Auro-3D is an immersive 3D audio format developed by the Belgium-based company Auro Technologies.
51-655: Maryan may refer to: Maryan (film) , a 2013 Tamil film Maryan (soundtrack) , the soundtrack for the 2013 Tamil film Maryan, Bulgaria , a village in Elena Municipality , Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria Maryan, Iran (disambiguation) M. Maryan , pseudonym of French novelist (1847-1927) Maryan S. Maryan , pseudonym of Israeli-American artist Pinchas Burstein See also [ edit ] Mariya , female given name Marian (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
102-413: A key role as character Maryan's love interest in the film. The director was inspired by the 2008 French-Liberian film Johnny Mad Dog , which starred a real-life group of LURD child soldiers and subsequently chose them as well as the cinematographer of that film, Marc Koninckx , to be a part of Maryan . A press release from March 2013 along with a poster revealed the film's outline as "A young man
153-502: A month. Subsequent close-up scenes featuring supporting cast members from Africa were filmed in India. The first schedule of the film began in Namibia , with scenes including a fight sequence supervised by Dilip Subarayan, being canned. The song "Nenje Ezhu" was shot in Namibia's Coastal Deserts featuring the leading duo. Dhanush also shared screen space with a cheetah . The final schedule of
204-487: A real person to carry this character. I needed to believe the character, his emotions and his journey. Who else but Dhanush could give me what I wanted?" —Director Bharat Bala on approaching Dhanush , who had won the 58th National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in Aadukalam . In early 2011, director Bharat Bala read about a 2008 incident involving three immigrant oil workers from India being kidnapped in
255-551: A story of human survival adapted from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, when three oil workers from Tamil Nadu were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan by mercenaries. Bharatbala narrated the story to Dhanush in September 2011, and the film was announced officially in March 2012, revealing the details of the cast and crew. The commencement of the principal photography took place on
306-419: Is a must watch for Dhanush's fans." He gave the film 3.5 stars out of 5. S Sarawasthi of Rediff gave the film 3 stars out of 5 and claimed, "Mariyaan is a beautiful love story. However, what brings the film down a notch is the pace, especially the second half, which seems to drag quite a bit. And though the film may not appeal to all, it is definitely a must watch." Critical review board at Behindwoods gave
357-668: Is about the fight for survival, it deals with several other emotions such as love, separation and struggle. The story recounts a beautiful journey about the separation of the protagonist from his loved ones and his struggle to reunite". As the film's story takes place in Sudan and in Kanyakumari , India, Bharatbala noted that filming had to take place in two contrasting terrains. The sandy rugged locations in Africa were shot in Liberia , made to look like Sudan, and several other portions were shot in
408-558: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Maryan (film) Maryan (pronounced Mariyāņ ; transl. Immortal ) is a 2013 Indian Tamil -language drama film directed by Bharat Bala , and produced by V. Ravichandran , under the banner Aascar Films , starring Dhanush and Parvathy Thiruvothu . The film has music and background score composed by A. R. Rahman ; cinematography and editing were done by Marc Koninckx and Vivek Harshan respectively. The dialogues in
459-482: Is faced with adversity. Life deals him immense challenges, and forces him to struggle to thrive. But he does, nevertheless, fighting to survive by thriving on the sheer undying spirit of the human will to survive. Along his thrilling journey is a tryst with adventure, a smattering of drama and a gritty tale that shows the power of love in extreme circumstances. And that is the story of Maryan ." In an interview with Zee News , Bharatbala quoted, "Even though it ( Maryan )
510-484: Is his only companion for Four years. He successfully completes his tenure and packs bags in jubilation to return to his ladylove, but tragedy strikes in the form of Sudanese extremists , who end up kidnapping Maryan and two of his coworkers, demanding money for their freedom. One of his coworkers gets killed by the head terrorist. After 21 days in captivity, Maryan escapes with Saami and runs for his life. He gets separated from Saami, who gets killed later on, and gets lost in
561-411: Is loved and longed by Panimalar, but sadly, her feelings are not reciprocated. The more Maryan tries to keep Panimalar away from him, the closer she tries to get. This eventually leads to him falling for her. Once, Panimalar is caught in unfortunate circumstances and to support her financially, Maryan is forced to take up employment on contract basis for two years in Sudan . He then befriends Saami, and he
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#1732880390808612-402: Is not on the menu." At The New Indian Express , Malini Mannath wrote, "Cocktail of love and action, lyrical in its narrative style in the first half, the film could, however, have done with more coherence and conviction in its second half". Sandesh of One India Entertainment summarised, "Dhanush's sufferings on-screen, bursting and agony during emotional scenes have come out well. The film
663-437: The 5.1 or 7.1 sound format. Auro-3D creates a spatial sound field by adding a height layer around the audience on top of the traditional 2D surround sound system. This additional layer reveals both localized sounds and height reflections complementing the sounds that exist in the lower surround layer. The height information that is captured during recording is mixed into a standard 5.1 surround PCM carrier, and during playback
714-532: The Auro format was done at composer A R Rahman 's AM Studios making it the first Tamil film to mix native sounds in the format. Bharatbala claimed, one would find three different contrasting uses of the Auro 3D sound in the film. First, in the fishing village and the feel of the ocean surface, then deep into the desert and the sonic sounds and textures of the ocean, 50–55 feet under the water. He revealed through Twitter that
765-482: The Darfur region of Sudan and how they had managed to escape from post being hostages. While improvising his script, the director met the former hostages who were held for 21 days under captivity. In late September 2011, the director narrated the first half of the film script to actor Dhanush and he agreed play the character Maryan. During this time, the filmmaker was done with half of the screenplay. Following his casting in
816-781: The Auro-3D Engine and a Creative Tool Suite. The engine comprises the Auro-Codec and the Auro-Matic upmixing algorithm to convert legacy content into the Auro-3D format. The Creative Tool Suite is a set of plugins that can be used to create native immersive 3D audio content. Auro-3D is fully compatible with all existing production processes and theatre systems, and the format also offers a host of compatibility features such as Single Inventory Distribution (multiple formats are combined in one PCM carrier) and full DCI compliancy. In 2019, Auro published
867-477: The Auro-3D decoder extracts the originally recorded height channels from this stream. AuroMax expands on the basic layout used by Auro 11.1 and Auro 13.1 by dividing the side, rear and ceiling channels into "zones", to allow for placement of sound at discrete points along the theatre wall or ceiling as well as within the theatre itself. The principle employed is similar to other object based formats such as Dolby Atmos or DTS:X . The Auro-3D technology consists of
918-593: The Auro-Cx format, which can be used for streaming applications. Auro-3D comes in a variety of listening formats that are compliant with market standards: Home Theater (Small Rooms) : Auro 9.1, Auro 10.1 (with added Top Ceiling channel, the so-called "Voice Of God") Cinema (Large Rooms) : Auro 11.1 (with added Front Height Center channel), Auro 13.1 (with added Left Rear Surround & Right Rear Surround channel), AuroMax 22.1, AuroMax 26.1 (allowing placement of objects) 3D Over Headphones : A format designed to capture
969-592: The International Union of Cinemas. In September 2013 an agreement was signed with Datasat Digital Entertainment to integrate the format in their range of high-end consumer audio processors. The Datasat LS10 audio processor featuring Auro-3D was presented to the public at ISE 2014. In 2015, Barco and Auro Technologies debuted the AuroMax format, with 23 or 26 channels available. The increased number of channels allows for sounds to be encoded as "objects" and moved around
1020-612: The Spatial Audio Convention in Tokyo, the cinematic formats Auro 11.1 and Auro 13.1 as well as the Auro-Codec and Creative Tool Suite were launched. In 2011 a partnership was struck with the Belgian display hardware manufacturer Barco to incorporate Auro-3D in their cinema hardware setup, and in the same year the first installations of Auro 11.1 were deployed. In October 2011, it was announced that Lucasfilm Ltd. 's Red Tails would be
1071-417: The actor was in discussions with the director for the removal of such contents from the film. The first official poster of the film was released on 28 March 2013. A thirty-second teaser featuring only Dhanush only released on 29 March 2013. On 31 March 2013, another 40-second teaser with a musical score was released that showed Dhanush with a spear in his hand, diving into deep sea in a breath and hunting on
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#17328803908081122-725: The biggest opening in the United States amongst all Indian films releasing on the same date. This movie is inspired from a newspaper article of a real-life crisis event, where three oil workers from India were kidnapped and taken hostage in Sudan by mercenaries.The dubbed Telugu version of the film titled Mariyaan was released on 11 September 2015. Mariyaan Joseph is a fisherman in a village named Neerody in Kanyakumari . He has an auspicious bond with sea and proudly claims himself as "Kadal Raasa" (King of Ocean). Panimalar falls in love with Maryan and does not shy away in confessing it to him. Maryan
1173-461: The desert and suffers from dehydration and confronts cheetahs as his mirage. After finding the coast, he fights the terrorist who catches up with him and escapes. He then returns to his village where his love is waiting for him. "I was one of the jury members at the National awards committee that chose Dhanush as the best actor for Aadukalam . His performance in Aadukalam moved me. I was looking for
1224-399: The dubbed Telugu version of the film began from February 2015. The dubbed trailer was released on 14 February 2015. The satellite rights of the film were secured by Jaya TV . Initially set to release on 31 May 2013, due to post-production and re-recording works, the release date was changed to 21 June 2013. There was a scarcity of scrutiny theatres for the certification process so, the film
1275-523: The film 3.5 stars out of 5. At the Box Office of United States, the film had the biggest opening amongst all Indian films releasing on the same date. In its opening weekend, at the UK and Ireland Box Office the film has collected £13,675 on 5 screens. The film earned approximately ₹ 10 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 19 lakh or US$ 23,000 in 2023) in the second weekend. The total collections, one month estimate
1326-567: The film grossed ₹ 1.44 crore (equivalent to ₹ 2.7 crore or US$ 330,000 in 2023). The second weekend experienced a drop compared to the first, but prime multiplexes reported near full houses. All over Karnataka , especially in Bengaluru City the film opened with a mixed response and second weekend's occupancy was less than 40% at the multiplexes. In the third week number of weekend shows in Chennai were 117 and average theatre occupancy
1377-477: The film grossed ₹ 6 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 11 lakh or US$ 14,000 in 2023). Overall, the weekdays in the first week had 80% theatre occupancy. In the second week number of weekend shows in Chennai were 306 and average theatre occupancy was 65%. The collections for the weekend grossed ₹ 75 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 1.4 crore or US$ 170,000 in 2023). During the subsequent weekdays, number of shows in Chennai were 600 with theatre occupancy 60% and
1428-563: The film started in Nagercoil , Tamil Nadu in November 2012 and filming took place over a couple of months throughout the coastal region of South India. Filming was also held in Mandaikadapudur village close to Kanyakumari , India, named as Neerodi in the film. The entire film was shot in reverse with the climax scenes being filmed first and hence the last scene shot was the beginning scene of
1479-441: The film was held at Mumbai on 11 August 2013. The dubbed Telugu version of the film was released nearly two years later on 11 September 2015. The film received generally positive reviews upon release. The film's technicalities, performances of the lead actors and the score were applauded by the critics. At The Times of India , N Venkateswaran gave the film 4 out of 5 stars and quoted, "A soulful love story, but candy floss
1530-426: The film were penned by Joe D' Cruz . Oscar -award winner Resul Pookutty was the sound designer of the film. Maryan is an emotional journey of a common man to an unknown place with the hope to come home and lead a better life. The film's title represents the character as "a man who never dies". This movie is partially inspired from Malayalam novel Aadujeevitham written by Benyamin . The film revolves around
1581-459: The film's digital intermediate works were completed by 9 July 2013. Scenes during the making of the movie were placed with the end credits of the film. The music and background score of the film was composed by A. R. Rahman . The complete soundtrack album was released at the composer's recording studio in Chennai on 17 May 2013, along with Raanjhanaa , another album composed by Rahman. The album
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1632-412: The film, actor Dhanush became involved in character and screenplay-related discussions that were carried on for six months. In March 2012, the film and collaborations were officially announced. After a lot of research, the director came up with the film title and stated it is the name of the character. In Tamil it translates to "A man who never dies". As per the film script, it implies that the spirit of
1683-652: The film. Dhanush underwent a special ocean diving course, to swim up to 50 feet underwater. Bharat Bala said that Dhanush would jump with the diving suit, go deep, settle down and get rid of the suit and then surge for the actual shot. Dhanush had two underwater support divers to supply him air during the underwater scenes. The underwater scenes were filmed in Andamans . Certain arid land scenes were also shot at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat . The film incorporates firm Barco NV 's Auro 11.1 surround sound technology. The re-recording in
1734-499: The first major motion picture released in the Auro 11.1 format. The first Indian film to use Auto 3D was Vishwaroopam (2013). On 1 November 2012, it was announced that DreamWorks Animation SKG will mix 15 of their upcoming features in the Auro 11.1 format. The first animated film in Auro 11.1 was Rise of the Guardians which was released in November 2012. Subsequently, also The Croods and Turbo were mixed and released in
1785-491: The format, as well as all subsequent DreamWorks Animation films. Barco, Auro Technologies and audio technology developer DTS made the announcement that they would join forces to support an open standard for immersive object-based cinema sound at CinemaCon 2013. This statement was issued in response to the cinema exhibitor requirements for immersive sound technologies from the National Association of Theatre Owners and
1836-418: The man never dies. The director opined that the fishing community in southern India goes through terrible hardship and countries like Nigeria , Sudan , Libya borrow them as hard labor. The character played by actor Dhanush is a physically strong, economically poor but simple man from a very remote village who was in need of a job and hence, this forms the outline of the film. Parvathy was signed on to play
1887-530: The same date, and was primarily shot across Sudan and Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu. The underwater scenes were filmed in Andamans and scenes featuring arid land were filmed at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat . The film released in Auro 3D sound format on selective screens in India and worldwide on 19 July 2013. The film received positive critical reception in India And it was declared as a box office hit. The film had
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1989-424: The seabed. The third teaser of 30 seconds was released on 4 April 2013. It depicted the actor fighting and smoking. The teaser of the song "Nenje Ezhu" was released on 26 April 2013. It crossed over three lakh views on YouTube in less than two days. A. R. Rahman extended an invitation through YouTube for the premiere of the song "Nenjae Ezhu" on 3 May 2013. The official trailer was released on 1 May 2013. After
2040-638: The spatial effect of Auro-3D in a portable environment for personal listening The Auro-3D concept and formats were developed in 2005 by Wilfried Van Baelen, CEO and founder of Galaxy Studios and Auro Technologies. The format was officially introduced to the public at the AES Convention 2006 in Paris (20–23 May) and San Francisco (6–8 October) during the workshop "Surround with Height Channels". The first speaker layouts presented here were Auro 9.1 and Auro 10.1 (which added an overhead top speaker). In October 2010, at
2091-459: The state. In Kerala , distribution rights were acquired by Sagara Entertainment, releasing the film in about 79 screens. The Telugu version was distributed by SVR Media. Bharat Creations secured the distribution rights of the film in the United States and North America . The screens in United States were 25 whereas 6 in Canada. The film was also released in several UK cities. A special screening of
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2142-407: The trailer garnered nearly seven lakh views in one day on Sony India's music channel, it was re-released as an upgraded Vevo version. On 13 June 2013, a press meet headed by the director claimed that the film utilised the Auro 3D sound technology. The actor, director and the music composer promoted the film at an event at Jaya TV studios that was aired live on 23 June 2013. The promotions for
2193-442: The verdict, "A film with breathtaking visuals, heart-stopping music, terrifically talented cast set on a very leisurely paced narrative." They rated 3 on a scale of 5 Baradwaj Rangan of The Hindu noted, "A wonderful romance, but needed to be more." Vivek Ramz of in.com summarised, "'Mariyaan' is a realistic and touching love saga and definitely deserves a watch! Better watch it in Auro 3D screen to experience it best." He rated
2244-428: The weekend grossed ₹ 4 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 7.5 lakh or US$ 9,000 in 2023). For the subsequent weekdays, number of shows in Chennai were 132 with theatre occupancy 30% and the film grossed ₹ 10 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 19 lakh or US$ 23,000 in 2023). Auro 3D It is designed along three layers of sound ( surround , height and overhead ceiling), building on the single horizontal layer used in
2295-522: Was ₹ 23.23 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 44 lakh or US$ 52,000 in 2023). At the Australian box office, the film raked in approximately ₹ 25 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 47 lakh or US$ 56,000 in 2023) at the end of the second weekend. The film netted approximately ₹ 1.65 crore (equivalent to ₹ 3.1 crore or US$ 370,000 in 2023) in first weekend from nearly 35 screens and overall 531 shows in Chennai and suburbs. 85% average occupancy
2346-496: Was also made available as mastered for iTunes version. The day after release, the track "Nenjae Ezhu" topped all the charts with over one crore online listeners. After one month of the release of the soundtrack album, the songs "Nenjae Ezhu" and "Kadal Raasa Naan" attained the peak position on the Radio Mirchi South Top 20 charts, whereas "Sonapareeya" peaked at #3 and "Innum Konjam Neram" at #18. The soundtrack album
2397-457: Was censored on 17 June 2013. The film was given a U/A certificate by the Censor Board for its theme and some violence in the climax. However, it was re-censored to exempt itself from entertainment tax and hence, was given a U certificate . The release date of 21 June 2013 was cancelled to avoid clash with Dhanush's Hindi debut film Raanjhanaa and delayed process for censoring. The film
2448-474: Was degraded to 55%. The collections for the weekend grossed ₹ 18 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 34 lakh or US$ 41,000 in 2023). For the following weekdays, number of shows in Chennai were 372 with theatre occupancy 40% and the film grossed ₹ 52.06 lakh (equivalent to ₹ 98 lakh or US$ 120,000 in 2023). After a month of the film release, weekend shows in the same city were 39 and average theatre occupancy further dipped to 40%. The collections for
2499-417: Was entitled as "Tamil Album of Year" in iTunes ’ Best of 2013. The third teaser as well as a promotional film poster depicting a smoking Dhanush were criticised by former Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare of India, Anbumani Ramadoss . He claimed that the scenes prioritise smoking in the movie and hence it is a punishable offence to appear smoking in cinemas. Following this, reports claimed that
2550-710: Was eventually released on 19 July 2013. The estimate number of screens of the film in Tamil Nadu were 350. As of July 2013, 27 screens out of these were equipped with the Auro 3D surround sound. The release in remaining India would be 100. Maryan wasn't released in Andhra Pradesh whereas out of 50 screens all over Karnataka , the film released on 39 screens in Bangalore , three in Mysuru , two in Mangaluru and rest in other areas of
2601-500: Was recorded for these days. After 10 days, Maryan grossed around ₹ 3.82 crore (equivalent to ₹ 7.2 crore or US$ 860,000 in 2023) in Chennai City and its vicinity. In Coimbatore , Neelagiri , Erode and Tirupur , it crossed the ₹ 1 crore (equivalent to ₹ 1.9 crore or US$ 230,000 in 2023) mark by 10 days. By end July 2013, a total of 55 screens were screening the movie. In Kanchipuram two theatres alone,
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