Ayaal

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{{Infobox film

| name = Ayaal

| image = Ayaal - 2013 Malayalam Movie Poster.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Suresh Unnithan

| producer = Madhusoodanan Mavelikara
M. T. Dileep Kumar

| writer = K. Ampady

| starring = Lal
Lena
Ineya
Lakshmi Sarma
Sukumari

| music = Mohan Sitara
Somashekharan Unnitan
MG Anil

| cinematography = Sujith Vasudev

| editing = Sobin K Soman

| studio = Seashell Movies
Elements Vision

| distributor = Seashell Movies Release

| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|6|28}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Malayalam

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Ayaal is a 2013 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Suresh Unnithan. Lal, Lena, Ineya and Lakshmi Sharma play the lead roles.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Lal-to-romance-three-heroines/articleshow/20204849.cms|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629123236/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-23/news-and-interviews/39474880_1_heroines-lal-suresh-unnithan|url-status=live|archive-date=2013-06-29|work=The Times of India|title=Lal to romance three heroines}} The story, screenplay and dialogue of the film is written by Dr. K. Ampady.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-malayali-connection/article4676765.ece|title=The Malayali connection|author=Nita Sathyendran|work=The Hindu|date=2 May 2013 }}{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/shot-cuts-debut-of-a-veteran/article4721176.ece|title=Shot Cuts: Debut of a veteran|author=Athira M.|work=The Hindu|date=16 May 2013 }} The film is produced by Madhusoodanan Mavelikara (Seashell Movies) and M. T. Dileep Kumar (Elements Vision).{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/93841.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130607082703/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/malayalam/article/93841.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 June 2013|title=Lal in two releases this month|publisher=}} The cinematography is by Sujith Vasudev. Ayaal was earlier titled Nagabandham.{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/malayalam/news-and-interviews/Ineya-goes-retro-in-Kollywood/articleshow/19217308.cms |title=Ineya goes retro in Kollywood - Times of India |website=The Times of India |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130330122547/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-27/news-and-interviews/38041034_1_omegaexe-ineya-nagabandham |archive-date=30 March 2013 |url-status=live}} The film was released on 28 June 2013.

Ayaal is a story of intense human relations. It's a story of a man who effortlessly floated along the estuaries of time, the backwaters of Vembanad. If love is the flowering of one's own heart, can it have a direction? Is it Scalar (directionless). This is an uncomfortable question raised by him, the protagonist, Guru Dasan. The film problematizes the conventional fabric of human relations, its rules and its sanctity.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/tangled-in-tradition/article4765902.ece|title=Tangled in tradition|author=Athira M.|work=The Hindu|date=30 May 2013 }}{{cite web|url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Decoding-myth-and-morality/2013/06/27/article1654398.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702144036/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Decoding-myth-and-morality/2013/06/27/article1654398.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 July 2013|title=Decoding myth and morality|work=The New Indian Express}}