Yaar? (film)

Yaar?
Poster
Directed by	Sakthi–Kannan
Written by	G. Sekaran
Produced by	S. Thanu G. Sekaran P. Soori
Starring	Arjun Nalini Jaishankar J. V. Somayajulu
Cinematography	Rajaraajan
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Music by	V. S. Narasimhan
Production company	Kalaippuli Films International
Distributed by	Kalaippuli Films International V Creations
Release date	20 September 1985 (1985-09-20)
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Yaar? (transl. Who?) is a 1985 Indian Tamil-language supernatural horror film, directed by Sakthi–Kannan and produced by S. Thanu, P. Suri and G. Sekaran. The latter scripted the film and portrayed a negative role. The film stars Arjun, Nalini, Jaishankar and J. V. Somayajulu while Rajinikanth acted in a cameo appearance. It was released on 20 September 1985.[1]

Plot

Rajaram and his wife Lakshmi is a rich couple but without a children. Their friend Manikkam persuades them to adopt a baby whose mother just died in childbirth. The kid is said to be evil haunted. It also kills an assistant who tries to save Rajaram as per the instructions of Kolli malai Swamy.

They names the child Raja. As Raja grows up he also becomes more evil. Raja is in love with Manikkam's daughter Devi, but she is in love with military officer Jagan. Devastated by this, Raja tries to lure Devi and seduce her. But knowing this Jagan becomes furious at Devi and hates her. Devi to prove herself visits temple and does spiritual remedies. Jagan's friend VV Janardhan insists Jagan that Raja is an evil spirit and he needs to be killed as soon as he turns a monster.

Jagan, Janarthanan and Rajaram visits Kolli hills swamy but and knows the idea of killing Raja. But Rajaram and Janarthanan were killed during the journey. When Raja tries to seduce a girl, Jagan interferes in his way and assaults him. When Jagan is defeated by devilish Raja, Devi who is in the form of goddess stabs Raja and kills him.

Cast

• Arjun as Jagan
• Shyam as Raja
• Nalini as Devi
• Jaishankar as Rajaram
• Nizhalgal Ravi as VV "Vaithu Vali" Janardhan
• Jayachitra as Lakshmi
• Senthil as College Professor
• G. Srinivasan as Sivanesan, Rajaram's uncle
• Delhi Ganesh as Manickam
• G. Sekaran as Rangan
• 'Herran' Ramasamy as evil sorcerer
• Thideer Kannaiah as Peon
• J. V. Somayajulu as Temple priest

Additionally, Rajinikanth made a cameo appearance as himself, Disco Shanti played an extended cameo as Raja's love interest, also A. K. Veerasami, Kovai Mani, Nellai Sarathi and T. K. S. Natarajan play supporting roles respectively.

Production

Film distributors S. Thanu, G. Sekaran and Soori joined together and made their debut as producers with Yaar under their newly formed production company Kalaipuli International. G. Sekaran scripted and portrayed a negative role in the film.[2] Rajinikanth portrayed a cameo appearance in the film after being requested by Thanu. The scene where Rajinikanth prays in a puja room was shot at his own house.[3]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by V. S. Narasimhan.[4][5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Edhukkuthan"	Kannan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Ramila	4:16
2.	"Abiramiye"	Vaali	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	5:05
3.	"Aana Mela Ambariyaam"	Kannan	Malaysia Vasudevan, B. S. Sasirekha	4:53
4.	"Varuvaalo Devi"	S. Thanu	P. Jayachandran, D. Kousalya	4:18
Total length:				18:32

Reception

Kalki called the film's first half better than the second.[6] The film was also reviewed by Anna.[7] The film's success provided breakthrough for Arjun as an actor in Tamil film industry and Kannan adapting the film's name as a prefix.[8]

References

1. "யார் / Yaar? (1985)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 16 November 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
2. Interview with Kalaipuli G Sekaran – I took a movie for 600Rs – Nettv4u. Thandora. 1 December 2015. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2021 – via YouTube.
3. "'I had never seen anyone that stylish'". The Hindu. 16 July 2016. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
4. "Yaar?". Hungama. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
5. "Yaar Tamil Film EP Vinyl Record by V.S.Narasimhan". Mossymart. Archived from the original on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
6. "யார்?". Kalki (in Tamil). 13 October 1985. p. 30. Archived from the original on 29 July 2022. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
7. "யார்?". Anna (in Tamil). 5 February 1985. p. 4. Archived from the original on 3 January 2025. Retrieved 3 January 2025 – via Endangered Archives Programme.
8. "For king of action, direction is a passion". The Hindu. 14 July 2005. Archived from the original on 18 October 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

External links

• Yaar? at IMDb