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| Ayalaan | |
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| Directed by | R. Ravikumar |
| Written by | R. Ravikumar |
| Produced by | Kotapadi J. Rajesh |
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| Cinematography | Nirav Shah |
| Edited by | Ruben |
| Music by | A. R. Rahman |
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| Distributed by | KJR Studios |
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Running time | 155 minutes[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Box office | ₹50 crore[2] |
Ayalaan (/əjəlɑːn/ transl. Alien) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language science fiction film written and directed by R. Ravikumar, and produced by Kotapadi J. Rajesh under KJR Studios. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan and Rakul Preet Singh, with Sharad Kelkar, Isha Koppikar, Bhanupriya, Yogi Babu, Karunakaran and Bala Saravanan in supporting roles while Siddharth has a voice role. It follows a man who teams up with an alien to stop a rogue scientist from making a deadly Nova gas, which would endanger the Earth.
The film was announced by 24AM Studios in October 2016, but the studio backed out before KJR Studios took over, and principal photography commenced in June 2018. The film was predominantly shot in Chennai, and wrapped by early-January 2021 after delays due to financial issues, Sivakarthikeyan's other commitments and the COVID-19 pandemic, while additional photography took place in November 2022. The film has music composed by A. R. Rahman, cinematography handled by Nirav Shah and editing by Ruben. It has over 4500 visual effects shots, the most for an Indian film.
Ayalaan was released theatrically on 12 January 2024, during the week of Pongal, after having been delayed from Diwali (late 2023) due to unfinished post-production works. The film received positive reviews from critics.
Plot
Tamizh, a happy-go-lucky man, meets and befriends an alien which he later names Tattoo. He learns that a rogue scientist Aryan is planning to extract a deadly Nova gas by using a mysterious element called Sparc, which would endanger the Earth. Tamizh and Tattoo set out to stop Aryan's plan and save the planet.
Cast
- Sivakarthikeyan as Tamizh
- Venkat Senguttuvan as the Alien aka Tattoo
- Siddharth as the voice of Tattoo
- Rakul Preet Singh as Tara
- Sharad Kelkar as Aryan
- Isha Koppikar as Eliza
- David Broughton-Davies as Dexter Williams
- Bhanupriya as Tamizh's mother
- Yogi Babu as Tyson
- Karunakaran as Sugirtharaja
- Bala Saravanan
- Rahul Madhav
- Ujjwal Chopra as Chief Scientist at Aryan Industries
- Sijoy Varghese as Arjun
- Kothandam
- Semmalar Annam
- Finally Bhaarath
- Munishkanth as Inspector C. Rathnavel (cameo appearance)
- George Maryan (cameo appearance)
