Aai (film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Aai
| image = Aai dvd.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Official DVD Cover
| director = [[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]
| producer = K.Parthiban
| writer = [[Pattukkottai Prabakar]] (dialogues)
| screenplay = A. Venkatesh
| story = A. Venkatesh
| based_on = 
| starring = [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarath Kumar]] [[Namitha]] [[Vadivelu]] [[Kalabhavan Mani]] [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] [[Vincent Asokan]] [[Ashish Vidyarthi]]
| music = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| cinematography = [[A. Venkatesh (cinematographer)|A. Venkatesh]]
| editing = [[V. T. Vijayan]]
| studio = [[V. Sekhar|Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam]]
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=y|2004|12|17}}
| runtime = 162 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Aai''''' ({{lang-en|Hey/Yaai}}) is a 2004 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Action film|action]] [[masala film|masala]] film written and directed by [[A. Venkatesh (director)|A. Venkatesh]]. The film stars [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarath Kumar]] in the main lead role, with [[Namitha]] as his love interest. While [[Vadivelu]], [[Kalabhavan Mani]], [[Ashish Vidyarthi]], [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]], and [[Vincent Asokan]] plays supporting roles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowrunning.com/movie/1946/tamil/aai/cast.and.crew.htm|title=Aai Cast and Crew Tamil Movie Aai Cast and Crew|website=NOWRUNNING}}</ref> It was dubbed into Hindi as ''Nayi Baazi''.

==Plot==
Sakthivel alias Velu ([[R. Sarathkumar]]) is living happily with his sister Lakshmi (Rithika) and friend Pazhani ([[Vadivelu]]) in [[Palani]]. He stays away from all wanted troubles and is forced to resort to fighting to defend his sister from the local rowdy Raghavan ([[Vincent Asokan]]).

A flashback follows, where it is revealed that Velu is a military officer and Lakshmi is actually the sister of his best friend, Police Officer Mani ([[Kalabhavan Mani]]) of Chennai, who wishes her to become a collector. Velu and Mani both clean up the society by punishing corrupt police officers. One day, Mani notices a wine shop opposite to the school where his wife Kanmani ([[Mayoori (actress)|Mayoori]]) teaches. Mani, Kanmani, Velu, and the schoolchildren destroy the wine shop by throwing and breaking bottles and Velu burning the shop.

The shop is owned by Naachiyar ([[Kota Srinivasa Rao]]). Naachiyar threatens Velu that he will destroy the school, but Velu prevents him by pouring oil at him, saying that before he destroys the school, Velu will destroy him. The next day, two wine shop men hide a bomb inside the school, under Naachiyar's plan. After getting a call from Kanmani, Velu and Mani both save the school children and Kanmani altogether. Unfortunately, Mani gets stabbed by a wine shop man and was thrown off from the school building. Velu tries to save Mani, but Mani dies. Mani gave an important wish to Velu, saying that his desire is to make his sister a collector.

After his death, Velu drags Naachiyar from the police department, shows Mani's ashes to him, and then shoots him twice. It is also revealed that Velu had went into hiding and maintained a low profile to protect him and Lakshmi from Naachiyar. After shooting Naachiyar, the military court said that Velu is innocent, but he had resigned from his military job to take care of Lakshmi and makes sure that she becomes a collector, as Mani wished. Then Velu, who keeps up the word which he gave to Mani and starts to kill the people who are guilty for his friend's murder.

First, he kills Raghavan, and then, he subdues Easwara Pandian ([[Ashish Vidyarthi]]), Naachiyar's sidekick. Then at a festival which is conducted for Lord Murugan, Naachiyar, the inspector ([[Thalaivasal Vijay]]), and Pandian beat up Velu and try to kidnap Lakshmi. However, Velu somehow stealthily kills everyone and finally kills Naachiyar. At the end, Lakshmi had become a collector, and Pazhani is her sidekick. The film ends with Mani's dream coming true.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarathkumar]] as Sakthivel (Velu), a retired military officer
* [[Namitha]] as Anjali, Shakthivel's love interest
* [[Vadivelu]] as Velu
* [[Kalabhavan Mani]] as Mani, Velu's best friend
* [[Kota Srinivasa Rao]] as Naachiyar, a corrupt wine shop owner (main antagonist)
* [[Vincent Asokan]] as Raghavan, the local Palani rowdy
* [[Ashish Vidyarthi]] as Dindigal DSP Easwara Pandian, the corrupt police officer of Chennai and Naachiyar's sidekick
* [[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as Inspector, the corrupt police officer of Palani and Raghavan's sidekick
* [[Vijayakumar (Tamil actor)|Vijayakumar]] as DGP, Police Commissioner of Chennai
* [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Inspector Vavval Pandi
* [[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Inspector Kalyanaraman
* [[Ilavarasu]] as Traffic Police Officer Subbarayan
* [[Mayoori (actress)|Mayoori]] as Kanmani, Mani's wife
* Rithika as Lakshmi, Mani's sister (later, Velu takes care of her)
* [[Paravai Muniyamma]] as Anjali's grandmother
* [[Bonda Mani]] as Auto Driver
* [[Crane Manohar]] as Customer
* [[Scissor Manohar]] as Pickpocket
* [[Joker Thulasi]] as Bus Conductor
* Manager Cheena as Post Office Customer
* Tirupur Ramasamy as Post Office Customer
* Kottai Perumal as Police Constable
* [[Kovai Senthil]] as Achari
* Priyanka as Widow
* Bava Lakshmanan
* Bayilvan Ranganathan
* M. Seenivasan
* Jayamani
* Kumaresan
* Vengal Rao
* Vijay Ganesh
* [[Robo Shankar]] as Army Man (uncredited role)
* [[Mumtaj]] in an item song a belly dancer.
{{colend}}

==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Aai
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = Dec 17, 2004
| recorded = 2004
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 32:09
| label = Hit Musics [[Divo (record label)|Divo]] Bayshore [[Think Music India|Think Music]]
| producer = [[Srikanth Deva]]
| prev_title = [[M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[Jithan]]
| next_year = 2005
}}

{{tracklist
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 32:09
| title1 = Arjuna Arjuna
| lyrics1 = Kalaikumar
| extra1 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[Sophia Salam]]
| length1 = 5:13
| title2 = Ooru Onu Onuu
| lyrics2 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| extra2 = [[R. Sarathkumar]], [[Vadivelu]], [[Anuradha Sriram]], [[Paravai Muniyamma]], Jaishree
| length2 = 5:27
| title3 = Aai Mailapuru
| lyrics3 = [[Pa. Vijay]]
| extra3 = [[Manikka Vinayagam]], [[Sabesh-Murali|Sabesh]], [[Ganga Sitharasu|Ganga]], [[Suchitra]]
| length3 = 5:18
| title4 = Meyau Meyau
| lyrics4 = Kalaikumar
| extra4 = [[Srikanth Deva]], [[Sadhana Sargam]]
| length4 = 5:18
| title5 = Neathi Adida Aai
| lyrics5 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| extra5 = [[Javed Ali]], Sriram, Gopal Sharma, Kumar, [[Suchitra]]
| length5 = 5:03
| title6 = Veluthu Kattu
| lyrics6 = [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]
| extra6 = [[Shankar Mahadevan]]
| length6 = 5:50
}}

==Release==
Due to producer's financial crunch, ''Aai'' release was delayed for 4 months.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170907214909/http://www.sify.com/movies/two-films-are-further-delayed-news-tamil-kkfvCRdcjegsi.html sify.com] Aei release delayed for 4 months</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2004 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Chalakudy]]
[[Category:Indian action films]]
[[Category:Masala films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Srikanth Deva]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films shot in Palani]]
[[Category:Films directed by A. Venkatesh (director)]]
[[Category:2004 action films]]

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