Abhay movie (Aalavandhan) is a 2001 Bollywood psychological thriller film directer is Suresh Krissna, and producer is S. Thanu produced under banner of V.Creations.
This film leading stars cast are Kamal Haasan in dual role, with Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Sarath Babu, Gollapudi Maruti Rao and Milind Gunaji in supporting roles. It is among the earliest magic realism films in India.
The film was released as a bilingual film, along with Tamil it was simultaneously filmed in Hindi with the name Abhay with three different actors.
It was also dubbed in Telugu under that same title. The film is an adaptation of the novel Dhayam that was written by Kamal Haasan in 1984.
Abhay movie is releasing on 16th November, 2001 with positive critics reviews, However a commercial failure during its release, Aalavandhan and Abhay won the National Film Award for Best Special Effects for its creative execution of live and animated special effects which enhance the dramatic impact of the film. The film gets cult-classic status over-time 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.
- Directer : Suresh Krissna
- Producer : S. Thanu
- Screenplay : Kamal Haasan
- Based : Dhayam by Kamal Haasan
- Starring : Kamal Haasan,Raveena Tandon
- Music : Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy,Mahesh Mahadevan
- Cinematography : Tirru
- Editor : Kasi Viswanathan,K. S. Raghunath
- Production company : V.Creations
- Genres : Action, Thriller
- Release date : 16 November 2001
- Running time : 178 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Tamil,Hindi
