Yaanum Theeyavan

Yaanum Theeyavan is a 2017 Indian Tamil action romantic action thriller film written and directed by Prashanth G. Sekar in his directorial debut. The film features newcomer Ashwin Jerome along with Varsha Bollamma and Raju Sundaram in the lead roles. The music was composed by Achu Rajamani with cinematography by Shreyaas Krishna and editing by Prasanna GK. The film released on 30 June 2017.
This movie claims to collectively represent a number of true events, put together under one shell with imaginative screenplay and characters.

Plot

The story revolves around three people: Michael, Soumya, and Pasupathy. The plot forms around how the three characters meet and what happens after their meeting.

Cast

Ashwin Jerome as Michael
Varsha Bollamma as Soumya
Raju Sundaram as Pasupathy
Ponvannan as Jayaprakash
VTV Ganesh as Sundaramurthi
Santhana Bharathi as Sethuramalingam
Shankar Guru Raja
Jangiri Madhumitha as Madhu
Arunraja Kamaraj as Arun
Meera Krishnan as Soumya's mother
Boys Rajan as Soumya's father
L. Raja as Manimaran
Kaajal Pasupathi as Prostitute
Madhan Kodees as Sada
Pari Elavazhagan as Pipe Prakash
Hello Kandasamy as Sethuramalingam's assistant
Abishek Raaja
Shaan Kumar
Rishikanth Rajendran
Praveen Joseph

Production

Prashanth G. Sekar worked as an assistant director to directors Vignesh Shivan and Hari in Podaa Podi and Singam II, respectively. After a lot of hunting for the roles of Pasupathy and Soumya, Raju Sundaram and Varsha Bollamma were respectively fixed. Sundaram was reported to playing as a serial killer in this flick. Shreyaas Krishna, the cinematographer of the film, was also the cinematographer for Jil Jung Juk.
The movie went on floors on 22 July 2015. It was shot extensively for two schedules from July through September 2015 in and around Chennai, most of it in and around Chromepet. The shooting was wrapped up on 14 September 2015.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Achu Rajamani. Lyricists Kabilan and Mani Amuthavan have penned two songs each, and Achu himself has written a song.

"Nenjukkulle" - Suchith Suresan
"Nila Nila" - Jithin Raj, Swetha Menon
"Yaanum Theeyavan" - Achu
"Aagaayame" - Yaamini

Critical reception

The Hindu wrote, "We expect this remarkably bland love story to turn into a thriller. But no such luck." Deccan chronicle wrote "The problem with the script is an ordinary story with underdeveloped characters. The director could have infused more thrilling elements to hold the tension. The movie had all the potential to become an engaging thriller had the director concentrated more on a coherent screenplay with solid writing." Baradwaj Rangan of Film Companion wrote, "With better writing, Yaanum Theeyavan could have been something, but it’s still not dismissible, if only because the director believes in using the camera to tell his tale."