In addition, the film won six Norway Tamil Film Festival, five Filmfare, Ananda Vikatan, four SIIMA, Edison, Behindwoods awards each, and also won an Asiavision, Asianet and Vanitha film award for Trisha. It was a commercial success, grossing ₹50 crore (US$6.6 million). The film received positive response from critics, praising the script, direction, cinematography, music and the nostalgic setting of the film, whilst praise being directed on the performances of Sethupathi and Trisha. '96 was released worldwide on 4 October 2018. The music and background score is composed by Govind Vasantha. Shanmuga Sundaram, with editing being handled by R. The cinematography was handled by Mahendiran Jayaraju and N. After the official announcement, the principal photography of the film was commenced on 12 June 2017 at Kumbakonam, and was shot across various locations in Chennai and Pondicherry, while also being filmed in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kolkata, Rajasthan and Kullu– Manali. Prem Kumar wrote the script during December 2015, at the period of Chennai floods and had completed the entire script within 20 days, which revolved around his life on high school reunion. The reunion also serves as an opportunity for two former lovers, Ram and Jaanu, to resolve issues surrounding their breakup. The film revolves around the reunion of former students from the batch of 1996, twenty-two years after their graduation. Starring Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha in lead roles, the film has Bagavathi Perumal, Devadarshini and Aadukalam Murugadoss appear in supporting roles. Nanthagopal of Madras Enterprises, the film was distributed by Lalit Kumar under his banner Seven Screen Studios.
The movie turned out to be a commercial success.'96 is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by C. Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha's understated performances and the young actors who played their respective younger-selves received unanimous positive reviews. How their relation rekindles, and if Ram and Janu reunite and live together form the rest of the story.ĩ6 was acclaimed as one of the best romance films of all time and is hailed as a breath of fresh air in the days where pure love stories are becoming rarer. Then they plan to spend the rest of the day together. They still find themselves in love with each other. Each of them shares how their lives turned after they had to part ways in the school after an unfortunate event and how they could/couldn't get over their love. Janaki attends the meet and finds Ram there. He meets his friends and they decide to arrange a school reunion meet for the batch of the eponymous '96. One of such sweetly painful memory is his school life and his love for Janaki Devi aka Janu. It is the town where his parents first shifted after their marriage, and he walks through the streets immersed in nostalgic feeling remembering the good and painful memories. In one of such occasions, he goes to the town where he was born and brought up. Ramachandran aka Ram is an acclaimed photographer and he travels a lot. The narration of 96 follows the same pattern in that it tells the nostalgic journey of its protagonists when they have met in a reunion party. Love stories come in various forms and one of the best bets for success are invoking nostalgia. Janaki Devi a.k.a Jaanu, Varsha Bollamma as Prabha, Devadarshini as Subhashini Ramachandran a.k.a Ram, Trisha Krishnan as S.