Aadu Puli

Aadu Puli (transl. Goat, Tiger) is a 2011 Indian Tamil language action drama film written and directed by newcomer Vijay Prakash^[1] and produced by S. Michael Rayappan. The film stars Aadhi, Poorna, and Prabhu, while Suresh, Ravichandran, K. R. Vijaya, Anupama Kumar, and Yuvarani play supporting roles. The music was composed by Sundar C. Babu with editing by Kishore Te and cinematography by Rajavel Olhiveeran. The film was released on 18 February 2011.^[2] It opened to negative reviews and was a flop at the box office.^[3] The film was dubbed into Telugu as Chelgatam.^[4]

Aadu Puli
Promotional poster
Directed by	Vijay Prakash
Written by	Vijay Prakash
Produced by	S. Michael Rayappan
Starring	Aadhi Poorna Prabhu
Cinematography	Rajavel Olhiveeran
Edited by	Kishore Te.
Music by	Sundar C. Babu
Production company	Global Infotainments
Release date	18 February 2011 (2011-02-18)
Running time	136 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Bhagyanathan (Prabhu) is a crazy fan of M. G. Ramachandran and has named his son Idhayakani (Aadhi). Idhayakani is a nice guy who watches movies, plays basketball, flirts with girls like Anjali (Poorna), and has a happy family consisting of his father, loving mother Kalaiarasi (Anupama), sister, grandfather Sabapathy (Ravichandran), and grandmother Sampoornam (K. R. Vijaya). However, Thillainayagam (Suresh), Anjali's father, is a cunning minister and ruthless politician who wants to be the next CM by hook or crook. He does not approve of Idhayakanni as his future son-in-law and has an army of goondas like Paal Pandi ready to take on his enemies. How our larger than life hero wages a one-man battle against the evil minister and his henchmen forms the rest of the story.

Cast

• Aadhi as Idhayakani Bhagyanathan
• Prabhu as Bhagyanathan
• Poorna as Anjali Thillainayagam
• Suresh as Thillainayagam
• Ravichandran as Sabapathy
• K. R. Vijaya as Sampoornam
• Mayilsamy as Thillainayagam's assistant
• Singamuthu
• Soori as Karuppu
• Nizhalgal Ravi
• Manikka Vinayagam
• Srinath as Idhayakanni's friend
• Yuvarani as Mrs. Thillainayagam
• Anupama Kumar as Kalaiarasi Bhagyanathan

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Sundar C. Babu, with lyrics written by Vaali, Viveka, Yugabharathi, V. Prakash, and Kalaikumar.^[5]

Aadu Puli
Soundtrack album by Sundar C. Babu
Released	2011
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Producer	Sundar C. Babu
Sundar C. Babu chronology
Viruthagiri (2010) Aadu Puli (2011) Thoonga Nagaram (2011)

• "Oorellam" - Shankar Mahadevan
• "Satham Illai" - SPB
• "Annakkili" - Karthik, Chinmayi
• "Koppayil" - Naveen
• "Thodugiral" - Suchithra, Jyotsna
• "Unnai Ninaithadume" - Hariharan, Sujatha Mohan
• "Boyse Google" - Krish, Rita Thyagarajan

Reception

Behindwoods wrote "On the whole, this film that is salvaged by Suresh and Aadhi’s performance, might work for extremely patient people who like clichéd masala flicks."^[6] Rediff wrote "Aadu Puli is just another masala flick that's simply not spicy enough."^[7] Sify wrote "Aadu Puli is strictly for those who love their daily dose of mass masala movie masquerading as a family entertainer".^[8]