Aalavandhan
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Aalavandhan
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| Directed by | Suresh Krishna |
| Produced by | kalaipuli S. Thanu |
| Written by | Kamal Haasan |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Manisha Koirala Raveena Tandon |
| Music by | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy Background Score: Mahesh Mahadevan |
| Cinematography | Tirru |
| Release date(s) | 16 November 2001 |
| Running time | 178 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | $4 million[1] |
Aalavandhan (Tamil: ஆளவந்தான்) is a Indian Tamil Thriller film released in 2001. Directed by Suresh Krishna, it stars Kamal Haasan in a dual role, with Raveena Tandon and Manisha Koirala as his love interests. The film's soundtrack was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and the background score by late Mahesh Mahadevan. Actor Jayam Ravi served as an assistant director for this film.
This movie was simultaneously released in Telugu and Hindi as Abhay. The film is an adaptation of a novel titled Dayam that was written by Kamal Haasan in 1984.,[2][3]
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Plot
Vijay (Kamal Haasan) is the commander of an anti-terrorist squad. He gets engaged to Tejaswini (Raveena Tandon) who is pregnant with their child. Vijay's brother Nandu (also played by Haasan) is psychotic and is in a mental asylum. Vijay takes Tejaswini to the asylum so that Nandu can meet her. In his delusions, Nandu decides that she is his evil stepmother. Nandu, who killed his stepmother when he was twelve, decides that he must kill Tejaswini to protect Vijay.
Nandu escapes from the asylum and searches for Tejaswini. In the process, he takes drugs and kills other people under their influence. Vijay is determined to save his fiancee even if it means that he has to kill his brother.
Cast
- Kamal Hassan as Major Vijaykumar (Vijay) and Nandakumar (Nandu)
- Raveena Tandon as Tejaswini
- Manisha Koirala as Sharmilee (cameo)
- Vallabh Vyas as Dr. Srinivasa Rao
- Milind Gunaji as Lt. Col. Santosh Kumar
- Sarath Babu as Tejaswini's father
- Anu Hasan as Nandakumar's mother
- Kitu Gidwani as Nandakumar's stepmother
Crew
- Director: Suresh Krishna
- Producer: Kalaipuli S. Dhanu
- Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
- Background Score: Mahesh Mahadevan
- Lyrics: Vairamuthu
- Cinematography: Tirru
- Editor: M. Kasi Vishwanathan & K.S.Raghunath
- Art Director: Samir Chanda
- Stunt Coordinator: Vikram Dharma
Soundtrack
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| Studio album by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | ||||
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24 August 2001 (India)
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| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
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Universal Music
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| Producer | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy | |||
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The soundtrack was composed by music trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Hindi lyrics was penned by Javed Akhtar and Tamil by Vairamuthu. The album created record by selling over 2,00,000 copies in less than eight hours of its release.[4]
| Original Soundtrack (Tamil) | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Aalavandhan" | Shankar Mahadevan | 3:21 | ||||||
| 2. | "Africa" | Nandini | 5:00 | ||||||
| 3. | "Kadavul Paadhi" | Kamal Hassan | 3:17 | ||||||
| 4. | "Nee Yaaro! Who Are You?" | Kamal Hassan, Manisha Koirala | 2:44 | ||||||
| 5. | "Siri Siri" | Kamal Hassan, Mahalaxmi Iyer | 6:25 | ||||||
| 6. | "Un Azhagukku" | Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha | 6:48 | ||||||
| Hindi Tracklist | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length | ||||||
| 1. | "Dekho Abhay" | Shankar Mahadevan | 3:22 | ||||||
| 2. | "Zingoria" | Nandini | 4:59 | ||||||
| 3. | "Kal Tak Mujhko Gaurav Tha" | Kamal Hassan | 3:17 | ||||||
| 4. | "Hey! Who Are you" | Kamal Hassan, Manisha Koirala | 2:43 | ||||||
| 5. | "Hasde Hasde" | Kamal Hassan, Mahalaxmi Iyer | 6:23 | ||||||
| 6. | "Koyal Se Mili" | Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha | 6:48 | ||||||
Distribution
Abhay was bought over in Maharashtra by the reputed Shringar Films who were very excited about its November release. The number of prints in Tamil Nadu had been increased by almost five times the normal number of prints. Also on the anvil was a rise in the ticket rates especially for Aalavandhan.[5]
Box Office
The film was a commercial failure but continued to top the year’s charts grossing $5 million at the box office.[6]
References
- ^ PILLAI, SREEDHAR (Nov 08, 2002). "As star power wanes...". www.thehindu.com. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2002/11/08/stories/2002110801030300.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ Fernandes, Vivek (August 25, 2001). "Abhay sings a fearless tune". rediff.com. http://getahead.rediff.com/entertai/2001/aug/25abhay.htm. Retrieved 2010-02-07.
- ^ http://archives.chennaionline.com/interviews/kamal.asp
- ^ Fernandez, Vivek. "Abhay sings a fearless tune". Rediff.com. http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2001/aug/25abhay.htm. Retrieved 24 June 2011.
- ^ K Jha, Subhash (Nov 10, 2002). "Fear becomes Kamal". www.rediff.com. http://in.rediff.com/movies/2003/nov/07kamal.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ "Aalavandhan". http://www.rajtamil.com/2009/12/aalavandhan/. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
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