

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 ₹50 crore (US$6.6 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 Kullu– 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.
