''Ulle Veliye'' () is a 1993 Indian

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-language crime film directed by

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and produced by Seetha. The film stars Parthiban,

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and Shenbagam. It was released on 16 April 1993. The film proved to be a successful venture at the box office in spite of its vulgar scenes and double-entendres. The film was remade in

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as '' Mr. Azaad'' (1994).

Plot

Gajendran is a small-time crook who lives in a slum. In the past, his father was a laborer and a communist activist. His superior killed his father, and his innocent mother Rajalakshmi was sent to jail for her husband's murder. Gajendran was then born in jail. Thereafter, he falls in love with the police officer Meena. Later, MLA Muthulingam burns Gajendran's slum to collect some votes. Gajendran, to fight the unfairness against the poor, takes the

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exam and passes it. He becomes a police officer but then takes bribes from everyone, even the poor. One day, anti-corruption officers raid Gajendran's house and find a lot of money there. At the court, Shenbagam, who is deeply in love with Gajendran, decides to save him, so she lies to the judge that she was a prostitute and had earned a lot of money. She then commits suicide. Gajendran marries Meena and finally decides to fight against the corruption.

Cast

as R. Gajendran alias Gaja *

as Meena * Shenbagam as Shenbagam * Rajeev as Muthulingam * R. N. Sudarshan as Rajarathnam *

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* Captain Raju *

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as Rajalakshmi *

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as Constable *

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*Dakshayini as Selvi * MRK *

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* Karuppu Subbiah *Azhagu

Production

According to Parthiban, his "clean" film '' Sugamana Sumaigal'' (1992) was rejected by audiences, prompting him to make the more vulgar ''Ulle Veliye'' to compensate for the losses incurred from the previous film.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, with lyrics written by Vaali, Gangai Amaran and Pulamaipithan. For the Telugu-dubbed version ''Allari Donga'', all lyrics were written by Rajasri. ;Tamil version ;Telugu version

Reception

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'' wrote, "Parthiban gives a good account of himself and as a director and story writer too he has excelled but as a dialogue writer he has gone overboard with the double entendres and conceived situations which are obscene".

Impact

Parthiepan said in 2019 that the then recently released '' Ayogya'', an official remake of ''

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'' (2015) was in fact lifted from ''Ulle Veliye''; nevertheless, he decided not to file a lawsuit as he only wanted to alert fans and make them compare both films.

References

External links

* {{R. Parthiepan 1990s Tamil-language films 1993 crime films 1993 films Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police Films directed by R. Parthiban Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Indian crime films Tamil films remade in other languages