Aadhavan | |
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Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
Written by | K. S. Ravikumar |
Story by | Ramesh Khanna |
Produced by | Udhayanidhi Stalin |
Starring | Suriya Nayantara Vadivelu Murali B. Saroja Devi Rahul Dev |
Cinematography | Ganesh Rajavelu |
Edited by | Don Max |
Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
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Distributed by | Red Giant Movies Ayngaran International (UK) FiveStar (Malaysia)[1] |
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Running time | 168 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Budget | ₹30 crore[2] |
Aadhavan (transl. Sun) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written by Ramesh Khanna. The film stars Suriya, alongside Nayantara, Vadivelu, Murali, B. Saroja Devi, Rahul Dev, Sayaji Shinde and Anand Babu. The music was composed by Harris Jayaraj, while cinematography and editing were handled by Ganesh Rajavelu and Don Max.
Aadhavan was released on 17 October 2009 to mixed reviews from critics, but became a commercial success at the box office. It was dubbed in Hindi as Dildaar – The Arya in 2011 and in Telugu as Ghatikudu. The film's core plot was loosely based on the 1990 Malayalam film His Highness Abdullah.[3][4] The film was remade in Bengali as Shikari.[5][6][7][8]