Ayyanar (film)

Ayyanar is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Rajamithran and produced by P. L. Thenappan. The film stars Aadhi and Meera Nandan with Vishnupriyan, Rajashree, Santhanam and Anupama Kumar playing supporting roles. The film was released on 10 December 2010 to mixed reviews and was an Average at the box office.

Plot
Prabha (Aadhi) is the eldest son of his family, who spends all his time with his friends. He is chastised by his father (Jayaprakash) for this. Being a volleyball player comes to his rescue when he finds a part-time job as a volleyball coach at a women's college. His younger brother, Saravanan (Vishnu Priyan), works for a TV channel, and Prabha is often compared to him by the family, which incurs his wrath. The siblings frequently clash with each other. One day, Saravanan is killed, and Prabha is blamed. He goes on the run and soon joins a gang (goonda), working as a henchman for an influential politician (Mahadevan). Prabha starts killing members of the gang one by one. Finally, a flashback reveals that they were responsible for Saravanan's death.

Cast

 * Aadhi as Prabha/Ayyanar
 * Meera Nandan as Anitha
 * Santhanam as Shiva, Prabha's friend
 * Vishnupriyan as Saravanan
 * Jayaprakash as Prabha and Saravanan's father
 * Anupama Kumar as Prabha and Saravanan's mother
 * Mahadevan as Politician
 * Ravi Kale as Thanikodi
 * Rajashree as Prabha's aunt
 * Arpit Ranka as Ramani
 * S. S. Kumaran
 * Boys Rajan

Production
Aadhi suffered a minor injury on his knee, while a fight scene was being picturised on the terrace of an under-construction apartment building, near the Gemini Flyover in Chennai.

The fight was to be choreographed in the night effect as per the script. Fight master Super Subbarayan choreographed this stunt featuring the hero (Aadhi) fighting the three villains of the film Ravi Kale, 'Pithamagan' Mahadevan and Arpit.

Soundtrack
Film score and the soundtrack are composed by Thaman. "Aathadi Aathadi" received a high response from audience.

Release and Reception
One month after its release, it was telecasted on Vijay TV during Pongal.

The film received mixed reviews. Behindwoods wrote:"Ayyanar stands in the passable league that can gratify the audiences, who are least, bothered about logics". Sify wrote:"On the whole, Ayyanar is a mass film that is found wanting in tempo and packaging".