

He meets Priya ( Divya Spandana), his sister's friend. He returns to India once again and starts hanging out with his friends in order to get over his emotional loss.

He meets a person by name Shankar Menon at the airport who tries to console him with his words and offers him words of encouragament. A disheartened Surya then decides to come back to India. When he reaches there, he witnesses the Oklahoma City bombing and realises that Meghna is amongst those injured. Surya decides to join her later travelling by the Greyhound bus. Then she goes to Oklahoma City for a project. After some days Meghna proposes to him and they stay happily for a few days. Then on, an inspired Surya obtains various projects and finally builds a house for his parents.Īfter that, he goes to the United States, with the acceptance of his father, and meets Meghna. During that period Krishnan, Surya's father, gets his first mild heart attack and is admitted to the hospital. There she tells him that she is going to University of California, Berkeley in another week to pursue higher education. Surya is disturbed constantly by Meghna's thoughts and consequently ends up going to her house. Surya then tells her that wherever she goes, he will meet her. He soon proposes to her which she rejects saying that they had only known each other for a very short period and its not possible to fall in love without taking time to understand him. When he is on a train back home after completion of college, he meets Meghna ( Sameera Reddy) who is doing Engineering in National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli. There he takes part in various cultural activities and develops his guitar skills. When Surya grows up, he joins an engineering college near Tiruchi and parts from his family. He grows up more as a friend to his father.

They fall in love with each other and get married. Krishnan is a student in the same college where Malini studies. He begins to shed tears to himself and starts thinking about his memorable moments with his father and the story of how his parents loved each other during their college days. This news is informed to his son Surya ( Surya Sivakumar) who is on a military mission traveling in a helicopter. After the doctor checks him, he is reported dead after a few moments of grief with his wife Malini ( Simran Bagga), daughter Shreya, and daughter-in-law Priya ( Divya Spandana). Once he reaches home he vomits profuse amounts of blood and is kept to bed rest.

The film begins with an elderly person named Krishnan ( Surya Sivakumar) returning home after a haircut. The film also won the most awards for any 2008 film, including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. The film was produced by Venu Ravichandran and also has musical score by Harris Jayaraj, making Vaaranam Aayiram his final project with Gautham Menon before their formally announced partnership break up. As a tribute to the father of the director, the film opened in several countries with critical acclaim and mixed reviews. Vaaranam Aayiram illustrates the theme of how a father often came across his son's life as a hero and inspiration, whose death was deeply mourned in the end. The film released on 14 November 2008 across the globe. The film had been under production since late 2006. Surya Sivakumar acts in dual lead roles, whilst Sameera Reddy, Divya Spandana and Simran Bagga also play roles in the film. Vaaranam Aayiram ( English: The Strength of a Thousand Elephants) is a 2008 Tamil feature film directed by Gautham Menon. Surya Sivakumar Simran Bagga Divya Spandana Sameera ReddyĪascar Films ( India) Cloud Nine Pictures (Worldwide) Bharat Creations ( US) Jump to: navigation, search Vaaranam Aayiram
