Aadu Puli Attam (film): Difference between revisions

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| studio         = Swarnambika Productions

| released      = {{film date|1977|9|30|df=y}}

'''''Aadu Puli Aattam''''' ({{translation|[[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]], [[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeetha]] and [[Sripriya]]. 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 name="indianexpress">{{Cite web |date=7 January 2020 |title=Movies that define 'the actor' Rajinikanth |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/films-that-define-the-actor-rajinikanth-6202142/ |access-date=26 June 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626122308/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/films-that-define-the-actor-rajinikanth-6202142/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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. In brief, this is the story of a young man who dreams of becoming a policeman, but decides to oppose the police and heads a gang of thieves. When he discovers that his associates are much worse than thieves, he joins the police and nabs the criminals.

*[[Rajinikanth]] as Rajini{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=69}}

*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Krishnamoorthy Iyer

*[[K. Natraj]] as Natraj<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 June 2018 |title=கமல் பேரு கமல்; ரஜினி பேரு ரஜினி! கேரக்டர்களுக்கும் அவங்க பெயர்! |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 |website=[[Kamadenu (magazine)|Kamadenu]] |language=ta}}</ref>

*[[T. K. S. Natarajan]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 May 2021 |title=Veteran actor T K S Natarajan no more |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]] |archive-date=14 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514141950/https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/veteran-actor-t-k-s-natarajan-no-more-982534.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

*[[Nanjil Nalini]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 January 2020 |title=Nanjil Nalini's lifelong commitment to acting |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nanjil-nalinis-lifelong-commitment-to-acting/article30691945.ece |access-date=26 June 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626155847/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nanjil-nalinis-lifelong-commitment-to-acting/article30691945.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film was directed by [[S. P. Muthuraman]], written by [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]] and produced by M. Santhinarayanan, who began life as a costume-maker before rising to become a film producer. The song "Uravo Pudumai", picturised on Kamal Haasan and Sangeeta, was filmed on the area of [[Kundrathur]] and [[Thiruneermalai]] near Chennai.<ref name="hindutamil">{{Cite news |last=Muthuraman |first=S. P. |author-link=S. P. Muthuraman |date=20 January 2016 |title=சினிமா எடுத்துப் பார் 42: ஆடு புலி ஆட்டம் |language=ta |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/183923-42.html |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}}</ref> During a fight scene on [[Anna Salai|Mount Road]], Kamal Haasan was injured on set. Haasan fixed his shoulder dislocation with a turkey towel and an iron rod on the sets. He returned to the shot after taking just a 10-minute break.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 November 2019 |title=There is no other actor who is as accomplished as Kamal Haasan: Rajinikanth |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/kamal-haasan-rajinikanth-ungal-naan-6125585/ |access-date=26 June 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |archive-date=26 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626174301/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/kamal-haasan-rajinikanth-ungal-naan-6125585/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film is noted for Rajinikanth's famous phrase "Idhu thaan Rajini style" (This is Rajini Style), which he says several times throughout the film.<ref name="indianexpress" /> This film was shot in black-and-white. It was given an [[U certificate (India)|"U" (unrestricted) certificate]] by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] after eight cuts. The final length of the film was {{Convert|3947.05|metres|feet}}.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 1978 |title=Weekly Gazette of India, 1978-06-24, Weekly |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_weekly.1978-06-24.O-1111-1978-0025-48514/page/n21/mode/2up?q=Aadu+Puli+Aattam |access-date=26 June 2021 |publisher=[[The Gazette of India]] |pages=1260}}</ref>

All songs written by [[Kannadasan]], [[Panchu Arunachalam]], and 'Poovai' Senguttuvan and composed by [[Vijaya Bhaskar]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aadu Puliyattam Tamil Film Ep Vinyl Record by Vijayabhaskar |url=https://mossymart.com/product/aadu-puliyattam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-vijayabhaskar/ |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=Mossymart |archive-date=20 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920222236/https://mossymart.com/product/aadu-puliyattam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-vijayabhaskar/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Aadu Puli Attam'' was released on 30 September 1977,<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 |archive-date=15 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315043619/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/585389-43-years-of-aadu-puli-aattam.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and became a commercial success.<ref name="hindutamil" />

* {{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-date=2012}}