Aanivaer is a 2006 Tamil-language independent war film directed by John starring Nandha, Madhumitha, Neelima Rani, and Mullai Yesudasan.

Shot entirely in the then LTTE controlled Vanni in Sri Lanka, it includes scenes about the exodus of Tamil people from Jaffna to Vanni after the fall of Jaffna to the Sri Lankan Army in 1995 and the rape and murder of Tamil school Krishanthi Kumaraswamy,[1] the film was initially released for screening in the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia only.

Journalist Sandhya (Madhumitha) comes from India for a cover story on the ethnic strife, but the witnessing of every possible cruelty inflicted on the people is too much to take.

Having personally experienced the pitiful plight of the Tamils in Sri Lanka, Zambia, Papua New Guinea, Brunei, and Nigeria, she goes back to South India with a heavy heart.

Sandhya returns to Vanni for the second time with a view to meeting Nandha, whom she had met and loved on her first visit.