Actor Silambarasan‘s upcoming Tamil film Maanaadu‘s teaser was released on February 3 on the occasion of his 38th birthday.
However, while the teaser was well received by Silambarasan’s fans, many people pointed out on Twitter the similarities between the film’s teaser and the teaser of Christopher Nolan’s latest directorial Tenet.
The comparisons started due to the play of time shown in the Maanaadu’s teaser, which showed the actor going back in time. The same concept was shown in Tenet, netizens pointed out.
#Maanaadu teaser felt like a tamil version of TENET !
— I R F A N Z A I N I (@iam_Irfun) February 3, 2021
Can’t help. With reverse narration, #Maanaadu resembles #TENET
— Vaitheeswaran Balasubramanian (@vaithee888) February 3, 2021
Wow. Fantastic teaser. Gives the whole #TENET vibes. Really looking forward. And yeah @SilambarasanTR_
Your time starts now. #MaanaaduTeaserhttps://t.co/vyRuvD2Ybv— MC Prabhu (@atto_mc) February 3, 2021
#Maanadu Rewind Teaser looks 👌👌 like #TENET Concept 😝🤪
Waiting For @vp_offl Politics & #HBDSilambarasanTR
A D V E R T I S E M E N T— Ganesan Pillai (@Ganesanspillai) February 3, 2021
#Maanadu – #Tenet style cuts🔥🔥🔥#RewindTeaser
— Thiru (@Thiru_1990) February 3, 2021
While Nolan has not responded to these claims yet, Maanaadu director Venkat Prabhu tweeted that while he is honoured that his film is being compared to Tenet, the two are in no way connected.
I am very honored that people are comparing our #maanaaduteaser with #tenet but unfortunately this ain’t connected with it!To be honest even I didn’t understand #tenet 😁 wait for our trailer!Then u might compare us with some other film!! ;)) #aVPpolitics https://t.co/Xle3hiWh6Q
— venkat prabhu (@vp_offl) February 5, 2021
Venkat added that he did not understand Tenet and people should wait for Maanaadu’s trailer to release for it to be compared with another film. The director also quoted a fan’s tweet mentioning editor Praveen’s comment after hearing the plot of Maanaadu in 2018, while Tenet released in 2020.
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Maanaadu also stars Kalyani Priyadarshan in the lead and SJ Suryah, Daniel Annie Pope, YG Mahendran and Manoj K Bharathi in pivotal roles. Director-producer SA Chandrasekhar, actor-director Bharathiraja and actors Karunakaran and Premji will be seen in pivotal roles.
Richard M Nathan will handle the camerawork, Yuvan Shankar Raja will compose the music, Praveen KL will handle the editing, Sekar will handle the art, and Rajeevan will be in charge of production design. Vasuki Bhaskar will handle costumes and Stunt Silva will choreograph stunt sequences.