Anima and Persona (2010) on Netflix
Two rival gangs want the cocaine stash that falls into the hands of Kaalayan, a poor farmer, and his son Kodukapuli. Pasupathy, gangster Singaperumal's right-hand man, plots to seize it.
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Plot summary
Singaperumal, an aging gangster, keeps Subbu, a young woman who wants a life of her own; Sappai, too frightened to defy his boss, is sent to keep her company. Word reaches Singaperumal that a large cocaine stash has entered the city, and Pasupathy, his right-hand man, proposes buying it from the courier with a loan. It belongs to their arch-rival Gajendran, a dangerous adversary, so Singaperumal hesitates. Elsewhere, Kaalayan, a destitute farmer who stages cockfights for a living, shares a slum room with his street-smart son Kodukapuli and takes in a traveler for the night.
Cast
- Rambo Rajkumaras Gajapathy
- Master Vasanthas Kodukupuli
- Rambo Raj Kumaras Gajapathy
- Somasundaramas Kalayan
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Anima and Persona (2010)
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- Chennai's regional censor board refused to clear Aaranya Kaandam and demanded 52 cuts plus sub-cuts over profanity and excessive violence before it would allow a theatrical release.
- At the 2010 South Asian International Film Festival in New York City, an unfinished print of the film with no colour correction and no film score still won the Grand Jury prize for Best Film.
- Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, making his Tamil debut, was cast as a hoodlum after several other Tamil actors declined the part, fearing for their "image"; director Thiagarajan Kumararaja said the role needed a senior actor and Shroff fit it "completely".
- The lead female role went to Bengaluru model and beauty pageant winner Yasmin Ponnappa, though it had been written for Pooja Umashankar, who could not accept because her dates were given to Bala's Naan Kadavul.
- Thiagarajan Kumararaja finalised Guru Somasundaram as Kaalayan after seeing him play the title role in Koothu-P-Pattarai's play Chandrahari, and based the character's voice modulation and pattern on that performance.
- A soundtrack was planned with Gangai Amaran roped in to write lyrics, but the finished film had no songs at all, making it Yuvan Shankar Raja's second project after Adhu without a soundtrack.
- The title is taken from a chapter of the Ramayana meaning "Jungle Chapter", and the film is described as the first neo-noir in Tamil cinema, influenced by Traffic and Pulp Fiction.
