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{{Infobox film
| image = Selvaa film poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[A. Venkatesh]]
| screenplay = A. Venkatesh
| story = [[Majith|Majeeth]]
| producer = [[Pavithran (Tamil film director)|Pavithran]]
| starring = [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]]<br />[[Swathi (actress)|Swathi]]<br />[[Raghuvaran]]<br />[[Riva Bubber|Riva]]
| cinematography = [[S. Saravanan]]
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]
| music = [[Sirpy]]
| studio = A. R. S. International
| released = {{film date|df=y|1996|12|12}}
| runtime = 120 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Selvaa''''' is a 1996 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic action film]] directed by [[A. Venkatesh]], and produced by [[Pavithran (Tamil film director)|Pavithran]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chandra |first=Tha. |title=An interview with Director Pavithran |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/interviews/pavithran.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031021114354/http://www.chennaionline.com/interviews/pavithran.asp |archive-date=21 October 2003 |access-date=2 January 2026 |website=Chennai Online |language=en}}</ref> It stars [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Swathi (actress)|Swathi]], [[Riva Bubber|Riva]] and [[Raghuvaran]]. The music is composed by [[Sirpy]]. The film was released on 12 December 1996,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selva ( 1996 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=selva |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006091711/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=selva |archive-date=6 October 2013 |access-date=5 October 2013 |website=Cinesouth |language=en}}</ref> and became a successful venture.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFmbLaDcJg |title=Director A. Venkatesh Given So Many Hits For Tamil Cinema including Selva and Nilavae Vaa |date=24 September 2017 |language=ta |publisher=AnnaParavai |access-date=27 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220930040753/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeFmbLaDcJg |archive-date=30 September 2022 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref name="Dots">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlH3nj6B1eY |title=டூப் வேணாம்னு Vijay சொன்னப்ப Shock ஆயிட்டேன் - Director A Venkatesh Interview {{!}} DotsMedia |date=9 July 2022 |language=ta |publisher=Dots Media |access-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929135232/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlH3nj6B1eY |archive-date=29 September 2022 |url-status=live |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{More plot|date=May 2023}}
Selva lives in a colony. He is the son of lawyer Varatharajan, but he lives separately. It turns out that he is the adopted son of Varatharajan and he gets shocked whenever Selva speaks or fights against injustice. He is a man who hates injustice and fights against it. Meanwhile, a minister's daughter moves into the colony. She becomes friendly with Selva. Sumathi who is in love with Selva mistakes their friendship. Vartharajan works for a terrorist group that kidnaps the minister's daughter. Selva goes to the rescue of the girl. However, Selva kills his father because Varatharajan was going to kill Kamini. Finally, they will come out of the clutch of the terrorists.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]] as Selva
*[[Swathi (actress)|Swathi]] as Sumathi
*[[Riva Bubber|Riva]] as Kamini
*[[Raghuvaran]] as Varatharajan, Selva's father
*[[Rajan P. Dev]] as Vaappa
*[[Senthil]] as Magic Guruji
*[[Manivannan]] as Cellular Mani Selva s friend (voice dubbed by [[Mayilsamy]] for some scenes)
*[[Jayachitra]] as CBI officer
*[[Vichithra]] as Jyothi
*[[Shanmugasundari]] as Deaf grandmother
*[[C. R. Saraswathi]] as Bhama, Sumathi's mother
*[[Vatsala Rajagopal]] as Church mother
*Mannangatti Subramaniam as Gopalu, Sumathi's father
*Tiruppur Ramasamy as Ramasamy
*Kalidoss as Varatharajan’s assistant
*Jayaprakasam as Soosai
*[[Diamond Babu]] as Kamini’s father
*Krishnamoorthy as Deputy inspector general of police
*[[Bonda Mani]] as Colony man
*[[Prathapachandran]] as Director general of police
*[[Peter Hein]] as Fighter
*[[A. Venkatesh]] as Vaappa's henchman
}}

== Production ==
Vijay performed a risky jump stunt in the film without using a [[Stunt double|double]].<ref name="Dots" />

== Soundtrack ==
All songs were written by [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] and music was composed by [[Sirpy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Selva (1996) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/selva-songs-T0004804 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220913072851/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/selva-songs-T0004804 |archive-date=13 September 2022 |access-date=15 September 2022 |website=[[Raaga.com]] |language=en}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable tracklist" style="font-size:95%;"
! Title !! Singer(s)
!Length
|-
| "Chicken Kari" || [[Vijay (actor)|Vijay]], [[Sirpy]], [[Swarnalatha]]
|5:02
|-
| "Don't Care Master" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]]
|3:46
|-
| "Lappu Tappu" || [[Suresh Peters]], Swarnalatha, Deepika
|4:41
|-
| "Potta Pulla Manasu" || Mano, [[Sujatha Mohan|Sujatha]]
|4:46
|-
| "Tharaiyil Natakkuthu" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Swarnalatha
|4:43
|}

== Reception ==
''[[Ananda Vikatan]]'' rated the film 30 out of 100.<ref>{{Cite web |last=சார்லஸ் |first=தேவன் |date=22 June 2021 |title=பீஸ்ட் : 'நாளைய தீர்ப்பு' டு 'மாஸ்டர்'... விஜய்க்கு விகடனின் மார்க்கும், விமர்சனமும் என்ன? #Beast |url=https://cinema.vikatan.com/tamil-cinema/how-vijay-movies-scored-in-vikatan-reviews |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008100344/https://cinema.vikatan.com/amp/story/tamil-cinema/how-vijay-movies-scored-in-vikatan-reviews |archive-date=8 October 2021 |access-date=7 December 2021 |website=[[Ananda Vikatan]] |language=ta}}</ref> R. P. R. of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' praised Vijay for acting with life and performing stunts and called Raghuvaran's performance as the only entertaining thing from the film but felt the film had no plot and two of the actresses were underutilised.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஆர். பி. ஆர் |date=19 January 1997 |title=செல்வா |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1997-01-19/page/n2/mode/2up |access-date=18 May 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=1 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1990s romantic action films]]
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[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
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