''Aadhityan'' is a 1993 Tamil-language

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directed by V. L. Bashkaraaj. The film stars R. Sarathkumar and Sukanya. It was released on 14 January 1993.

Plot

Aadhityan ( R. Sarathkumar) is an orphan village blacksmith, and the villagers consider him as a rude ruffian. The neighboring

Zamindar A zamindar ( Hindustani: Devanagari: , ; Persian: , ) in the Indian subcontinent was an autonomous or semiautonomous ruler of a province. The term itself came into use during the reign of Mughals and later the British had begun using it as ...

( Kitty) forces the villagers to leave the village, and they land in Aadhityan's village. Aadhityan helps them and then clashes with Zamindar. In the meantime, Chinna Pandi (

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), a Tamil teacher, is engaged to teach Tamil to the Telugu girl Manga (

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). Zamindar finally accepts the villagers in his village. Vedachellam (

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) is a gambling addict who borrows money from Zamindar. Zamindar wants to get his son Vinod married to Vedachellam's daughter Rasathi ( Sukanya). Under debts, Vedachellam accepts reluctantly Zamindar's proposal. Chinna Pandi advises Vedachellam to save the village and to get Aadhityan married to Rasathi. The drunk Aadhityan ties the

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around Rasathi's neck. Now, Rasathi is married to Aadhityan, but she hates him.

Cast

* R. Sarathkumar as Aadhityan * Sukanya as Rasathi *

as Chinna Pandi *

as Manga * Anju * Kitty as Zamindar *

as Vedachellam *

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as Pannayar *

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as Nallakannu *

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as Vellai *MLA Thangaraj as Pottu Gounder * M. N. Rajam * Sulakshana *Kamala Kamesh *Kokila as Kannamma *Thadchayini *Vinod as Vinod *R. E. Rajan *Meghu — Loghu

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Gangai Amaran. The soundtrack, released in 1993, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Gangai Amaran.

Reception

K. Vijiyan of '' New Straits Times'' said, "if more care had been taken with the acting, it would have been remarkable". ''

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'' called it "yet another film that spins a puerile yarn and expects the audience to lap it up, insulting their intelligence in the bargain".

References

{{reflist 1993 films Indian action drama films 1990s Tamil-language films Films scored by Gangai Amaran 1993 directorial debut films 1993 action drama films