அயலான் (2024)

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Ayalaan ( transl. Alien) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language science fiction action comedy film directed by R. Ravikumar and produced by KJR Studios. The film stars Sivakarthikeyan and Rakul Preet Singh in the lead roles, alongside Sharad Kelkar, Isha Koppikar, Karunakaran, Yogi Babu, David Broughton-Davies, Bhanupriya and Bala Saravanan, with Siddharth voicing the titular role. It follows a man who teams up with an alien to stop a rogue scientist from making a deadly Nova gas which would endanger the Earth.

Production

24AM Studios, the production company founded by R. D. Raja, former manager of Sivakarthikeyan had produced three films starring the latter—Remo (2016), Velaikkaran (2017) and Seemaraja (2018). On 16 October 2016, the company announced their fourth project with Sivakarthikeyan, that would be directed by R. Ravikumar, in his second directorial after Indru Netru Naalai (2015).

In December 2017, prior to the release of Velaikkaran, Sivakarthikeyan reiterated on Ravikumar's project with the script being drafted and also clarified that the production team planning to collaborate with top technicians for the project, which would begin after his commitments on Seemaraja. On 15 January 2018, the film was officially announced by 24AM Studios under the tentative title, SK14 (referring to the actor's 14th film) and A. R.

In mid-July 2019, Raja and 24AM Studios decided to back out producing the film due to financial constraints and Sivakarthikeyan himself decided to produce it under his own banner Sivakarthikeyan Productions. However, when the project was revived in November, KJR Studios had decided to cash in the shares of Raja's productions including this project. The makers announced the film's title as Ayalaan on 3 February 2020.

Rakul Preet Singh was cast as the female lead in February 2018. That April, Yogi Babu and Karunakaran were reported to be a part of the cast. On 27 June 2018, coinciding with the film's launch, Bhanupriya, Kothandam and Bala Saravanan were present at the ceremony, actively confirming their inclusions in the film. In July 2018, Bollywood actress Isha Koppikar was cast, marking her return to Tamil cinema after Narasimha (2001).

Venkatesh Senguttuvan was cast as the stand-in for the alien, performed through motion capture. He signed the project first even before he went on to debut in Mathimaran (2023), released during the film's delay. Speaking to The New Indian Express, he said he used to wear a blue-coloured suit embedded with multiple sensors to capture his movements, while the facial expressions being captured by another person.

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