Aruva Velu

Aruva Velu is a 1996 Tamil drama film directed by P. S. Bharathi Kannan. The film features Nassar and Urvashi in lead roles. The film, produced by K. V. Gunasekaran, had musical score by Adithyan and was released on 15 January 1996 to negative reviews.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Velu (Nassar) is sentenced to the death penalty. Velu was an angry man who solved villagers problems by violence. Whereas Muthurasa (Rajesh), Velu's uncle, was a respected village chief who solved villagers problems peacefully. Maruthayi (Urvashi), Muthurasa's daughter, loved her cousin Velu. Alavanthar (Anandaraj), a stone-hearted rich landlords, exploits the villagers and with his twin sons (Ram-Lakshman) spread terror among the villagers.

Muthurasa helped the villagers by giving them some lands. Alavanthar, angry, managed to kill some villagers but Muthurasa informed the police. Alavanthar was arrested, he was immediately released and killed Muthurasa. To take revenge, Velu killed one of Alavanthar's son and he was arrested. Velu managed to escape from jail and killed the other son of Alavanthar. Alavanthar killed a police officer and managed to blame Velu. Velu was sent in jail and Maruthayi committed suicide.

Finally, Velu kills Alavanthar and he gets hook in jail.

Cast

• Nassar as Velu
• Urvashi as Maruthayi
• Anandaraj as Alavanthar
• Rajesh as Muthurasa
• Ram-Lakshman
• S. N. Lakshmi as Velu's grandmother
• Nellai Siva as a police officer
• Singamuthu as an astrologer
• Bonda Mani
• Jyothi Meena

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Adithyan. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Panchu Arunachalam, Vairamuthu and Madurakaasi.^[4]

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