Point (2008) as influences on Maanaadu.[86]

Music

Main article: Maanaadu (soundtrack)

The film's soundtrack is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, after regularly collaborating with Venkat Prabhu and Silambarasan. The soundtrack album consists of seven tracks — only two songs, titled "Meherezylaa"[87][88] and "Voice of Unity" (the latter was used as a promotional song and not featured in the film),[89][64] and few instrumentals used in the background score were released along with the album. The track "Meherezylaa" was released on the occasion of World Music Day (21 June 2021),[90] with the entire cast and crew being present at the Twitter Spaces to launch the track from the album.[91] The promotional song "Voice of Unity" was released at an event held in Chennai.[64] The soundtrack album was released by U1 Records on 7 November 2021, to positive response.[92]

Release

Theatrical

Maanadu was earlier scheduled for a theatrical release on 14 May 2021 (Eid-al-Fitr)[93] but due to the extensive post-production activities the film's released was postponed to August 2021,[94] which was further delayed due to the COVID-19 restrictions.[95] On 11 September 2021, it was announced that the film would be released in five Indian languages on 4 November 2021, during Diwali.[96] Suresh Kamatchi said that the extensive visual effects work delayed the post-production process, thereby resulting in the film being scheduled for release on that date.[72] However, on 18 October 2021, he announced that the film will be postponed to 25 November 2021,[97] in order to ensure a wider release and large number of screens being provided for the film, thereby avoiding clash with Rajinikanth-starrer Annaatthe (2021), which also scheduled for release on the same day.[98][99] The decision was made to avoid losses for the stake holders involved, according to the producer Suresh Kamatchi.[98] Furthermore, the issues revolving over the film's copyrights and Silambarasan's refusal to dub for the film, citing his pending renumeration, were the reasons for the delay.[77][100] The film will be dubbed and released in Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi versions as The Loop, while the Kannada-dubbed version retained the same title as the original.[101] On 24 November 2021, a day before the film's scheduled release, Suresh Kamatchi announced that the film had been postponed due to "unavoidable reasons".[102] However the issues were solved quick and the film was released as scheduled.[103]

Distribution

The Tamil Nadu theatrical rights were acquired by Subbiah Shanmugham of SSI Productions. Seyons International acquired the rights for distributing the film in countries such as United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia and Africa. DMY Productions and BMN acquired the theatrical marketing rights in Malaysia and Sri Lanka regions. United India Exports purchased the distribution rights in Singapore and Gulf regions respectively.[104] For the Telugu-dubbed version of the film (initially titled Rewind, but was later changed to The Loop),[105] Allu Aravind's Geetha Arts had acquired the rights of the film to be presented in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana regions.[106][92] In mid-November, it was reported Great India Films will distribute the film in the United States.[107][108] The theatrical rights in Kerala, were purchased by Mukesh R. Mehta of E4 Entertainment.[109] AV Media Consultancy purchased the Karnataka theatrical rights,[110] while UFO Moviez acquired the distribution rights in North India.[111]

Home media

The post-theatrical streaming rights of the film's Tamil version was bought by SonyLIV and the satellite rights of the film's Tamil version was bought by Star Vijay.[112] Geetha Arts, which purchased the distribution rights of the Telugu version, also acquired the digital rights through Aha.[92][113]

Reception

Box office

The film had a decent start at the box office grossing ₹8 crore in Tamil Nadu on the first day making it the fifth highest Tamil film opener after Master, Annaatthe, Doctor, and Karnan.

Critical response

The film received highly positive reviews from critics. The Times of India gave a rating of 4 out on 5 and wrote "Then, there is editor KL Praveen (for whom this happens to be his 100th film), whose razor-sharp cuts ensure that scenes never lag and at the same time clearly communicate Khaliq journeying through the time loop. This is best reflected in a well-choreographed stunt scene (Stunt Silva is the action choreographer) set in a wedding hall. Here, we see Khaliq losing 'lives' and progressing level by level, learning from his mistakes. Praveen cuts these scenes in a way that resembles a player's progress in a video game."[114] Behindwoods gave the film positive review, writing "Overall Maanaadu is a well made political film that wants you to take its politics seriously, while justifying the humour and science fiction tag. During an event before the film's release, SJ Suryah had said Diwali is only on the day Maanaadu releases. Well, Happy Diwali it is, from Venkat Prabhu, STR and team, wishing you by lighting a 10000 wala cracker called Maanaadu."[115] Ranjani Krishnakumar of Film Companion wrote, "Maanaadu is entertaining not because the two leads are smart, but because they are ridiculously ordinary."[116] The News Minute gave 4 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The film's willingness to respect the audience's intelligence is charming".[117]

Social impact

The film touches on Islamophobia, the demolition of the Babri Masjid, and how Tamil Nadu alienates Muslims.[117] It was reported to normalise Muslim identity and mount opposition to anti-Muslim rhetoric and prejudice.[118] Silambarasan said in February 2021, "I have faith in God but not any particular religion. Generally, there is a misconception about Muslims in society and I wanted to do something to change it. Maanaadu will clear the misconception about the religion and its followers."[119]

The Bharatiya Janata Party's minority wing opposed the movie claiming that it portrays Muslims in bad light and asked the Chief Minister to ban it.[120] The affair ended with BJP TN's state president Annamalai K restraining BJP cadres and members from making further claims/criticism of the film, calling it a 'harmless entertainment film made with good intentions' and sealed the issue.[121]

Legal issues

T. Rajendar and Usha Rajendar, Silambarasan's parents, filed a police complaint against the Tamil Film Producers Council for the film's postponement, over the issues revolving Anbanavan Asaradhavan Adangadhavan (2017).[122] It has been reported that one of the members from the council demanded Silambarasan to compensate the losses incurred by the film's producer Michael Rayappan after its failure, and they even tried to send death threats to the actor, if he releases the film without refunding the dues.[123] They also warned that they might stage protests outside the office of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. K. Stalin, if the perpetuators stop the film's release.[124][125]

At the pre-release event held on 18 November 2021,[126] Silambarasan gave an emotional speech referring to his controversies concerning both his personal and professional life, as many producers in the past few months, have filed complaints against the actor at the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce over multiple issues. In the event, he said that "I've faced a lot of problems in the past few months. But, I will take care of them. You guys [fans] should take care of me."[127][128]

Sequel

Venkat Prabhu confirmed a sequel to the film with Silambarasan and S.J. Suryah returning. Prabhu added that the basic plot revolves around Khaliq going back to the loop resulting in Dhanushkodi returning to life.[2]

See also

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