Anegan Feat Dhanush

Anegan (English: Multiple Single Person)[1] is an upcoming Indian Tamil romantic thriller film directed by K. V. Anand. The film stars Dhanush, Amyra Dastur, Aishwarya Devan and Karthik, with Atul Kulkarni, Ashish Vidyarthi, Aishwarya Devan and Jagan in supporting roles. Produced by AGS Entertainment, the film's soundtrack album and background score composed by Harris Jayaraj. Cinematography was handled by Om Prakash and editing was done by Anthony. The film was listed by Behindwoods in its "Top 10 most Anticipated films of 2014".[2]

Principal photography commenced on 2 September 2013 at Puducherry. Filming continued in Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Bolivia. Filming was completed on 15 September 2014.

Cast:
Dhanush
Karthik
Amyra Dastur
Aishwarya Devan
Ashish Vidyarthi
Atul Kulkarni
Mukesh Tiwari
Thalaivasal Vijay
Pankaj Rajan
Vinaya Prasad
Shankar Krishnamurthy
Lena
Baby Vedhika
Rajesh Milton

Development:

In May 2013, K. V. Anand stated that he would collaborate with Dhanush for his next film, which Dhanush confirmed on his social network page. Anand joined hands with AGS Entertainment for the second time after Maattraan (2012), and it was confirmed that the production company would also distribute the film worldwide.[3] Though it was rumoured to be titled as Thaara Thappatta Ready, it was later dismissed by the director.[4] Dhanush was said to appear in four different looks in the film,[5] and that he would not be playing the "moody-sombre" type-role he played in his previous films like Mayakkam Enna (2011).[6] The film, a romantic entertainer laced with action was titled Anegan, meaning “the man with many shadows”, according to Tamil poet Manikkavacakar, from his volume, Tiruvacakam.[7][8] It was revealed that the story comprises multiple period set-ups, and in one of the segments, Dhanush goes back to his previous birth.[9] The technical crew consisted of cinematography by Om Prakash, editing by Anthony, action by Kanal Kannan and the dialogues were written by Subha. As with most K. V. Anand films, Harris Jayaraj was once again signed to compose the musical score.[10] K. V. Anand had stated that Dhanush will be sporting a hairdo similar to Kamal Haasan's look in the film, Tik Tik Tik (1981).[11]

Casting:

Alia Bhatt was rumoured to be playing the lead,[12] before Amyra Dastur, a model who made her film debut in Issaq (2013) was later cast opposite Dhanush.[13] In preparation for her role, she was asked to see Tamil films[14] and also took Tamil lessons from Dhanush to get her dialogues right.[15] Amyra was further reported to be performing stunts for the film.[16] In an interview to IANS, Amyra said that she would portray three different roles in the film.[17] Karthik was signed to play the role of a love guru to Dhanush, for a part, similar to the role portrayed by Santhanam in Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (2013),[18] and also sport a look similar to that of Ajith's look in Mankatha (2011).[5] Baby Vedhika of Nirnayam fame is also playing a role.[19] Actress Aishwarya Devan was selected to play the second heroine in the film.[20] Actors Atul Kulkarni and Ashish Vidyarthi were selected to play supporting roles.[21] Malayalam actress Lena was also selected to play a supporting role in the film.[22]

Filming:

Principal photography began on 2 September 2013 at Puducherry.[23] It was reported that the film would be shot across locations such as Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia and Bolivia among many other countries. In Malaysia, a football game scene was shot in the oldest English school in South East Asia, Penang Free School.[24] The second schedule took place in Hyderabad,[23][25] where an action sequence was shot for 20 days,[26] along with a song sequence choreographed by Baba Baskar.[23] According to unit members, Amyra stunned the unit with her perfect lip sync for Tamil dialogues and that she overshadowed the hero in some places as well.[27] By 29 May 2014, 90% of the movie was shot, including 3 song sequences. Another song sequence and part of the climax were shot on a farmland, spread over 100 acres, near Puducherry.[28][29] During the process of shooting the climax, which was reported to be a racy stunt sequence, Dhanush injured his leg severely, because of which shooting was halted for 3 weeks, after which Dhanush recovered and shooting proceeded as scheduled.[30] The team then went to Scotland to shoot for a song sequence.[31] In mid-August 2014, the filming was almost done with just a song left to be shot in Chennai on 1 September 2014.[32] On 15 September 2014, Anand confirmed that the shooting of the film was completed.[33]

Post-production:

On 26 August 2014, Dhanush stated that he had started dubbing for the film.[34][35][36]

Music:

Anegan
Soundtrack album to Anegan by Harris Jayaraj
Recorded 2014
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Tamil
Label Sony Music
Producer Harris Jayaraj
Harris Jayaraj chronology
Yaan
(2014) Anegan
(2015) Nanbenda


Harris Jayaraj is composing the songs and background score for the film, collaborating with K. V. Anand for the fourth time and collaborating with Dhanush for the first time.[37] Singers like Shankar Mahadevan, Bhavatharini and Shail Hada have contributed to this album.[38]

In April 2014, Harris had recorded a track and described it as a "charming folk melody" titled "Athadi Athadi". The song was sung by Bhavatharini and written by Vairamuthu.[39] In May 2014, Harris recorded an energeitc track, sung by Shankar Mahadevan and written by Vairamuthu, joining hands with Shankar after Ghajini (2005).[40][41] In late June 2014, Harris finished recording a song, termed as a "peppy number", penned by director C. S. Amudhan of Thamizh Padam (2010) fame.[42] during the recording of Amudhan's song, K. V. Anand revealed that the album was in its final stages of recording and that each song would be of a different dimension based on its situation in the movie.[43] In August 2014, Harris wrote on his Twitter page that almost all the songs for the film were completed.[44]

Sony Music India purchased the audio rights of the soundtrack.[45] A track list, consisting of six songs from the film, was released by Sony Music India on the 6th of November 2014. Following a press meet on the 9th of November 2014, the soundtrack was released on iTunes on the 10th of November 2014. Upon release, the album debuted at No.1 on the iTunes Tamil Albums char