He also tells about seeing her from afar at her wedding. Ram tells that except for the mistake of assuming that she hated him, he knew everything about her life. Jaanu is devastated after listening to this and reveals that she never saw them at her college and thought it was her stalker who was troubling her. He returned sadly and never tried to meet her since then. Surprisingly, Jaanu refused to meet Ram and forbade him to contact her again.

Ram says that he and Murali waited in front of Jaanu's college to meet her and passed on a message through a student. Then, Ram asks Jaanu if she really doesn't remember the day he came to her college to meet her. She narrates how circumstances forced her to marry someone else. Jaanu reveals how she could not forget Ram and would have traded anything just to have met him once back then. After the reunion party, both go out on a drive. Their friends talk about Jaanu's married life in Singapore and disclose that Ram is still single and hasn't moved on. Ram and Jaanu finally meet and find it uncomfortable to interact with each other, but gradually get along. Jaanu is inconsolable and pines for Ram until she completes school. She finds that Ram has left the school because his father had financial difficulties and his family relocated to Madras overnight. She reminisces the first day of 11th grade when she eagerly awaits Ram's arrival to the classroom, but he doesn't show up. When Subha points Ram to her, Jaanu walks towards him. Once their board exams are over, they have a moment with each other where Jaanu asks him not to forget her until they meet again after the holidays.Р”В«ack in the present, Jaanu arrives at the reunion and searches for Ram. Ram develops feelings for Jaanu and she reciprocates. In 1996, Ram and Jaanu have been friends and classmates in 10th grade. Murali hesitantly mentions that Jaanu (Ram's childhood sweetheart) is coming from Singapore. At the reunion, his friends Murali, Subhashini and Sathish catch up with him. A reunion is arranged through their school WhatsApp group. He visits his high school and is overcome by memories. Ramachandran aka Ram is a travel photographer. The film was further listed as one of the 'All Time 150 Cult Indian Films' by Behindwoods in March 2020. The film was remade by Preetham Gubbi in Kannada as 99 (2019), and by Premkumar himself in Telugu as Jaanu (2020). In addition, the film won six Norway Tamil Film Festival, five Filmfare, Ananda Vikatan, four SIIMA, Edison, Behindwoods awards each, and also won an Asiavision, Asianet and Vanitha film award for Trisha. It was a commercial success, grossing РІвЂљв„–50 crore (US$6.6Р’В million). The film received positive response from critics, praising the script, direction, cinematography, music and the nostalgic setting of the film, whilst praise being directed on the performances of Sethupathi and Trisha. '96 was released worldwide on 4 October 2018. The music and background score is composed by Govind Vasantha. Shanmuga Sundaram, with editing being handled by R. The cinematography was handled by Mahendiran Jayaraju and N. After the official announcement, the principal photography of the film was commenced on 12 June 2017 at Kumbakonam, and was shot across various locations in Chennai and Pondicherry, while also being filmed in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kolkata, Rajasthan and KulluРІР‚вЂњ Manali. Prem Kumar wrote the script during December 2015, at the period of Chennai floods and had completed the entire script within 20 days, which revolved around his life on high school reunion. The reunion also serves as an opportunity for two former lovers, Ram and Jaanu, to resolve issues surrounding their breakup. The film revolves around the reunion of former students from the batch of 1996, twenty-two years after their graduation.

Starring Vijay Sethupathi and Trisha in lead roles, the film has Bagavathi Perumal, Devadarshini and Aadukalam Murugadoss appear in supporting roles. Nanthagopal of Madras Enterprises, the film was distributed by Lalit Kumar under his banner Seven Screen Studios. '96 is a 2018 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by C.

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