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Aruva Velu

1996 Tamil-language film by Bharathi Kannan

Summary

1996 Tamil-language film by Bharathi Kannan

Field	Value
name	Aruva Velu
director	P. S. Bharathi Kannan
producer	K. V. Gunasekaran
story	K. V. Gunasekaran
screenplay	P. S. Bharathi Kannan
starring
music	Adithyan
cinematography	A. Sabapathy
editing	V. Rajagopal
S. Govindasamy
studio	Goodwill Movies
released
runtime	140 minutes
country	India
language	Tamil

S. Govindasamy

Aruva Velu () is a 1996 Indian Tamil language action drama film directed by P. S. Bharathi Kannan in his debut. The film stars Nassar and Urvashi. It was released on 15 January 1996.

Plot

The film begins with Velu (Nassar) being sentenced to the death penalty.

In the past, 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 landlord, 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 and Muthurasa informed the police. Alavanthar was therefore arrested, he was immediately released and killed Muthurasa. To take revenge, Velu killed one of Alavanthar's sons and he was arrested. Thereafter, Velu managed to escape from jail and killed the other son of Alavanthar. Alavanthar killed a police officer and blamed Velu for the murder. Velu was once again sent to jail and Maruthayi committed suicide. At her funeral, Velu, who was escorted by the police, escaped and he eventually killed Alavanthar.

Velu is then hanged in jail for his crimes.

Cast

Nassar as Velu
Urvashi as Maruthayi
Anandaraj as Alavanthar
Rajesh as Muthurasa
Ram as Alavanthar's son
Lakshman as Alavanthar's son
S. N. Lakshmi as Velu's grandmother
Nellai Siva as Police officer
Singamuthu as Gurukkal
Bonda Mani
Jyothi Meena as Ponni
A. K. Veerasamy as Ponni's father
Krishnamoorthy
Sethu Vinayagam as Jailer
LIC Narasimhan
Karuppu Subbiah
Vellai Subbaiah

Production

Aruva Velu is the directorial debut of Bharathi Kannan, previously a public relations officer.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Adithyan.

Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration
"Kaadu Mazha Sollum"	Adithyan	Madhurakasi	4:48
"Maruthayee Ninaichu"	Swarnalatha, Shahul Hameed	Vairamuthu	4:47
"Rohttu Pakkam"	S. P. Sailaja	5:12
"Vanthachu Nalla Kalam"	Mano, Malgudi Subha, Adithyan	5:22
"Yeamma Indha Rathiri"	Sujatha	Panchu Arunachalam	4:57

Reception

D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "To depict a theme cogently with interesting situations, that too without a comedy track, is no easy task for a debutant director", but Bharathi Kannan "does it without much fuss" and Nassar, playing the title character, "comes out with flying colours".

References

"aruva velu ( 1996 )".
(21 October 2017). "Aruva Velu".
"Parambharai / Aruva Velu".
Ramanujam, D. S.. (26 January 1996). "Cinema: Kizhakku Mugam/Thaayagam/Aruvaa Velu/Bandit Queen". [[The Hindu]].

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