Aadhavan
| Aadhavan | |
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| Directed by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Screenplay by | K. S. Ravikumar |
| Story by | Ramesh Khanna |
| Produced by | Udhayanidhi Stalin |
| Starring | Suriya Nayanthara |
| Cinematography | Ganesh Rajavelu |
| Edited by | Don Max |
| Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Red Giant Movies Ayngaran International (UK) Five Star (Malaysia) |
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Running time | 168 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | ₹30 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.