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<div>{{distinguish|Aadupuliyattam}}<br />
{{short description|1977 film by S. P. Muthuraman}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}<br />
{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Aadu Puli Aattam<br />
| image = Aadu Puli Attam film poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]<br />
| producer = M. Santhinarayanan<br />
| story = [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]]<br />
| screenplay = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = [[Kamal Haasan]] <br /> [[Sripriya]] <br /> [[Rajinikanth]] <br /> [[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeetha]]<br />
| music = [[Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
| cinematography = Babu<br />
| editing = R. Vittal <br /> N. Damodaran<br />
| studio = Swarnambika Productions<br />
| released = 30 September 1977<br />
| runtime = 137 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Aadu Puli Aattam''''' ({{trans|[[Lambs and Tigers|The Goat and Tiger Game]]}}) is a 1977 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[action film]] directed by [[S. P. Muthuraman]], starring [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Rajinikanth]], [[Sangeetha (Telugu actress)|Sangeetha]] and [[Sripriya]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2020 |title=எஸ்.பி.முத்துரான், மகேந்திரன், கமல், ரஜினியின் 'ஆடுபுலி ஆட்டம்'; 'வானுக்கு தந்தை எவனோ', 'உறவோ புதுமை நினைவோ இனிமை' பாடல்கள்; அற்புதப் பாடல்களைத் தந்த இசையமைப்பாளர் விஜயபாஸ்கர் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/585389-43-years-of-aadu-puli-aattam.html |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref> Later in 1978, S. P. Muthuraman remade the film in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Yetthuku Pai Yetthu'', It was a partial remake of Aadu Puli Aattum. A few scenes were remade in Telugu with Telugu actors like [[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]] and [[Allu Ramalingaiah]] and the rest of the movie was dubbed.<ref>https://cinemacinemacinemasite.wordpress.com/2017/03/27/geetha-arts-yetthuku-pai-yetthu/</ref><ref>https://cinemacinemacinemasite.wordpress.com/2018/08/18/collectors-pride-6-kamal-rajni-from-yetthuku-pai-yetthu-1978/</ref><br />
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This is one of Rajinikanth's early appearance in Tamil in which he plays main villain. The movie is noted for Rajinikanth's famous phrase "Idhu thaan Rajini style" (This is Rajini Style), which he says several times throughout the movie.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180105024247/https://www.in.com/entertainment/kollywood-entertainment/rajini-or-kamal-who-will-be-the-next-celebrated-leader-of-tamil-nadu-91841.htm ]</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The movie starts with Kamal and Rajini, close associates, playing this game in a bar. When the game is finished, the couple, along with their gang ransack the bar and loot the money.<br />
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In brief, this is the story of a young man who dreams of becoming a policeman, but decides to go against the police due to circumstances and heads a gang of thieves. When he comes to know that his associates are much worse than thieves, he joins the police and nabs the criminals.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Madhan{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=69}}<br />
*[[Sripriya]] as Hema<br />
*[[Rajnikanth]] as Rajini{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=69}}<br />
*[[Sangeetha (Telugu actress)|Sangeetha]] as Mary<br />
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as Inspector of police<br />
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Krishnamoorthy iyer<br />
*Jayachandran as Balu<br />
*[[K. Natraj]] as Natraj<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archived copy |url=https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/3420-kamal-peru-kamal-rajini-peru-rajini-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119121342/https://www.kamadenu.in/news/cinema/3420-kamal-peru-kamal-rajini-peru-rajini-1.html |archive-date=19 January 2019 |access-date=18 January 2019}}</ref><br />
*Muthaiah as Muthaiah<br />
*[[T. K. S. Natarajan]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Veteran actor T K S Natarajan no more |date=5 May 2021 |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/veteran-actor-t-k-s-natarajan-no-more-982534.html |access-date=14 May 2021 |website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref><br />
*Aparna<br />
*Aanandhi<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
All songs written by [[Kannadasan]], [[Panchu Arunachalam]], 'Poovai' Senguttuvan and composed by [[Vijaya Bhaskar]].<br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| headline = <br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length =<br />
| title1 = Vaanukku Thanthai<br />
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Vani Jairam]]<br />
| lyrics1 = [[Kannadasan]]<br />
| length1 = 4:22<br />
| title2 = Maname Solaiyam<br />
| extra2 = Vani Jairam<br />
| lyrics2 = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]<br />
| length2 = 4:21<br />
| title3 = Poonguyil Paadudhu<br />
| extra3 = Vani Jairam<br />
| lyrics3 = Poovai Senguttuvan<br />
| length3 = 2:58<br />
| title4 = Uravo Pudumai<br />
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam<br />
| lyrics4 = Panchu Arunachalam<br />
| length4 = 4:13<br />
}}<br />
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== Release ==<br />
''Aadu Puli Attam'' was released on 30 September 1977,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sreekanth |first=Gayathri |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=K2xIAQAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Aadu+puli |title=The Name is Rajinikanth |publisher=Om Books International |year=2008 |isbn=9788187108443 |page=370}}</ref> and became a commercial success.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/183923-42.html |title=சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 42: ஆடு புலி ஆட்டம் |last=Muthuraman |first=S. P. |date=20 January 2016 |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202070824/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/183923-42.html |archive-date=2 December 2019 |author-link=S. P. Muthuraman}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-14-342111-5 |location=New Delhi |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-year=2012}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0402738}}<br />
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{{S. P. Muthuraman}}<br />
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[[Category:1970s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1977 action films]]<br />
[[Category:1977 films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Vijaya Bhaskar]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Mahendran (filmmaker)]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]<br />
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