Ivan () is a 2002 Indian Tamil language film directed, written and produced by Parthipan. The film stars him along with Meena and Soundarya. The film though was a runway hit.
Plot
Jeevan (Parthiban) is a tempo driver and a socially conscious middle-aged man who wants to clean up society. His motivation is his late father (Thalaivasal Vijay) who was murdered as he tried to be a crusader. Jeevan is intelligent enough to realize that he is not a one-man-army to fight the evils and corruption in society. So what he does is to motivate the public to fight for their rights. He lives in a small place with four friends and together they do what little they can to improve the condition around. The Carnatic singer Dikshana (Soundarya) has a silent admiration for Jeevan, but it is the Telugu woman Meena Kumari (Meena) who wins him over and forces him to marriage by telling a lie that she has cancer. There are about 18 antagonists, who make their entry and exit. Thereafter, Jeevan brings them all together and each of them gets a chance to support his stand and speak on the circumstances which forced them to take to crime. Jeevan gives a long lecture and transforms them into being good citizens.
Cast
Parthiban as Jeevan
Meena as Meena Kumari
Soundarya as Dikshanya (voice-over by Deepa Venkat) Anandaraj as “Diesel” Raj Nizhalgal Ravi as Kathiresan Kitty as Seth Devan FEFSI Vijayan as Police inspector Thalaivasal Vijay as Jeevan's Father B. V. Balaguru Mahanadi Shankar as Rowdy Bala Singh as Politician S. V. Ramadas Rowdy Rathnam M. S. Bhaskar as Meena Kumari's father Gandhimathi as Slum dweller Manochithra as Dikshanya's mother Subhashini as Meena Kumari's mother Anuradha as Lady pimp C. R. Saraswathi as Drug dealer Theni Kunjarammal as Slum dweller Vandana as Janani Reena Reddy Baby Prithivi as Valli Senbhaga Muthu as Slum dweller Singamuthu as Singamuthu Nellai Siva as Slum dweller Ooty Mani as Slum dweller Kanal Kannan as Rowdy Dubbing Venkat Thalapathy Dinesh as Counterfeiter Idichapuli Selvaraj as Swamy T. P. Gajendran as Politician Vetri Vigneshwar as Adult film producer Benjamin Veera Raghavan Set Govindaraj as Slum dweller Y. S. D. Sekhar as Slum dweller C. Duraipandian as Lawyer Kovai Senthil as Demonstrator Vijay Ganesh as Ration shop worker Raaghav as Journalist (uncredited role) Preetha as Preetha (uncredited role) Hemalatha as Teenage girl Srilatha as Government employee Abhinayashree in a special appearance Subbudu as himself (cameo appearance)
Production
Music critic Subbudu made his cinematic debut appearing as himself.
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.