Nanban (2012)

Three friends and the successes achieved in their afterlife, due to one of their extraordinary friend.

Director:

S. Shankar

Writers:

Rajkumar Hirani (story), Madhan Karky (dialogue),

Stars:

Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Vijay	...	Panchavan Parivendhan / Kosaksi Pasapugazh (as 'Ilayathalapathi' Vijay)
Jiiva	...	Sevalkodi Senthil
Srikanth	...	Venkat Ramakrishnan
Ileana	...	Riya
Satyaraj	...	Virumandi Santhanam
Sathyan	...	Srivatsan
Narein	...	Venkat's father
Surya S.J.	...	Panchavan Parivendan
Vijay Vasanth	...	Paneerselvam
T.M. Karthik	...	Riya's Fiance (as T.M. Karthik Srinivasan)
Uma Pathmanabhan	...	Venkat's mother
Manobala	...	Librarian Bose
Shanmuga Sundharam	...	Education Minister
Ajay Ratnam	...	Panchavan Parivendan's Father
Indrans	...	Virus's assistant

Storyline

Two buddies Venkatramakrishnan and Sevalkodi Senthil set out in search of their long lost friend Panchavan Parivendan aka Pari. They have a nerd Srivatsan for company and through intermittent flashbacks we are told that Pari, a bright, yet free-spirited student, who through his charisma is able to convince his two friends to think for themselves, follow their heart and take challenges with a positive attitude chanting his mantra: all is well. Pari wants to change the education system and often lock horns with Professor Virumandi Santhanam the Principal whose says: "Life is a race - Run Run Run". He wins the heart of Virumandi's daughter Riya and the film is about his journey.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | suicide attempt | college | remake

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Taglines:

It's All is Well...again

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Tamil Telugu

Release Date:

12 January 2012 (India)

Also Known As:

Nanban: Mon Pote

Filming Locations:

Andaman Islands, India

Box Office

Budget:

INR 600,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gemini Film Circuit

Technical Specs

Runtime:

188 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

T.R. Silambarasan was considered for the role which went to Jiiva.

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Goofs

On the first day at class, the blackboard shows the date as 3/6/98 but when showing the degree certificate of the protagonist, the years of study are mentioned as 1997-2001.

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Connections

Remake of 3 Idiots (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Heartilay Battery"
Written by: Na. Muthukumar
Produced by: Harris Jayaraj
Performed by: Hemchandra and Mukesh

User Reviews

Good Remake

I watched the Hindi version of this film 5 times, as I'm a crazy on the novel "Five Point Someone – What not to do at IIT!", and "Nanban" was an exact resemblance of "3 Idiots", with an added song.

Found very hard to got a ticket, even in the second day!! (Mentioning this as the film was released in more than 15 theaters in Chennai)

Casting and acting were superb, and none would have seen such an acting from our "Ilaya Thalabathy" Vijay, with Srikanth, Sathyan and Jeeva.

"Aska Laska" song was catchy among others. Another combination of Shankar and Harris Jeyaraj has worked out very well.

A different Shankar's film, compared to his other films with technical boons, like with Enthiran, Boys.

"Nanban" -- A good film.