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{{Infobox film
| name = Arima Nambi
| image = Arima nambi.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Anand Shankar]]
| producer = [[S. Thanu]]
| writer = Anand Shankar
| starring = [[Vikram Prabhu]]<br>[[Priya Anand]]<br>[[J. D. Chakravarthy]]
| music = Drums [[Sivamani]]
| cinematography = [[R. D. Rajasekhar]]
| editing = [[Bhuvan Srinivasan]]
| studio = [[S. Thanu|V Creations]]
| distributor = [[Vendhar Movies]]<br>[[Kalasangham Films]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|07|04}}
| runtime = 155 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Arima Nambi''''' ({{translation|Lion-like man}}) is a [[2014 in film|2014]] Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action thriller film]] directed by debutant [[Anand Shankar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/94298.html |title='Arima Nambi' First Look |website=Indiaglitz.com |date= |accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> The film stars [[Vikram Prabhu]], [[Priya Anand]], and [[J. D. Chakravarthy]]. Drummer [[Sivamani]] made his debut as a music director in the film,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/94303.html |title=Sivamani is the new music director - Tamil Movie News |website=Indiaglitz.com |date=2013-06-05 |accessdate=2013-09-24}}</ref> which was shot by [[R. D. Rajasekhar]] while the editing was done by [[Bhuvan Srinivasan]]. The shoot of ''Arima Nambi'' started on 3 June 2013 in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vikram-prabhu-priya-anand-come-together-news-tamil-ngduVAfcijc.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608084945/http://www.sify.com/movies/vikram-prabhu-priya-anand-come-together-news-tamil-ngduVAfcijc.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-08 |title=Vikram Prabhu & Priya Anand come together |website=Sify.com |date=2013-06-03 |accessdate=2013-09-24}}</ref> It was released theatrically on 4 July 2014 and opened to mostly positive reviews.<ref name=roundup/> It was commercially successful, completing 100 days run in Tamil Nadu. The film was remade in Telugu as ''[[Dynamite (2015 film)|Dynamite]]'' (2015) with [[Vishnu Manchu]].

==Plot==
Arjun Krishna ([[Vikram Prabhu]]), a technician in a [[Chennai]]-based [[BMW]] showroom, meets Anamika Raghunath ([[Priya Anand]]), a college student, while out with her friends at Hard Rock Cafe. They are attracted to each other and go on a date the following night. Following the date, Anamika invites Arjun to her apartment for a bottle of [[vodka]]. Things go well until Anamika gets kidnapped by two men. Arjun, who was in the bathroom when Anamika was kidnapped, immediately lodges a complaint at the [[Besant Nagar]] police station. Sub-Inspector Arumugam ([[M. S. Baskar]]), who is assigned the case, then goes to Anamika's apartment along with Arjun, but finds that the apartment is cleaned up and there seems to be no sign that a kidnapping has taken place, while the apartment's watchman insists that Anamika had not returned to her apartment for three days. Also, the CCTV camera installed at the apartment does not show any men arriving and taking away Anamika, prompting Arumugam to suspect that Arjun has lodged a false complaint as he is drunk. However, when Arumugam calls up Anamika's father Raghunath Kumar (Shankar Sundaram), the chairman of the TV news channel Channel 24, he merely replies that he doesn't know anything about the kidnapping and that Anamika is holidaying in [[Goa]], at which Arumugam suspects something amiss, realising that Arjun had not lied after all. Arumugam and Arjun rush to Raghunath's mansion, where they see him being threatened by the two men who had kidnapped Anamika as well as the police inspector of Besant Nagar to give them a [[SD card]] which has some critical information. Raghunath calls up his editor and asks him to give the SD card to the three men, after which he is killed by them. Arjun and Arumugam pursue the three men. While Arjun manages to kill the police inspector, the other two men escape, killing Arumugam in the process.

Arjun then goes to the Channel 24 office, where he witnesses the two men coming out of the office with the SD card (and having killed the editor in the process). He hides in the SUV which they are travelling in, pursuing them till a [[brothel]], where he finds Anamika unconscious and gagged. He frees her, takes away the SD card and then escapes with her. The two men then contact their boss, who is the chief rowdy and right hand of the [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology]] and potential Prime Ministerial candidate Rishi Dev ([[J. D. Chakravarthy]]). He kills the two men and informs the situation to Rishi Dev, who decides to rush to Chennai within the next three hours.

Having got the SD card as well as its password, Arjun inserts the memory card into his mobile phone and sees that it has only one file in it; a video. The video shows the murder of model-turned-actress Megha Sharma ([[Lekha Washington]]) at the hands of Rishi Dev two days ago and how he had fabricated the incident to make it look like the actress died due to a gas leak at her mansion. Arjun and Anamika, horrified on seeing this and also on the extent to which Rishi Dev's henchmen went to keep the video from being seen, decide to expose Rishi Dev by uploading the video on [[YouTube]]. This backfires when Arjun's friend Raj ([[Arjunan (actor)|Arjunan]]), brings Rishi Dev's henchmen to the hotel room where Arjun and Anamika are staying, having been bribed by them to do so. They manage to subdue Raj as well as Rishi Dev's henchmen and go on the run.

Meanwhile, Rishi Dev arrives in Chennai, and after finding out that Arjun and Anamika attempted to upload the video on YouTube, blocks Internet access in Chennai. He also lodges a false complaint against them to the police commissioner Arulraj ([[Yog Japee]]), claiming that they killed Raghunath to get his money and also to fuel Anamika's "drug-addiction". This makes Arjun and Anamika fugitives, with every movement of them now being tracked by the police. Anamika, in incognito, manages to contact every leading media house to assemble at [[The Forum Vijaya|the Forum Vijaya Mall]] (where they are hiding) at 3 pm as there is going to be a "sensational event" there. This move backfires completely on Arjun and Anamika, as Anamika accidentally breaks the SD card, destroying the only piece of evidence which is against Rishi Dev. The police take advantage of the media assembled at the mall and claim on live television that Arjun and Anamika are murderers, announcing a {{INR}}5 lakh reward for those who capture them.

Arjun then hatches another plan to expose Rishi Dev. He contacts Rishi Dev through the Arulraj, asking him to meet him later that night at his private airfield alone. At the airfield, he tries to force Rishi Dev to reveal the truth about Megha Sharma's death, using his mobile phone to record the meeting. But before he can get out the truth, the police arrives, following which Rishi Dev destroys the mobile phone and beats him up, all the while revealing that he killed Megha Sharma, but he cannot do anything about it because he is going to be arrested for the attempted murder of a Union Minister. Unfortunately for Rishi Dev, Arjun had organized their entire meeting, as well as Rishi Dev's revelation, using a button camera, with the video having been shared using [[3G]] connectivity to Anamika, who then ensured that the video was broadcast live by all leading TV news channels, thus exposing Rishi Dev, who is soon arrested.

A few weeks later, Arjun and Anamika, who have now been cleared of all charges, go on another date at a beach resort. During the date, Arjun [[Marriage proposal|proposes marriage]] to Anamika, to which she agrees.

==Cast==

*[[Vikram Prabhu]] as Arjun Krishna
*[[Priya Anand]] as Anamika Raghunath
*[[J. D. Chakravarthy]] as Rishi Dev (Voice dubbed by Bharat Kalyan)
*[[Arjunan (actor)|Arjunan]] as Raj
*[[Yog Japee]] as Police Commissioner Arulraj
*[[M. S. Baskar]] as S. I. Arumugam
*[[Aruldoss]] as Henchman
*Shankar Sundaram as Raghunath
*Sathish as Rishi Dev's P. A.
*[[Lekha Washington]] as Megha Sharma (guest appearance) (Voice dubbed by [[M. M. Manasi]])
*[[Nataša Stanković]] as item number "Naanum Unnil Paadhi"

==Release==
The satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Jaya TV]]. The film released on 4 July 2014 in 1200 screens. It had its premiere for celebrities and the technical crew at [[Sathyam cinemas]] on 3 July 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/swati-opposite-kreshna-in-yatchan-news-tamil-ohijyeffcfaij.html|title=Swati Opposite Kreshna in 'Yatchan'|website=Sify.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> The film subsequently became the leading film at the box office on the weekend of its release, taking a good opening.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/arima-nambi/arima-nambi-box-office-jul-06.html|title=Arima Nambi box office collection|website=Behindwoods.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/box-office-collection-arima-nambi-dominates-new-releases-chennai-604375|title=Box Office Collection: 'Arima Nambi' Dominates New Releases in Chennai|first=Sangeetha|last=Seshagiri|website=Ibtimes.co.in|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> It continued its successful run by remaining in first place for a second consecutive week despite new releases and subsequently went on to record profits at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/arima-nambi/arima-nambi-box-office-jul-13.html|title=Arima Nambi box office collection|website=Behindwoods.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref>

===Critical reception===
The film released to mostly positive reviews.<ref name=roundup>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/arima-nambi-movie-review-roundup-decent-thriller-603704|title='Arima Nambi' Movie Review Roundup: Decent Thriller|first=Sangeetha|last=Seshagiri|website=Ibtimes.co.in|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref>
[[Baradwaj Rangan]] wrote, "''Arima Nambi'' may not be great art, but at least for a while, it’s a supremely well-engineered machine. Anand Shankar thumbs his nose at (...) conventional wisdom. His is a Hollywood sensibility, and his film needs it because it’s a conspiracy thriller and the only way to make this kind of movie is to make it the Hollywood way". He went on to call the first half "fantastic" while the second half was "less riveting".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/thriller-hollywood-style/article6180494.ece|title=Thriller, Hollywood style|website=Thehindu.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> [[The Times of India]] gave it 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "The film loses some of its verve in the second half, which feels a little stretched and all over the place. And, yet, there is enough cleverness in the writing and assuredness in the execution, especially for a debut film, to make ''Arima Nambi'' stand apart from your usual action thrillers".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/Arima-Nambi/movie-review/37788366.cms|title=Arima Nambi Movie Review, Trailer, & Show timings at Times of India|website=The Times of India|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> S. Saraswathi, writing for [[Rediff.com]] said, "A skilfully written plot, deft direction and excellent camera work make director Anand Shankar's ''Arima Nambi'' a highly engaging, action-packed thriller", and gave it 3 stars out of 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/review-arima-nambi-is-engaging/20140704.htm|title=Review: Arima Nambi is engaging|website=Rediff.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref>

Sify wrote, "''Arima Nambi'' has very racy first half but loses steam in the second half. In fact the first half an hour is taut and racy, but wafer thin storyline, predictable scenes, songs and a long drawn out climax acts as speed breakers", calling it "a decent attempt by a group of youngsters to make a fairly decent thriller".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/arima-nambi-review-tamil-15057925.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704151828/http://www.sify.com/movies/arima-nambi-review-tamil-15057925.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 July 2014|title=Review|website=Sify.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> [[Deccan Chronicle]], giving the film 2.5 out of 5 stars, wrote, "Anand Shankar has chosen one (...) intelligent plot with Vikram Prabhu helming the affair, which is gripping in parts".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/140704/entertainment-movie-review/article/movie-review-arima-nambi-gripping-parts|title=Movie review 'Arima Nambi': Is gripping in parts|date=4 July 2014|website=Deccanchronicle.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> [[Bangalore Mirror]] called the film "a well-crafted, nail-biting thriller, barring a few romantic scenes in the beginning".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/entertainment/reviews/Movie-review-Arima-Nambi/articleshow/37786295.cms|title=Movie review: Arima Nambi |newspaper=[[Bangalore Mirror]]|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> Silverscreen described the plot as "familiar", but said the "difference lies in the packaging – stylish, riveting and clever".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://silverscreen.in/reviews/arima-nambi-review-stylish-thriller/|title=Arima Nambi Review: Stylish Thriller|website=Silverscreen.in|date=5 July 2014|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> Indiaglitz said the movie was "an action thriller that speeds up, hits the bumper and then shoots off again".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/109920.html|title=Cinema News - Movie Reviews - Movie Trailers |website=IndiaGlitz.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> [[Oneindia.in]] gave it 2.5 stars and called it "A stylish thriller, which can been [sic] watched once".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/reviews/2014/arima-nambi-review-153255.html#slide745451%3C|title=Arima Nambi Review|date=4 July 2014|website=Entertainment.oneindia.in|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Arima Nambi
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Drums Sivamani]]
| cover =
| border = yes
| alt =
| released = 13 April 2014
| recorded = 2013-14
| venue =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 22:10
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label = Tiger Audios
| producer = [[Drums Sivamani]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Kanithan]]
| next_year = 2016
}}
The film's soundtrack was composed by [[Drums Sivamani]], for whom the film marks his composing debut. The album features five tracks and was released on 13 April 2014 at Sathyam Cinemas, Chennai.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Sivamani-performs-at-Arima-Nambi-audio-launch/articleshow/33909795.cms|title=Sivamani performs at Arima Nambi audio launch|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref> The album became the first venture for producer Kalaipuli S. Dhanu's newly formed music label, Tiger Studios.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/arima-nambi-audio-launched-news-tamil-oeonnAjdiijsi.html|title=Arima Nambi audio launched!|website=Sify.com|accessdate=30 August 2017}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| all_lyrics =
| total_length = 22:10
| title1 = Yaaro Yaar Aval
| extra1 = [[Runa Rizvi]], [[Shabir]]
| lyrics1 = [[Madhan Karky]]
| length1 = 5:23
| title2 = Idhayam En Idhayam
| extra2 = [[Javed Ali]]
| lyrics2 = [[Na. Muthukumar]]
| length2 = 5:20
| title3 = Naanum Unnil Paadhi
| extra3 = [[Rita Thyagarajan|Rita]], Alma
| lyrics3 = Pulamai Pithan
| length3 = 5:10
| title4 = Neeye Neeye
| extra4 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
| lyrics4 = [[Arivumathi]]
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = Arima Nambi - The Theme
| extra5 = Instrumental
| length5 = 2:05
| all_writing =
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==References==

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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|3681464}}

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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:2014 action thriller films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
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[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]
[[Category:Indian chase films]]
[[Category:Films about security and surveillance]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]
[[Category:2014 directorial debut films]]
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