Velai Kidaichuduchu
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{{Infobox film
| name = Velai Kidaichuduchu
| image = Velai Kidaichuduchu poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = P. Vasu
| writer = P. Vasu
| producer = Mohan Natarajan
| cinematography = Ravindar
| editing = P. Mohanraj
| music = Hamsalekha
| studio = Sree Rajakaali Amman Enterprises
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990|08|15}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
Velai Kidaichuduchu ({{translation|Got The Job}}) is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language crime action film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj and Gautami. It was released on 15 August 1990.{{Cite web |title=வேலை கிடைச்சிடுச்சி / Velai Kidaichuduchu (1990) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/velai-kidaichuduchu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118103333/https://screen4screen.com/movies/velai-kidaichuduchu |archive-date=18 November 2023 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}} The film was remade in Telugu as Assembly Rowdy (1991), in Kannada as Rowdy & MLA (1991) and in Hindi as Loafer (1996).{{Cite web |date=4 June 2016 |title=25 Years of #AssemblyRowdy |url=https://www.yovizag.com/25-years-assembly-rowdy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119134428/https://www.yovizag.com/25-years-assembly-rowdy/ |archive-date=19 January 2023 |access-date=19 January 2023 |website=Yo Vizag}}{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981–1990 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |year=2020 |isbn=978-81-938482-2-7 |pages=722}}
Plot
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The film starts with Gautami visiting a village and remembering the past as the film takes us to a flashback. The village would have been a victim to a local don named Baasha whose atrocities go unchecked even by the police. Most of the policemen would either accept bribes or get killed by him. Palanisamy's family relocates to this village. He questions the riots happening in the village and develops enmity with Baasha. How Palanisamy saves the village from Baasha and his boss forms the rest of the story. In the end, Palanisamy kills Purushothaman and dies while hoisting a flag.
Cast
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- Sathyaraj as Palanisamy
- R. Sarathkumar as Purushothaman
- Gautami
- Vijayakumar
- Sumithra
- Anandaraj as Baasha
- Mansoor Ali Khan as Maari
- Goundamani
- Priya
- Pandu
- Poornam Viswanathan as Advocate
- Rocky as Muniyandi
- Sethu Vinayagam
- Vijay Krishnaraj
- Thilak
- Santhana Bharathi as Speaker
- Mohan V. Natarajan as Survey Officer
}}
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Hamsalekha, lyrics written by Vaali.{{Cite web |title=Velai Kidaichiduchu Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Hamsalekha |url=https://mossymart.com/product/velai-kidaichiduchu-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-hamsalekha/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720043050/https://mossymart.com/product/velai-kidaichiduchu-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-hamsalekha/ |archive-date=20 July 2021 |access-date=19 January 2023 |website=Mossymart}}{{Cite web |date=1 January 1990 |title=Velai Kedaichiduchu (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/velai-kedaichiduchu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/654934895 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120032711/https://music.apple.com/us/album/velai-kedaichiduchu-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/654934895 |archive-date=20 January 2023 |access-date=20 January 2023 |website=Apple Music}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Iyyare Iyyare
| extra1 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
| length1 = 4:58
| title2 = Nooraandu Poovum
| extra2 = K. S. Chithra
| length2 = 1:06
| title3 = Vaasi Nadaswaram
| extra3 = Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra
| length3 = 4:52
| title4 = Nenachadhum Nadandhachu
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
| length4 = 4:59
| title5 = Setthukulla
| extra5 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. Chithra
| length5 = 5:00
| total_length = 20:55
}}
Reception
N. Krishnaswamy of The Indian Express said, "There is nothing new in this line, but the rhetoric that accompanies this ploy in P. Vasu's Velai Kidaichuduchu is a little different".{{Cite news |last=Krishnasamy |first=N. |date=31 August 1990 |title=Velai Kidaichuduchi |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900831&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=27 February 2019 |work=The Indian Express |pages=7 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}}
References
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