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Aalavandhaan (Hindi: Abhay)

Aalavandhan.jpg

Poster of the Tamil (original) version

Directed by Suresh Krissna

Produced by S. Thanu

Screenplay by Kamal Haasan

Based on Dhayam

by Kamal Haasan

Starring

Kamal Haasan

Raveena Tandon

Manisha Koirala

Music by

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy (songs)

Mahesh Mahadevan (score)

Cinematography Tirru

Edited by Kasi Viswanathan

Production

company

V. Creations

Release date

14 November 2001 (Tamil)

15 November 2001 (Hindi)

Running time 178 minutes (Tamil)

CountryIndia

Languages

Tamil

Hindi

Budget ₹250 million[2]

Aalavandhan (transl. He Came to Rule) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language psychological thriller film
directed by Suresh Krissna, and produced by S. Thanu. An adaptation of the novel Dhayam that was
written by Kamal Haasan in 1984,[3][4] The film stars Haasan in dual roles, with Raveena Tandon,
Manisha Koirala, Sarath Babu, Gollapudi Maruti Rao and Milind Gunaji in supporting roles. It has
elements of magic realism.[5]

The film was simultaneously filmed in Hindi with the title Abhay (transl. Fearless) with three different
actors.[6][7] It was also dubbed in Telugu under that same title. Although a commercial failure
during its release, Aalavandhan and Abhay won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects. The
film later attained cult status and its animated action sequence went on to inspire American
filmmaker Quentin Tarantino to create an anime sequence in his 2003 martial arts film Kill Bill:
Volume 1.[8]

Contents

1 Plot

2 Cast

2.1 Tamil version

2.2 Hindi version

3 Production

4 Soundtrack

5 Release

6 Reception

7 Awards

8 Re-release

9 Alternate cut

10 Legacy

11 References
12 Bibliography

13 External links

Plot

The following plot focuses on the Tamil version only.

Major Vijay Kumar and his buddies of the Black Cats save a group of western tourists held hostage by
terrorists in a Kashmir valley. Vijay sustains minor injuries as a result of a semtex charge set by him
to kill the terrorist leader. He then experiences a series of visuals resembling his elder brother.
Meanwhile, at a military hospital Vijay meets his girlfriend Teju, a news presenter who he is ready to
marry. Teju reveals she is pregnant after she presents her HCG report to Vijay after one of their
dates gone wrong. Vijay then reveals his plan to visit his elder brother in asylum who is implicated
for murdering his step-mother to Tejaswini. Vijay's twin brother, Nandakumar "Nandu", is a paranoid
schizophrenic man who has spent most of his life in the asylum. Vijay cares about Nandu and looks
forward to his release, but Nandakumar's doctor tells him that Nandu has developed into a
psychopath. He is now a danger to society and should not be released.

Vijay and Teju visit Nandu to share the news about their impending marriage, which turns disastrous
as Nandu begins to see Teju in the image of his evil stepmother. Seeking to save Vijay from Teju,
Nandu manages to escape custody after killing two other inmates Sulthan and Paasha for a clean
getaway thus leaving no trail. He later meets his maternal uncle, who was responsible for
incarcerating him. The man dies of choking upon seeing his nephew. Vijay and Teju get married. The
next day Vijay and Teju are shocked to learn of Nandu's escape. Vijay initially refuses to believe it
was Nandu who escaped. But, Nandu's doctor believes it was Nandu who escaped, because of the
similarity that both Nandhu and his murdered buddy Sulthan are circumcised due to health reasons
after the postmortem of Sulthan's beheaded corpse, thus proving Nandu is circumcised. But, Vijay is
convinced that it was Nandu.

Nandu visits Vijay's home when he is not there and leaves a message about wanting to kill Teju. He
keeps hallucinating about his deceased mother in his imagination. While searching for Teju, Nandu
kills a drug peddler and falls in love with a socialite Sharmilee by looking at her promotional posters.
By chance, he stumbles across Sharmilee at a hotel. Sharmilee ecstatically falls for Nandu upon his
antics, and both become close. Both being drugged, Sharmilee playfully whips Nandu, which
inadvertently causes him to visualise his stepmother's whippings and brutally murders her as a
result. After returning to his senses, he regrets his actions and tearfully burns Sharmilee's corpse
before exiting the room, but leaves behind evidence through which Vijay deduces him as the
murderer.

Vijay and Teju leave for Vijay's ancestral home in Ooty to stay safe from Nandu, but he secretly
follows them. Vijay and Teju find Nandu's old diary in the house through which they read his past:
Vijay and Nandu's mother committed suicide after realising that Santhosh their father was having an
affair with Jayanthi, who later became their stepmother. Both brothers hate her, especially Nandu.
The teacher complains about this and Nandu justifies that he is only reflecting the home
environment. Enraged, Santhosh beats both his sons for disliking his new wife.

One day, the brothers learn that Jayanthi is having an affair with another man and Nandu tries telling
this to his father who pays no heed, and instead beats him. Nandu pleads to his maternal uncle to
take him along with him. But as he is suffering from throat cancer, he refuses and suggests a
boarding school. Eventually, Vijay leaves with his uncle to a boarding school while Nandu remains
home.

The situation gets worse at home with Nandu and Jayanthi turning violent and Santhosh gets a heart
attack. Nandu overhears a conversation between Jayanthi and a lawyer, and realises that she is only
after his father's wealth. Seeing this, Santhosh dies due to another heart attack. Nandu now starts to
see both his deceased parents in his hallucinations, as a result of being turned into a psychopath due
to his stepmother's cruel antics. His mother gives him the mission of killing Jayanthi, granting him a
military knife. Nandu kills Jayanthi with the knife, but before dying, she vows that she will return.
Nandu stays with the corpses in the house before being incarcerated at the asylum.

In the present, Vijay learns from his old friend Thenkoshut that Nandu has reached Ooty. Vijay
reaches on time to save Teju from Nandu, who entered their hotel room and leaves with her. Nandu
after getting a serpent styled tattoo all over his body which resembles the bond between the
brothers by Thenkoshut decides to exact revenge on Tejaswini. He chases the couple wreaking havoc
across the road. After a while they escape from the clutches of Nandu, Vijay manages to push
Nandu's car into an abyss and assumes he is dead. However, Nandu escapes and continues his trail.
Vijay plans to leave the city and notices Nandu coming to the hotel secretly.

Vijay and his commandos try to nab him but he takes on everyone and kills many. Finally, the
brothers have a fight where Nandu overcomes Vijay. He corners Teju who starts whacking him with a
belt in self-defense, reminding Nandu of Jayanthi's manner of punishing him. Vijay reaches by then
and there is another fight between the brothers. Nandu visualises his mother asking him to join her
as Jayanthi is torturing her up there. He realises his mistake and apologises to Vijay for chasing Teju.
To kill his stepmother, he lights up some cylinders which explode, killing him.

Some months later, Teju is later revealed to be pregnant with twins. She fears they will have the
same traumatic childhood Vijay and Nandu had, but Vijay comforts her by telling her that they are
good parents and nothing will happen.

Cast

Tamil version

Kamal Haasan as Nandha Kumar (Nandhu), Vijay Kumar (Vijay)

Manisha Koirala as Sharmilee

Gollapudi Maruti Rao as the Psychiatrist doctor

Milind Gunaji as Colonel Santhosh Kumar, Nandhu and Vijay's father (voice dubbed by Nassar)

Sarath Babu as Tejaswini's father

Fathima Babu as Tejaswini's mother

Anu Haasan as Priya Kumar, Nandhu and Vijay's mother (cameo)

Kitu Gidwani as Jayanthi Kumar, Nandhu and Vijay's stepmother

Riyaz Khan as Sulthan

Vikram Gokhale as Nandhu and Vijay's maternal uncle Ranganath

Poovilangu Mohan as Nandhu and Vijay's headmaster

Yashpal Sharma as the Kashmir militant

Major Ravi as Menon, Vijay's buddy in Black cat

Nissar Khan as Sonu, Vijay's buddy in Black cat

Raji Iyer as Malathi, Teju's coworker in Star News channel

Krishna Bhatt as Tenoosh Kooth, a mentally unstable Kota tribesman

Shiva in "Siri Siri" song (uncredited role)

Hindi version

All characters mentioned above in the Tamil version are the same in the Hindi version except
Nandu's name, the doctor's character and Tejaswini's parents characters have been played by
different actors.

Kamal Haasan as Major Vijay Kumar 'Vijay' and Abhay Kumar 'Abhay'[6]

Raveena Tandon as Tejaswini 'Teju'

Naveen Nischol as Ravinder, Tejaswini's father[6]

Smita Jaykar as Geeta, Tejaswini's mother

Vallabh Vyas as Srinivasa Rao, Psychiatrist doctor

Production

Dhayam was a novel written by [Kamal] for a magazine long back, and it talked about a pair of twin
brothers, one being an ‘animal’ (Nandhu) and the other a ‘trained animal’ (Vijay). We wanted this
contrast and started off from there. The ‘animal’ had to literally look the part, and that's why Kamal
sir went bald and bulked up like never before [...] The ‘trained animal’ was a dashing commando
with a logical approach. Usually, most twin films fail to show the real difference between both
brothers. To bring out this contrast, Kamal shot for Vijay first and then took on the Nandhu
character.

—Suresh Krissna, in 2017[9]

In the early 1980s, Kamal Haasan wrote a story titled Dhayam for the journal, "Idhayam
Pesugiradhu".[10] He had discussed making the story into a film with K. Balachander during the
period, but felt that the story was ahead of its time.[11] In 2000, he picked up the story again and
agreed to make the film with director Suresh Krissna, a former assistant of Balachander, and
producer S. Thanu. When Thanu had agreed to produce a film for Haasan, he had initially rejected
the storylines of Pammal K. Sambandam and Nala Damayanthi.[12] This prompted the pair to begin
work on Dhayam instead, and the film was revealed to be called Aalavandhan in Tamil and Abhay in
Hindi. Abhay was distributed by reputed Shringar Films.[13][14] Mahesh Mahadevan was signed on
to compose the background music, Tirru was selected to be the cinematographer and Sameer
Chanda was picked to be the art director. Actor Jayam Ravi also worked on the film as an assistant
director.[15][16]

The film was first announced with Haasan and Simran and Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji in a
special appearance. Both actresses left the project for its delay in start,[17] being replaced by
Raveena Tandon and Manisha Koirala. Producer Dhanu had initially tried to cast Aishwarya Rai in the
film, but the actress did not sign the project.[18]

Composer Harris Jayaraj was first approached by the producer to do music for the movie and he
assured to introduce him as a music composer before Minnale. But Harris refused as he owed to do
his first movie with Gautham Menon. Later music trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy was signed as music
composers.

[15] The film featured Haasan in two distinct roles, for one of which he had his head shaved bald and
gained ten kilograms. To play the other in the film, he went to the National Defence Academy for a
crash course and also consulted his co-actor Major Ravi, who was a former officer in the Indian
Army.[19][20] Stunt choreographer Grant Page, who had worked in the American film It's a Mad,
Mad, Mad, Mad World, was assigned to compose stunt sequences in Kashmir. Another fight
sequence was shot in Delhi for 15 days using 39 cars with 3 cameras with a machine called Airramp
brought from abroad for jumping scenes.[21]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by music trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy making their debut in Tamil, and
the film score is composed by Mahesh Mahadevan. The film features six tracks in both Tamil, Hindi
and Telugu versions with lyrics written by Vairamuthu, Javed Akhtar and Vennelakanti respectively.

The album of the film's Tamil version was released on 24 September 2001, and it created a record by
selling over 2,00,000 copies in less than eight hours of its release.[22] However, according to Rediff,
it "did not live up to expectations."[23]
Aalavandhan

Soundtrack album by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Released 24 September 2001

Recorded 2001

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 27:20

Language Tamil

Label Magnasound

Universal Music

Ayngaran Music

An Ak Audio

Sa Re Ga Ma

Producer Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy chronology

Dil Chahta Hai

(2001) Aalavandhan

(2001) Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?

(2002)

All tracks are written by Vairamuthu.

Tamil track list[24]

No. Title Singer(s) Length

1. "Africa Kaattu Puli" Nandini Srikar 4:57

2. "Aalavandhan" Shankar Mahadevan 3:19

3. "Kadavul Paadhi" Kamal Haasan, Nandini 3:14

4. "Kadavul Paadhi" Kamal Haasan 2:41

5. "Siri Siri" Kamal Haasan, Mahalakshmi Iyer 6:23

6. "Un Azhagukku" Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha Mohan 6:46

Total length: 27:20

Abhay
Soundtrack album by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Released 10 October 2001

Recorded 2001

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 27:28

Language Hindi

Label T-Series

Producer Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy chronology

Dil Chahta Hai

(2001) Abhay

(2001) Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?

(2002)

All tracks are written by Javed Akhtar.

Hindi track list[25]

No. Title Singer(s) Length

1. "Zingoria (Joote Ke Chaal Liye)" Nandini Srikar 4:58

2. "Aa Hi Gaya Dekho Abhay" Shankar Mahadevan 3:21

3. "Kal Tak Mujhko Gaurav Tha" Kamal Haasan 3:16

4. "Hey! Who Are you" Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala 2:43

5. "Hans De Hans De" Shankar Mahadevan, Kamal Haasan, Mahalakshmi Iyer 6:23

6. "Koyal Se Mili Tumko" Shankar Mahadevan, Sujatha Mohan 6:47

Total length: 27:28

Abhay

Soundtrack album by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Released 2 November 2001

Recorded 2001

Genre Feature film soundtrack

Length 27:26

Language Telugu
Label Magnasound Records

T-Series

Producer Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy chronology

Dil Chahta Hai

(2001) Abhay

(2001) Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?

(2002)

All tracks are written by Vennelakanti.

Telugu track list[26]

No. Title Singer(s) Length

1. "Andamaina Aadapuli" Swarnalatha 4:59

2. "Kannulalo Merupu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Sujatha Mohan 6:47

3. "Nuvvu Evaro ! What are you !" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Harini 2:42

4. "Aggipidugai" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 3:20

5. "Dhaivam Sagamai" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 3:16

6. "Navu Navu" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Harini 6:22

Total length: 27:26

Release

Started on a budget of ₹7 crore, Aalavandhan costs tripled by the time of release.[27] The film was
released on 16 November 2001, during Diwali.[10] The Hindi version Abhay was bought over in
Maharashtra by the reputed Shringar Films. The number of prints in Tamil Nadu had been increased
by almost 5 times the average.[28] Both Aalavandhan and Abhay got A (adults only) certificate from
the CBFC.[29][30] Later, both were re-examined upon request to get a UA certificate.[31][32][33]

The film was the top opener of the Diwali weekend at the box office but was not successful.
According to Bollywood Hungama, Abhay collected ₹93.35 lakh at the box Office.[34][35][36]

Reception

Initial reviews at the time of the film's release were mixed. Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu said,
"Too much publicity can sometimes affect a film adversely, because of the great expectations
triggered. In the case of Aalavandhan, the hype and hoopla built up for months seems justified — to
a certain extent".[37] The film won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects at the 49th
National Film Awards in 2002.[38]

Reviewing the Hindi version Abhay, Taran Adarsh said, "On the whole, Abhay has nothing to offer to
the masses or the classes. Poor".[39] Rediff author R. Swaminathan said, "What happens when an
exceptionally talented actor develops an inexplicable urge to delve into the dark side of the human
psyche, and worse, decides to paint the town red about it? Well, for one, you get a film called
Abhay."[40] Vijay Ramanan of Planet Bollywood rated the film 5.5 out of 10, saying, "The film falls
flat on its face because of its failure in the two most important departments of filmmaking –
scriptwriting, and direction [...] It almost seems as if Kamal Haasan and Suresh Krishna were high on
drugs while making this film."[41] Smriti Kashyap of fullhyd.com said "The movie is a huge letdown.
It lacks the pop, snap and crackle to fill you with enough guts to potter down to the theater and
watch it. Catch it on the CD, it's easier on the brains."[42]

Although the film failed commercially, it was positively received over the next few years,
subsequently becoming a cult classic, with some critics stating that the film was "way ahead of its
time".[43] The film was shown in the 2016 Fantastic Fest, where it was acclaimed by the American
audiences.[44] In 2013, Rediff included the film in its list, "The 10 Best Films of Kamal Haasan".[45]

Awards

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National Film Awards

Best Special Effects - N. Madhusudhanan

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Best Editor - Kasi Viswanathan

Re-release

Following the film's positive response at the 2016 Fantastic Fest, a digitally restored version was
announced.[46]

Alternate cut

In April 2021, Thanu announced that he would release a re-edited version of Aalavandhan.[47]
Legacy

Several years after its release, it was reported that the American director Quentin Tarantino
acknowledged to Anurag Kashyap that the animated violence shown in this film inspired the anime
scenes in his Kill Bill films.[48][49] Vivek operates a mechanic shop under the name Aalavandhan in
12B (2001).[50] The song "Kadavul Paathi Mirugam Paathi" inspired a 2015 film of same name
directed by Raaj Menon.[51]

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External links

Aalavandhan at IMDb

Abhay on rediff.com

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Kalaipuli S. Thanu is an Indian film producer and distributor, known for his films produced in Tamil
cinema. He has produced several films through his two companies, V Creations and Kalaipuli Films
International. Many of his films have been commercially successful, three of which are among the
top-ten highest grossing Tamil films. He has won two National Film Awards and one Filmfare Awards
South.