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Raayan
is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language neo-noir action drama film written and directed by Dhanush, and produced by Kalanithi Maran under Sun Pictures. The film stars Dhanush alongside S. J. Suryah, Sundeep Kishan, Kalidas Jayaram, Dushara Vijayan, Selvaraghavan, Prakash Raj, and Aparna Balamurali, while Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Saravanan, Dileepan and Divya Pillai play supporting roles. In the film, a fast-food truck owner in North Chennai struggles to protect his family when they inadvertently get muddled in a war between two rival gangs resulting in unforeseen circumstances.
The film was officially announced in January 2023 under the tentative title D50,[a] as it is Dhanush's 50th film as a leading actor, and the official title was announced in February 2024. Principal photography commenced in July 2023 at East Coast Road in Chennai along with Adhitya Ram Studios, where most of the filming took place at, which was again followed by another schedule held in Karaikudi, and wrapped by mid-December. The film has music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography handled by Om Prakash and editing by Prasanna GK.
Raayan was initially scheduled to release on 13 June 2024, but was later postponed. The film ultimately released worldwide on 26 July 2024, coinciding with the week of Dhanush's birthday. It received mixed to positive reviews, with critics praised Dhanush's performance, music and screenplay while the direction, second half and character development received criticism. but earned over ₹160 crore worldwide, becoming a commercial success and emerged one of the highest-grossings Tamil film of 2024 and the highest-grossing A-certified Tamil film of all-time.
Plot
Kathavaraayan "Raayan", a food-truck owner in North Chennai, lives with his siblings consisting of two younger brothers Muthuvelraayan "Muthu" and Manickavelraayan "Manickam" and younger sister Durga, whom Raayan dotes on. Raayan has been taking care of his siblings since childhood as their parents never returned. Manickam is a college student, while Muthu is a hot-headed alcoholic who is in love with Meghalai. Sekhar is a father-like figure who, fully aware of Raayan's background, supports Raayan and his family as a good family friend.
Durai and Sethuraman "Sethu" are rival gangsters in the area who have a feud with each other after Durai killed Sethu's father. R. Sargunam, a recently transferred police commissioner, wants to create a conflict between Sethu and Durai and kill them both in an encounter. One day, Sargunam sends a group of hired goons to ambush an attack on Sethu, who kills all of them. Sethu, believing that Durai was responsible for the recent attack on him, sends his men to kill Durai's son who was at the local bar. Muthu, who was also present at the bar, gets into a broil with Durai's son and his gang. Seeing this, Sethu's gang infiltrate their altercation with weapons and amidst the chaos kills Durai's son. Muthu ends up being the sole survivor. While most people believe that Sethu killed Durai's son, Durai finds out about Muthu and tells Raayan to hand over Muthu within 24 hours. However, Raayan, together with Muthu, and Manickam kill Durai and his gang.
Sethu, who is confused about Durai's death, finds out about Raayan and his brothers' involvement in his death and calls Raayan for a meeting. He requests Raayan to join his side and promises him and his family protection from the police, but Raayan refuses the request. Sethu begins to threaten Raayan, who in-turn, also begins to threaten Sethu indirectly without outrightly stating that he was indeed the killer. Sethu then tries to assassinate Raayan by sending his goons, but one remaining henchman fled back to Sethu with the news that he witnessed Raayan singlehandedly killing all his henchmen there. Around that time, Raayan was planning his sister Durga's wedding with a government employee and agrees to shoulder the responsibility of the event expense around ₹5 lakhs and dowry leaving him in dire need of money.At the groom's family's request for dowry, Raayan agrees to handover his profitable mobile hotel, and all their bank savings to the groom's family.
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