Aadi Velli
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{{Infobox film
| name = Aadi Velli
| image = Aadi Velli.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Rama Narayanan
| writer = G. K. (dialogues)
| starring = Seetha
Nizhalgal Ravi
| producer = N. Radha
| music = Shankar–Ganesh
| cinematography = N. K. Viswanathan
| editing = Rajkeerthi
| story = Rama Narayanan
| studio = Sri Thenandal Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1990|02|02|df=y}}
| runtime = 160 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Aadi Velli is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by Rama Narayanan and produced by N. Radha, starring Seetha and Nizhalgal Ravi.{{Cite book |last=Pandian |first=Anand |title=Reel World: On Location in Kollywood |date=27 January 2017 |publisher=Random House India |isbn=9789385890482 |chapter=Wonder}}{{Cite web |last=Muralidharan |first=Kavitha |date=11 September 2018 |title=Madurai's Central, in operation since 1939, is city's last surviving theatre to still use film roll |url=https://www.firstpost.com/living/madurais-central-in-operation-since-1939-is-citys-last-surviving-theatre-to-still-use-film-roll-5148281.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210160856/https://www.firstpost.com/living/madurais-central-in-operation-since-1939-is-citys-last-surviving-theatre-to-still-use-film-roll-5148281.html |archive-date=10 December 2020 |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=Firstpost}}{{Cite web |last=Selvam |date=2 February 2024 |title=மீண்டும் 'ஆடிவெள்ளி' : ராம.நாராயணனின் ஹிட் பட ரீமேக்கில் நயன்தாரா |url=https://minnambalam.com/cinema/rama-narayanan-aadi-velli-movie-remake-minnambalam-cinema-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208095053/https://minnambalam.com/cinema/rama-narayanan-aadi-velli-movie-remake-minnambalam-cinema-news/ |archive-date=8 February 2024 |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=Minnambalam |language=Ta}} It was released on 2 February 1990.{{Cite web |title=ஆடி வெள்ளி / Aadi Velli (1990) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/aadi-velli |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206114531/https://screen4screen.com/movies/aadi-velli |archive-date=6 February 2024 |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=Screen 4 Screen}} The film was remade in Kannada as Durgasthami.{{Cb|date=February 2024}}
Plot
The story revolves around a beautiful village girl Seetha who is living with an elephant and a cobra who obey only to her. She is very much attracted and attached to the local village deity and she lives in nearby area around the temple. Then comes the villain Nizhalgal Ravi who wants to abduct all the wealth of the temple. He meets Seetha and was attracted to her at the first sight. He befriends her and makes her to love him too under circumstances but always disliked by the elephant and cobra. Very soon Seetha realises that her husband is a thief and shocked. Meanwhile, Nizhalgal Ravi along with his computer genius friend plots several attempts to plunder the jewels and precious items from the temple but goes all in vain, saved by the duo. In the climax, the genius friend builds a devil creature called [King Kattari] using his computer to loot the temple. The cobra, by the deity's blessing takes the size of huge anaconda and charges against King Kattari. Meanwhile, during the fight Nizhalgal Ravi realises his friend plans to loot all properties himself and kill him.
Finally the cobra bites the devil and kills him, which in turn kills the computer genius through electro-envenomation.
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Seetha
- Nizhalgal Ravi
- Chandrasekhar
- Aruna
- Vennira Aadai Moorthy
- Y. Vijaya
- Ra. Sankaran
- Pradeep Shakti
- Kullamani
}}
Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh Lyrics by Vaali and Tha. Narayanan.{{Cite web |title=Aadi Velli Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Shankar Ganesh |url=https://mossymart.com/product/aadi-velli-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230604231927/https://mossymart.com/product/aadi-velli-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-shankar-ganesh/ |archive-date=4 June 2023 |access-date=8 February 2024 |website=Mossymart}}
| class="wikitable"
! Track !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics | ||
| "Vanna Vizhiyazhagi" | K. S. Chithra | rowspan=5|Vaali |
| "Vellikizhamai Ramasaamy" | Vani Jairam | |
| "Gum Gum Guma" | Mano, S. P. Sailaja | |
| "Sonnapetcha Kekkanum" | M. S. Rajeswari | |
| "Aayi Mahamayi" | S. P. Sailaja | |
| "Bhama Thallipoma" | Mano, S. P. Sailaja | Tha. Narayanan |
Box office
Aadi Velli, made on a budget of {{INRConvert|2.5|m|year=1990}}, made a profit of {{INRConvert|20|m|year=1990}}.{{Cite book |last=Guy |first=Randor |url=https://dff.gov.in/images/Documents/134_IPCatalogue1990.pdf |title=Indian Cinema 1990 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |year=1991 |pages=56–58 |chapter=Goddesses adorn Tamil screen! |author-link=Randor Guy |access-date=8 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209012055/https://dff.gov.in/images/Documents/134_IPCatalogue1990.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2022 |url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
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Category:1990s Tamil-language films
Category:Films about elephants
Category:Films directed by Rama Narayanan
Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh
Category:Hindu devotional films