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{{short description|2009 film by K. S. Ravikumar}}
{{For|the Tamil writer|Aadhavan Sundaram}}
{{EngvarB|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Aadhavan
| image          = aadhavan movie.jpg
| caption        =
| director       = [[K. S. Ravikumar]]
| producer       = [[Udhayanidhi Stalin]]
| writer         = K. S. Ravikumar
| story          = [[Ramesh Khanna]]
| starring       = [[Suriya]]<br />[[Nayantara]]<br />[[Vadivelu]]<br />[[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]]<br />[[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />[[Rahul Dev]]
| music          = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
| cinematography = Ganesh Rajavelu
| editing        = [[Don Max (film editor)|Don Max]]
| studio         = [[Red Giant Movies]]
| distributor    = [[Red Giant Movies]]<br />[[Ayngaran International]] <small> (UK)</small><br />FiveStar<small> (Malaysia)</small><ref>[https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/malaysia/?yr=2009&wk=47&p=new Malaysia Box Office, 19–22 November 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407044650/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/malaysia/?yr=2009&wk=47&p=new |date=7 April 2016 }}. Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</ref>
| released       = {{Film date|df=y|2009|10|17}}
| country        = India
| runtime        = 168 minutes
| budget         = {{INR}}30 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/its-bumper-diwali-for-kollywood/articleshow/5140067.cms|title=It's Bumper Diwali for Kollywood|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=20 October 2009|access-date=21 November 2023|archive-date=21 November 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121064149/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/its-bumper-diwali-for-kollywood/articleshow/5140067.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          =
| language       = Tamil
}}
'''''Aadhavan''''' ({{translation|''Sun''}}) is a 2009 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[K. S. Ravikumar]] and written by [[Ramesh Khanna]]. The film stars [[Suriya]], alongside [[Nayantara]], [[Vadivelu]], [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|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 (film editor)|Don Max]].
''Aadhavan'' was released on 17 October 2009 to mixed reviews from critics, but became a commercial success at the box office. It was dubbed in [[Hindi]] as ''Dildaar – The Arya'' in 2011 and in Telugu as ''Ghatikudu''. The film's core plot was loosely based on the 1990 Malayalam film ''[[His Highness Abdullah]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dailyasianage.com/news/46004/shakib-khans-shikari-awarded-best-film | title=Shakib Khan's 'Shikari' awarded Best Film &#124; the Asian Age Online, Bangladesh | access-date=25 September 2022 | archive-date=25 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925135411/https://dailyasianage.com/news/46004/shakib-khans-shikari-awarded-best-film | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.daily-sun.com/post/186657/Bangladeshi-film-Shikari-to-be-screened-in-Malaysia | title=Bangladeshi film 'Shikari' to be screened in Malaysia &#124; Daily Sun &#124; | date=November 2016 | access-date=25 September 2022 | archive-date=25 September 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925142416/https://www.daily-sun.com/post/186657/Bangladeshi-film-Shikari-to-be-screened-in-Malaysia | url-status=live }}</ref> The film was remade in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]  as ''[[Shikari (2016 film)|Shikari]]''.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=New-look Shakib stirs up a storm|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/dhallywood/new-look-shakib-stirs-storm-1242262|website=The Daily Star|access-date=22 June 2016|date=19 June 2016|archive-date=22 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160622130047/http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/dhallywood/new-look-shakib-stirs-storm-1242262|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Shikari filming begins in Dhaka|url=http://www.banglatribune.com/entertainment/news/101593/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E2%80%99|website=Bangla Tribune|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-date=6 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606060241/http://www.banglatribune.com/entertainment/news/101593/%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%A2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E2%80%98%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E2%80%99|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{cite web|title=Shubho Mahurat of Shikari held|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/36615|website=theindependentbd|access-date=2 June 2016|archive-date=5 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605022846/http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/36615|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite web|title=Shakib reaches London for Shikari filming|url=http://www.mediabhuban24.com/entertainment/1965/|website=MediaBhuban|access-date=5 June 2016|date=25 May 2016|archive-date=26 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526104157/http://www.mediabhuban24.com/entertainment/1965/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Plot==
{{Long plot|date=April 2024}}
In the [[United States]], an unknown client is shown speaking to a [[American Mafia|mafia group]] to eradicate a fake [[Godman (India)|godman]]. The mafia group arranges the hit through a middleman who is in [[Kolkata]], as the fake godman will be arriving there. The middleman then gives the contract to Ibrahim Rowther. The godman is then killed by an unknown man, who is revealed to be Ibrahim's adopted son, Aadhavan. Aadhavan is a skilled mercenary working with Ibrahim and adopted older brother Tharani. Aadhavan then gets several contracts in various parts of the world as a result of eradicating the godman. As a result, the trio gets richer. In [[Mumbai]], Aadhavan meets Dr. Abdul Kulkarni, who hires him to kill a prominent [[justice]], Subramaniam, since he is handling the inquiry and verdict on Abdul's child kidnapping and [[organ trade|organ trafficking]] cases in Kolkata. Aadhavan attempts to snipe Subramaniam, but fails at the first attempt seemingly. After that, Kulkarni insults him for his failure to kill Subramaniam. Aadhavan then becomes furious and vows to kill Subramaniam within 10 days. He threatens Subramaniam's servant Kuppan aka Bannerjee to help him get into the house as Murugan, Bannerjee's brother in law, by abducting the actual Murugan and have him held in his ship.
Slowly, Aadhavan begins to win over the members of Subramaniam's household – his mother, her beautiful granddaughter Thara, and his other relatives. Thara is attracted to Murugan's (Aadhavan) intelligence and simple-innocent nature. Aadhavan tries to assassinate Subramaniam at home in the middle of the night and also plants a bomb in Subramaniam's van, but both attempts fail. Meanwhile, Subramaniam's entire family is on a trip to [[Darjeeling]], and Thara asks Aadhavan to hide a guitar belonging to Ilaiyaman, her madcap musician cousin whose name is a portmanteau of [[Ilaiyaraaja]] and [[A. R. Rahman]]. Aadhavan uses this opportunity, plants a mobile bomb in the guitar, and places it in one of the cars, which explodes at the wrong time, thereby failing to kill Subramaniam yet again. Meanwhile, a security officer, who is the chief of the security team protecting Subramaniam at Subramaniam's house, keeps informing Kulkarni of Aadhavan's entry into the house and all his signs of progress and failed attempts. Thara is now suspicious about Aadhavan, but when she questions him in secret, he informs her that he is really Subramaniam's long lost runaway son Madhavan. Thara soon informs all the members of the household about Madhavan's return, and they are overjoyed, with Thara and Aadhavan falling in love.
However, they hide it from Subramaniam and Ilaiyaman because of the former's hatred towards Madhavan. Aadhavan, however, tells Bannerjee that he lied to Thara about being Madhavan to distract her suspicions and that he really is not him at all. However, on Thara's birthday, a flashback reveals that Aadhavan is indeed the runaway Madhavan. Years ago, a 10-year-old Madhavan unknowingly carries a gift with a hidden bomb for his cousin Thara's birthday. His friend's mother plants the bomb in the toy as revenge against Subramaniam for her gangster husband's jail sentence. Though Thara survives, her mother Anu opens the box and is killed along with her husband in the explosion. Subramaniam blames Madhavan for his sister Anu's death and for his friendship with a gangster's son and thrashes him. In anger and fear of going to a juvenile prison, Madhavan steals a gun from the cops, accidentally shoots Subramaniam, and runs away from home. He kills his friend's mother as she is responsible for his aunt Anu's death. He saves Ibrahim, then a local goon from death, and is in turn adopted as his son and as 'Aadhavan'.
Tharani tried to kill Subramaniam but is stopped by Madhavan and reveals his true identity that he is Subramaniam's son. Ibrahim challenges that he will kill them within two days. Kulkarni is fed up with the repeated failed attempts of Madhavan. He makes another plan, threatens Ibrahim and his gang to surrender to the police, and makes a confession about Madhavan and his plans. When the ACP confronts Madhavan and is about to have him hauled off, Madhavan gets Subramaniam's laptop containing the verdict and inquiry reports, takes him and Thara as hostages, and drives away, but not before stealing the ACP's gun and using to injure him and the guards, when they intervene on him, but even killing the security chief. Meanwhile, the police commissioner arrives, arrests the ACP, as the latter is revealed to be another informer for Kulkarni, and makes a confession that the police actually had caught Madhavan after his very first attempt to kill Subramaniam had failed. When questioned by the commissioner, Madhavan said that he backed off and misfired on purpose at the last moment after he found that he was going to kill his own father, Subramaniam. The police then ask him to go back to the house to protect Subramaniam over a [[24/7 service|24/7]] hiatus time every day, for which he agrees.
The commissioner uses Madhavan to nab individuals linked to various [[Organized crime|criminal]] and [[Terrorism|terrorist]] organizations. This information is relayed to Subramaniam by the commissioner, who is tearfully grateful to his son, Madhavan. Meanwhile, Kulkarni attacks the vehicle in which the trio is travelling, and a fight ensues where Madhavan saves Subramaniam and Thara and Kulkarni is killed. The minister and the middleman that was involved in the contract killings get arrested. Madhavan serves a short term in prison for his previous wrongdoings but is subsequently released from the prison for his contribution to saving Subramaniam. Madhavan and Thara are now married, live in the household with the huge family. Once yet again, Bannerjee brings two assistants (his brothers-in-law) to help him and asks approval from Subramaniam, who then consulted in Madhavan, to check them out, with the whole family being suspicious of them being secretly hitmen. Upon inquiring on them, he approves of them with the whole family accepting them.
==Cast==
{{cast listing|
* [[Suriya (actor)|Suriya]] as Madhavan Subramaniam alias "Aadhavan" / Murugan
* [[Nayantara]] as Thara, Madhavan's cousin and wife
* [[Vadivelu]] as Banner-Kuppan "Bannerjee"
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as [[Justice (title)|Justice]] Subramaniam, Madhavan's father
* [[Saroja Devi]] as Rajalakshmi, Subramaniam's mother
* [[Rahul Dev]] as Dr. Abdul Kulkarni
* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Ibrahim Rowther, Aadhavan's foster father (voice dubbed by [[Babloo Prithiveeraj|Prithviraj]])
* [[Anand Babu]] as Tharani, Aadhavan's foster brother
* [[Ramesh Khanna]] as Kuppusamy (Ilaiyamaan)
* [[FEFSI Vijayan]] as Police Commissioner Rathnavelu
* [[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan]] as Murugan, Bannerjee's nephew
* [[Riyaz Khan]] as ACP Deva
* [[Manobala]] as Sundaramurthy, Subramaniam's younger brother
* [[Alex (actor)|Alex]] as Vasudevan, Subramaniam's younger brother
* Jaya Rekha as Rani, Subramaniam's younger sister-in-law
* [[Anu Hasan]] as Anu, Thara's mother and Madhavan's aunt
Additionally, the film's director ([[K. S. Ravikumar]]) and producer ([[Udhayanidhi Stalin]]) make guest appearances as servants at the end of the film.
}}
==Production==
The song "Eno Eno Panithuli" was shot at Iceland, making ''Aadhavan'' the first South Indian film to be shot there.<ref>{{Cite news |date=24 August 2009 |title=Aadhavan, audio and Iceland |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/aadhavan-audio-and-iceland/article637049.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222041330/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/aadhavan-audio-and-iceland/article637049.ece |archive-date=22 February 2014 |access-date=21 March 2014 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref> Shooting also took place at the Chettinad Palace, Chennai.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=August 1–15, 2024 |title=Madras in Movies |url=https://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-34-no-8/madras-in-movies/ |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=[[Madras Musings]] |volume=XXXIV}}</ref>
==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack features 6 tracks composed by [[Harris Jayaraj]]. The soundtrack was released on 19 August by [[S. Shankar]]. The album received positive reviews from critics, with praise being dedicated to the songs "Hasili Fisile" (set in ''[[Kharaharapriya]]'' ragam) and "Vaarayo Vaarayo". Pavithra Srinivasan from ''[[Rediff]]'' said "Harris Jeyaraj is one of those composers who is not capable of turning out bad stuff even on a bad day, this album stands out from a mile away."<ref name="rff">{{cite web |date=28 August 2009 |title=Aadhavan's music is mediocre |url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/28/south-tamil-music-review.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110802172504/http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/28/south-tamil-music-review.htm |archive-date=2 August 2011 |access-date=17 July 2011 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> Due to the album's critical and commercial success, Harris Jayaraj received the [[Vijay Award for Best Music Director]] and was also nominated for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]].
{{Infobox album
| name         = Aadhavan
| type         = Soundtrack
| artist       =[[Harris Jayaraj]]
| cover        =
| released     = 19 August 2009
| recorded     = 2009
| genre        = [[Soundtrack]]
| length       =  31:50
| label        = [[Sony Music India|Sony Music]]<br />[[Think Music]]<br />[[Ayngaran International|Ayngaran Music]]<br />An Ak Audio<br />[[AVM Productions|AVM Muzik]]
| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| producer     = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
| prev_title   = [[Ayan (film)|Ayan]]
| prev_year    = 2009
| next_title   = [[Orange (2010 film)|Orange]]
| next_year    = 2010
}}
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singers
| total_length =  31:50
|headline = Track-List <ref>{{cite web |title=Aadhavan – All Songs – Download or Listen Free – Saavn |url=https://www.saavn.com/album/aadhavan/B0ZITPX8KGw_ |access-date=4 November 2018 |date=9 August 2012 |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321155655/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/aadhavan/B0ZITPX8KGw_ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| title1 = Hasili Fisiliye
| extra1 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Harini (singer)|Harini]], Dr. Burn, Maya
| length1 = 5:21
| lyrics1 = [[Pa. Vijay]]
| title2 = Yeno Yeno Panithuli
| extra2 =[[Shail Hada]], [[Andrea Jeremiah]], [[Sudha Ragunathan]]
| length2 = 5:15
| lyrics2 = [[Thamarai]]
| title3 = Dammaku Dammaku
| extra3 = [[Benny Dayal]]
| length3 = 4:56
| lyrics3 = [[Na. Muthukumar]]
| title4 = Vaarayo Vaarayo
| extra4 = [[P. Unnikrishnan]], [[Chinmayi]], [[Megha (singer)|Megha]]
| length4 = 5:20
| lyrics4 = [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]
| title5 = Dekho Dekho
| extra5 = [[SuVi]], Sandhya, Sri Charan, [[Jan Vertonghen|Arjunan Manoharathanan]]
| length5 = 5:26
| lyrics5 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| title6 = Maasi Maasi
| extra6 = [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Franco Simon|Franko]], Megha
| length6 = 5:32
| lyrics6 = Vaali
}}
{{Infobox album
| name         = Ghatikudu
| type         = Soundtrack
| artist       =[[Harris Jayaraj]]
| cover        =
| released     = 28 September 2009
| recorded     = 2009
| genre        = [[Soundtrack]]
| length       =  31:45
| label        = [[Sony Music India]]
| language =  [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| producer     = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
}}
{{track listing|
|extra_column=Singer(s)
|headline = Telugu Track-List<ref>{{cite web |title=Ghatikudu – All Songs – Download or Listen Free – Saavn |url=https://www.saavn.com/album/ghatikudu/A6N,KQpkLp8_ |access-date=4 November 2018 |date=28 September 2012 |archive-date=21 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240321155643/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ghatikudu/A6N,KQpkLp8_ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|total_length=31:45
|all_writing = [[Bhuvanachandra]]
|title1=Asale Pilla|extra1=Karthik, Benny Dayal, Harini, Maya|length1= 5:20
|title2=Edo Edo|extra2=Shail Hada, Andrea Jeremiah, Sudha Ragunathan, Sri Charan|length2=5:13
|title3=Damaku Damaku|extra3=Benny Dayal| length3=4:56
|title4=Mrogindi|extra4=[[Rahul Nambiar]], Chinmayi, Megha| length4=5:20
|title5=Dekho Dekho|extra5=SuVi, Sandhya, Sri Charan |length5=5:25
|title6=Maasi Maasi|extra6=Mano, Megha|length6=5:31
}}
==Release==
The film was released on 17 October 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2009 |title=It's Udayanidhi Stalin vs Kalanidhi Maran |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2009/Sep/19/its-udayanidhi-stalin-vs-kalanidhi-maran-87575.html |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
=== Critical reception ===
Sify.com gave a positive review stating, "Ranging through a wide field of comedy laced with action, Aadhavan is good fun while it lasts. It's a roller-coaster ride of pure unadulterated masala".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130615160810/http://www.sify.com/movies/aadhavan-review-tamil-14915467.html Movie Review:Aadhavan]. Sify.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</ref> ''[[Rediff]]'' rated the movie with 2.5 out of 5 stars and ended the review with "Aadhavan is uncomplicated, clean, fun, and doesn't expect you to take it seriously."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/oct/17/aadhavan-is-clean-fun.htm |title=Aadhavan is clean fun|access-date=25 April 2011 |archive-date=6 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506192844/http://movies.rediff.com/review/2009/oct/17/aadhavan-is-clean-fun.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Malathi Rangarajan from ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote "Post-interval, you have to wait quite a while for some concrete action from Aadhavan, the Infallible!"<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/23/stories/2009102350560200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026172738/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/10/23/stories/2009102350560200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=26 October 2009 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Sprightly jump and then a hobble! – Aadhavan | date=23 October 2009}}</ref>
===Box office===
The film grossed ₹4.76 cr from Chennai box office in its 8 weeks.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies-dec-14/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-aadhavan.html| work=Behindwoods| title=Box office| date=13 December 2009| access-date=20 October 2021| archive-date=20 October 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020092002/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies-dec-14/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-aadhavan.html| url-status=live}}</ref> The film grossed good numbers in Malaysia as well as UK.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-10-20/news/28411173_1_diwali-releases-peranmai-box-office | work=The Times of India | title=It's Bumper Diwali for Kollywood – Economic Times | access-date=12 June 2011 | archive-date=22 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822222238/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-10-20/news/28411173_1_diwali-releases-peranmai-box-office | url-status=dead }}</ref> Overseas, the film grossed about $1,541,485, approximately.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2009&wk=46&pagenum=3&p=new|title=Overseas Total Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=25 October 2011|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055321/http://boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2009&wk=46&pagenum=3&p=new|url-status=live}}</ref>
The film was  a hit at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies-nov-02/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-aadhavan.html |title=Aadhavan – Behindwoods.com – Tamil Top Ten Movies |website=Behindwoods |date=1 November 2009 |access-date=18 July 2015 |archive-date=21 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721133141/http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-slide-shows/movie-4/top-ten-movies-nov-02/tamil-cinema-topten-movie-aadhavan.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14917107&cid=13525926 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211093230/http://www.sify.com/movies/boxoffice.php?id=14917107&cid=13525926 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2011 |title=Chennai box office – October 23 to 25 |website=[[Sify]] |date=27 October 2009 |access-date=25 December 2015}}</ref> The film was dubbed into [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Ghatikudu''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/platinum-ghatikudu.html|title=Aadhavan to be dubbed in Telugu|website=[[Idlebrain.com]]|date=4 October 2009|access-date=4 November 2011}}</ref> It was also dubbed into [[Hindi language|Hindi]] as ''Dildaar: The Arya''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sify.com/movies/aadhavan-unit-celebrated-100-days-news-tamil-kkfqJAchdeasi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128050528/http://www.sify.com/movies/aadhavan-unit-celebrated-100-days-news-tamil-kkfqJAchdeasi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 November 2016|title=Aadhavan unit celebrated 200 days|work=[[Sify]]|date=25 March 2010}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee
! Result
|-
|rowspan=14|2009 [[Vijay Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vijayawards2010.com/modules/common/currentyearwinners.jsp |title=vijayawards2010.com|work=Vijay Awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219201816/http://www.vijayawards2010.com/modules/common/currentyearwinners.jsp |date=19 February 2011|archive-date=19 February 2011 }}</ref>
|[[Vijay Award for Entertainer of the Year|Best Entertainer]]
||[[Suriya]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback]]
|Karthik<br />("Hasili Fisili")
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback]]
|Chinmayi<br />("Vaarayo Vaarayo")
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]]
|Harris Jayaraj
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Icon of the Year|Icon of the Year]]
||[[Suriya]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|Suriya
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Comedian|Best Comedian]]
|Vadivelu
|{{nom}}
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|[[Vijay Award for Best Art Director|Best Art Director]]
|[[Rajeevan]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Choreographer|Best Choreographer]]
|[[Shobi (choreographer)|Shobi]]<br />("Damakku Damakku")
|{{nom}}
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|[[Vijay Award for Favourite Film|Favourite Film]]
|Udhayanidhi Stalin
|{{nom}}
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|[[Vijay Award for Favourite Director|Favourite Director]]
|[[K. S. Ravikumar]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Favourite Hero|Favourite Hero]]
|[[Suriya]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine|Favourite Heroine]]
|[[Nayantara]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favourite Song
|Harris Jayaraj<br />("Hasili Fisili")
|{{nom}}
|-
|}
==Remake==
The movie was remade in [[Bengali language|Bengali]]  as ''[[Shikari (2016 film)|Shikari]]'' starring [[Bangladesh]]i star [[Shakib Khan]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto3"/> ''Shikari'' is a 2016 [[Indo-Bangladesh joint production|Bangladesh India joint venture]] [[Action film|action]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] [[film]] directed by Joydeep Mukherjee and Zakir Hossain Simanto.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Indo-Bangla joint production starts|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/new-indo-bangla-joint-production-starts-1196158|website=The Daily Star|access-date=2 June 2016|date=18 March 2016|archive-date=30 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160530164854/http://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/new-indo-bangla-joint-production-starts-1196158|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
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