7 Aum Arivu

7 Aum Arivu
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAR Murugadoss
Written byAR Murugadoss
Produced byUdhayanidhi Stalin
StarringSuriya
Shruthi Hassan
Johnny Trí Nguyễn
Cinematography
Edited byAnthony
Music byHarris Jayaraj
Production
company
Distributed byRed Giant Movies
Release date
  • 25 October 2011 (2011-10-25)
Running time
168 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget₹80 crore[2]
Box officeest. ₹90–100 crore[2][3][4]

7 Aum Arivu (Tamil pronunciation: [eːɻaːm ariʋu]; lit. 7th Sense) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language science fiction martial arts film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss, featuring Suriya in dual roles, along with Shruti Haasan and Johnny Trí Nguyễn in supporting roles. In the film, a medical student enlists the help of a circus artist, who is a descendant of Bodhidharma, to revive the legend's skills and knowledge, while a Chinese mercenary with hypnotic powers starts a government-planned biological war against India.

The film, produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin began production in June 2010 and was completed by July 2011. It was released on 25 October 2011 in Chennai and a day later, on Diwali, worldwide. The visual effects for the film were done by Legacy Effects. It was also dubbed into Telugu as 7th Sense which released simultaneously along with the Tamil original.[5] The film was one out of several films selected by the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce for being the Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film that year.[6]

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  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 7aum finances2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "சூர்யா...close up". Kungumam (in Tamil). 29 November 2020. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ "K-town's successful Tollywood link". The Times of India. 17 February 2012. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Oscar race: Vazhakku trumps 7aum Arivu". The Times of India. 19 September 2012. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2012.