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Anniyan

IMDb ID: tt0376127 · Year: 2005 · Rating: 8.3 (23,471 votes)

Genres: Action · Crime · Drama

Ramanujam, who suffers from multiple personality disorder, works as a lawyer by day and a vigilante at night, using tips from the 'Garuda Purana' as his tools to punish various antisocial elements.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesUnited Arab Emirates: Anniyan
Australia: Anniyan
Canada: Anniyan (English)
Canada: Anniyan (French)
Germany: Anniyan
United Kingdom: Anniyan
Ireland: Anniyan (English)
India: Anniyan (English)
India: Anniyan (Tamil)
Japan: Anniyan (Japanese)
New Zealand: Anniyan (English)
Singapore: Anniyan (English)
United States: Anniyan
South Africa: Anniyan (English)
India: Aparichit (Hindi)
India: Aparichit - The Stranger (Hindi, Alternative Title)
India: Aparichitudu (Telugu, dubbed version)
United States: The Stranger (English, informal English title)
Ukraine: Незнайомець
Russia: Незнакомец
China: 罪恶终结者 (Mandarin)
China: 魔鬼双重人 (Mandarin, Alternative Title)
The Stranger
Content RatingNot RatedRelease Date2005-06-17Runtime181 minutesIMDb Popularity0User Reviews81Critic Reviews3Countries / RegionsIndiaLanguagesTamilKeywordspsychiatrist
multiple personality disorder
boiling someone alive
leech
internet
Filming LocationsMalaysiaProduction CompaniesOscar Films International
Oscar Films
IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0376127/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/03/tt0376127.jpgUpdated At2025-05-21T02:49:36

Stars

Vikram
Sada
Prakash Raj
Vivek
Nedumudi Venu
Nassar
Kalabhavan Mani
Cochin Hanifa
Saurabh Shukla
Charlie

Directors

Shankar Shanmugham

Writers

Gopal Ram
Shankar Shanmugham
Sujatha

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Vikram | Character: Ramanujam Iyengar 'Ambi', Anniyan, Remo
Actor: Sada | Character: Nandhini Krishna
Actor: Prakash Raj | Character: DCP Prabhakar
Actor: Vivek | Character: Sub-Inspector Arivazhagan 'Chari'
Actor: Nedumudi Venu | Character: Parthasarathy Iyengar
Actor: Nassar | Character: Dr. Vijaykumar
Actor: Kalabhavan Mani | Character: Ponnambalam
Actor: Cochin Hanifa | Character: Delinquent car owner
Actor: Saurabh Shukla | Character: Ethirajan Naidu
Actor: Charlie | Character: Wastrel
Actor: Sriranjani | Character: Nandhini's mother
Actor: Mohan Vaidya | Character: Nandhini's father
Actor: Manobala | Character: Ticket collector
Actor: Shanmugarajan | Character: Chockalingam
Actor: Amarasigamani | Character: Police
Actor: Shanthi Williams | Character: Ambi's mother
Actor: Suryakanth | Character: Drunkard
Actor: Viraj | Character: Young Ambi
Actor: Yana Gupta | Character: Dancer (Special Appearance)
Actor: Divya Nagesh | Character: Vidya
Actor: Raju Sundaram | Character: Special Appearance
Actor: Joy Badlani | Character: Police Officer
Actor: Jasper | Character: Henchman

[Directors Group]
Name: Shankar Shanmugham | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Gopal Ram | Role: Writer
Name: Shankar Shanmugham | Role: Writer
Name: Sujatha | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: D. Ramesh Babu | Role: Producer
Name: Viswanathan Ravichandran | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: Harris Jayaraj | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Manikandan | Role: Cinematographer
Name: Ravi Varman | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: V.T. Vijayan | Role: Editor

[Art Direction Group]
Name: Sabu Cyril | Role: Art Director

[Production Management]
Name: S. Moorthy | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Raj Acharya | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Mohmmad Yunus Ismail | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Karthik | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Anne Ravindra | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: Sreeroop Menon | Role: Art Department
Name: Milan | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: A.S. Laxmi Narayanan | Role: Sound Department
Name: M. Ravi | Role: Sound Department
Name: Smith Thampan | Role: Sound Department

[Special Effects]
Name: Shareen Yeyam | Role: Special Effects

[Visual Effects]
Name: Praveen D | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Satish Dayapule | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Shyam Gurumoorthy | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Zameer Hussain | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Vee Jay | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ramesh Karthikeyan | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Pankaj Khandpur | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Thirumurugan Krishnan | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Manicn | Role: Visual Effects
Name: P. Mohan | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Srinivas Mohan | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Rahul Nambiar | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Kunjan Oza | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Pavan Kumar Potluri | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Radkrish | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Shreeharsha Rao | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Ravichandran | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Raju Shanmugam | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Prashanth Veeraraghavan Srinivasan | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Srirengaraj | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Mohinder Subramaniam | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Shailendra Swarnkar | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Yugandhar Tammareddy | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Venkat Karunakar Uday | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Jitendra Vaghani | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Shareen Yeyam | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Peter Hein | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Suraj Kurade | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Vinayak Radhakrishnan | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Parthasarathi Rg | Role: Editorial Department
Name: S. Raghunath Varma | Role: Editorial Department

[Music Department]
Name: Nawab Arzoo | Role: Music Department
Name: Sanjay Chandrasekhar | Role: Music Department
Name: Chennai Chorale | Role: Music Department
Name: Vasundhara Das | Role: Music Department
Name: Shreya Ghoshal | Role: Music Department
Name: Jassie Gift | Role: Music Department
Name: Hariharan | Role: Music Department
Name: Harini | Role: Music Department
Name: Andrea Jeremiah | Role: Music Department
Name: Kabilan | Role: Music Department
Name: G.V. Prakash Kumar | Role: Music Department
Name: Krishnakumar Kunnath | Role: Music Department
Name: Leslee Lewis | Role: Music Department
Name: Shankar Mahadevan | Role: Music Department
Name: Mehboob | Role: Music Department
Name: Melwyn | Role: Music Department
Name: Na. Muthukumar | Role: Music Department
Name: Nakhul | Role: Music Department
Name: Saindhavi | Role: Music Department
Name: Sunitha Sarathy | Role: Music Department
Name: Smith Thampan | Role: Music Department
Name: Vairamuthu | Role: Music Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Adarsh Gautam | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Johnson | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kalyan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ahmed Khan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ken Metzker | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Shahnawaz Pradhan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Omi Sharma | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ajay Sinha | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dilip Sinha | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Raju Sundaram | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Samay Thakkar | Role: Additional Crew

Trailers

Anniyan | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi2720054041/ | Playback: https://imdb-video-wab.media-imdb.com/vi2720054041/1434659379400-8cjq25-1750477005461.mp4?Expires=1788370229&Signature=T44r606e7jk17HhwoXAESOpCq3YxPrieFMjZo9bRpMb254mhp5MtuXALrLZr-WouikMXIra8Oddwpdxt38YUA4KIPbDfpwh~BAzlqwi7Csm5X93ROx3LwJHi2delNqzYHjsecNkVGXIHFKjzps~2l-CEh1DZEJZX0~KgrlrMmTHL6QamSBEx1PF-FIVhe9D1iHjBJbnOBiWoge0MaFOTS1Mo9QJI9ku5ElGq6Ty-Bsi0XqLtyH3FgbdcPtmAd6n0CGkPZ79nB2rQXJi~s-UH-ZB0TFmOu1K9oO7Cb~l4QJZNukVH~uRgYkjK4TuUH6b~SJh3FS2tWFcO0aEreqz5-A__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOTGGE6P3RA3PTA
Anniyan | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi1510324249/ | Playback: https://imdb-video-wab.media-imdb.com/vi1510324249/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1750458482359.mp4?Expires=1788370229&Signature=M-9Ew8AuYUmJ-zkwfSxtqGYsgqCUHaJ4NFg0~tRVR7s-wz4IWwu67ZAzCH2mwtHWMoZGryt3LgZ2sxBA70Q6o6M2Ee82dW3uDl0bj2~VYL76UzHAKl0uCnFmzqdrxO1bdCaQMSN3H6b0ZR0n~GLYsmTipGVJasqJ~C7pi3F9RLkMNtBQJEbzCAwE0G6taQH-wbuawkwsJD1Qvg9w8ZFl0ixGUIh03kG-0YNY8hXSdizpvGlynAiZOe0Pt3ARWap0g4zRjIuQaF4I3Jo6I1G6iXo0mIApwRY3-2QT~8CHXupMTklEOFbI1zAr52N3yk4abmpazjpIEVumitax636a1w__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOTGGE6P3RA3PTA

Release Schedule

India: June 17, 2005
Kuwait: June 22, 2005
India: May 19, 2006 (Hindi version)

Awards

Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry | Best Film | Viswanathan Ravichandran, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry | Best Actor | Vikram, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry | Best Director | Shankar Shanmugham, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry | Best Music Director | Harris Jayaraj, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry | Best Art Director | Sabu Cyril, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry | Best Action | Peter Hein, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | National Film Awards, India | Silver Lotus Award | Best Special Effects | Tata Elxsi, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Filmfare Award - Tamil Film Industry | Best Lyricist | Vairamuthu, Anniyan
Winner | 2005 | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, India | Creative Award | Best Director | Shankar Shanmugham, Anniyan
Winner | 2005 | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, India | Creative Award | Best Villain | Prakash Raj, Anniyan
Winner | 2005 | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, India | Creative Award | Best Comedian | Vivek, Anniyan
Winner | 2005 | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, India | Creative Award | Best Music Director | Harris Jayaraj, Anniyan, Ghajini
Winner | 2005 | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, India | Creative Award | Best Film (Second Prize) | Shankar Shanmugham, V. Ravichandran, Anniyan
Winner | 2005 | Asianet Film Awards | Asianet Film Award | Special Jury Award | Vikram, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Technical Award | Best Action | Peter Hein, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Technical Award | Best Cinematography | Ravi Varman, Manikandan, Anniyan
Winner | 2006 | Filmfare Awards South | Technical Award | Best Art Direction | Sabu Cyril, Anniyan
Winner | 2005 | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, India | Technical Award | Best Audiographer | A.S. Laxmi Narayanan, Anniyan

Box Office

No box office data listed on IMDb.