''Aanmai Thavarael'' () is a 2011 Tamil-language

crime thriller film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but al ...

written and directed by Kuzhanthai Velappan. The film, featuring newcomers Dhruva and Shruti alongside

Sampath Raj Sampath Raj (born 25 December 1968) is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil and Telugu films, in addition to Kannada and Malayalam films. He is best known for his appearances in director Venkat Prabhu's trilogy, which includ ...

and Panchu Subbu in primary roles, deals with

human trafficking Human trafficking is the act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring, or receiving individuals through force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploitation. This exploitation may include forced labor, sexual slavery, or oth ...

. It was released on 3 June 2011.

Plot

Vetri, a boy living in Chennai, is in love with his neighbor Yamuna, who works in a call centre and reciprocates his feelings. The two have not yet revealed their relationship to their families. Suddenly, one day, Yamuna gets kidnapped by a gang, Vetri sets out to find her and how he rescues her with help from Charles Antony, a former and highly intelligent and skilled IPS officer forms the rest of the story.

Cast

* Dhruva as Vetri * Shruti as Yamuna *

as Charles Antony *

Subbu Panchu Subramaniam Panchu Arunachalam, credited as Subbu Panchu or P. Ar. Subramaniam (born 20 November 1969), is an Indian actor and film producer. Son of noted writer-producer Panchu Arunachalam, Subbu first appeared as a child artist in the Malayal ...

as Mr. A *

John Vijay John Vijay (born 20 November 1976) is an Indian actor who works in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi and Kannada films. He is well known for his performances in '' Oram Po'' (2007), '' Thillalangadi'' (2010), '' Mouna Guru'' (2011), '' Kalakalappu ...

as 'Andhra' Prasad * Annie Gill as Malayali girl *

Tharun Kshatriya Sulile Kumar, also known by his stage name Tharun Kumar (also credited as Tarun Shatriya) is an Indian actor who has appeared in Tamil and Kannada films. He made his debut in a supporting role in Tarun Gopi's ''Kaalai'' (2008), before going on ...

as Pavan *

Lakshmi Ramakrishnan Lakshmy Ramakrishnan is an Indian actress and director. She made her debut in the Malayalam film '' Chakkara Muthu'' (2006), and has since appeared primarily in supporting roles in Tamil films. Personal life Lakshmy was born and raised in a ...

as Mary * Deepika Kamaiah as Nandini *

Chitra Lakshmanan Lakshmanan Ramasamy (born 23 January 1948), known professionally as Chitra Lakshmanan, is an Indian journalist, filmmaker and actor. He produced and directed several Tamil language films starring some of Tamil cinema's major stars during the 19 ...

as Vetri's boss * Lollu Sabha Jeeva as Vetri's friend *

Crane Manohar Crane Manohar (born 4 October 1965) is an Indian actor who appears in Tamil films, mostly in comedy roles. He appeared in many Vadivelu and Vivek comedy tracks. Career Manohar initially worked as a crane technician for films and when he st ...

as Cab Driver *

Swaminathan Saamy (born 31 January 1959), known professionally as Swaminathan, is an Indian actor and comedian on working in the Tamil film and television industry. He appeared in prominent roles in Vijay TV's satiric series '' Lollu Sabha'' before becom ...

as Swaminathan *

Uma Padmanabhan Uma Padmanabhan is an Indian actress and television presenter who works in Tamil-language films and television serials. Career Uma Padmanabhan had her early education in Chennai and graduated in commerce Commerce is the organized Complex sy ...

as Vetri's mother * Dharan as a pimp * Nandha Saravanan as a cop * Boys Rajan as Assistant Commissioner

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Mariya Manohar. *"Nona Nona" - Dev, Krithika *"Kadhal Adaimazhai" - Krish, Ramya *"Vazhiyil Thulaindhu" - Padmalatha *"Satta Sada" - Karthikeyan, Naveen, Venkath Renganathan

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote "Debutant writer-director Kulanthai Velappan has his script focused, and moves his narration at a steady pace, the interest rarely waning".

References

External links

* Indian crime thriller films 2011 crime thriller films Films about prostitution in India Films about kidnapping in India Films about human trafficking in India 2011 films 2010s Tamil-language films 2010s Indian films {{2010s-Tamil-film-stub