''Aravindhan'' is a 1997 Indian

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-language film written and directed by newcomer T. Nagarajan, starring

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, Oorvasi,

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and Visu in lead and pivotal roles. The film marks the debut of noted music composer

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, musician

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's youngest son, and the debut of cinematographer

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. The film is based on the 1968

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, in which 44 people were burnt alive.

Plot

Aravindhan is preparing to clear IPS to become a police officer. But after he sees Thamizhvannan, shown as a Naxalite, shot dead by police, Aravindhan starts a fight against police and corrupt politicians. Aravindhan gets supported by the people for his strict fight against corruption. Anu loves Aravindhan, but her father does not accept the relation. The police wants to put Aravindhan in jail for the politicians, so Aravindhan goes into hiding. On the way, he hides in Gayathri's home. The police tries to catch Aravindhan but at the same time, thinks Gayathri tried to give shelter to Aravindhan, so Gayathri's father dies. Now Aravindhan understands that he has to save Gayathri, so he takes her with him to a factory area to stay. Aravindhan works in the factory and life goes along smooth for him as he marries Gayathri and has a child. Once in factory, the manager does not give fair price to the workers, which Aravindhan protests, so he beats the manager very poorly. The factory people now identifies Aravindhan's true identity as a Naxalite. The police comes in search of Aravindhan, who finally surrenders in court. In jail, Aravindhan writes lot of

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articles. This gives Aravindhan wide public support to get elected as a minister. The corrupt politicians want to avoid this uprising and hire a gunman to shoot Aravindhan. During a stage speaking with many people around, the gunman shoots and kills Aravindhan, thus precluding him from becoming minister.

Cast

as Aravindhan *

as Thamizhvannan *

as Anu * Oorvasi as Gayathri *

as Rama Ganapathy * Visu *

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as Ramanathan *

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as Gopalakrishnan Naidu * Thalaivasal Vijay as Muthukrishnan * Ponnambalam * Liaqath Ali Khan *

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Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

's youngest son,

, who made his debut in this film.

T. Siva T. Siva is an Indian film producer and distributor in Chennai, India. He has produced 23 films including ''Saroja (2008 film), Saroja'' and ''Kanimozhi (film), Kanimozhi''. He owns the production company, Amma Creations. He is best known for ''Ara ...

, the producer of the film, after hearing some of Yuvan Shankar Raja's tunes, asked him to compose a trailer music and after being impressed of it, gave Yuvan Shankar the assignment to compose the entire

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including a soundtrack for that film. Yuvan Shankar Raja was 16 at the time of the release and one of the youngest composers ever in the industry.

Release and reception

The film released on 28 February 1997 and flopped miserably at the box-office.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=1509733 1990s Tamil-language films 1997 directorial debut films 1997 films Films about Naxalism Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja Indian films based on actual events