Aalavandhan (Tamil) is a 2001 released thriller film. The film directed by Suresh Krishna, stars Kamal Haasan in a dual role, along with Raveena Tandon and Manisha Koirala as his love interests. The film's score is composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. Present actor Jayam Ravi served as an assistant director.
This movie was simultaneously released in Telugu and Hindi as Abhay. The film is an adaptation of a novel called Dayam that was written by Kamal Haasan in 1984.
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 begins to look for Tejaswini. In the process, he encounters drugs and kills other people under their influence. The rest of the movie deals with the encounters between Nandu and Vijay, who is determined to save his fiancee even if it means that he has to kill his brother.
Cast
- Kamal Hassan ... Major Vijaykumar (Vijay) and Nandakumar (Nandu)
- Raveena Tandon ... Tejaswini
- Manisha Koirala ... Sharmilee (Cameo)
- Vallabh Vyas ... Dr. Srinivasa Rao
- Milind Gunaji ... Lt. Col. Santosh Kumar
- Sarath Babu ... Tejaswini's dad
- Anu Haasan ... Kamal's mother
Crew
- Director: Suresh Krishna
- Producer: Kalaipuli S. Dhanu
- Music: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
- Lyrics: Vairamuthu
- Cinematography: Tirru
- Editor: M. Kasi Vishwanathan
- Background Score: Mahesh
- Art Director: Samir Chanda
- Stunt Coordinator: Vikram Dharma
Soundtrack
| Song | Singer(s) |
|---|---|
| Aalavandhan | Shankar Mahadevan |
| Kadavul Paadhi | Kamal Haasan |
| Africa Kaatupuli | Nandini |
| Siri Siri | Kamal Haasan, Mahalakshmi Iyer |
| Unazhagukku | Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha Mohan |
Box Office
- The film was a commercial failure but continued to top the year's charts grossing $5 million at the box office.
- Jayam Ravi worked as an assistant director in this film.
| Aalavandhan | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Suresh Krishna |
| Produced by | S. Thanu |
| Written by | Kamal Haasan |
| Starring | Kamal Haasan Manisha Koirala Raveena Tandon |
| Music by | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
| Cinematography | Tirru |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 178 minutes |
| Language | Tamil |
| Budget | $4 million |
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