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{{short description|2014 film directed by Socrates}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Bramman
| image = Bramman poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Poster
| director = Socrates
| producer = K Manju
| writer = Socrates
| starring = [[M. Sasikumar|Sasikumar]] [[Lavanya Tripathi]] [[Naveen Chandra]]
| music = [[Devi Sri Prasad]]
| cinematography = [[Jomon T. John]] Faisal Ali
| editing = [[Raja Mohammad]]
| studio = K Manju Cinemas {{nowrap|Anto Joseph Film Company}}
| distributor = K Manju Cinemas {{nowrap|Anto Joseph Film Company}} Khafa Exports (Overseas)
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2014|02|21}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Bramman''''' is a 2014 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by Socrates,<ref name="indiatimes1">{{cite web |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-29/news-interviews/41579537_1_sasikumar-santhanam-shooting-spot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901043133/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-08-29/news-interviews/41579537_1_sasikumar-santhanam-shooting-spot |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-09-01 |title=Santhanam joins Sasikumar in Coimbatore |date=2013-08-29 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-10-16}}</ref> starring [[M. Sasikumar|Sasikumar]], [[Lavanya Tripathi]], and [[Naveen Chandra]],<ref name="indiatimes2">{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Sasikumar-smitten-by-Kovai/articleshow/20929062.cms |title=Sasikumar smitten by Kovai |work=The Times of India |accessdate=2013-10-16}}</ref> while [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]], [[Soori (actor)|Soori]], and [[Jayaprakash]] play supporting roles. The film has music composed by [[Devi Sri Prasad]] and cinematography by [[Jomon T. John]]. The film released on 21 February 2014.

==Plot==
Siva is a movie lover in [[Coimbatore]] who leases a single screen theater out of passion. However, the theater is loss making and he is in financial trouble. Siva falls in love with Gayathri, but her parents want Siva to give up his passion towards theater business as it makes no money, for which Siva refuses and gives up his love. Siva gets a notice from the commercial tax department to pay his due of Rs. 5 lakhs or else the theater would be sealed. Siva decides to get help from his childhood friend Madhan Kumar, who is a leading film director in the Telugu film industry. 15 years ago, Madhan and Siva were school classmates and area friends, who were also big cinema freaks. Madhan's dad, a [[Central government|Union Government of India]] employee forbids Madhan to go to movies, as his grades dropped. Madhan, a sharp boy, barters with his dad that he will be allowed to pursue his dream of cinema direction if he achieves the marks prescribed by his dad till end of his studies. Madhan's dad agrees, and his family moves away from Coimbatore using a transfer. Madhan kept his end of the deal, and went to Film institute after college.

Siva reaches [[Chennai]] with the hope of meeting Madhan, but all his efforts go in vain. He stays with cinema assistant directors and repeatedly tries to meet Madhan. One day, Siva accidentally meets a producer named JP, to whom he introduces himself as an associate of Madhan and narrates a story which impresses JP. Siva is offered a chance to direct a movie, and JP hands over Rs. 5 lakhs as advance. However, Siva is scared as he has no clue about direction. Upon learning this, Madhan is furious and meets Siva but cannot identify him. Siva informs him that he is a big fan of Madhan.

JP finds out that Siva is not an associate of Madhan and is doubtful of him directing a movie. JP requests Siva to hand over the story rights to him so that he can make the movie with another director, to which Siva refuses. Siva comes to know that JP has actually planned to make the movie with Madhan, who is now debuting in the Tamil film industry. Siva feels happy and gives the story rights for free, to JP. Also, Madhan meets Gayathri through matchmakers and falls in love with her. He proposes a wedding arrangement, to which Gayathri's parents agree. Although Gayathri is not interested, she agrees to the wedding as Siva does not reciprocate her love. Madhan reaches Coimbatore for the wedding and suddenly remembers about his childhood friend Siva. He goes to Siva's house to invite him and is shocked upon seeing the photograph of Siva. He then understands the truth. Siva's friend Nandhu informs the sacrifices made by Siva for the success of Madhan, including his love towards Gayathri.

Madhan feels bad that he did not recognise Siva but feels proud that Siva was aware of Madhan's growth over these years. He stops his marriage, meets Siva in his theater and unites him with Gayathri.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[M. Sasikumar|Sasikumar]] as Siva
* [[Lavanya Tripathi]] as Gayathri
* [[Naveen Chandra]] as Madhan Kumar
* [[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] as Nandhu
* [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] as NBK
* [[Jayaprakash]] as JP
* [[Chaams]] as Chaams
* [[G. Gnanasambandam]] as Siva's father
* [[Vanitha Krishnachandran]] as Siva's mother
* Jaya Murali as Gayathri's mother
* Dushyanth Jayaprakash as Dushyanth, Siva's younger brother
* [[Malavika Menon]] as Lakshmi, Siva's younger sister
* [[Arjunan (actor)|Arjunan]] as Lakshmi's Ex-Lover / CD Shop Owner
* Surekha Vani as College Professor
* [[Anu Mohan (Tamil actor)|Anu Mohan]] as Siva's uncle
* [[Crane Manohar]]
* [[George Maryan]] as director
* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as Madhan Kumar's father
* [[Vaiyapuri]] as himself
* [[Jai (actor)|Jai]] as himself (special appearance)
* [[Vaibhav Reddy|Vaibhav]] as himself (special appearance)
* [[Madhu Shalini]] as herself (special appearance)
* [[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]] in a special appearance in the song "Vaada Vaada"
{{colend}}

==Production==
[[Lavanya Tripathi]] played the female lead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130318/entertainment-kollywood/article/sasikumar-enters-t%E2%80%99town |title=Sasikumar enters T'town |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=2013-03-18 |accessdate=2013-10-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017041304/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/130318/entertainment-kollywood/article/sasikumar-enters-t%E2%80%99town |archivedate=17 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> She said "[[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] is also part of the cast; so it won't be a serious film like the previous Sasikumar starrers".<ref>{{cite web|author=Sangeetha Devi Dundoo |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/second-time-lucky/article5179338.ece |title=Second time lucky? |work=The Hindu |date=2013-09-29 |accessdate=2013-10-16}}</ref> [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] was also part of the cast, who was earlier wrongly reported to have replaced Santhanam in the film.<ref name="behindwoods1">{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-10/santhanam-and-sasikumar--happening-or-not-sasikumar-santhanam-27-06-13.html |title=Santhanam and Sasikumar- happening or not?, Sasikumar, Santhanam |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=2013-06-27 |accessdate=2013-10-16}}</ref> It was reported that [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]] would compose the music,<ref name="indiatimes1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/sep-12-01/sasikumar-brahman-04-09-12.html |title=Yuvan And Sasikumar For The First Time - Sasikumar - Brahman - Yuvan Shankar Raja - Tamil Movie News |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=2012-09-04 |accessdate=2013-10-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/96985.html |title=Sudeep to join Brammam - Tamil Movie News |publisher=Indiaglitz.com |date=2013-08-29 |accessdate=2013-10-16}}</ref> but [[Devi Sri Prasad]] was signed as the music director. [[Naveen Chandra]] stated that he played the second lead as the friend of Sasikumar in the film.<ref>[http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Returning-to-his-Roots/2014/02/12/article2051266.ece Returning to his Roots - The New Indian Express]</ref>

The shooting happened mostly in [[Coimbatore]].<ref name="indiatimes2"/><ref name="behindwoods1"/> It also took place at [[Bharathiar University]] in April 2013.<ref name="indiatimes1"/> In October, the team consisting of director Socrates, Sasikumar, Lavanya, choreographer [[Raju Sundaram]] along with a 40-member crew flew to [[Venice]] and other parts of [[Italy]] and [[Switzerland]] to shoot a couple of songs, which is a first time for a Sasikumar film to be shot outside India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-10/the-bramman-aka-brahman-team-flies-abroad-to-shoot-two-songs.html |title=The Bramman aka Brahman team flies abroad to shoot two songs |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=2013-10-06 |accessdate=2013-10-16}}</ref> [[Padmapriya Janakiraman|Padmapriya]] danced for a hot item song in the film.<ref>[https://archive.today/20140210132603/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2014-02-07/news-interviews/47125680_1_kuthu-actress-padmapriya-sasikumar Padmapriya does a hot kuthu number in Brahman - The Times of India]</ref>

==Release==
The satellite rights of the movie were sold to [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]].<ref>https://twitter.com/suntv/status/516900475833024513</ref>

==Soundtrack==

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "En Uyirin Uyiraga" || [[Devi Sri Prasad]], Anitha Karthikeyan || [[Viveka (lyricist)|Viveka]]
|-
| 2 || "Un Kannai" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[M. M. Manasi]] || [[Thamarai]]
|-
| 3 || "Vaada Vaada" || M. L. R. Karthikeyan, [[Andrea Jeremiah]] || Viveka
|-
| 4 || "Vaanathile" || [[Sooraj Santhosh]] || [[Na. Muthukumar]]
|-
| 5 || "Vodu Vodu" || [[Chinnaponnu]] || [[Yugabharathi]]
|}

==Critical reception==
[[Baradwaj Rangan]] wrote, "With someone else at its centre, we might have said that ''Bramman'' is just about watchable, but with Sasikumar, we begin to wonder if ''[[Subramaniapuram|Subramaniyapuram]]'' was a one-off".<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/bramman-cinema-about-cinema/article5716738.ece Bramman: Cinema about cinema - The Hindu]</ref> Behindwoods gave the film 2 stars out of 5 and wrote: "''Bramman'' turns out to be a good tale by Socrates, that might have lacked a little vigour in the screenplay".<ref>[http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/bramman/bramman-review.html Bramman (aka) Brahmman review]</ref> [[Sify]] called ''Bramman'' a "passable commercial entertainer with all essential ingredients that will keep the pot boiling".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140221181702/http://www.sify.com/movies/bramman-review-tamil-15049795.html Movie Review : Bramman]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|3553516}}

[[Category:2014 films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Films shot in Venice]]
[[Category:Foreign films shot in Switzerland]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:2014 directorial debut films]]

Bramman - Revision history

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