Aadu Puli Attam (1977 film)

Not to be confused with Aadupuliyattam.

Aadu Puli Aattam (transl. The lambs and tigers game) is a 1977 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by S. P. Muthuraman, starring Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Sangeetha and Sripriya. Later in 1978, S. P. Muthuraman remade the film in Telugu as Yetthuku Pai Yetthu. A few scenes were remade in Telugu with Telugu actors like Satyanarayana and Allu Ramalingaiah and the rest of the film was dubbed.^[1]

Aadu Puli Aattam
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	S. P. Muthuraman
Screenplay by	S. P. Muthuraman
Story by	Mahendran
Produced by	M. Santhinarayanan
Starring	Kamal Haasan Sripriya Rajinikanth Sangeetha
Cinematography	Babu
Edited by	R. Vittal N. Damodaran
Music by	Vijaya Bhaskar
Production company	Swarnambika Productions
Release date	30 September 1977 (1977-09-30)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

The movie starts with Kamal and Rajini, close associates, playing a game^{[clarification needed]} 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.

Cast

• Kamal Haasan as Madhan^[2]
• Sripriya as Hema
• Rajinikanth as Rajini^[2]
• Sangeetha as Mary
• Major Sundarrajan as Inspector of police
• Thengai Srinivasan as Krishnamoorthy Iyer
• Jayachandran as Balu
• K. Natraj as Natraj^[3]
• Muthaiah as Muthaiah
• Aparna
• Aanandhi
• M. S. Draupadi
• T. K. S. Natarajan^[4]
• Nanjil Nalini^[5]

Production

The film was directed by S. P. Muthuraman, written by 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.^[6] During a fight scene on 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.^[7] 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.^[1] This film was shot in black-and-white. It was given an "U" (unrestricted) certificate by the Central Board of Film Certification after eight cuts. The final length of the film was 3,947.05 metres (12,949.6 ft).^[8]

Soundtrack

All songs composed by Vijaya Bhaskar.^[9][10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Vaanukku Thanthai"	Kannadasan	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, L. R. Anjali	4:22
2.	"Maname Solaiyam"	Panchu Arunachalam	Vani Jairam	4:21
3.	"Poonguyil Paadudhu"	Poovai Senguttuvan	Vani Jairam	2:58
4.	"Uravo Pudumai"	Panchu Arunachalam	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:13
Total length:				15:54

Release

Aadu Puli Attam was released on 30 September 1977,^[11] and became a commercial success.^[6]