Sivakarthikeyan’s Ayalaan to hit big screens this Deepavali

CHENNAI: Actor Sivakarthikeyan’s fantasy entertainer Ayalaan, produced by RD Raja of 24AM Studios, written and directed by R Ravikumar, has kept fans excited from the time of its announcement.

Now KJR Studios’ Kotapadi J Rajesh has officially confirmed that the film will have its worldwide theatrical release on the festive occasion of Deepavali this year.

Making the announcement the actor along with a poster wrote: “Let’s fly high this Diwali.”

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KJR Studios stated: “We are excited to announce that our passion project, Ayalaan, will have its worldwide theatrical release on Deepavali 2023 in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam. We have poured our heart and soul into this film. Inspite of few roadblocks on the way, we are moving ahead in a manner that we are very happy with. After all these hurdles, we are ecstatic to announce the release date of our movie.”

Adding more on the project, the production house quoted: “With Ayalaan, we did not want to compromise on quality, as it will have the highest number of CGI shots for a pan-Indian movie. Hence, we needed time to achieve perfection. It also gives us immense pleasure to let you know that Ayalaan will be the first full-length live-action film in Indian cinema to have over 4500+ VFX shots with the alien character playing a pivotal role throughout the film. At this moment, I would like to thank Phantom FX, the company behind many Hollywood movies, for the exceptional CG work they have delivered for Ayalaan. We would also like to thank all the fans for the unwavering patience and support. We promise the wait will be worth it.”

'Ayalaan' is a fantasy entertainer, featuring Sivakarthikeyan and Rakul Preet Singh as the lead characters.

AR Rahman is composing the music and the lyrics are by Vivek and Madhan Karky. Karunakaran, Yogi Babu, Sharad Kelkar, Isha Koppikar, Bhanupriya, Balasaravanan and many others are a part of the star cast.

The film has cinematography by Nirav Shah, while the editing is done by Ruben. The production design is by T Muthuraj, VFX by Bejoy Arputharaj of Phantom FX.