Anjaan (2014 film)

Anjaan English Fearless is a 2014 Indian Tamil gangsterthriller film directed by N. Lingusamy, and produced under his banner Thirupathi Brothers. The film stars Suriya in a two distinct roles with Samantha Ruth Prabhu as the female lead, while Bollywood actors Manoj Bajpai, Vidyut Jamwal and Dalip Tahil play supporting roles. Cinematography and editing were handled by Santosh Sivan and Anthony, respectively, while Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the music. The film was dubbed into telugu as Sikandar. Anjaan madecrores Worldwide which was the biggest ever for a NonRajni film on 1st day. In Tamil Nadu Anjaan became the biggest opener for Suriya,In Karnataka, APTG and Overseas it was the biggest for a Non Rajni film and in Kerala it had the biggest opening for a solo hero movie.

In July 2012, it was reported first that Suriya had signed on Lingusamys film to be produced under the directors banner and that he would work on it after Maattrraan 2012 and Haris Singam2013. After the completion of both films, the actor was reported to work simultaneously with Lingusamy and director Gautham Menon for a film titled Dhruva Natchathiram. In September 2013, many sources incorrectly stated that the film was titled Mumbai Rowdy, however the director denied these as rumors. Suriya reportedly waited for six months after Singam 2, but failed to receive a complete script from Gautham Menon and no progress took place in this period of time. Owing to this reason, he opted out of Gauthams film in October 2013 and announced that he would soon start work on Lingusamys film. The director confirmed the news and also stated the film would officially start filming from midNovember 2013. It was said that the script had been modified a few times. The film was started without a title. In January 2014, the title was officially announced to be Anjaan. Vijay Milton was initially signed by Lingusamy as the cinematographer for the film, but in October 2013 he was replaced with Santosh Sivan, collaborating with Lingusamy for the first time. The films editing was reported to be handled by Anthony while Rajeevan was recruited as the art director. Brinda Sarathy was confirmed to be the dialogue writer for the film.In early November 2013, Manoj Bajpai was reported to be playing the films antagonist while Vidyut Jamwal would also appear in a prominent role. Dalip Tahil was signed on for the role of a small, but powerful don in the film. In January 2014, actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu was added to the cast. Comedian Vivek was approached to play a role in the film, but could not take up the offer as a result of date clashes with Vai Raja Vai. Instead in March 2014, another comedian Soori was signed. Sana Khan was approach

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