Aadhi

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Aadhi

Poster of Aadhi
Directed by Ramana
Produced by S.A. Chandrasekhar &
Shoba Chandrasekhar
Written by Surendra Reddy & Ramana
Starring Vijay,
Trisha Krishnan,
Prakash Raj
Vivek
Manivannan
Nassar
Vijayakumar
Adithya
Music by Vidyasagar
Distributed by Sooriyan Arts
Release date(s) January 14, 2006
Running time 165 minutes
Language Tamil
Budget Rs. 115 million ($ 2.5 million)

Aadhi (Tamil : ஆதி) (2006) is a Tamil film directed by Ramana produced by S.A. Chandrasekhar and Shoba Chandrasekhar starring Vijay and Trisha Krishnan in lead roles. Prakash Raj and Vivek also star in the movie in supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack is composed by noted music composer, Vidyasagar. The movie is a remake of a Telugu hit - Athanokkade.

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The opening scene of shows Anjali (Trisha Krishnan) in white like an angel sitting on a white bench feeding a white pigeon by a calm ocean and a police officer (Devan) coming and sitting by her side and exchanging pleasantries and suddenly she whips out a knife and kills him saying that she has been waiting for this moment for many years!

After that the movie moves to Aadhi (Vijay) who lives with his foster parents (Manivannan & Seetha) in New Delhi. He takes up a course in a Chennai college against his parents wishes, as he has a mission in life to eliminate the killers of his family.

Similarly Anjali studying in the same college has her own agenda to seek revenge on her parents killers, and she is assisted by her uncle (Nassar). Soon Aathi falls in love with Anjali, as she brings back memories of his childhood sweetheart and cousin who loved to dance in the rain.

In a shocking climax, it is revealed that Anjali and Aadhi were from the same family. Aathi's father (Prakash Raj) arrested one of the henchmen of a local rowdy, RDX (Sai Kumar). To strike back at Aathi's father who refuses to release his henchmen, he pays them a visit with some of his henchmen and the police officer Anjali murdered earlier in the film and murders their whole family. Only Anjali, her uncle and Aadhi survived the blast that annihilated their family.

Together, the combine forces to take down the person who destroyed their family

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Crew

Vijay and Trisha as featured in the film
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Vijay and Trisha as featured in the film
  • Director: Ramana
  • Screenplay: Ramana
  • Story: Surendra Reddy
  • Dialogue: Ramana
  • Producer: S.A. Chandrasekhar & Shoba Chandrasekhar
  • Music: Vidyasagar
  • Stunts: Rocky Rajesh
  • Cinematography: S. Soundar Rajan
  • Choreography: Brindha & Kalyan
  • Lyrics: Palani Barathi , P.A. Vijay & Yuga Barathi
  • Art Direction: Rajeevan

[edit] Soundtrack

The movie has five songs composed by Vidyasagar with lyrics by Palani Barathi , P.A. Vijay & Yuga Barathi. Many praised Vidyasagar for his melodious tunes in the movie.

The movie includes two more songs not included in the audio cassete which are:

  • Aathi sung by Tippu
  • Iruvar Vazhvum sung by Karthik & Kalyani.

Click here to be redirected to Raaga.com to listen to the songs in Aathi

[edit] Box Office

The Movie released with High Expectations, but it Flopped since the Ajith starrer Paramasivan took the crowds. Vijay tried calling this movie Average, but was proved wrong as the distributors of the movie went on a Hunger Strike.

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