Aadhavan

For the Tamil writer, see Aadhavan Sundaram.

Aadhavan
Directed byK. S. Ravikumar
Written byK. S. Ravikumar
Story byRamesh Khanna
Produced byUdhayanidhi Stalin
StarringSuriya
Nayantara
Vadivelu
Murali
B. Saroja Devi
Rahul Dev
CinematographyGanesh Rajavelu
Edited byDon Max
Music byHarris Jayaraj
Production
company
Distributed byRed Giant Movies
Ayngaran International (UK)
FiveStar (Malaysia)[1]
Release date
  • 17 October 2009 (2009-10-17)
Running time
168 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
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]

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