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{{Infobox film
| name = Aadi Perukku
| image = Aadi Perukku film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[K. Shankar]]
| producer = K. Madhanagopal
| writer = Makkalanban [[Javar Seetharaman]]
| starring = [[Gemini Ganesan]] [[B. Saroja Devi]] [[Devika]] [[M. V. Rajamma]]
| music = [[A. M. Rajah]]
| cinematography = Thambu
| editing = K. Shankar K. Neelakandan
| studio = Madhan Theatres
| released = {{film date|1962|8|2|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aadi Perukku''''' ({{audio|Ta-ஆடிப்பெருக்கு.ogg|pronunciation}}; also spelt '''''Aadipperukku''''') is a 1962 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romance film]] edited and directed by [[K. Shankar]]. [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]] play the lead roles, while [[Devika]], M. V. Rajamma, K. D. Santhanam and C. V. V. Panthulu play supporting roles.

== Plot ==
Padma lives with her widowed mother and her brother, a harbour worker. The family finds refuge in the house of Raja, a poet. Padma's brother dies in an accident.

== Cast ==
Cast adapted from the opening credits of the film and the song book<ref name=songbook />
{{Col-begin|width=60%}}
{{col-break|width=50%}}
;Male cast
* [[Gemini Ganesan|Gemini Ganesh]] as Raja & Philanthropist Krishnan
* [[J. P. Chandrababu|Chandrababu]] as Biscuit
* [[K. D. Santhanam]] as Ramalingam
* [[P. D. Sambandam]] as Koithan Pillai
* [[Karikol Raju]]
* [[G. K. Pillai (actor)|G. K. Pillai]]
* S. G. Eswaran as Sivanandam
* C. V. V. Panthulu as Well wisher
* Mahalingam as Sundaram
* R. Shankaran
* Gemini Balu
* Wahab Kashmiri
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;Female cast
* [[B. Saroja Devi]] as Padma
* [[Devika]] as Latha
* [[M. V. Rajamma]] as Parvathi
* [[K. V. Shanthi]] as Thangam
* [[C. K. Saraswathi]] as Mangalam
* Vidyavathi as Principal
* Devaki as Female Beggar
;Support cast
* G. V. Sharma, V. P. Natarajan
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== Production ==
The film shares its name with [[Aadi Perukku]], a festival in [[Tamil Nadu]] which pays tribute to water's life-sustaining properties. Despite that, the festival is not referenced anywhere onscreen except the song "Annaiyin Arule Vaa", near the end of which Gemini Ganesan's character is shown singing the last two lines as a tribute to the festival. Shooting took place at the now non-existent Majestic Studios.<ref name="Hindu">{{Cite news|last=Guy|first=Randor|author-link=Randor Guy|date=7 March 2015|title=Blast from the Past: Aadiperukku – 1962|work=[[The Hindu]]|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/aadiperukku-1962/article6969432.ece|url-status=live|access-date=21 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026152846/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/aadiperukku-1962/article6969432.ece|archive-date=26 October 2016}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The film's soundtrack featured nine songs composed by [[A. M. Rajah]] and written by [[Kothamangalam Subbu]], [[Kannadasan]], K. D. Santhanam and [[Suratha]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mio.to/album/Aadi+Perukku+(1962) |title=Aadi Perukku (1962) |website=Music India Online |access-date=21 October 2016}}</ref><ref name=songbook>{{Cite book|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7JevgDCLbuNM1RrXzk2UElibFk/view |title=Aadipperukku Song book |publisher=Kalaimagal Press, Vadakankulam |location=Broadway, Chennai |language=Tamil}}</ref>

{{Tracklist
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Artist(s)
| total_length = 33:36
| title1 = Annaiyin Arule Vaa
| extra1 = [[Sirkazhi Govindarajan]]
| lyrics1 = [[Kothamangalam Subbu]]
| length1 = 03:32
| title2 = Idhuthaan Ulagamaa
| extra2 = [[P. Susheela]]
| lyrics2 = [[Kannadasan]]
| length2 = 03:24
| title3 = Kannaale Pesum
| extra3 = P. Susheela
| lyrics3 = K. D. Santhanam
| length3 = 03:12
| title4 = Kannizhanda Manidhar
| extra4 = [[A. M. Rajah|A. M. Raja]], P. Susheela
| lyrics4 = [[Kannadasan]]
| length4 = 03:12
| title5 = Kaaveri Oram
| extra5 = P. Susheela
| lyrics5 = K. D. Santhanam
| length5 = 03:16
| title6 = Pengal Illaatha
| extra6 = A. M. Raja, P. Susheela
| lyrics6 = [[Kothamangalam Subbu]]
| length6 = 06:44
| title7 = Puriyaathu
| extra7 = [[P. B. Sreenivas]]
| lyrics7 = Suratha
| length7 = 04:44
| title8 = Thanimaiyile Inimai
| note8 = duet
| extra8 = A. M. Raja, P. Susheela
| lyrics8 = [[K. D. Santhanam]]
| length8 = 03:21
| title9 = Thanimaiyile Inimai
| note9 = male
| extra9 = A. M. Raja
| lyrics9 = K. D. Santhanam
| length9 = 03:31
}}

== Reception ==
On 10 August 1962, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' called ''Aadi Perukku'' "another insipid medley of romance, comedy and melodrama [...] A story of unfulfilled love, the film is heavily padded with the usual quantum of songs, dances and other box office gimmicks." The reviewer however praised the performances of the cast members.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19620810&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Aadi Perukku |date=10 August 1962 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |page=3}}</ref> According to film historian [[Randor Guy]], the film did not succeed commercially because of the "somewhat predictable storyline, the many deaths and the lack of significance of the title". He did, however, praise the performances of Saroja Devi and Ganesan.<ref name="Hindu" />

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|1459821}}

{{K. Shankar}}

[[Category:1962 films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1960s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Javar Seetharaman]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Shankar]]

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