Aravaan

Aravaan
Poster
Directed byVasanthabalan
Written bySu. Venkatesan(Dialogue)
Screenplay byVasanthabalan
Story bySu. Venkatesan
Additional Story:
Vasanthabalan
Based onKaavalkottam
by Su. Venkatesan
Produced byT. Siva
StarringAadhi
Pasupathy
Dhansika
Archana Kavi
CinematographySiddharth Ramaswamy
Edited byPraveen K. L.
N. B. Srikanth
Music byKarthik
Production
company
Distributed byVendhar Movies
Release date
  • 2 March 2012 (2012-03-02)
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget120 million (US$1.4 million)[1]

Aravaan (transl.Snake) is a 2012 Indian Tamil language epic historical film directed by Vasanthabalan, based on Su. Venkatesan's novel Kaaval Kottam.[2] It was released in 2012 and stars Aadhi, Dhansika, Archana Kavi and Pasupathy.[3] Kabir Bedi has a prominent role[4] and Bharath is also featured in a cameo role.[5] The film marks noted playback singer Karthik's debut as a music director.[6] Aravaan was released on 2 March 2012 to mixed reviews and had moderate earnings at the box office.

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