---
title: 'Nanban (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'S. Shankar'
released: '2012-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 188
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/nanban-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2180477/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Nanban (2012)

2012 · 188 min · Comedy · India

Original title: நண்பன்

## Synopsis

Nanban (transl. Friend) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy drama film directed by Shankar and produced by Gemini Film Circuit. The film stars Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Sathyaraj, Ileana D'Cruz, Sathyan and Anuya, with S. J. Suryah and Vijay Vasanth in cameo appearances. It is a remake of the Rajkumar Hirani's 2009 Hindi-language film 3 Idiots, which itself is based on Chetan Bhagat's novel Five Point Someone. The film follows Venkat, Senthil and Srivatsan, who are on the search for their long lost friend, Panchavan Parivendhan.

## Credits

- **Director:** [S. Shankar](https://cinepixo.com/people/s-shankar)
- **Screenplay:** [Vidhu Vinod Chopra](https://cinepixo.com/people/vidhu-vinod-chopra), [Rajkumar Hirani](https://cinepixo.com/people/rajkumar-hirani), [Abhijat Joshi](https://cinepixo.com/people/abhijat-joshi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Harris Jayaraj](https://cinepixo.com/people/harris-jayaraj)
- **Director of Photography:** [Manoj Paramahamsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/manoj-paramahamsa)
- **Editor:** [Anthony](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony)

## Cast

- [Srikanth](https://cinepixo.com/people/srikanth)
- [C. Joseph Vijay](https://cinepixo.com/people/c-joseph-vijay)
- [Ileana D'Cruz](https://cinepixo.com/people/ileana-d-cruz)
- [Jiiva](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiiva)
- [Sathyaraj](https://cinepixo.com/people/sathyaraj)

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