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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Aye Auto<br />
| image = Aey Auto poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Venu Nagavalli]]<br />
| producer = [[Maniyanpilla Raju]]<br />
| writer = Venu Nagavalli<br />
| starring = [[Mohanlal]]<br>[[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]<br />
| music = [[Raveendran]] {{small|(songs)}}<br/>[[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] {{small|(score)}}<br />
| cinematography = [[S. Kumar (cinematographer)|S. Kumar]]<br />
| editing = N. Gopalakrishnan<br />
| studio = Saraswathy Chaithanya<br />
| distributor = Shirdisai Release<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1990|01|01}}<br />
| runtime = 137 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = ₹ 27.3 lakh <br />
| gross = ₹ 4.50 crore <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Aye Auto''''' ({{Translation|Hey [[Auto rickshaw|Auto]]}}) is a 1990 Indian [[Malayalam]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film written and directed by [[Venu Nagavalli]] and produced by [[Maniyanpilla Raju]]. The film stars [[Mohanlal]] and [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]] in the lead roles. The songs were composed by [[Raveendran]], while [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] provided the background score.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/1990.htm|title=List of Malayalam films released during the year 1990|publisher=PRD, [[Government of Kerala]]|accessdate=2009-07-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316165440/http://www.prd.kerala.gov.in/1990.htm|archive-date=16 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The plot follows the life of [[Auto rickshaw|auto]] drivers in the city of [[Kozhikode]] in [[Kerala]]. ''Aye Auto'' was the second highest-grossing Malayalam film of 1990 at the box office, behind ''[[His Highness Abdullah]]''.<ref name="bo"/><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Sudhi ([[Mohanlal]]) is a poor auto-rickshaw driver who meets Meenakshi (Rekha), granddaughter of a well-to-do family. Sudhi and Meenakshi fall in love but face strong opposition from her family, their only support being her grandfather, Krishna Pillai ([[Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair]]).<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Mohanlal]] as Sudhi, a poor but loving young gentlemen, an auto driver<br />
* [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]] as Meenakshi ('Meenu'/'Meenukutty')<br />
* [[Sreenivasan]] as Police Inspector<br />
* [[Thikkurisi Sukumaran Nair]] as Retd. Banker Krishna Pillai ('Yechhi'Krishnan) Meenakshi's miser yet kind-hearted maternal grandfather <br />
* [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] as Suresh<br />
* [[Maniyanpilla Raju]] as Thangu<br />
* [[Jagadish]] as Sreekrishnan<br />
* [[Kuthiravattam Pappu]] as Moidu<br />
* [[M. G. Soman]] as Police Commissioner<br />
* [[Mohan Jose]] as Dominic<br />
* [[Shyama (actress)]] as Chithra, Police Commissioner's daughter and Meenakshi's friend<br />
* [[Murali (Malayalam actor)|Murali]] as Bhadran <br />
* [[Kunchan (actor)|Kunchan]] as Ramanan<br />
* [[Kunjandi]] as Rashid Moopah<br />
* [[Valsala Menon]] as College Principal<br />
* [[Nandhu]] as Lonappan<br />
* [[Adoor Pankajam]] as Pankachi<br />
* [[Sukumari]] as Janaki, Krishna Pillai's wife and Meenakshi's maternal grandmother<br />
* [[Keerikkadan Jose]] as a corrupt Police inspector, ally of Bhadran<br />
* [[Ashokan (actor)|Ashokan]] as Sunnykutty, a kind young gentlemen <br />
* [[Santha Devi]] as Sunnykutty's mother<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The [[film score]] was composed by [[Johnson (composer)|Johnson]] while the songs were composed by [[Raveendran]].<br />
{{ Track listing<br />
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| extra_column = Artist(s)<br />
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| all_lyrics = [[Bichu Thirumala]]<br />
| all_music =<br />
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| title1 = A. E. I. O. U<br />
| note1 = [[Madhyamavati]]<br />
| extra1 = [[Mohanlal]], [[Sujatha Mohan]]<br />
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| title2 = Auto Auto<br />
| extra2 = [[P. Jayachandran]], [[M. G. Sreekumar]]<br />
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| title3 = Sundari Sundari<br />
| note3 = [[Vasantha (raga)]]<br />
| extra3 = [[M. G. Sreekumar]], [[Choir]]<br />
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| title4 = Saraswathi (Bit)<br />
| note4 = Traditional Folk<br />
| extra4 = [[M. G. Radhakrishnan]]<br />
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}}<br />
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==Reception==<br />
''Aye Auto'' widely received positive response and was the second highest-grossing Malayalam film of 1990 at the box office, behind ''[[His Highness Abdullah]]''.<ref name="bo">{{cite news|last=Sharadhaa|first=A.|title=When the autowale grab all the limelight|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/kannada/2013/may/08/When-the-autowale-grab-all-the-limelight-475381.html|accessdate=15 January 2017|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=8 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0275207}}<br />
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[[Category:1990 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Venu Nagavally]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]<br />
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