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{{short description|2013 film by Shaheed Kader}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Chennaiyil Oru Naal
| image = Chennaiyil Oru Naal Movie poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Shaheed Kader
| producer = [[Raadhika]] [[Listin Stephen]]
| story = [[Bobby–Sanjay]]
| screenplay = Bobby–Sanjay [[Ajayan Bala]]
| starring = [[R. Sarathkumar]] [[Prakash Raj]] [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]] [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]] [[Raadhika|Raadhika Sarathkumar]] [[Gabriella Charlton]] [[Parvathy Thiruvothu|Parvathy]] [[Iniya]]
| music = [[Mejo Joseph]]
| cinematography = Shehnad Jalal
| editing = Mahesh Narayanan
| studio = I Pictures Magic Frames
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|03|29}}
| runtime = 119 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Chennaiyil Oru Naal''''' ({{Translation|''A day in Chennai''}}) is a 2013 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[thriller film]] written by brothers [[Bobby–Sanjay|Bobby and Sanjay]] and directed by Shaheed Kader. The film features an [[ensemble cast]] led by [[R. Sarathkumar]], [[Prakash Raj]], [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]], [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]], [[Raadhika|Raadhika Sarathkumar]], [[Parvathy Thiruvothu|Parvathy]] and [[Iniya]]. The film, a remake of the 2011 Malayalam film ''[[Traffic (2011 film)|Traffic]]'', has its narrative in a [[Hyperlink cinema|hyperlink]] format. A [[multiperspectivity|multi-narrative]] thriller that intertwines multiple stories around one particular incident, the film is inspired from an actual event in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aphithendranmemorialtrust.org/incident.html |title=Hithendran, A P Hithendran Memorial Trust, Organ Donation Trust, organ donation, organ donation awareness, multi organ donation, heart transplantation, organ harvesting, hithendran, a.p.hithendran, dr.ashokan, dr.pushpajali, tirukalukundram, road safety awareness, dr.m.k.stalin, dr.kaliangar, a.p.hithendran memorial trust |website=aphithendranmemorialtrust.org |access-date=1 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510055218/http://www.aphithendranmemorialtrust.org/incident.html |archive-date=10 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> It was titled ''Naangu Vazhi Saalai'' earlier.<ref>{{cite web |title=Etcetera: Stellar line-up |url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/etcetera-stellar-lineup/article3972367.ece |work=The Hindu |accessdate=6 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015033912/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/etcetera-stellar-lineup/article3972367.ece |archive-date=15 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film opened on 29 March 2013<ref>{{cite news |title=Tamil review: 'Chennaiyil Oru Naal' is an out and out racy thriller |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tamil-review-chennaiyil-oru-naal-is-an-out-and-out-racy-thriller/382032-71-180.html |accessdate=10 May 2013 |publisher=CNN-IBN |date=30 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406081247/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tamil-review-chennaiyil-oru-naal-is-an-out-and-out-racy-thriller/382032-71-180.html |archive-date=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> to positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/reviews/2013/chennaiyil-oru-naal-review-106488.html |title=Chennaiyil Oru Naal Review |work=filmibeat.com |date=30 March 2013 |access-date=13 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522233819/http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/reviews/2013/chennaiyil-oru-naal-review-106488.html |archive-date=22 May 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The film was a blockbuster at the box office.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}} A sequel titled ''[[Chennaiyil Oru Naal 2]]'' was released on 2017.

== Plot ==
On 16 September, superstar Gautham Krishna ([[Prakash Raj]]) gets ready for the release of his new film. On the same day, [[traffic police|Traffic Constable]] Satyamoorthy ([[Cheran (director)|Cheran]]) returns to duty after his suspension for taking bribes. The day is also special for Dr. Robin Joseph ([[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]]), a [[cardiology|cardiologist]] who is celebrating his first wedding anniversary. Karthik Vishwanathan (Sachin Mani), an aspiring TV [[journalism|journalist]], starts his first job with an interview with Gautham. On the same day, at a crowded traffic junction, Karthik, who was set to interview Gautham, and Ajmal (Mithun), traveling on a bike, is hit by a speeding car and is rushed to Global Hospital. Also at the junction, in another car, was Robin. Karthik goes into a coma and is declared [[brain dead]], although he is kept alive on a [[ventilator]].

Meanwhile, Gautham's ailing daughter Ria's ([[Gabriella Charlton]]) heart condition worsens, and she urgently needs a heart transplant. At first, Karthik's parents do not agree to donate their son's heart, but Ajmal and Karthik's girlfriend Aditi ([[Parvathy Thiruvothu|Parvathy]]) persuade them. Now that the heart is available, the problem is how to transport it to Vellore. No [[chartered flights]] or helicopters were available, and so the heart must be taken by road. Someone had to drive 150 kilometers in under two hours during rush hour.

City [[Police Commissioner]] Sundara Pandian [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] ([[R. Sarathkumar]]) is asked to carry out the mission. He initially refuses, considering the complexity and risk involved, but finally succumbs to the persuasion of Dr. Arumainayagam ([[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]]). Accompanying him on the mission are Robin and Ajmal. At some point, they lose connection and the vehicle mysteriously disappears. Under pressure and stress, Satyamoorthy trusts his own instincts and takes his own route. Sundara Pandian loses patience and hope that he will be able to transport the heart in time, resulting in cancelling the mission. Just in time, Satyamoorthy manages to get connection, which motivates everyone to deliver the heart safely in time.

As the mission proceeds, it is discovered that before Robin committed to accompany Satyamoorthy on this mission, he had attempted to kill his wife Swetha ([[Iniya]]), due to her affair with his best friend. To escape from the police, Robin tries to sabotage the mission, but Gautham's wife ([[Raadhika]]) convinces him to save her daughter's life. They reach the hospital in time to save Ria's life just as Karthik's father ([[Jayaprakash]]) and mother ([[Lakshmy Ramakrishnan]]) prepare to cremate their son.

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[R. Sarathkumar]] as Sundara Pandian IPS, the Chennai city police commissioner
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Gautham Krishna, a film superstar
* [[Cheran (director)|Cheran]] as Satyamoorthy, a traffic police constable
* [[Prasanna (actor)|Prasanna]] as Dr. Robin Joseph, a cardiologist
* [[Raadhika|Raadhika Sarathkumar]] as Gautham's wife
* [[Parvathy Thiruvothu|Parvathy]] as Aditi, Karthik's love interest
* [[Iniya]] as Swetha (Gayathri), Robin's wife
* [[Mallika (actress)|Mallika]] as Satyamoorthy's wife
* Sachin Mani as Karthik Vishwanathan, an aspiring TV journalist who dies in a car accident
* Mithun as Ajmal, a man who was involved in the car accident
* [[Gabriella Charlton]] as Riya, Gautham's daughter who is in need of a heart transplant
* [[Aishwarya Devan]] as Jennifer Mary Tony
* [[Jayaprakash]] as Vishwanathan, Karthik's father
* [[Lakshmy Ramakrishnan]] as Karthik's mother
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as Dr. Arumainayagam, the chairman of Global Hospital
* [[Subbu Panchu]] as Murugan, Gautham's secretary
* [[Devan (actor)|Devan]] as Dr. Senthil
* [[Kitty (actor)|Kitty]] as Dr. Sethuraman
* [[Manobala]] as Sathyamoorthy's friend
* [[Bala Singh]] as Councillor
* Arun Ittachan as Cameraman
* [[Santhana Bharathi]]
* Akshara
* Vaishali
* Boys Rajan
* [[Suriya (actor)|Suriya]] as himself in a cameo appearance
* [[RJ Dheena]] as Suriya's fan in a cameo appearance
* [[Sneha (actress)|Sneha]] in a cameo appearance
{{colend}}

== Production ==
At the hundredth day celebrations of the 2011 Malayalam film ''[[Traffic (2011 film)|Traffic]]'', [[Kamal Haasan]], who was the chief guest at the ceremony announced that he would remake the film into Tamil with Rajesh Pillai as the film's director.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/kamal-caught-in-traffic-news-malayalam-lesqFsifadg.html |title=Kamal Haasan caught in Traffic? |publisher=Sify.com |date=20 April 2011 |accessdate=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130410122205/http://www.sify.com/movies/kamal-caught-in-traffic-news-malayalam-lesqFsifadg.html |archive-date=10 April 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, due to his extended involvement in his directorial venture, Haasan opted out of the film by November 2011 and [[R. Sarathkumar]] was subsequently chosen to replace him. The director postponed the film, mentioning that it would restart after the Hindi version was complete.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sanjith Sidhardhan, TNN 2 November 2011, 08.20 pm IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-02/news-interviews/30355465_1_kamal-haasan-sarath-kumar-movie-star |title=Sarath, not Kamal Haasan, in 'Traffic'! |date=2 November 2011 |accessdate=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205082813/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-02/news-interviews/30355465_1_kamal-haasan-sarath-kumar-movie-star |archive-date=5 December 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |url-status=dead}}</ref> Soon the actor's wife, [[Raadhika]], joined the film and agreed to produce the venture alongside [[Listin Stephen]]. [[Remya Nambeesan]] was signed on to reprise her role from the original.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-12-02/radhika-sarath-kumar-08-02-12.html |title=Radhika And Sarath Kumar in Malayalam Film Remake |publisher=Behindwoods |date=8 February 2012 |accessdate=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418085706/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-news-1/feb-12-02/radhika-sarath-kumar-08-02-12.html |archive-date=18 April 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2012, Rajesh Pillai left the remake citing scheduling issues and was replaced by his assistant Shaheed Khader.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/79642.html |title=Sarathkumar's 'Traffic' |publisher=IndiaGlitz |date=20 March 2012 |accessdate=12 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426224735/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/79642.html |archive-date=26 April 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The film was officially launched on 21 June 2012. She confirmed that Parvathy would make a comeback to Tamil cinema with her role in the venture.<ref>{{cite web |author=Sunayana Suresh, TNN 23 June 2012, 12.00 am IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-23/news-interviews/32369995_1_malayalam-film-parvathi-menon-prakash-raj |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126213448/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-23/news-interviews/32369995_1_malayalam-film-parvathi-menon-prakash-raj |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2013 |title=Parvathi's Kollywood comeback |date=23 June 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=12 July 2012}}</ref>

== Release ==
The satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/programmes/chennaiyil-oru-naal/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000549853706/channelid-10000000000590000/starttime-201804011000 |title=TV Serial & New Episodes on – Latest News, Photos & Videos |access-date=21 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180422100935/https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/programmes/chennaiyil-oru-naal/params/tvprogramme/programmeid-30000000549853706/channelid-10000000000590000/starttime-201804011000 |archive-date=22 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
[[Mejo Joseph]] who composed the original film had composed the songs thus marking his debut in Tamil.

* "Kanavey" (Female) – [[Shweta Mohan]]
* "Un Tholil Saaya" – Srinivasan
* "Iravin" – Sithara
* "Kanavey" (Male) – Kaushik Menon
* "En En Yenum" – Tippu
* "Theme Music" – Sangeetha Sreekanth
* "Massetonia" – Srinivasan

== Critical reception ==
Behindwoods wrote:"On the whole, we have a movie which offers excitement and also educates us about a vital concept which can prove to be a life-changer to any of us in need".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/chennaiyil-oru-naal/Chennaiyil-Oru-Naal-Movie-Review |title=Chennaiyil Oru Naal Movie Review |publisher=Behindwoods.com |date=29 March 2013 |accessdate=10 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504082644/http://behindwoods.com/tamil-movies/chennaiyil-oru-naal/Chennaiyil-Oru-Naal-Movie-Review |archivedate=4 May 2013}}</ref>

[[Baradwaj Rangan]] of the Hindu wrote "The back-and-forth-in-time narrative structure helps camouflage the inconsistencies..what’s missing is the nerve-jangling tension that Hollywood routinely infuses into this kind of product, but the periodic cliffhangers keep us invested in the outcome. This is the sort of outing Tamil cinema could use more of."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/chennaieil-oru-naal-street-memories/article4564371.ece|title=Chennaieil Oru Naal: Street memories
|newspaper=The Hindu|accessdate=4 August 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|2816642}}

[[Category:2013 films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:Hyperlink films]]
[[Category:2010s road movies]]
[[Category:Indian road movies]]
[[Category:2013 thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Indian thriller films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]

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