''Vanangaan'' is an upcoming Indian

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-language film written, directed and co-produced by Bala under

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, while Suresh Kamatchi of V House Productions serves as co-producer. The film stars

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and Roshni Prakash. The film was announced untitled in March 2022, with Suriya starring and producing under his banner

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, while the title ''Vanangaan'' was announced that July. Despite some filming progress, Suriya and 2D Entertainment withdrew from the project that December due to storyline changes. Arun replaced him and Bala took over producing alongside Suresh Kamatchi. Filming with Arun commenced in March 2023. The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar, while the cinematography and editing are handled by

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and

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, respectively.

Cast

* Roshni Prakash

Production

Suriya announced officially on 28 March 2022 that his next film, tentatively titled ''Suriya 41'', would be directed by Bala and produced by himself and

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under

. On Bala's birthday, 11 July 2022, Suriya released the first look poster and the title ''Vanangaan'' in Tamil and ''Achaludu'' in Telugu. This would have been the third collaboration of Suriya and Bala after ''

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'' and '' Pithamagan''. Suriya was reportedly playing dual roles, one of them deaf and mute. Krithi Shetty and

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were signed on to play the female leads. Filming was initially planned to be completed entirely in three months; however, work on the film stopped in June due to a reported tiff between the lead actor and director. Following this, ''Vanangaan'' was rumored to have been dropped, which Suriya debunked with a social media post in which he stated that he was "waiting to be back on sets". However, on 4 December 2022, Bala announced that Suriya and 2D Entertainment were no longer part of the project due to changes in the film's story. By March 2023,

was confirmed as Suriya's replacement and had begun filming, while Roshni Prakash replaced Shetty. The cinematographer of the film, Balasubramaniem, also dropped out of the film owing to the long delay and creative differences with Bala.

was announced as his replacement. The final filming schedule took place in Thiruvannamalai.

Music

The music is composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar.

References

External links

* {{authority control Films directed by Bala (director) Films scored by G. V. Prakash Kumar Upcoming Tamil-language films Upcoming films