''TN-07 AL 4777'' is a 2009 Indian

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia **Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nativ ...

-language

thriller drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-ge ...

directed by A. Lakshmikanthan. The film stars

Simran Simran (Gurmukhi: ਸਿਮਰਨ; hi, सिमरण, सिमरन ; from Sanskrit: , ''smaraṇa'', 'to remember, reminisce, recollect'), in spirituality, is a Sanskrit word referring to the continuous remembrance of the finest aspect of ...

Pasupathy Pasupathy (born 5 September 1967) is an Indian actor. He appeared in critically acclaimed roles in many noted films in Tamil cinema, playing supporting, antagonistic, comedic as well as protagonistic roles. His performance in '' E'' (2006) ear ...

Ajmal Ameer Ajmal Ameer (born 8 November 1985) is an Indian actor and former physician, who works in the Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu film industries. He has won two Filmfare Awards South for his role '' Anjathe'' (2008) and '' Ko'' (2011). Early and per ...

, and

Meenakshi Meenakshi (Sanskrit: ; Tamil: ; sometimes spelled as Minakshi; also known as , and ), is a Hindu goddess and tutelary deity of Madurai who is considered an avatar of the Goddess Parvati also referred to as Durga. She is the divine consort of ...

. The film's soundtrack, composed by

Vijay Antony Vijay Antony (born 24 July 1975) is an Indian music composer, playback singer, actor, film editor, lyricist, audio engineer, and filmmaker working predominantly in Tamil cinema. He made his debut as music composer in 2005. He is the first India ...

was released on 12 December 2008. It is a remake of the 2006

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been de ...

film '' Taxi Number 9211'' which in itself was an adaptation of the American film ''

Changing Lanes ''Changing Lanes'' is a 2002 American drama thriller film directed by Roger Michell and starring Ben Affleck and Samuel L. Jackson. The film follows a successful, young Wall Street lawyer (Affleck) who accidentally crashes his car into a vehicle ...

'' (2002).

Pooja Umashankar Pooja Gauthami Umashankar, mononymously known as Pooja, is an Indian-Sri Lankan actress, who has primarily appeared in Tamil, Sinhala and Malayalam language films. Early and personal life Pooja's mother, Sandhya, is a Sri Lankan Sinhalese and h ...

makes a special appearance in the film.

Plot

Manikandan alias Mani (

) is a cab driver in

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

who lies to his wife Subbalakshmi (

) about his job, pretending to be an insurance salesman. One day, he gives Gautham (

), the spoilt son of a late businessman, a ride. Gautham is fighting for ownership rights of his late businessman's estate. The cab gets into an accident with Gautham's escaping as he's in hurry. Gautham loses his key to the vault containing his father's will in the back of Mani's taxi. Mani decides to hide it from Gautham, who in search for his lost item, goes to Mani's house and tells Subbalakshmi what he really does for his living which Gautham didn't know. She leaves him taking their son. Mani decides to take revenge. Mani and Gautham vow to kill each other in their fight for their properties. When Mani fails to kill Gautam he targets Gautam's girlfriend, Pooja (

). As Mani chases Pooja she was saved by Gautham by hair's breadth. Gautham lets Pooja escape and he attack's Mani. They have a dirty car fight but both survive. Mani goes to Gautham's place. Gautham returns to his apartment from a second court hearing regarding his father's estate in defeat, because he doesn't have his father's will torn to pieces and pasted on the wall of his apartment. Gautham becomes depressed and lonely after his friends leave him. Pooja dumps him, indicating she wanted him only for his fortune. Losing everything that used to be precious. Gautham realises the hard-hitting life and start respecting his father and his work. On the other side, Mani is caught again by police and taken to police station where Subbalakshmi tells him his real character and problem within himself. Soon, he realises his mistake Gautham having realised the valve of close ones, then bails Mani out of jail. Mani insists they have a drink and they go to Gautham's house at one. They find out that they share the same birthday. Mani gives back his key which he had hidden in the sofa, and says that he had never destroyed it - the torn will on the wall is a fake. Mani then goes to the railway station to stop Subbalakshmi and son from leaving him, but arrives a little too late. He goes back home where he sees a birthday cake on the table. He feels that he is hallucinating, but gets a pleasant shock where he sees Subbalakshmi and son standing there, singing him a birthday song (and finds out that it was Gautham who brought them back). Gautham confronts P.K.V Hariharan (

Mohan Raman Mohan Raman, also known as Mohan V. Ram (born 3 April 1956), is an Indian actor and writer. In 2017 and 2019, he was a Jury member for the National Film Award for Best Writing on Cinema. Raman is a film historian and writes for ''The Hindu''. He ...

) the friend, and the custodian property of Gautham's father. whom he tells that he has realised the value of life and do not want his father's property and takes a leave. Just as he drives out, his car collides with another car driven by a Woman (

), though initially both seem to be angry at each, later Gautam apologizes and asks for her number, promising to pay for damages. The movie ends as both smile at each other and drive away; indicating a new romantic beginning.

Cast

as Manikandan (Mani) *

as Gautham *

as Subbulakshmi Manikandan *

as Pooja Gautham * Adithya as Advocate Seshadri *

as P.K.V Hariharan *

Manobala Manobala (born 8 December 1953) is an Indian film director, producer, actor and comedian who predominantly plays supporting roles in Tamil-language films. He started his career in Tamil cinema in the early 1970s and with Kamal Haasan's referen ...

as Police constable *

in a

cameo appearance A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to just cameo (), is a brief appearance of a well-known person in a work of the performing arts. These roles are generally small, many of them non-speaking ones, and are commonly eit ...

Jiiva Amar Choudary (born 4 January 1984), known professionally as Jiiva, is an Indian actor and film producer who works mainly in Tamil cinema and a few Hindi films. He is the youngest son of film producer R. B. Choudary. He began his career as a ch ...

as narrator *

Shobi Paulraj Shobi Paulraj is an Indian choreographer in the Kollywood and Tollywood industry. Founder of IBO Dance Studio, he has also choreographed in Bollywood movie, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty, starring Akshay Kumar and Sonakshi Sinha'' Fil ...

in a special appearance in the song "Aathichudi" *

in a special appearance in the song "Aathichudi"

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

with Aathichudi becoming a big hit of 2009.

Reception

''Rediff'' wrote "Hop on this taxi with discretion: the meter's okay, the tyres are good but there's no trusting the man behind the steering wheel, so the ride's bound to be a bumpy at best." ''Behindwoods'' wrote "This remake of the Hindi Taxi No. 9211 is a sincere attempt by director Lakshmikanthan to stick to the original and the director has succeeded in his objective to a large extent also adding many new elements to suit the Tamil audience."

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tn 07 Al 4777 2009 films Tamil remakes of Hindi films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Vijay Antony Indian remakes of American films