Aadhavan (English: Sun) is a 2009 Tamilaction-comedy film directed by K. S. Ravikumar and written by Ramesh Khanna. The film features Suriya and Nayantara in the lead roles, with Bharath Murali, Vadivelu, Anand Babu, Ramesh Khanna, B. Saroja Devi, Rahul Dev, Sayaji Shinde in its supporting cast. The music is composed by Harris Jayaraj. The film released on 17 October 2009 and performed well at the box office. The movie was dubbed in Hindi as Dildaar - The Arya in 2011 and in Telugu as Ghatikudu. The story of the movie is based on the 1990 Malayalam movie His Highness Abdullah. The movie was remade in Bengali as Shikaristarring Bangladeshi superstar Shakib Khan.[3][4][5][6]
