Maattrraan

Maattrraan is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film co-written and directed by K. V. Anand and produced by Kalpathi S. Aghoram, S. Ganesh and S. Suresh under the banner AGS Entertainment. It stars Suriya in dual roles as a conjoined twin brothers, along with Kajal Aggarwal in the female lead while Sachin Khedekar, Tara and others play supporting roles. The dialogues were penned by the duo Suresh and Balakrishnan. The film features music composed by Harris Jayaraj, cinematography handled by Soundararajan, editing done by Anthony, respectively. V. Srinivas Mohan, handled the visual effects. The film was launched on 22 July 2011, along with the commencement of principal photography. A major portion of the film was shot in the Balkan region in countries like Croatia, Serbia, Albania and Macedonia, as well as Latvia and other parts of Europe, with rest of the scenes in India. Maattrraan was the first Indian film to use performance capture technology. Based on the conjoined twins concept, It was also touted to be the first Indian film based on conjoined twins, until two other films, with the same concept were launched later. The film was released on 12 October 2012. The film received mostly positive reviews for critics. Plot Ramachandran is an indian geneticist who works in USSR. During a vacation back home, he tries creating a human with several talents through baby designing, which leads to the birth of his sons Akhilan and Vimalan in 1980, who are conjoined together above the waist. Since they share a common heart, doctors suggest a sacrificial surgery, to which their mother Sudha objects. They begin raising their children. Akhilan and Vimalan are poles apart in character, Vimalan being decent, intellectual, and good at studies; while Akhilan is happy-go-lucky, socializing, and poor at studies. Post break up of USSR, Ramachandran is unemployed and comes home to Chennai. He tries for months, to source funding for his projects but neither the Government of India nor venture capitalists want to help him. He attempts suicide, but is saved by Sudha. With savings of his family he starts his most ambitious project in a small scale. By 2010, Ramachandran makes it big with Sudha's and his son's help. His company, Locus Lacto Products, makes a huge profit through their product 'Energion', the top-selling children's powdered milk energy drink in the market, making him a billionaire.