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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
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	$4 million

Aalavandhan (Tamil) is a 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 score was composed by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy. 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 titled Dayam that was written by Kamal Haasan in 1984.[2]

[edit] Plot

Kamal Haasan pictured with Manisha Koirala in the film.

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.

[edit] 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 Haasan as Kamal's mother

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Box office

The film was a disaster at the box office.

[edit] External links

Aalavandhan at the Internet Movie Database

[edit] References

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