TN-07 AL 4777
Directed by	A. Lakshmikanthan
Written by	A. Lakshmikanthan
Story by	Rajat Arora
Based on	Taxi No. 9211 (Hindi)
Produced by	Mahadevan Ganesh Usha Venkatraman
Starring	Pasupathy Simran Ajmal Ameer Meenakshi
Narrated by	Jeeva
Cinematography	R. B. Gurudev
Edited by	G. Sasikumar
Music by	Vijay Antony
Distributed by	GV Films
Release date	20 February 2009 (2009-02-20)
Running time	115 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

TN-07 AL 4777 is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language drama thriller film directed by A. Lakshmikanthan. The film stars Ajmal Ameer, Pasupathy, Simran and Meenakshi. The film's soundtrack, composed by Vijay Antony was released on 12 December 2008. It is a remake of the 2006 Hindi film Taxi Number 9211^[1][2] which in itself was an adaptation of the American film Changing Lanes (2002).^[3] Pooja Umashankar makes a special appearance in the film.

Plot

Manikandan alias Mani is a cab driver in Chennai who lies to his wife Subbalakshmi about his job, pretending to be an insurance salesman. One day, he gives Gautham, the spoilt son of a late businessman, a ride. Gautham is fighting for ownership rights of his late businessman's estate. The cab gets into an accident with Gautham's escaping as he's in hurry. Gautham loses his key to the vault containing his father's will in the back of Mani's taxi.

Mani decides to hide it from Gautham. As he is searching for the key, Gautham goes to Mani's house and tells Subbalakshmi what he really does for a living which Gautham didn't know. She leaves him, taking their son. Mani decides to take revenge. Mani and Gautham vow to kill each other in their fight for their properties. When Mani fails to kill Gautham, he targets Gautham's girlfriend, Pooja. As Mani chases Pooja, she gets saved by Gautham by a hair's breadth. Gautham lets Pooja escape, and he attacks Mani. They have a dirty car fight, but both survive.

Mani goes to Gautham's place. Gautham returns to his apartment from a second court hearing regarding his father's estate in defeat because he doesn't have his father's will torn to pieces and pasted on the wall of his apartment. Gautham becomes depressed and lonely after his friends leave him. Pooja dumps him, indicating she wanted him only for his fortune. After losing everything that used to be precious, Gautham realises the hard-hitting life and starts respecting his father and his work.

On the other side, Mani is caught again by police and taken to a police station where Subbalakshmi tells him about his real character and the problem within himself. Soon, he realises his mistake. Gautham then bails Mani out of jail after realising the value of close ones. Mani insists they have a drink and go to Gautham's house at one. They find out that they share the same birthday. Mani gives back his key, which he had hidden in the sofa, and says that he had never destroyed it - the torn will on the wall is a fake. Mani then goes to the railway station to stop Subbalakshmi and his son from leaving him but arrives a little too late. He goes back home, where he sees a birthday cake on the table. He feels he is hallucinating, but gets a pleasant shock, where he sees Subbalakshmi and his son standing there, singing him a birthday song (and finds out that it was Gautham who brought them back).

Gautham confronts the friend P.K.V Hariharan, the custodian property of Gautham's father, whom he tells that he has realised the value of life and does not want his father's property and takes a leave. Just as he drives out, his car collides with another car, driven by a woman. Initially, both seem to be angry at each other. Later Gautam apologises and asks for her number, promising to pay for damages. The movie ends as both smile at each other and drives away, indicating a new romantic beginning.

Cast

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Vijay Antony with Aathichudi becoming a big hit of 2009.

Reception

Rediff wrote "Hop on this taxi with discretion: the meter's okay, the tyres are good but there's no trusting the man behind the steering wheel, so the ride's bound to be a bumpy at best."^[4] Behindwoods wrote "This remake of the Hindi Taxi No. 9211 is a sincere attempt by director Lakshmikanthan to stick to the original and the director has succeeded in his objective to a large extent also adding many new elements to suit the Tamil audience."^[5]

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