Balloon (2017 film)

Jeevanandam (Jai), an aspiring filmmaker, travels to Ooty along with his wife Jacqueline (Anjali), his nephew (Master Rishi), and two friends in the hope of making a film on an haunted house which he comes to know of through a Facebook post. He lives in a guest house closer to the house. That is when they begin experiencing strange things with the boy being lured by a balloon and befriending a ghostly girl. After realising that they are the targets of ghostly beings, they search for a priest who befriends them and helps them, and through him, get to know Jeeva's previous birth as Charlie (Jai) and the injustice done to him. The hero takes revenge on the villain for the injustice done to the victims who have become ghosts, and the priest is revealed to be a spirit. Finally, they leave the place, and the camera pans out of the film screen, and the whole film is revealed to be shown as a movie played in a theatre, with it being the first film of aspiring filmmaker Jeevanandam (Raj Tarun) and the real Jeevanandam, Jacqueline, and the others as actors in the film. The film ends with Raja Ravindra, a film person, receiving a call from people and planning to demand money as the film has controversial content. Finally, the real ghosts appear and finish him off.

In March 2016, Jai signed on to appear in a horror film directed by Sinish, who had earlier made Endrendrum (2014) and worked as an assistant on the production of the shelved project, Vettai Mannan. Produced by Kandasamy Nandakumar and Arun Balaji, the director revealed that Jai would portray a married man and would have three separate looks in the film.[4][5] Anjali was signed on to play the female lead role in June 2016, despite a statement by the actress in 2011 that she would not like to be in films starring Jai in the lead role.[6][7] Titled Balloon, the film was launched in July 2016 and began production thereafter.[8]

Following the success of Bigg Boss Tamil and the famous words of actress Oviya, the term "Neenga Shut Up Pannunga" was used in a song in the film. This promotional song was sung by Anirudh Ravichander and released on 28 August 2017, with Anjali going inside the Bigg Boss house to promote the film.[9]

The soundtrack was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

All lyrics are written by Arunraja Kamaraj.

The film opened across Tamil Nadu on 29 December 2017, notably alongside two films that the film's co-producer Dhilip Subbarayan had worked in as an actor, Sangu Chakkaram and Ulkuthu. The satellite rights of the film were sold to Zee Tamil.[10] The HDRip Version Released in January, 2019 [11]

• Balloon at IMDb