Raavanan

A gang led by Veeraiya murders police officers and kidnaps Raagini, the wife of senior police officer Dev Prakash, leading to a series of events involving revenge, sympathy, and sacrifice. Raavanan is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language Action Adventure motion picture starring Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Priyamani, John Vijay, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Prabhu Ganesan and Aditya. The movie is inspired from Ramayana by Valmiki. Madras Talkies was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Mani Ratnam and Sharada Trilok. Raavanan is written by Suhasini and Mani Ratnam and it is directed by Mani Ratnam. Reliance BIG Pictures acquired the distribution rights for the motion picture. Raavanan was released on 18th June 2010 and takes a screen time of 134 minutes. The Film was successful at box office. Raavanan was made on a budget of ₹35 crore and it was a hit at box office gross of ₹65 crore. Cinematography was done by Santosh Sivan and V. Manikandan and editing by Sreekar Prasad. The music was composed by Ar Rahman along with A. R. Rahman. At the 2011 South Filmfare Awards It won 2 awards including: Best Actor (Vikram) and Best Male Playback Singer.