Aanivaer is a Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 directed by Indian Tamil film

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 director John Mahendran released in the western Tamil diaspora

Tamil diaspora

The Tamil diaspora is a demographic group of Tamil people of Indian or Sri Lankan origin who have settled in other parts of the world. Significant Tamil diaspora populations can be found in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Middle East, Réunion, South Africa, Mauritius, Seychelles, Fiji, Guyana,...

l regions on September 23, 2006. The film was shot in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...

 with a story and screenplay revolving around a love story amid the ongoing Civil War in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan civil war

The Sri Lankan Civil War was a conflict fought on the island of Sri Lanka. Beginning on July 23, 1983, there was an on-and-off insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam , a separatist militant organization which fought to create an independent Tamil state named Tamil...

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The film stars Indian actors Nandha

Nandha (actor)

Nandha is a Tamil film actor. He has appeared in ten films, and made his big break with S. Shankar's Eeram.- Filmography :-External links:...

, Madhumitha

Madhumitha

Madhumitha is an Indian actress, who has appeared in films in various South Indian industries, frequently in Tamil and Telugu films...

 and Neelima Rani in the lead roles. Distributed by an independent distribution company, Thamizh Thiraikkann, the film opened to positive reviews among the Sri Lankan Tamil population in Canada

Canada

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 and the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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. The film also released in India the following year. The film's score and soundtrack was composed by Satheesh and cinematography was handled by Komagan.