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| Aryan | |
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| Directed by | Priyadarshan |
| Written by | T. Damodaran |
| Produced by | Mohanlal Century Kochumon |
| Starring | Mohanlal Ramya Krishnan Sharat Saxena M. G. Soman Gavin Packard Shobana |
| Cinematography | S. Kumar |
| Edited by | N. Gopalakrishnan |
| Music by | Reghu Kumar (Songs) Johnson (Score) |
Production company | Cheers Films |
| Distributed by | Century Films |
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Running time | 173 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Malayalam |
Aryan is a 1988 Indian Malayalam-language action crime film directed by Priyadarshan and written by T. Damodaran. The film stars Mohanlal, Ramya Krishnan, Sharat Saxena, Shobana, Sreenivasan, Gavin Packard, M. G. Soman and Goga Kapoor. It was produced by Mohanlal and Century Kochumon through the company Cheers Films. Aryan tells the tale of an underworld battle and family bonds through Devanarayanan, who arrives in Bombay with nothing and rises to become a gangster in a powerful crime gang.
Aryan was one of the highest-grossing Malayalam films of the year. It ran for over 100 days in theatres. Mohanlal won the Kerala State Film Award – Special Jury Award for acting. The film was dubbed in Hindi as Aaryan Mera Naam. Aryan was remade in Tamil as Dravidan (1989), in Telugu as Ashoka Chakravarthy (1989). It was remade in Kannada as Chakravarthy (1990). Saxena reprised his role in all the versions.