Suddenly, Krishnan is diagnosed with throat cancer due to his smoking habit and is given a year to live. She proposes again and this time he reciprocates they get married and eventually have a son. Suriya, after six years, he meets Priya in Dehradun. He goes on a strict workout and joins the Indian army as a commissioned officer. Suriya realizes that the only way to forget the pain of Meghna's memories is to train his body and prepare for bigger things. He receives critical praise from around the country and from his family upon his return home. With no preparation and falling into all mess alone, he overpowers them intelligently and rescues Aditya. 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. Suriya travels to Kashmir, where he learns that Aditya, Shankar Menon's son, has been kidnapped in Delhi. Once he starts withdrawing, Malini encourages Suriya to go on a rejuvenating trip, on condition that he returns home. Malini and Krishnan lock him in his room to rehabilitate him. Weeks pass by Suriya tries hanging out with friends, and meets Priya, Shriya's friend who proposes to Suriya and confesses that she was in love right from their childhood, but Suriya does not reciprocate right then and there in fact, her proposal just causes Suriya to have a painful relapse of Meghna's memories to the point that he starts abusing drugs and alcohol to ease his pain.

However, the Oklahoma City bombing takes place, in which Meghna is killed, leaving Suriya hysterical and heartbroken.ДЄ depressed Suriya decides to return to India, and meets a businessman Shankar Menon on the way, who consoles and encourages him. She then leaves for Oklahoma City on a project. Convinced that 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. She eventually starts to fall in love with him. Though surprised by his presence, Meghna makes him stay with her. 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 performs at concerts to earn money. Reality strikes Suriya that he needs to be responsible in order to take care of his family. Meanwhile, Krishnan suffers his first heart attack due to chain smoking. Suriya soon learns that she is leaving for California to pursue her master's degree. Years later, after completing his exams in Trichy, he meets Meghna on the train back home and falls head over heels for her, but Meghna doesn't believe in love at first sight. Krishnan and Suriya get along more as friends than a father-son duo. They fall in love and later get married Suriya and his sister Shriya are born. Krishnan and Malini both study at Madras Christian College in the 1970s. His son Suriya, an Indian Army Major on his way to Kashmir on a rescue mission to rescue a journalist who had been kidnapped by terrorists, learns of this and tearfully reminisces memories of his past with his father. ДЄn elderly Krishnan vomits blood and passes away at his house. It won a number of awards, including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Further, the film also became a commercial success, eventually becoming the biggest hit in Suriya's career at that time. The film was theatrically released on 14 November 2008, after multiple postponements and opened to critical acclaim and praise for Suriya's performance. Filmed across India and United States, Vaaranam Aayiram had been under production since November 2006 and was completed in August 2008. The storyline is inspired from Menon's life, when he heard the news about his father's death back in 2007, also serving as a tribute to him. He then starts reminiscing about the bond he shared with his father and the stories related to him. The film illustrates Surya, an Indian Army Major who learns about his father's death when he is on a rescue mission. Rathnavelu and editing done by Anthony Gonsalvez. Cinematography for the film has been handled by R. The film features music composed by Harris Jayaraj, making Vaaranam Aayiram his final project with Menon before the formal break-up of their partnership, until they worked together again in Yennai Arindhaal (2015).

The film stars Suriya in dual lead roles as father and son, with Simran, Divya Spandana, and Sameera Reddy in lead roles, the latter in her Tamil debut. Thousand Elephants) is a 2008 Indian Tamil musical romantic drama film written and directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon and produced by Venu Ravichandran of Aascar Films.

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