Vaamanan
Vaamanan is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by I. Ahmed, and produced by P. Kabilan of Dream Valley Corporation. The film stars Jai, Rahman, Priya Anand, Lakshmi Rai, and Santhanam, while Urvashi, Sampath Raj, and Thalaivasal Vijay play supporting roles. It revolves around a man who comes to Chennai to pursue an acting career, but instead becomes embroiled in a political conspiracy.
Vaamanan is the directorial debut of Ahmed, and also marks Priya Anand's acting debut. The score and soundtrack were by Yuvan Shankar Raja, while cinematography was handled by Arvind Krishna and editing by S. Surajkavee. The film was released on 10 July 2009.
Plot
Anand is a carefree man from Salem who comes to Chennai to stay with his TV journalist friend Chandru to pursue his dream to become an actor with the help from his new girlfriend Divya and Chandru. Meanwhile, Minister Viduthalai, who was touted to become the next chief minister of Tamil Nadu, is killed by Minister Anbu Chezhiyan and his goons, which accidentally gets recorded on the tape of an ad film director named Vinoth. Soon, Anand befriends a famous model Pooja, who is also a friend of Vinoth. Vinoth and Pooja see the video of the murder and inform the joint commissioner Kailasam, who they come to know is also a hand-in-glove in the murder. Kailasam sends some goons to get the tape, and Vinoth manages to evade them initially. After a long chase, Vinoth gets killed in the train where Anand and Divya were travelling. Anand, having witnessed the murder, places the tape into Divya's bag, which she misses in the train. Anand then develops a friendship with her after this.Anand, in an urge to become an actor, observes the character of people with a strange attitude. One such person is John Vijay. Anand joins John, who, in turn, promises to make him an actor. John takes Anand to a stranger's home and does things as if they were thieves. One such house was that of Pooja, where they go and get information regarding her. On that eve, Anand befriends Pooja when he saves her when she was lying in a pool of blood after being attacked by goons. She helps him become an actor and asks for some photos of his to get him a chance. When Anand goes to Pooja's home, he finds her dead and is put to blame as he was the one present.
At last, it is known that John has used Anand and had also committed this cold-blooded murder. However, Kailasam is after Anand and the tape, and finally, Anand, on seeing Vinoth's photo in Pooja's house reminds himself that the tape was accidentally put in Divya's handbag in the train at the scene of Vinoth's murder. Anand immediately goes to Divya's house and is initially mistaken by Divya and her mother. He calms them down and explains to them that Vinoth and Pooja were killed because of minister Viduthalai's murder getting recorded on their tape, which accidentally ended up in Divya's handbag at the scene of Vinoth's murder. Both Divya and her mother now realise that Anand is really innocent when Divya gives Anand the tape, which eventually falls into the right hands, that of Gopi, Vinoth and Pooja's media friend, who obtains and publicises it. In the end, John, Anbu Chezhiyan, and Kailasam are all killed, and Anand has become a real hero instead of an acting hero.