Maayan (film)

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• Nassar as Maayan
• Roja as Azhagamma
• Ranjitha as Gurumayi
• Pasupathy as Dominic Raj
• Vindhya
• Revathi
• Thalaivasal Vijay as Vengala Naidu
• Vadivukkarasi
• Vadivelu
• Bala Singh
• Thyagu
• K. R. Vatsala
• Mu Ramaswamy as Maayan's father
• Elango Kumaravel

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Nassar had originally planned only to direct the film, but after his initial choices for the lead actor – Prashanth and Ajith Kumar – pulled out, he chose to also portray the lead role.{{Cite web |date=11 December 2002 |title=At home in every role |url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/11/stories/2002121100270200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030313001312/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/11/stories/2002121100270200.htm |archive-date=13 March 2003 |access-date=19 October 2015 |website=The Hindu}} As a result, the film's production was delayed by over a year from early 1999.{{Cite web |date=22 September 1999 |title=Nasser: An Interview |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/22-09-99/nasser.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301221554/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/interviews/22-09-99/nasser.htm |archive-date=1 March 2005 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Dinakaran}} Actress Ranjitha made a comeback to acting with Maayan, after taking a three-year sabbatical post-marriage.{{Cite web |date=16 September 2001 |title=On the comeback trail |url=http://hindu.com/2001/09/16/stories/0416401y.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622074105/http://hindu.com/2001/09/16/stories/0416401y.htm |archive-date=22 June 2012 |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=The Hindu}} The film also marked the first major role for Pasupathy, whose previous venture Marudhanayagam was shelved.{{Cite news |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |date=29 December 2006 |title=I want challenges in life too: Actor Pasupathy |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/i-want-challenges-in-life-too-actor-pasupathy/article3040317.ece |url-status=live |access-date=2 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213084257/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/i-want-challenges-in-life-too-actor-pasupathy/article3040317.ece |archive-date=13 December 2019}}

The first schedule of the shooting was held at Chennai and Chengelpet. The second schedule was then held at Tiruvannamalai and the forests of Thalaikonam.{{Cite web |title=Mayan |url=http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Mayan.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121230024217/http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Mayan.htm |archive-date=30 December 2012 |access-date=19 October 2015 |website=cinematoday2.itgo.com}}

Soundtrack was composed by Deva.{{Cite web |title=Maayan (2001) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/maayan-songs-T0000373 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229154527/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/maayan-songs-T0000373 |archive-date=29 December 2022 |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=Raaga.com}}

The Hindu wrote "CERTAIN CHARACTERS never get stale - Robin Hood for instance. But different incidents have to be weaved in every time if the story has to sell, especially when presented on celluloid. And this is what Nasser has tried in Kana Film Makers's Maayan. Sundara Thirumal's story takes off well, but flounders after the first half. And because it goes limp midway, the impact of the climax is considerably reduced. (The screenplay and dialogue are also by him)".{{Cite web |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=21 September 2001 |title=Film Review: Maayan |url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/21/stories/09210222.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071109132143/http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/21/stories/09210222.htm |archive-date=9 November 2007 |access-date=2 August 2023 |website=The Hindu}} Visual Dasan of Kalki praised Nassar's acting but panned his character design while also praising him for portraying folk arts and dances and Pasupathy's acting however he felt Nassar messed up in one aspect, when the screenplay is based on true events, the backdrop of the plot jumps for no reason hence the story kicks like a donkey.{{Cite magazine |date=30 September 2001 |title=மாயன் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki2001-09-30/page/64/mode/2up |url-status=live |magazine=Kalki |language=ta |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230801125016/https://archive.org/details/kalki2001-09-30/page/64/mode/2up |archive-date=1 August 2023 |access-date=1 August 2023}} Chennai Online wrote "The narrative flows smoothly, though the second half could have been trimmed a little. Nasser is more focused and displays a firmer grasp over the medium than he had done in his earlier two directorial ventures".{{cite web|url=http://chennaionline.com/moviereviews/tammov143.asp|title=Maayan|website=Chennai Online|first=Malini|last=Mannath|access-date=29 October 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212023819/http://chennaionline.com/moviereviews/tammov143.asp|archive-date=12 December 2003}}

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Category:2000s Tamil-language films

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Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)

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Category:Films directed by Nassar (actor)