Vaaranam Aayiram is a 2008 Tamil biopic romantic drama written and directed by Gautham Menon. Suriya plays dual lead roles, with Simran Bagga, Sameera Reddy and Divya Spandana. The film had been under production since late 2006, and was released worldwide on November 14, 2008. It was dubbed and released in Telugu as Surya s/o Krishnan. The film 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. As a tribute to the father of the director, the film opened in several countries with critical acclaim. The... film was produced by Venu Ravichandran and has musical score by Harris Jayaraj, making Vaaranam Aayiram his final project with Gautham Menon before the formal break-up of their partnership. It won many awards including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. The film begins with elderly Krishnan returning home after a haircut. Once he reaches home he vomits a profuse amounts of blood and is kept to bed rest.
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| Release date: | January 2008 |
| Directed by: | Gautham Menon |
| Runtime: | 179 Minutes |
| Producer: | Gautham Menon, Oscar Ravichandran |
| Editor: | Anthony Gonsalves |
| Music by: | Harris Jayaraj |
| Cinematography: | R. Rathnavelu |
| Screenplay by: | Gautham Menon |