Amaran
Indian film by Rajkumar Periasamy
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| 2024 | Vaaseegan V. V., a city student, received numerous unwanted calls due to his phone number being featured in a film sequence. He sent a legal notice to the film's makers, who subsequently apologized and masked his number in the film. |
| 2024 | Rajkumar addressed criticisms about not mentioning the protagonist Mukund's caste (Brahmin) at the film's success meet, stating it was omitted at the request of Mukund's parents. |
| 2024 | Amaran, a biographical war film directed by Rajkumar Periasamy, was released, receiving widespread critical acclaim for its portrayal of Major Mukund Varadarajan's life and sacrifice. |
| December 5 2024 | Amaran film begins streaming on Netflix in multiple languages including Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi after initially planned November release was postponed due to the film's success. |
| November 11 2024 | Fifth single 'Amara' was released, completing the extended soundtrack. |
| November 9 2024 | Fourth single 'Vaane Vaane' was released. |
| October 31 2024 | Amaran released worldwide in theatres on Diwali, receiving widespread critical acclaim and setting multiple box office records. |
| October 30 2024 | Third single 'Uyirey' was released. |
| October 24 2024 | Special screening of Amaran held in New Delhi for army officials and their family members. |
| October 18 2024 | Audio launch held at Sri Sairam Engineering College in Chennai. |
| October 17 2024 | Second single 'Vennilavu Saaral' was released. |
| October 4 2024 | First single 'Hey Minnale' was released. |
| September 27 2024 | Second planned release date for Amaran, which was subsequently pushed to 31 October. |
| August 15 2024 | Initial planned release date for Amaran, coinciding with Independence Day, which was later postponed. |
| June 2024 | G. V. Prakash Kumar revealed that the musical works for the film were almost completed. |
| May 25 2024 | Filming for Amaran completely wrapped up. |
| April 26 2024 | Final filming schedule commenced, shooting scenes of Major Mukund and Sepoy Vikram's martyrdom during the Qazipathri Operation (Shopian Encounter). |
| February 21 2024 | Members of the Tamilaga Makkal Jananayaga Katchi (TMJK) protested in multiple Tamil Nadu cities (Tirunelveli, Tiruppur, Vellore, and Cuddalore) against the film's promotional teaser, alleging it portrayed Muslims in a negative light and demanded the film's release be halted. |
| February 16 2024 | The film's official title 'Amaran' was revealed, coinciding with the eve of Sivakarthikeyan's birthday, after obtaining permission from the makers of the 1992 film with the same name. |
| January 2024 | During the finale of Bigg Boss: season 5, Kamal Haasan initially announced the film project without revealing it was a biographical film. |
| January 15 2024 | Raaj Kamal Films International and Sony Pictures made a public announcement of the project, initially titled #Sivakarthikeyan21 and Production #51. |
| 2023 | Rajkumar visited Varadarajan's family to gather information about his life in the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period, which helped in forming the screenplay of the film. |
| December 2023 | Sivakarthikeyan went clean-shaven to film Mukund's younger portions. |
| November 9 2023 | Production moved to Pondicherry. |
| October 21 2023 | Second schedule of filming began at a film city in Chennai, focusing on a song sequence with Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi. |
| August 27 2023 | First filming schedule concluded after 75 working days. |
| July 15 2023 | Filming was paused. |
| June 7 2023 | Filming continued after a short break. |
| May 2023 | Sivakarthikeyan returned to Chennai after the initial filming schedule. |
| May 22 2023 | Filming resumed after being halted due to the G20 summit and security reasons. |
| May 5 2023 | Muhurat puja video music scored by Jen Martin was released, featuring vocals from Jen Martin, Sathya Narayanan, Madhuvanthy Ganesh, and Ramani, with lyrics by Vishnu Edavan. |
| May 5 2023 | Principal photography began in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, marking the first filming schedule for the movie Amaran. |
| May 5 2023 | A muhurat puja was held at Raaj Kamal Films International headquarters in Chennai, marking the official start of the film's production. The event included the film's cast and crew, along with Varadarajan's family, including his wife Indhu Rebecca Varghese and daughter. |
| January 2022 | Film officially announced under the tentative title Sivakarthikeyan 21, marking the actor's 21st lead role film. |
| 2017 | Rajkumar Periyasamy completed the release of Rangoon and began conceptualizing his next project. |
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