'Ayalaan 2': Sivakarthikeyan and R. Ravikumar explain why they want to do a sequel reveal the reason for choosing 'Ayalaan' as the title

Sivakarthikeyan's Ayalaan featuring music composed by Academy Award winner A. R. Rahman is releasing in Telugu on January 26 after recently crossing the 75+ crore mark in worldwide gross at the box office in Tamil. The leading Tamil actor and the big-budget science-fiction entertainer's director R. Ravikumar interacted with Telugu media persons on Wednesday, January 24, talking about the upcoming film and their plans for a sequel, Ayalaan 2, while also giving an explanation for the choice of the word 'Ayalaan' as the title.

Speaking about Ayalaan 2, Sivakarthikeyan said, "We have to do a sequel for this film because we have done so much of research and development. We have put in so much of time. We created the alien. We made it emote, express, and do action. So, we have to do this as a sequel, but we planned it initially itself. There should be sequel films. And, next time we want to do it in more than a bigger scale. We want to give a much more bigger theatrical experience. Maybe in 3D, we might try it. 3D and IMAX we will definitely try it because this success has given us some motivation and given us a route to achieve it. So, we should definitely bank on it, I think."

Talking further about Ayalaan 2, Sivakarthikeyan stated, "We have an idea, but the script work [is yet to begin]." R. Ravikumar chimed in saying, "[We will] need time for scripting work and the planning. But, he has his commitments and after that, we'll definitely [start]." Sivakarthikeyan added, "He's doing a film next and after he finishes it, we'll start work on Ayalaan 2." He then explained the reason for choosing the word Ayalaan for the film's title and said, "It's a Tamil word. We wanted to have one word for it and we tried for 'Alien', but it's registered in other languages. In Tamil also, it's a new word. So, it was not in regular practice. And, now on social media, we need one hashtag. We can't have multiple hashtags. We made it like Baahubali. We made Ayalaan as a name. It also sounds like alien. We couldn't keep 'alien' and so we made it as Ayalaan."