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Maattrraan

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Tamil மாற்றான்

Directed by K V Anand

Produced by

Kalpathi S Aghoram

Kalpathi S Ganesh

Kalpathi S Suresh

Written by

Subha

K V Anand

Starring

Suriya

Kajal Aggarwal

Sachin Khedekar

Tara

Music by Harris Jayaraj

Cinematography Soundararajan

Edited by Anthony

Production

company

AGS Entertainment

Distributed by Eros International[1]

Release date

12 October 2012

Running time 172 minutes[2]

CountryIndia

Language Tamil

Maattrraan (lit. Alternate) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action thriller film[3] co-
written and directed by K. V. Anand and produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh and S. Suresh
under the banner AGS Entertainment. It stars Suriya in dual lead roles who portrays conjoined twins,
[4] along with Kajal Aggarwal in lead roles while Sachin Khedekar and Tara play supporting roles. The
dialogues were penned by the duo Suresh and Balakrishnan. The film features music composed by
Harris Jayaraj, cinematography handled by Soundararajan, editing done by Anthony, respectively. V.
Srinivas Mohan, handled the visual effects.

The film was launched on 22 July 2011, along with the commencement of principal photography. A
major portion of the film was shot in the Balkan region in countries like Croatia, Serbia, Albania and
Macedonia, as well as Latvia and other parts of Europe, with rest of the scenes in India. Maattrraan
was the first Indian film to use performance capture technology.[5] Based on the Siamese twins
concept,[6] It was also touted to be the first Indian film based on conjoined twins, until two other
films, with the same concept were launched later.[7] The film was released on 12 October 2012.

Contents

1 Plot

2 Cast

3 Production

3.1 Development

3.2 Casting

3.3 Filming

4 Soundtrack

5 Release

6 Marketing

7 Home media

8 Reception

8.1 Critical reception

8.2 Box office

9 Awards and nominations

10 Controversies

11 Legacy
12 References

13 External links

Plot

Ramachandran (Sachin Khedekar) is a geneticist who does not get due credit and funds for his
research. He tries creating a human with several talents through baby designing, which leads to the
birth of his sons, who are conjoined together above the waist. Since they share a common heart,
doctors suggest a sacrificial surgery, to which their mother Sudha (Tara) objects. They begin raising
their children, Vimalan and Akilan (both played by Suriya). Vimalan and Akilan are poles apart in
character, the former being decent, intellectual, and good at studies; while the latter is happy-go-
lucky, socializing, and poor at studies.

In the following years, Ramachandran makes it big with Sudha's help. His company, Locus Lacto
Products, makes huge profit through their product 'Energion', the top-selling children's powdered
milk energy drink in the market. Anjali (Kajal Aggarwal) joins their company as a translator. Both
Vimalan and Akilan are smitten by her. She, along with her Ukrainian friend Volga (Irina Maleeva), a
journalist, spend their time with the brothers. Meanwhile, Anjali falls for Vimalan. Akilan is jealous
yet feels happy for them. Volga is then revealed to be a spy who tries to steal Energion's trade
secrets. She is exposed and sent out by Ramachandran. She then takes the brothers to their cattle
farm under the pretext of an interview where she takes pictures and collects a milk sample from
their farm. When Vimalan questions her, she warns him that Energion is an adulterated food
product and can lead to the death of thousands of children. She also exposes their father of killing
the head of their R&D department and setting the lab on fire, thereby destroying evidence.
Consequently, she is murdered, but she swallows a pen-drive containing evidences of the foul play
before dying. Anjali acquires it from the person who performs Volga's autopsy. She hands the pen-
drive over to Vimalan. Following this, Vimalan and Akilan are confronted by goons who try to get the
pen-drive from him. Akilan is convinced that the attack was only meant for robbing them. During this
fight, Vimalan suffers a huge blow on the head.

Vimalan is declared brain dead, and his heart is transplanted into Akilan. After the twins are
separated through a surgery that results in Vimalan's total death, Akilan and Anjali are depressed.
Anjali moves on and falls for Akilan. Sudha is warned that Energion is adulterated, and she confronts
her husband, who asks the food safety department to raid their company. To her surprise, Energion
is just declared safe and hygienic. Meanwhile, Akilan discovers that his father is behind Vimalan's
and Volga's deaths by tracking his assistant Dinesh (Ravi Prakash). He gets hold of the pen-drive that
contains several photos, where ingredients used as cattle feed at their farm are declared as very
unsafe to eat. The beginning of the scheme is traced back to the European republic of Ukraine.

Accompanied by Anjali, Akilan sets out to solve the mystery. They get her friend, an official in Indian
consulate of Ukraine Ashok's (Vivek) help, but he is killed by Dinesh who followed them there. The
photos are revealed to be athletes who were competing as Unified team under the Olympic flag in
the 1992 Summer Olympics. The athletes were declared dead in a plane crash. The investigation
leads them to the army medical research center. The truth is then revealed that Energion was in fact
originally a steroid invented by Ramachandran to improve the performance of the athletes at the
world games. Despite the country performing well, some athletes began suffering from similar
health problems leading to their deaths, and that their death from a plane crash was faked to avoid
national shame. They also learn that the adulterant in Energion could only be detected using an
ionization enhancer. After being assaulted by a local mafia led by Dinesh, Akilan manages to kill him
and takes the ingredients back to India.

Once they are in India, Ramachandran is exposed and is about to be arrested. Akilan requests his
father to surrender but finds out that he and his brother are just a result of their father's failed
experiment and that he and his brother are actually made up of several talented people's DNA.
Ramachandran states that he used the whole society as his research lab through Energion. His leg is
then crushed by a rock after being unsuccessful in killing his son. Akilan leaves his father to die at the
hands of rats which chew on his flesh. Akilan is conferred national recognition for bravery. He later
marries Anjali, and they become parents to twins.

Cast

Suriya as Akhilan Ramachandran, Vimalan's twin brother, Anjali's husband and Vimalan
Ramachandran, Akhilan's twin brother, Anjali's ex love intreset

Kajal Aggarwal as Anjali Akhilan (Akhilan's wife, Vimalan's ex love intreset)

Sachin Khedekar as Ramachandran (A genetic scientist and Akhilan & Vimalan's father)

Tara as Sudha (Ramachandran's wife, Akhilan and Vimalan's mother)

Ravi Prakash as Dinesh

Shankar Krishnamurthy as Varadharajan

Julia Bliss as Nadia

Ajay Rathnam as Ajay Ratnam

Vivek as Ashok

Irina Maleeva as Volga

Nivin as Jaganathan Raja

Isha Sharvani in item number "Theeye Theeye"

Production

Development

During the post-production stage of Ko, K V Anand announced that he would direct Suriya again
after the success of Ayan, further noting that it would be produced by AGS Entertainment and would
begin once Suriya finished shooting for A R Murugadoss's sci-fi thriller 7aum Arivu. Anand had
supposedly narrated the script of Maatraan to Suriya in 2009, but the project failed to launch then,
due to the lack of technology. In an interview he stated that the film was an inspired from the true
story of Thailand-based Siamese twins Ying and Sang.[6] "I read an article about them, which
inspired me to come up with a similar story. I imagined how would it be if two people, who are
physically conjoined, completely differ in their ideologies", expressed KV Anand.[7] During the late
production stage the title was slightly changed from Maatraan to Maattrraan.[8]

Casting

Several actresses were considered for the lead female role including Taapsee Pannu, Samantha Ruth
Prabhu, Sonakshi Sinha and Anushka Sharma,[9] with Kajal Aggarwal eventually grabbing the role.
[10] Kannada actress Tara was signed on to play the mother to Suriya's character.[11] Prakash Raj
was dropped from the film and was replaced by Sachin Khedekar who had played notable roles in
Yaavarum Nalam and Deiva Thirumagal.[12] Daniel Balaji was said to be a part of the cast but he
denied that he was a part of the crew.[13] Hindi actor Milind Soman was also wrongly reported to be
working for the film.[14]

Filming

Maattrraan was officially launched on 22 July 2011 in Chennai.[15][16] The first schedule was held
near the Pakistan border. In November 2011, the crew filmed a song in Latvia.[17] A major portion of
the film was shot in the Balkan region in countries like Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia and
especially a large chunk in Latvia.[18][19] Another large portion was filmed in sets erected at Ramoji
Film City in Hyderabad.[20] In February 2012, the team left for the United States to do special facial
scanning led by VFX Supervisor V Srinivas Mohan. Maattrraan thus became the first Indian film to
use performance capture technology.[5] Isha Sharvani performed an item number for a song titled
'Theeyae Theeyae' which was shot at AVM Studios.[21] Furthermore, a duet song featuring Kajal and
Suriya was shot at Wai, a village near Pune in Maharashtra.[22] Moreover, many CG scenes were
shot at Balu Mahendra studios.[23] A song featuring over 500 junior artists and Suriya was shot in
Jodhpur, touted to be the last phase of canning songs.[24] Next, filming for an important talkie
portion was held at Bhuj in Gujarat near the safe zone along the Indo-Pakistani border that lasted for
five days. K V Anand and cinematographer Soundararajan subsequently were in Madagascar,
hunting for a forest location to shoot a song for the film. However, since Suriya could not afford
filming there due to his other commitments, Anand decided to erect a similar set in India to create
the same look as in Madagascar.[25] The shooting which was to be held in the US, was cancelled in
June 2012.[26] The entire filming was wrapped up in Norway by completing the 'Naani Koni' song in
outdoor scenes shot at Trollstigen, Geiranger, Atlanterhavsveien, Måløy and Aurlandsfjorden.[27]
[28]

Soundtrack

Maattrraan

Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj

Released 9 August 2012

Recorded 2012

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 26:47
Language Tamil

Label Sony Music

Producer Harris Jayaraj

Harris Jayaraj chronology

Oru Kal Oru Kannadi

(2012) Maattrraan

(2012) Thuppakki

(2012)

Harris Jayaraj composed the soundtrack album and background score for Maattrraan, in his third
collaboration within K. V. Anand. It also marks his seventh collaboration with Suriya, after Kaakha
Kaakha, Ghajini, Vaaranam Aayiram, Ayan, Aadhavan and 7aum Arivu. As per Anand's idea, he and
Jayaraj sailed on a ship in the Mediterranean Sea where most of the songs were roughly composed.
[29] Harris roped in Chennai-based singer-songwriter Mili Nair, who appeared in the MTV based
Coke Studio,[30] to provide vocals for the teaser theme.[31] Mili, who had previously sung for
jingles, rendered the English lyrics used in the theme, and also included in the song "Rettai Kathirae".
[31]

The soundtrack features five tracks that belong to varied genres.[32] The album had lyrics written by
Na. Muthukumar, Viveka, Pa. Vijay, Thamarai, Madhan Karky. The audio was mixed and mastered in
the US.[33] Harris Jayaraj, in May 2012, revealed that 85% of work in the film's music is complete,
[34] and later stated that the audio will be released on 23 July 2012, coinciding with Suriya's
birthday.[35] However, Anand confirmed that the album will release on August.[36] In June 2012,
Sony Music acquired the audio rights for ₹2 crore (US$280,000).[37][38] Later, Harris handed the
master copy of the audio on 15 July 2012.[33]

The makers announced that the audio launch of the film will take place on Singapore on 9 August
2012, which also coincided with the National Day of Singapore.[39] The track list was released on 31
July 2012.[40] The audio was released at the Singapore Expo in Singapore,[41][42] in the presence of
several noted personalities from the film industry, along with the technical crew and cast of the film.
[43] The event was witnessed around 10,000 fans.[44] A live performance was given by Harris
Jayaraj and singers Karthik, MK Balaji, Vijay Prakash, Krish and Charulatha Mani, Velmurugan,
Suchitra and Sunitha Sarathy, and dance performance for the songs were done by Anjali, Neetu
Chandra, Poorna, Dhanshika and Russian actress Julia Bliss, who performed in the film, and was
choreographed by Brinda.[45] The first copy of the audio CD was released by Gautham Menon, N.
Lingusamy and Hari and received it to the crew members.[46] The event's satellite rights were
secured by Jaya TV for an undisclosed price,[46] and was premiered on 2 September 2012 at 2:30
p.m. IST.[47]

The soundtrack received generally positive reviews from critics. IndiaGlitz wrote "Harris Jayaraj has
not disappointed, the music composer has equipped 'Maattrraan' with songs that make an instant
impact", and called the album "an interesting treat to the fans".[48] Milliblog reviewed "Maatran
scrapes through Harris’ time warp!"[49] Moviecrow reviewed "Harris and Suriya combination have
always spelled success starting from Kaakha Kaakha, Ghajini, Vaaranam Aayiram, Aadhavan and
7aum Arivu. Similarly, KV Anand's association with Harris since Chellamey (as cinematographer),
Ayan and Ko, elevated with great picturization, have all been chart busters. Maattrraan will further
strengthen this long enviable track record of this successful commercial trio."[50] In contrast,
BehindWoods said "On screen, KV Anand's magic might do the trick but the songs as such aren't
special. Most of them fall under the heard before category...", and gave it 2 out of 5 stars.[51] Music
Aloud gave 6.5 out of 10 and stated "Pretty much like their previous outing together, Harris Jayaraj
produces one exceptional song for K V Anand in Maattrraan and the rest is average."[52]

Maattrraan (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[53]

No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length

1. "Rettai Kathirae" Na. Muthukumar Krish, MK Balaji, Mili Nair, Sharmila

4:50

2. "Nani Koni" Viveka Vijay Prakash, Karthik, Shreya Ghoshal 5:26

3. "Theeye Theeye" Pa. Vijay Franco Simon, Charulatha Mani, Sathyan, Aalap
Raju, Suchitra 5:23

4. "Yaaro Yaaro" Thamarai Karthik, Priya Himesh 5:35

5. "Kaal Mulaitha Poovae" Madhan Karky Javed Ali, Mahalakshmi Iyer 5:31

Total length: 26:47

Brothers

Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj

Released 29 September 2012

Recorded 2012

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 26:34

Language Telugu

Label Aditya Music

Producer Harris Jayaraj

The soundtrack album of the Telugu version titled Brothers was released through Aditya Music.
Initially, the audio was planned to release on 22 September 2012.[54] But the audio release event
for the film was held on 29 September 2012, at Taj Krishna Hotel in Hyderabad, with Karthi,
Bellamkonda Suresh, V. V. Vinayak and Santhosh Srinivas, attending the event along with the cast
and crew.[55] The soundtrack album, unlike the Tamil version, has five tracks, reusing the same set
of singers. Chandrabose and Vanamali penned the song lyrics. Indiaglitz reviewed it as "Harris Jayaraj
here gets to score songs in different musical genres and he doesn't disappoint. The lead actors and
the set-up of the film demanded a snazzy output, while the story needed a portrayal of emotions.
Backed by a young team of lyricists and singers, Harris has dished out an interesting treat to the
fans."[56]

Brothers (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)[57]

No. Title Lyrics Singer(s) Length

1. "Rendai Thirigae" Chandrabose Krish, MK Balaji, Mili Nair 4:48

2. "Rani Nanni" Vanamali Vijay Prakash, Karthik, Harini 5:25

3. "Neeve Neevelae" Vanamali Franco, Charulatha Mani, Aalap Raju 5:21

4. "Evaro Nenevaro" Chandrabose Karthik, Priya Himesh 5:32

5. "Kommalani" Vanamali Javed Ali, Mahalakshmi Iyer 5:28

Total length: 26:34

Release

Eros International acquired the film's worldwide distribution rights for ₹60 crore (US$8.4 million),
[58] in May 2012 and later announced that Maattrraan will release on 15 August 2012, coinciding
with Independence Day.[59][60] Later, the makers announced that the film will be released on 19
September 2012, which coincides the festival of Ganesh Chathurthi.[61] However, the film's
production company, AGS Entertainment confirmed that the film will be released on 12 October
2012.[62][63] The film was dubbed in Telugu as Brothers, with Karthi providing voiceover for Suriya's
character in the film.[64] The film was simultaneously released along with the Tamil version.

Maattrraan was touted to become Suriya's biggest release till date, which was released over 1,400
prints.[65] The film opened in over 1,200 screens worldwide on the release date.[66] In France, the
film was released by Aanaa Films in 14 different screens across the country.[67] In the US, ATMUS
Entertainment distributed the film in 63 centers, making it the widest release of a Tamil film in the
country.[66] The film was censored on 3 October 2012 and it was given a clean "U" certificate by the
Indian Censor Board without cuts.[68] This film was dubbed in Hindi as No 1 Judwaa – The
Unbreakable in 2014.[4] This film was dubbed in Telugu as Brothers and in Hindi as No 1 Judwaa –
The Unbreakable in 2014.[4]

Marketing

The film's Telugu version Brothers was distributed by Bellamkonda Suresh's Multi-Dimensional Films
for ₹17 crore (US$2.4 million). The rights of Karnataka and Kerala regions were acquired by Mandya
Srikanth for ₹4 crore (US$560,000) and ₹3 crore (US$420,000) respectively.[69] The movie's
overseas rights were sold for ₹12 crore (US$1.7 million) to Gemini Film Circuit.

The first poster of the film was released on early November 2011.[70] The film's first teaser was
released on 11 July 2012.[71] The second teaser of the film was released on 9 August 2012, during
the film's audio launch.[72] The VFX making of the film was released on 18 September 2012.[73] The
third teaser of the film was premiered on Jaya TV on 3 October 2012, and was simultaneously
uploaded on YouTube.[74]

Home media

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Jaya TV.[75]

Reception

Critical reception

The Times of India gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars, commenting that it had a "running time of close
to three hours, and editor Anthony should have persevered with the director to reduce it as a lot of
time is expended on scenes that could have been easily sacrificed to make it a much more compact
package. Or maybe Anand also needed a Maattrraan (alternate) to step in when he lost his way".[76]
IndiaGlitz rated it 3.5 out of 5 stars, saying that it was "worth a watch for Suriya's acting and some
great groundwork done by K. V. Anand", further adding that "the second half does a shabby job of
wrapping things up, but it still gives you an unique experience overall".[77] Sify's critic commented:
"If you are looking at a time pass entertainer, walk into K. V. Anand’s Maattrraan. It is a fun ride till
interval and in the second half there is a neat message told with lot of cinematic liberties. Suriya
holds the film together as the script tends to waver towards the climax".[78] BehindWoods.com
gave it 3 out of 5 stars, while stating: "There is a pattern in K. V. Anand’s films. There is a definite
social message which he masquerades with commercial components and packages it interestingly.
Maattrraan also follows the route and it delivers what it promises- a rich and stylish entertainer with
an interesting story".[79] Oneindia rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, stating that it had "rare characters
of conjoined twins but has a predictable story and appears like a second part of Suriya's last movie
7aum Arivu directed by A. R. Murugadoss" and that it was "good, not brilliant".[80] Pavithra
Srinivasan of Rediff gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, concluding that it had a "great premise, great
characters and actors who could have pulled off a complicated story. Sadly, the movie never
capitalises on its strengths".[81] S Viswanath from Deccan Herald cited that "despite its interesting
theme, the film is, however, done in by its rather long running time as also painfully sluggish first half
seeking to establish the plot but brimming with comic capers", summing up that it was "an ensemble
entertainer but could have been much better".[82] Haricharan Pudipeddi of NowRunning gave the
film 2.5/5 stars, stating that it "only promises the potential of Suriya, but fails to arouse interest due
to its stretched second half and lacklustre narration".[83] The New Indian Express' critic Malini
Mannath claimed that the film "with its whimsical screenplay and lackadaisical narration, turns out
to be a huge disappointment", going on to add that it "smacks of overconfidence, and an utter
disregard for the sense and sensibility of a viewer".[84] J Hurtado of Twitch Film said, "Maatraan is
two decent films split down the middle with little connective tissue to bind them, not unlike its
protagonists" and concluded, "See it at your own risk".[85]

In response to most of the reviews which mainly criticised the "film being very long and dragging
towards the climax", Maattrraan was re-edited to make itself "more slick and racy, to appeal to a
larger section of the audience". 1 minute and 23 seconds of the first half and 19 minutes and 30
seconds of the second half were trimmed from the film. The trimmed version earned favourable
response from fans, who called it "more racy and entertaining".[2]

Box office

Maattrraan had a good opening at the domestic box office, collecting ₹19.15 crore (US$2.7 million)
nett in Tamil Nadu,[86] with ₹2.27 crore (US$320,000) in Chennai alone in its opening weekend.[87]
The film also collected ₹2.86 crore (US$400,000) in Kerala in the opening weekend.[86] The film
stayed in the first position for three consecutive weeks in Chennai but was later overtaken by horror
film Pizza at the box office.[88] The film was declared as an 'Above average' by Behindwoods. The
film is reported to have completed a 50-day run in a few theatres across Tamil Nadu.[89][90]

Maattrraan had a good opening at the Overseas box office,[86] collecting ₹69.20 lakh (US$97,000) in
the UK and ₹92.52 lakh (US$130,000) in the USA in the opening weekend.[86][91] The film overall
collected ₹1.08 crore (US$150,000),[92] and ₹1 crore (US$140,000) in UK and the US, respectively.
[93] The film also collected US$1,124,812 from Malaysia box office.[94]

Awards and nominations

Award Category Nominee Result

Vijay Awards Best Actor Suriya Nominated

Best Art Director Rajeevan Nominated

Best Stunt Director Peter Hein Nominated

Favorite Hero Suriya Nominated

CineMAA Awards CineMAA Award for Best Actor – Male (Tamil) Suriya Won

2nd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Director K. V. Anand Nominated

Best Actor Suriya Nominated

Best Actor in a Negative Role Sachin Khedekar Nominated

Best Fight Choreographer Peter Hein Nominated

Best Dance Choreographer Brinda – "Rettai Kathire" Nominated

Other awards

EME (Excellence in Media & Entertainment) award for the Best VFX in an Indian feature film category
for 2012, recognised as the highest honour for Visual Effect works.[95]

Special Jury Award for Best VFX at the 10th Edition of BAF Awards.[96]

Controversies
When Maattrraan was touted to be the first Indian film based on conjoined twins, it created a stir
after two other films with the same concept - Chaarulatha and Iruvan, were launched later. It was
reported to have shared the same storyline as Charulatha, but director K V Anand however denied
the reports and said, "After reading such reports, I watched the original version (Charulatha was
based on 2007 Thai movie Alone). There isn’t any connection between the two movies, except for
the fact that the protagonists are conjoined twins."[97]

Later reports claimed that the film was inspired by another conjoined twins-themed American film
Stuck on You,[98] with the posters of both films also being described as similar to each other. Lead
actor Suriya however denied this and said, "I have been seeing comments and links on social
networking sites saying that Maattrraan is based on some world movie. Only after seeing those links,
I came to know that such a film even exists!"[99]

The film was banned in the state of Karnataka due to tension between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu
over the Kaveri River water dispute.[100]

Legacy

Vivek and Cell Murugan play conjoined twins in Killadi (2015) inspired by Akhilan and Vimalan from
this film. The song "Rettai Kuthirai" is reused.[101]

An internet meme, taglined as "Andre Kanithar Surya" began trending on social media platforms in
late May 2020, in which Suriya's movies were coincided to real life incidents, that happened around
the world. Here, Russia's ban in 2018 Winter Olympics, was predicted in the film.[102]

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