Suriya understands that the only way to forget the pain is to train his body and prepare for bigger things. He receives critical praise from around the country.īack home, Priya proposes to Suriya and also confesses that she was in love right from their childhood, but Suriya is stunned and does not respond. With no preparation and falling into all mess alone, he overpowers them intelligently and rescues Adithya. He decides to find Aditya and after days of roaming the city and investigating, he finds Dabbu Malik who directs him to the kidnapper, Asad. Once he starts withdrawing, Suriya goes on a trip to rejuvenate to Kashmir, where he learns Aditya, Shankar Menon's son, has been kidnapped in Delhi. He starts drugs, Malini and Krishnan support him even though they lock him in his room to break his habit. Weeks pass by, yet Suriya tries hanging out with friends, and meets Priya, his sister's friend but is unable to cope with thoughts of him and Meghna. However, the Oklahoma City bombing takes place, in which Meghna is killed.ĭepressed Suriya decides to go back to India, and meets Businessman Shankar Menon on the way, who consoles and encourages him. She then leaves for Oklahoma City on a project. Convinced Suriya is the right guy, and also because her father would accept a person like him, Meghna proposes to Suriya, much to his and his family's delight. Though surprised by his daring move, Meghna makes him stay with her and they start to understand each other. Later, on his father's advice, Suriya tracks down Meghna in San Francisco. Suriya and his sister earn enough to complete their father's dream home. He starts a design firm with his friends and also does some concerts to earn money. Reality strikes Suriya and he decides to take care of his family. Meanwhile, Krishnan suffers his first heart attack. Suriya soon learns that she is soon leaving for California to get her master's degree. But Meghna doesn't believe in love at first sight. Years later, after completing Mechanical engineering in Trichy, he meets Meghna on the train back home and falls head over heels for her. Krishnan and Suriya grow as friends rather than a father-son. They get married and a year later, Suriya is born. Krishnan and Malini both attend Madras Christian College in the 1970s. His son Suriya, on his way to Kashmir on a rescue mission learns of this and reminisces memories of the past. The film was also a commercial success, eventually becoming the biggest hit in Suriya's career at that time.Īn elderly Krishnan returns home after a haircut, vomits blood, and passes away. It won a number of awards, including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
Produced by Venu Ravichandran, the score was composed by Harris Jayaraj, making Vaaranam Aayiram his final project with Gautham Menon before the formal break-up of their partnership, until they worked together again in Yennai Arindhaal (2015).
As a tribute to the father of the director, the film opened to critical acclaim. The film illustrates the story of a son recollecting different parts of his life with his father upon hearing about his death. The film had been under production since late 2006, and was released worldwide on 14 November 2008. Suriya plays dual lead roles as father and son, with Simran, Divya Spandana, and Sameera Reddy (in her Tamil debut). Vaaranam Aayiram ( Template:Translation) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon.