''Aanai'' ( Order) is a 2005 Indian

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action drama film written and directed by

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. It stars Arjun,

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and

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in the lead, while

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and Manoj K. Jayan play pivotal roles.

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composed the soundtrack, while Shiva was the cinematographer for the venture which released in December 2005. The film is a remake of the 2004 film '' Man on Fire'' whose

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, ''

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'', starring

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in the lead, was released a week later.

Synopsis

has set the story in Chennai city as some terrorist leader in London wants to kidnap children of the rich and powerful.

Plot

Vijay ( Arjun) is an ex-cop who was framed up after he cleaned the city of the scum of the earth including nine encounter killings of dreaded gangsters. Now out of work, he is persuaded by his former boss to be the bodyguard of 8-year-old Priya whose parents ( Manoj K. Jayan and

) are millionaires. He is hired to protect the little girl from kidnappers who are on the prowl. The kidnappers are led by a loony militant called 'Ahmed Khan' who manages to kidnap Priya and humiliate Vijay. The rest of the film is how Vijay assisted by two glam girls (

and

) mete out vigilante justice in a cat-and-mouse game with the kidnappers.

Cast

* Arjun as Vijay *

as Ramya *

as Sandhya *

as Meena Jayaram *

* Manoj K. Jayan as Jayaram * Baby Taj as Priya * Ranganath *

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* Mahadevan *

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* Junior Silk

Production

, who had directed Arjun in ''

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'' (1995) and the long delayed ''

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'' (2006) was signed by Vasan Visual Ventures to work with him again. The actor signed on for a hiked price of one crore rupees, following the success of his previous film '' Giri''. The unit had a 15-day shooting stint in

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in February 2005, with two of the lead actresses Namitha and Sanghavi involved in the shoot. The film featured a new editing technique tried by Satish and Harsha, while the team shot three songs with Arjun and Namitha in

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, notably near the

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and

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. Another song was shot with Arjun and Namitha at the Mohan Studio in Chennai, with the actor notably wearing four inch heels to make up for height difference with the actress. During the making of the film, allegations arose that Arjun had been sending lewd messages to Namitha, which led to a brief furore on sets.

Release

The film had a brief delay in getting released due to the failure of the actor's previous film, '' Chinna'', though the film finally released across Tamil Nadu in early December 2005. A critic from Sify.com noted "what could have been an edge-of-the-seat thriller ends up as a badly made mass-masala movie", concluding that the film is "disappointing".

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was composed by

. Track list

References

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