Aadi Velli

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Aadi Velli
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Poster
Directed by Rama Narayanan
Written byG. K. (dialogues)
Story byRama Narayanan
Produced byN. Radha
Starring Seetha
Nizhalgal Ravi
Cinematography N. K. Viswanathan
Edited byRajkeerthi
Music by Shankar–Ganesh
Production
company
Release date
2 February 1990
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Aadi Velli is a 1990 Indian Tamil-language devotional film directed by Rama Narayanan and produced by N. Radha, starring Seetha and Nizhalgal Ravi. [1] [2] [3] It was released on 2 February 1990. [4] The film was remade in Kannada as Durgasthami.[ citation needed ]

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Plot

The story revolves around a beautiful village girl Seetha who is living with an elephant and a cobra who obey only to her. She is very much attracted and attached to the local village deity and she lives in nearby area around the temple. Then comes the villain Nizhalgal Ravi who wants to abduct all the wealth of the temple. He meets Seetha and was attracted to her at the first sight. He befriends her and makes her to love him too under circumstances but always disliked by the elephant and cobra. Very soon Seetha realises that her husband is a thief and shocked. Meanwhile, Nizhalgal Ravi along with his computer genius friend plots several attempts to plunder the jewels and precious items from the temple but goes all in vain, saved by the duo. In the climax, the genius friend builds a devil creature called [King Kattari] using his computer to loot the temple. The cobra, by the deity's blessing takes the size of huge anaconda and charges against King Kattari. Meanwhile, during the fight Nizhalgal Ravi realises his friend plans to loot all properties himself and kill him. Finally the cobra bites the devil and kills him, which in turn kills the computer genius through electro-envenomation.

Cast

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Shankar–Ganesh. [5]

TrackSinger(s)
"Vanna Vizhiyazhagi" K. S. Chithra
"Vellikizhamai Ramasaamy" Vani Jairam
"Gum Gum Guma" Mano, S. P. Sailaja
"Sonnapetcha Kekkanum" M. S. Rajeswari
"Aayi Mahamayi" S. P. Sailaja
"Baama Thallipoma"Mano, S. P. Sailaja

Box office

Aadi Velli, made on a budget of ₹2.5 million (equivalent to ₹25 millionorUS$310,000 in 2023), made a profit of ₹20 million (equivalent to ₹200 millionorUS$2.5 million in 2023). [6]

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