Payanam (2011 film)
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| Directed by | Radha Mohan |
| Produced by | Prakash Raj |
| Written by | Radha Mohan |
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| Music by | Pravin Mani |
| Cinematography | K. V. Guhan |
| Edited by | Kishore Te |
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Duet Movies & Matinee Entertainment
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| Distributed by | AGS Entertainment |
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1:55:07 |
| Country | India |
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Payanam/Gaganam (English: Journey/Sky) is a 2011 Indian thriller film simultaneously made in Tamil and Telugu languages. The film was written and directed by Radha Mohan. The movie deals with a flight hijacking incident. It stars Nagarjuna in the lead along with Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur, Sana Khan, Rishi, Iqbal Yaqub, Brahmanandam and Bharath Reddy amongst others. Produced by Prakash Raj himself, The movie was released on 11 February 2011. The film released to critical and commercial success. The film was dubbed into Hindi as Mere Hindustan Ki Kasam which was released on 10 August 2013.
On a flight from Chennai to Delhi five passengers retrieve weapons hidden in the toilet and use them to hijack the plane. An engine is damaged during the struggle with the pilots so they make an emergency landing at Tirupati Airport. Government authorities arrive. The hijackers demand ₹100 Crore (c. US $22,000,000), the release of their imprisoned leader Yusuf Khan (Sricharan), and a fresh aircraft for their escape.
National Security Guard Major Raveendra (Nagarjuna) recalls the loss of a valued comrade at the shootout when he captured Yusuf Khan, and regrets not killing the terrorist at the time. He urges the government to allow a commando operation, but officials fear to risk passengers' life, not trusting Ravindra's team. The major is frustrated when the government vacillates and it seems that Yusuf Khan might be released. Inside the flight, the passengers fall into groups discussing their past lives and religion. One of the terrorists becomes sentimentally attached to Afshana, a little girl returning to Karachi after her heart operation. The terrorist, however, is warned by his comrade to not become too attached as his main duty is to carry out the current tasks which include killing the passengers at the end no matter what. Another passenger frequently irritates the terrorists with bitter questions about their motives, in which he is supported by Jagdeesh, a retired army colonel. Time passes and tensions rise until one of the passengers Praveen (a drug addict) attempts an escape but is shot down by a terrorist who warns the authorities to act soon.
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