Arrambam

Arrambam (Beginning) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language action thriller directed by Vishnuvardhan and co-written by the writing duo Subha. It was produced by A. Raghuram, with A. M. Rathnam supervising, and stars Ajith Kumar alongside Arya, Nayanthara and Taapsee, with Rana Daggubati in a cameo. The story follows Ashok Kumar, a former member of an Anti-Terrorist Squad who set out to expose a scam over faulty bulletproof jackets issued to security forces, and who now sets off bombs and forces a hacker, Arjun, to help him move the black money of a corrupt Home Minister. Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the score and songs, Om Prakash shot it and A. Sreekar Prasad edited it. After six months of pre-production and an announcement in May 2012, filming began in June 2012 and ran for fifteen months, mostly in Mumbai, with other work in Chennai, Bangalore, Dubai, Hyderabad, Mahabaleshwar, Jaisalmer, Leh and Ladakh. It was untitled until post-production and was known as Thala 53. It was released on 31 October 2013 and had the best opening for an Ajith Kumar film in Tamil Nadu.