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{{short description|2009 film by K. S. Ravikumar}}
{{For|the Tamil writer|Aadhavan Sundaram}}
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{{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]] [[Nayantara]] [[Vadivelu]] [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Bharath Murali]] [[B. Saroja Devi]] [[Rahul Dev]]
| music = [[Harris Jayaraj]]
| cinematography = Ganesh Rajavelu
| editing = [[Don Max (film editor)|Don Max]]
| studio = Red Giant Movies
| distributor = [[Red Giant Movies]] [[Ayngaran International]] (UK) FiveStar (Malaysia)<ref>[https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/malaysia/?yr=2009&wk=47&p=new Malaysia Box Office, 19–22 November 2009]. Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</ref>
| released = {{start date|df=yes|2009|10|17}}
| country = India
| runtime = 168 minutes
| budget = {{INR}}25 crore<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/7KRxtPzMttlQkDr0wz4pdN/Suriya-Bollywood8217s-hottest-sixpack.html|title=Suriya: Bollywood's hottest six-pack|work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|date=2 October 2009|access-date=31 August 2011}}</ref>
| gross =
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aadhavan''''' ({{trans|''Sun''}}) is a 2009 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[action comedy film]] directed by [[K. S. Ravikumar]] and written by [[Ramesh Khanna]]. The film features [[Suriya]] and [[Nayantara]], with [[Vadivelu]], [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Bharath Murali]], [[B. Saroja Devi]], [[Rahul Dev]], [[Sayaji Shinde]], [[Anand Babu]] in supporting cast. The music was composed by [[Harris Jayaraj]].

The film released on 17 October 2009 to mixed reviews but became a hit at the box office. It was dubbed in [[Hindi language|Hindi]] as ''Dildaar – The Arya'' in 2011 and in Telugu as ''Ghatikudu''. The movie was loosely based on the 1990 Malayalam movie ''[[His Highness Abdullah]]''. 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}}</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}}</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}}</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}}</ref>

==Plot==
In [[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. Middlemen then gives the contract to Ibrahim Rowther. The fake godman is then killed by an unknown who reveals to be Aadhavan. Aadhavan is a professional [[sniper]] working with his adoptive father Ibrahim Rowther and brother Tharani. Aadhavan then gets several contracts in various parts of the world as a result of eradicating the fake godman.

As a result, the trio gets richer. In [[Mumbai]], Aadhavan meets Doctor Abdul Kulkarni who hires to him kill a prominent Judge 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 Dr. Abdul Kulkarni insults him for his failure to kill the judge. Aadhavan then becomes furious and vows to kill Subramaniam within ten days. He threatens the Judge's servant Bannerjee to help him get into the house as Murugan, Bannerjee's brother in law, by abducting the actual Murugan 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 the judge 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. Aadhavan uses this opportunity and plants a mobile bomb in the guitar and places it in one of the cars, which explodes at the wrong time, and he fails to kill Subramaniam yet again. Meanwhile, a security officer at Subramaniam's house keeps informing Abdul 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, and they are overjoyed, and Thara and Aadhavan fall in love. However, they hide it from Subramaniam and Ilaiyaman, because of his hatred towards Madhavan. Aadhavan, however, tells Bannerjee that he lied to Thara about Madhavan to distract her suspicion and that he really is not that runaway son at all. However, on Thara's birthday, a flashback reveals that Aadhavan is indeed the runaway Madhavan.

Years ago, a ten-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 to avenge Subramaniam for her 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 and accidentally shoots his father and runs away from home. He kills his friend's mother as she is responsible for his aunt's death. He saves a local goon Ibrahim Rowther, from death and is in turn adopted as his son and rechristened him as 'Aadhavan'.

Coming back to the present, Tharani tried to kill Subramanium, is stopped by Madhavan and reveals the true identity that He is the son of Subramanium and Ibrahim Rowther challenges within two days that he will kill them. Abdul Kulkarni is fed up with the repeated failed attempts of Madhavan. So he makes another plan and threatens Ibrahim and his gang to surrender to the police and make a confession about Madhavan and his plans. When the Assistant Commissioner of police, 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. In the meanwhile, the police commissioner arrives and makes a confession that the police actually had caught him after his very first attempt to kill the Judge 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. The Police then ask him to go back to the house to protect his father over a [[24/7 (disambiguation)|24/7]] every day, for which he agrees. Commissioner uses Madhavan to nab individuals linked to various [[Organized crime|criminal]] & [[Terrorism|terrorist]] organizations. This information is relayed to the Judge by the commissioner, who is tearfully grateful to his son. Meanwhile, Abdul Kulkarni attacks the vehicle in which the trio are travelling, and a fight ensues where Madhavan saves his father and Thara, and Kulkarni is killed. Minister & the middleman in involved gets arrested. Madhavan serves a short term in prison for his previous wrongdoings but subsequently released from the prison for his contribution to saving the judge. Madhavan and Thara are now married and live in the household with the huge family, and yet again, Bannerjee brings two assistants to help him and asks approval from Madhavan and he gladly approves.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Suriya (actor)|Suriya]] as Madhavan a.k.a. Aadhavan / Murugan
* [[Nayantara]] as Thara, Madhavan's cousin and fiancée.
* [[Vadivelu]] as Banner-Kuppan (Bannerji)
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Bharath Murali]] as Subramaniam, Madhavan's Father
* [[Saroja Devi]] as Rajalakshmi, Subramaniam's Mother
* [[Priyanka Deshpande]] as Anjali
* [[Rahul Dev]] as Dr. Abdul Kulkarni
* [[Sayaji Shinde]] as Ibrahim Rowther
* [[Anand Babu]] as Tharani
* [[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 Young Brother
* [[Alex (actor)|Alex]] as Vasudevan, Subramaniam's Young Brother
* Jaya Rekha as Rani, Subramaniam's Young Sister-in-Law
* [[Anu Hasan]] as Anu, Thara's Mother, Madhavan's aunt
* Neelu Nasreen
*Ananda Kannan
{{colend}}
Additionally, the director ([[K. S. Ravikumar]]) and the producer ([[Udhayanidhi Stalin]]) make cameo 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>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/aadhavan-audio-and-iceland/article637049.ece Aadhavan, audio and Iceland]. The Hindu (25 August 2009). Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</ref> Shooting also took place at the [[Chettinad|Chettinad Palace]], MRC Nagar, Chennai.<ref>[http://www.kollywoodtoday.net/news/aadhavan-team-flees-to-iceland/ Aadhavan team flees to Iceland]. Kollywood Today (19 June 2009). Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</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" and "Vaarayo Vaarayo". Malathy Sundaram from Behindwoods said, "There is a lot of technical finesse to this album. What surprises us here is the banality of the lyrics! One would have expected better lyrics from all these songwriters! Harris Jayaraj has consciously used various instruments to add appeal to this album."<ref name=bhh>{{cite web|url=http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-music-reviews/review-1/aadhavan.html|title=AADHAVAN MUSIC REVIEW|website=Behindwoods|access-date=17 July 2011}}</ref> 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|url=http://movies.rediff.com/report/2009/aug/28/south-tamil-music-review.htm|title=Aadhavan's music is mediocre|website=[[Rediff]]|access-date=17 July 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/musicreview/10891.html Aadhavan Music Review songs lyrics]. Indiaglitz.com (22 August 2009). Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</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]] [[Think Music India|Think Music]] [[Ayngaran International|Ayngaran Music]] An Ak Audio [[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
}}
{{Tracklist
| 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}}</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]]
}}
{{tracklist|
|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}}</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 satellite rights of the film were sold to [[Kalaignar TV|Kalaignar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.in.com/live-tv/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010051833/https://www.in.com/live-tv/|url-status=dead|archive-date=2017-10-10|title=LIVE TV – Watch Indian TV Channels – Live Streaming and Catchup TV – LIVE News Online|website=in.com}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
Behindwoods gave a 2.85 out of 5 and gave a verdict "Carefree commercial – Conditions apply".<ref>[http://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movie-reviews/reviews-2/aadhavan.html Aadhavan – Tamil Movie Reviews – Suriya Nayanthara Ramesh Kanna Vadivelu K.S.Ravikumar Udhayanidhi Stalin Harris Jayaraj –]. Behindwoods.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</ref> 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 2.85 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/review/2009/oct/17/aadhavan-is-clean-fun.html |title=Archived copy |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> Nowrunning.com also rated it as 2.85 on 5 and Aravindan D I specially said "Aadhavan could have been good entertainment, but is marred by inconsistent script."<ref>[http://www.nowrunning.com/movie/6355/tamil/aadhavan/2371/review.html – Indian Movies, showitmes, reviews, videos – Indian movie portal]. Nowrunning.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</ref> while Indiaglitz gave the verdict "above average" and stated, "Aadhavan is a movie that would bring joy to mass action lovers and front-benchers.".<ref>[http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/10891.html IndiaGlitz – Aadhavan Tamil Movie Review – cinema preview stills gallery trailer video clips showtimes]. Indiaglitz.com (16 October 2009). Retrieved on 21 March 2014.</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}}</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}}</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}}</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}}</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.com |date=27 October 2009 |access-date=25 December 2015}}</ref> The film was dubbed into [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Ghatikudu''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/telugu/news/2009/aadhavan-dubbed-telugu-091009.html|title=Aadhavan to be dubbed in Telugu|website=[[Oneindia.in]]|date=9 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]]
||[[Surya (actor)|Suriya]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback]]
|Karthik (Hasili Fisili)
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback]]
|Chinmayi (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]]
||[[Surya (actor)|Suriya]]
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|Surya Sivakumar
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Comedian|Best Comedian]]
|Vadivelu
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Art Director|Best Art Director]]
|[[Rajeevan]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Best Choreographer|Best Choreographer]]
|Shobi (Damakku Damakku)
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Favourite Film|Favourite Film]]
|Udhayanidhi Stalin
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Favourite Director|Favourite Director]]
|[[K. S. Ravikumar]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Favourite Hero|Favourite Hero]]
|[[Surya (actor)|Suriya]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Vijay Award for Favourite Heroine|Favourite Heroine]]
|[[Nayantara]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|Favourite Song
|Harris Jayaraj (Hasili Fisili)
|{{nom}}
|-
|}

==Remake==
The movie was remade in [[Bengali language|Bengali]] as ''[[Shikari (2016 film)|Shikari]]'' starring [[Bangladesh]]i superstar [[Shakib Khan]].<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/><ref name="auto3"/> ''[[Shikari (2016 film)|Shikari]]'' is a 2016 [[Bangladesh]]-[[West Bengal|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}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1483820}}
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