vaaranam aayiram song details

Vaaranam aayiram song details

Song title	Singers	Length	Description
"Adiye Kolluthe"	Benny Dayal, Krish and Shruti Haasan	5:17	Filmed at the University of California and locations across the state with Suriya and Sameera. Depicts Meghna falling in love with Suriya.
"Nenjukkul Peidhidum"	Hariharan, Krish, Devan and Prasanna	6:11	Filmed in various locations on Suriya and Sameera. Depicts the moment after Suriya tells Meghna about his love.
"Yethi Yethi Yethi"	Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer and Solar Sai	4:55	Filmed in locations across South India with Suriya and background dancers. Depicts Suriya's school days.
"Mundhinam Parthene"	Naresh Iyer and Prashanthini	5:43	Filmed with Suriya and Simran. Depicts when Krishnan loved Malini during their college days.
"Oh Shanthi Shanthi"	Clinton Cerejo and S. P. B. Charan	3:05	Depicts Suriya searching for Meghna on the university campus.
"Ava Enna"	Karthik and Prasanna	5:20	A dappakoothu folk-style song with Suriya. Depicts Suriya becoming hysterical from thoughts of Meghna.
"Anal Mele Panithuli"	Sudha Raghunathan	5:22	Filmed on Suriya and Divya. Depicts the moment when Suriya finally falls in love with Priya.

vaaranam aayiram song details

Vaaranam aayiram song details

Song title	Singers	Length	Description
"Adiye Kolluthe"	Benny Dayal, Krish and Shruti Haasan	5:17	Filmed at the University of California and locations across the state with Suriya and Sameera. Depicts Meghna falling in love with Suriya.
"Nenjukkul Peidhidum"	Hariharan, Krish, Devan and Prasanna	6:11	Filmed in various locations on Suriya and Sameera. Depicts the moment after Suriya tells Meghna about his love.
"Yethi Yethi Yethi"	Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer and Solar Sai	4:55	Filmed in locations across South India with Suriya and background dancers. Depicts Suriya's school days.
"Mundhinam Parthene"	Naresh Iyer and Prashanthini	5:43	Filmed with Suriya and Simran. Depicts when Krishnan loved Malini during their college days.
"Oh Shanthi Shanthi"	Clinton Cerejo and S. P. B. Charan	3:05	Depicts Suriya searching for Meghna on the university campus.
"Ava Enna"	Karthik and Prasanna	5:20	A dappakoothu folk-style song with Suriya. Depicts Suriya becoming hysterical from thoughts of Meghna.
"Anal Mele Panithuli"	Sudha Raghunathan	5:22	Filmed on Suriya and Divya. Depicts the moment when Suriya finally falls in love with Priya.

Vaaranam aayiram Casting details

Casting

After the cancellation of Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkalam, originally starring Suriya Sivakumar, Asin Thottumkal and Daniel Balaji, Gautham Menon, keeping the male leads the same, wanted to opt for a new heroine to begin Vaaranam Aayiram. Deepika Padukone was signed up and set to make her debut in Tamil films; she backed out due to the inactivity and signed the Bollywood film, Om Shanti Om instead. Soon after, another confirmed heroine, Andrea Jeremiah, was dropped from the film for unknown reasons. 

 The producers then announced the film with Divya Spandana, who was making her comeback to Tamil films and Genelia D'Souza in the lead roles. Soon after the start of the shoot, Genelia decided to walk out; after Menon refused to pay the hefty salary that she was demanding and was receiving in Telugu films allowing Sameera Reddy to act in her first Tamil film. Simran Bagga signed and completed her shoots swiftly after she was selected to portray the mother of Suriya, after Tabu had rejected the role. TV actress Deepa Venkat and playback singer Chinmayi dubbed for actresses Simran Bagga and Sameera Reddy respectively.

The film has seven songs composed by Harris Jayaraj. The songs from the albums were released to four leading radio stations in Chennai, with one song per station, in attempt to popularize it five days before the official launch. The move by Sony BMG was the first of its kind in Indian cinema.

Vaaranam aayiram Casting details

Casting

After the cancellation of Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkalam, originally starring Suriya Sivakumar, Asin Thottumkal and Daniel Balaji, Gautham Menon, keeping the male leads the same, wanted to opt for a new heroine to begin Vaaranam Aayiram. Deepika Padukone was signed up and set to make her debut in Tamil films; she backed out due to the inactivity and signed the Bollywood film, Om Shanti Om instead. Soon after, another confirmed heroine, Andrea Jeremiah, was dropped from the film for unknown reasons. 

 The producers then announced the film with Divya Spandana, who was making her comeback to Tamil films and Genelia D'Souza in the lead roles. Soon after the start of the shoot, Genelia decided to walk out; after Menon refused to pay the hefty salary that she was demanding and was receiving in Telugu films allowing Sameera Reddy to act in her first Tamil film. Simran Bagga signed and completed her shoots swiftly after she was selected to portray the mother of Suriya, after Tabu had rejected the role. TV actress Deepa Venkat and playback singer Chinmayi dubbed for actresses Simran Bagga and Sameera Reddy respectively.

The film has seven songs composed by Harris Jayaraj. The songs from the albums were released to four leading radio stations in Chennai, with one song per station, in attempt to popularize it five days before the official launch. The move by Sony BMG was the first of its kind in Indian cinema.

Vaaranam aayiram production details

Production

1.    Following Kaaka Kaaka in 2003, the director Gautham Menon and Suriya Sivakumar expressed their desire to work together on a film. In early 2005, the pair got together for a film tentatively titled Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkalam which featured Asin Thottumkal in the lead role and Daniel Balaji in a supporting one. However, after a photo shoot, the film was delayed and then subsequently called off due to Menon's personal problems. Nevertheless, in 2006, producer Oscar Ravichandran signed up the pair for a new film, which they confirmed was not going to be a sequel of their previous venture; it was going to be a romantic thriller. Initially titles such as “Naan Thaan” and “Udal Porul” Aavi were considered for the project, but Menon announced the title was “Vaaranam Aayiram”, with the literal meaning of "The strength of a thousand elephants".

A song was filmed by an assistant cameraman with a high-tech camera, costing about Rs. 1.5 crores fastened to his hip. While the assistant was moving behind the actors canning the shots, he tripped unexpectedly and the camera broke to pieces. It is also said that the assistant suffered severe head injuries and was admitted to a hospital. The shot resumed a day later with a similar camera.

 Menon stated that Suriya Sivakumar will be seen playing the dual roles of a 21-year-old and his father and that the film will be society themed. It was set to release in 2007 and was been delayed for a 14 November 2008 release. The audio of Vaaranam Aayiram was released on 24 September 2008. Menon has described the film as "autobiographical and a very personal story and if people didn’t know, that 70% of this [the film] is from my life". During the production of the film,

Suriya described the project as "unique" and "straight from the heart", describing the physical hardships he endured during the making. He lost weight and prepared a six pack for the film through an eight-month fitness regime without steroids, with the move being a trend-setter for other leading actors from South India. 

Vaaranam aayiram production details

Production

1.    Following Kaaka Kaaka in 2003, the director Gautham Menon and Suriya Sivakumar expressed their desire to work together on a film. In early 2005, the pair got together for a film tentatively titled Chennaiyil Oru Mazhaikkalam which featured Asin Thottumkal in the lead role and Daniel Balaji in a supporting one. However, after a photo shoot, the film was delayed and then subsequently called off due to Menon's personal problems. Nevertheless, in 2006, producer Oscar Ravichandran signed up the pair for a new film, which they confirmed was not going to be a sequel of their previous venture; it was going to be a romantic thriller. Initially titles such as “Naan Thaan” and “Udal Porul” Aavi were considered for the project, but Menon announced the title was “Vaaranam Aayiram”, with the literal meaning of "The strength of a thousand elephants".

A song was filmed by an assistant cameraman with a high-tech camera, costing about Rs. 1.5 crores fastened to his hip. While the assistant was moving behind the actors canning the shots, he tripped unexpectedly and the camera broke to pieces. It is also said that the assistant suffered severe head injuries and was admitted to a hospital. The shot resumed a day later with a similar camera.

 Menon stated that Suriya Sivakumar will be seen playing the dual roles of a 21-year-old and his father and that the film will be society themed. It was set to release in 2007 and was been delayed for a 14 November 2008 release. The audio of Vaaranam Aayiram was released on 24 September 2008. Menon has described the film as "autobiographical and a very personal story and if people didn’t know, that 70% of this [the film] is from my life". During the production of the film,

Suriya described the project as "unique" and "straight from the heart", describing the physical hardships he endured during the making. He lost weight and prepared a six pack for the film through an eight-month fitness regime without steroids, with the move being a trend-setter for other leading actors from South India.