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Maryan may refer to:
- Maryan (film), a 2013 Tamil film
- Pinchas Burstein, also called Maryan S. Maryan, a painter
- Maryan, Bulgaria, a village in Elena Municipality, Veliko Tarnovo Province, Bulgaria
- Maryan, Iran (disambiguation)
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Maryan (pronounced Mariyāņ; ) is a 2013 Indian Tamil drama film directed by Bharat Bala starring Dhanush alongside Parvathi. Produced by Venu Ravichandran, the film has music and background score composed by A. R. Rahman and cinematography by Marc Koninckx. Dialogues in the film are penned by R N Joe D' Cruz. The film revolves around 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. The film 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 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. At the Box Office of USA, the film had the biggest opening amongst all Indian films releasing on the same date. However, in Tamil Nadu the film was declared as an average grosser. The dubbed Telugu version of the film titled 'Mariyaan' was released on 31 July 2015.
Maryan is the soundtrack album, composed by A. R. Rahman for the 2013 Tamil film of the same name directed by Bharatbala.The film that is produced under the banner Aascar Films stars actor Dhanush and actress Parvathy in the lead roles. The album was released under the label Sony Music on 13 May 2013, worldwide. The music received extremely positive critical reception and overwhelming audience response after its release. It also topped the iTunes India charts for the month of May and June 2013. Further, for the remaining months of 2013, it maintained its position in the top 10 music album charts. The soundtrack album was adjudged as "Tamil Album of Year" in iTunes’ Best of 2013. Rahman won the Norway Tamil Film Festival Best Music Director award and the SIIMA Award for Best Music Director in 2014. The soundtrack was nominated at the 2014 Edison Awards and Vijay Awards for both best music direction and best background score. Rahman was also nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Music Director – Tamil but he won the same award for his compositions to Kadal.