Aadhavan

Aadhavan
Theatrical release poster
Directed byK. S. Ravikumar
Screenplay byK. S. Ravikumar
Story byRamesh Khanna
Produced byUdhayanidhi Stalin
StarringSuriya
Nayanthara
CinematographyGanesh Rajavelu
Edited byDon Max
Music byHarris Jayaraj
Production
company
Distributed byRed Giant Movies
Ayngaran International (UK)
Five Star (Malaysia)
Release date
  • 17 October 2009 (2009-10-17)
Running time
168 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Budget30 crore

Aadhavan (transl.Sun) is a 2009 Indian Tamil-language masala film directed by K. S. Ravikumar, from a story written by Ramesh Khanna, and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin under Red Giant Movies. 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 and became a commercially successful at the box office. The core plot was loosely based on the 1990 Malayalam film His Highness Abdullah and it was remade in Bengali as Shikari.