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{{Infobox film
| name = Aravindhan
| image = Aravindhan (1997).jpg
| caption = VCD cover
| director = T. Nagarajan
| producer = [[T. Siva]]
| writer = T. Nagarajan [[Liaquat Ali Khan (director)|Liyakath Ali Khan]] (dialogues)
| starring = [[R. Sarathkumar|Sarath Kumar]] [[Nagma]] [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]] [[Urvashi (actress)|Oorvasi]] [[Visu]] [[Prakash Raj]] [[Anandaraj]]
| music = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cinematography = [[R. Rathnavelu]]
| studio = [[T. Siva|Amma Creations]]
| distributor = [[T. Siva|Amma Creations]]
| released = {{Film date|1997|02|28|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aravindhan''''' is a 1997 [[India]]n [[Cinema of Tamil Nadu|Tamil film]] written and directed by newcomer T. Nagarajan, starring [[Sarath Kumar]], [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]], [[Nagma]], [[Urvashi (actress)|Oorvasi]], [[Prakash Raj]] and Visu in lead and pivotal roles. The film marks the debut of noted music composer [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], musician [[Ilaiyaraaja]]'s youngest son, and the debut of cinematographer [[R. Rathnavelu]]. The film is based on the 1968 [[Kilvenmani massacre]], in which 44 people were burnt alive.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thewire.in/caste/keezhvenmani-massacre|title=Fifty Years of Keezhvenmani Massacre, in Literature and Film|last=Muralidharan|first=Kavitha|date=25 December 2018|website=The Wire|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref>

==Plot==
Aravindhan ([[Sarath Kumar]]) is preparing to clear IPS to become a police officer. But after he sees Thamizhvannan ([[Parthiban]]) (shown as a [[Naxalite]]) shot dead by police, Aravindhan starts a fight against police and corrupt politicians.

Aravindhan gets supported by the people for his strict fight against corruption. Anu ([[Nagma]]) loves Aravindhan, but her father does not accept the relation. The police wants to put Aravindhan in jail for the politicians, so Aravindhan goes into hiding. On the way, he hides in Gayathri's ([[Urvashi (actress)|Oorvasi]]) home. The police tries to catch Aravindhan but at the same time, thinks Gayathri tried to give shelter to Aravindhan, so Gayathri's father dies. Now Aravindhan understands that he has to save Gayathri, so he takes her with him to a factory area to stay.

Aravindhan works in the factory and life goes along smooth for him as he marries Gayathri and has a child. Once in factory, the manager does not give fair price to the workers, which Aravindhan protests, so he beats the manager very poorly. The factory people now identifies Aravindhan's true identity as a Naxalite. The police comes in search of Aravindhan, who finally surrenders in court. In jail, Aravindhan writes lot of [[anti-corruption]] articles. This gives Aravindhan wide public support to get elected as a minister. The corrupt politicians want to avoid this uprising and hire a gunman to shoot Aravindhan. During a stage speaking with many people around, the gunman shoots and kills Aravindhan, thus ending him from becoming minister.

== Cast ==

* [[Sarath Kumar]] as Aravindhan
* [[R. Parthiban|Parthiban]] as Thamizhvannan
* [[Nagma]] as Anu
* [[Urvashi (actress)|Oorvasi]] as Gayathri
* [[Prakash Raj]] as Rama Ganapathy
* [[Visu]]
* [[Anand Raj]] as Ramanathan
* [[Thilakan]] as Gopalakrishnan Naidu
* [[Thalaivasal Vijay]] as Muthukrishnan
* [[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]]
* Liaqath Ali Khan
* [[Delhi Ganesh]]

== Soundtrack ==
{{Infobox album
| name = Aravindhan
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1996
| recorded = 1996
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 30:01
| label = [[Pyramid Saimira|Pyramid]] [[Sa Re Ga Ma]]
| producer = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Velai]]
| next_year = 1998
}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Ilaiyaraaja]]'s youngest son, [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], who made his debut in this film. [[T. Siva]], the producer of the film, after hearing some of Yuvan Shankar Raja's tunes, asked him to compose a [[trailer music]] and after being impressed of it, gave Yuvan Shankar the assignment to compose the entire [[film score]] including a soundtrack for that film.<ref>{{cite web|title=Yuvan Shankar Raja's Profile |url=http://www.ssmusic.tv/artist_profile.php?Opt=1&Language=&artId=20071100001 |publisher=S S Music |accessdate=2010-03-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623092856/http://www.ssmusic.tv/artist_profile.php?Opt=1&Language=&artId=20071100001 |archivedate=23 June 2008 }}</ref> Yuvan Shankar Raja was 16 at the time of the release and one of the youngest composers ever in the industry.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tfmpage.com/forum/archives/20550.03.13.03.html|title=YSR in London|publisher=tfmpage.com|accessdate=2009-04-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110210173131/http://tfmpage.com/forum/archives/20550.03.13.03.html|archive-date=10 February 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> The soundtrack, released in late 1996, features 7 tracks.

{{Tracklist
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = All The Best
| extra1 = [[Bhavatharini]], [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]]
| lyrics1 = Pazhani Bharathi
| length1 = 5:40

| title2 = Hey Ponnamma, Un Lovvu Yaaru Sollamma
| extra2 = [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], Sumangali, Yogi
| length2 = 4:58
| lyrics2 = Pazhani Bharathi

| title3 = Thanga Sooriyan
| extra3 = [[Swarnalatha]], Mano
| lyrics3 = Kadhal Mathi
| length3 = 4:15

| title4 = Sutrum Bhoomi
| extra4 = [[P. Jayachandran]], Chorus
| lyrics4 = Paarthi Bhaskar
| length4 = 2:52

| title5 = Pothum Idhu Pothum
| extra5 = [[P. Unnikrishnan]]
| lyrics5 = Pazhani Bharathi
| length5 = 2:35

| title6 = Poovattam
| extra6 = [[T. L. Maharajan]], [[Swarnalatha]]
| lyrics6 = Kadhal Mathi
| length6 = 4:48

| title7 = Eera Nila
| extra7 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Shobana Vignesh|Mahanadi Shobana]]
| lyrics7 = Pazhani Bharathi
| length7 = 4:53
}}

==Release and reception==

The film released on 28 February 1997 and flopped miserably at the [[box-office]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz.html|title=A-Z Arunachalam Mudhal V.I.P Varai (I)|publisher=indolink.com|accessdate=2009-03-22|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331005748/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Oct/a-z/atoz.html|archivedate=31 March 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=1509733}}

[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian films based on actual events]]
[[Category:Films scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films about Naxalism]]
[[Category:1997 directorial debut films]]

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