Appavi

Bharathi (Gautham) is a refined college goer and a gem among his peers, while secretly, he is a daring vigilante who executes corrupt politicians, bureaucrats, terrorists, and anyone who harms the general public. Bharathi marks his crimes by recording his victim's confessions of wrongdoings in their mobile phones and circulating these as MMSs before executing them. A wannabe MLA with hidden wealth, a corrupt minister, and a terrorist are executed on camera, and their videos are circulated among the general public. The police are baffled, and corrupt politicians and bureaucrats fear for their lives. The common man celebrates the MMS killer, whose actions are an antidote for their resentment towards inefficient and corrupt government functionaries.

In his normal life, Bharathi tops in his academics and discipline, which makes him the heartthrob of his college mates. One of them Ramya (Suhani Kalita), the daughter of Susa (Mahadevan), falls for him and tries to woo him, but in vain. Susa is a very powerful politician, and as such, he moves ministers and bureaucrats like chess pieces, becoming the MMS killer's ultimate target. Bharathi's mother Manimeghalai (Sriranjani) is a headstrong IAS officer who enforces her duty without bowing to political pressures. While Bharathi wages his secret war against corruption and nepotism, his mother wages the same battle, armed with the bureaucracy.

As Bharathi's MMS murders increase, the fearful politicians and bureaucrats hand the case over to a sincere officer. They appoint Manimeghalai as they believe that her persistence will bring the MMS killer to conviction. Now begins a triangular game of action, with Bharathi hunting down corrupt politicians while they target Manimeghalai for her honesty, and Manimeghalai trying to capture the MMS killer (Bharathi).

{{Cast listing|* Gautham as Bharathi

• Suhani Kalita as Ramya
• Soori as Bharathi's friend
• K. Bhagyaraj as Ramasamy (Bharathi's father)
• Sriranjani as Manimeghalai (Bharathi's mother){{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/my-first-break/article3021939.ece|title=My First Break|date=18 September 2009|work=The Hindu|access-date=10 August 2020|archive-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721040830/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/my-first-break/article3021939.ece|url-status=live}}
• Mahadevan as Susa (Ramya’s father)
• Manobala as College Professor
• Sampath Ram as Politician
• Nellai Siva
• Kovai Senthil}}

The film began production in 2009. R. Raghuraj wrote the story and screenplay of Appavi and also decided to direct it with the intention of making the youth of the country realize the importance of being patriotic. "I call Appavi a patriotic film. So many films are made showing the problems India faces. Why is it that they have not suggested any solutions? My film talks about the problems and their solutions so that India can be a superpower in the world," said Raghuraj.{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-tamil-look-at-appavi/20090917.htm|title=First Look: Longest Indian flag for a Tamil film|publisher=Rediff|access-date=13 June 2018|archive-date=13 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613084950/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-tamil-look-at-appavi/20090917.htm|url-status=live}}

The movie has a record for creating the longest Indian flag stretching to 1115 feet, and 500 college students held in one of its songs. The patriotic song was written by Vairamuthu and composed by Joshua Sridhar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/All-for-the-Tricolour/article14665824.ece|title=All for the Tricolour|first=S. R. Ashok|last=Kumar|date=1 April 2011|work=The Hindu}}

Newcomer Gowtham and Suhani play the lead roles.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2009/dec/24/appavi-part-one-of-a-trilogy-115700.html|title=Appavi, part one of a trilogy|work=New Indian Express|date=15 May 2012 |access-date=16 August 2020|archive-date=12 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212155726/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2009/dec/24/appavi-part-one-of-a-trilogy-115700.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2011/apr/07/suhani-no-appavi-this-242540.html|title=Suhani: No Appavi this!|work=New Indian Express|date=16 May 2012 }} The director trained Gowtham for 340 hours for the film.

The New Indian Express wrote that "The way Bharati brings corruption acts to public notice provides some interest. But apart from that, it’s deja vu all the way".{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2011/apr/05/appavi-241665.html|title=Appavi|work=The New Indian Express|date=16 May 2012 |access-date=9 April 2022|archive-date=9 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220409110931/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2011/apr/05/appavi-241665.html|url-status=live}}

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Category:2010s Tamil-language films

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Category:Indian films about revenge

Category:Films about social issues in India

Category:Films scored by Joshua Sridhar

Category:Films directed by R. Raghuraj

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