Aegan Ajith

Aegan is a 2008 Tamil action and romantic film. Directed and co-written by Raju Sundaram and produced by Ayngaran International. It stars Ajith Kumar, Nayantara, Suman, Jayaram, Navdeep and Piaa Bajpai.

The film revolves around a dare devil cop who, on behalf of his ailing father and the ambition of a lieutanent general returns to college in Ooty. Whilst protecting the general's daughter, he attempts to reconcile with his stepbrother from his father's marriage. Furthermore, he has to ward off the international criminal John Chinnappa, who is trying to kill the genral, an ex-aide of his who has turned police approver. How the cop manages to solve all three problems forms the crux of the story.

The film opened to Indian audiences, on 25 October 2008, coinciding with the Diwali season. The film, upon release fetched average reviews on the actors' performances, the film went on to win the box office battle which occurred during Diwali 2008 and became an average hit at the South Indian box office. The film, which featured music from Yuvan Shankar Raja, is remade drawing inspirations from the 1986 Hollywood venture, Back to School as well as the 2004 Bollywood film, Main Hoon Na.