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-language

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. It stars Sathyaraj, Abbas,

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and Rathi. It was directed by T. Shivraj It was later remade in

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as ''

Political Rowdy ''Political Rowdy'' is a 2005 Indian Telugu-language film directed by Adi Narayana. The film stars Mohan Babu, Charmme Kaur, Prakash Raj, and Abbas. As well as playing the lead role, Mohan Babu also produced the film. The film is a remake of ...

'' in 2005 with Mohan Babu, Charmee Kaur and Prakash Raj enacting the roles of Sathyaraj, Rathi and Napoleon respectively. Abbas reprises his role in the Telugu film.

Plot

Tirupati ( Sathyaraj) is a criminal who commands respect from state heads like the CM. He hates women and remains a bachelor even at the age of 50. A naughty college student Priya ( Rathi) grabs Tirupati's attention though a beauty contest, and there he falls in love with her and proposes to her. Then, Priya's life turns to disaster because she gets tortured by Tirupati and his henchmen. With the help of his brother Surya (

), Tirupati changes his appearance to look younger. To escape from this problem, Priya contacts her boyfriend Arjun ( Abbas). The rest is all about how all ends well.

Cast

* Sathyaraj as Tirupati *

as Surya * Abbas as Arjun * Rathi as Priya * Sukanya *

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* Nighalgal Ravi *

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* Vadivel David * Devan *

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as himself

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by

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, Kalidasan,

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and Deva Kumar. The song "Umma Umma" turned out to be a sensational chartbuster upon release.

Release and reception

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'' wrote "Sathyaraj's Adithadi starts off as a rollkicking comedy that peters out towards the end. It is a black comedy, a movie that makes light of serious and usually morbid situations with their own level of hilarity and cleverness". ''

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'' wrote "You could double up in laughter, guffaw at the hero's audacity or wrinkle your nose in disgust at certain points, but surely you cannot ignore the film that reminds you so much of the `villainous' Satyaraj of yore." The relative success of the film prompted Shivraj and Sathyaraj to team up again for a film titled ''Devuda'' on fake godmen, though it was later shelved. Soon after, Shivraj began making ''Enakke Enakka'' with a new cast, but it was also cancelled.

References

Tamil films remade in other languages 2004 films Films scored by Deva (composer) 2000s Tamil-language films Indian action comedy films 2004 action comedy films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub