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{{Infobox film
| name = Aadi
| image = Aadi-2002-Telugu-Movie.jpg
| director = [[V.V. Vinayak]]
| producer = [[Bellamkonda Suresh]]
| writer = Bhethala<br>[[Paruchuri Brothers]]
| starring = [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]]<br>[[Keerti Chawla]]<br>[[Rajan P. Dev]]
| music = [[Mani Sharma]]
| released = 28 March 2002
| runtime = 162 minutes
| country = India
| language = Telugu
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Aadi''''' is a 2002 Indian [[Telugu language|Telugu]]-language [[action drama]] film directed by debutant [[V. V. Vinayak]]. The film stars [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]] and [[Keerthi Chawla]]. It is remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Jai (2004 Tamil film)|Jai]]'' and in Bengali as ''[[Surya (film)|Surya]]''. The film won four [[Nandi Awards]] and was released in 118 centres and ran for 100 days in 98 centres.

==Plot==
The story is set against the backdrop of Rayalaseema. The film opens with Veera Reddy returning from the US after a long gap with his wife and eight-year-old son, Aadi Kesava Reddy. Veera Reddy's deceased father was a well-known factionist in that area and owned a property of {{convert|4000|acre|km2}}. While leaving for the US, Veera Reddy gave the responsibility of managing this land to Nagi Reddy. Now back in India, Veera Reddy realizes that Nagi Reddy is misusing his power. He wants to donate all his land to the 2000 families staying in that village. When Nagi Reddy learns of this charity giveaway, he attacks Veera Reddy, killing him and his wife. Veeranna ([[Chalapati Rao]]), a trusted lieutenant of Veera Reddy, takes the child Aadi and escapes to Hyderabad. After the murders, Veera Reddy's trusted people are sentenced to fourteen years in prison.

Then the film titles roll, ending with the caption '12 years later'. The grown up Aadi is studying in college. He falls in love with Nandu and vice versa. Veeranna has raised Aadi in Hyderabad as a fun-loving boy, but he is also a hot-tempered young man. Later on, it is revealed that Nandu is Nagi Reddy's daughter. Completing her studies, Nandu returns to her hometown at her father's place. After a hiatus of 14 years, Aadi reenters the Rayalaseema along with other trusted members of his father, who are released from jail. Aadi wants to take revenge on Nagi Reddy and get back all the land so that he can distribute it to the villagers. The rest of the film deals with how Aadi achieves his objective.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
* [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]] as Aadi Keshava Reddy
* [[Keerti Chawla]] as Nandu
* [[Ahuti Prasad]] as Veera Reddy
* [[Tammareddy Chalapathi Rao|Chalapathi Rao]] as Veeranna “Babai”
* [[Rajan P. Dev]] as Nagi Reddy
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]]
* [[L. B. Sriram]] as College Principal
* [[M.S. Narayana]] as Nagi Reddy's assistant
* [[Rajiv Kanakala]] as Rajiv
* [[Raghu Karumanchi]] as Erra Srinu / Sri Krishnananda Swamy
* [[Venu Madhav (actor)|Venu Madhav]]
* [[Chitram Seenu]]
* [[Raghu Babu]]
* [[Fish Venkat]]
* [[Karate Kalyani]]
* [[Ramya Sri]] in a guest role
{{colend}}

==Production==
When Vinayak was assisting director Sagar for the film ''Padutha Theeyaga'', producer Bellamkonda Suresh used to observe him. He promised him that he would give Vinayak an opportunity to prove himself. After ''Paaduthaa Theeyagaa'', He was not doing much as an assistant and thus started working on his own scripts. When Suresh offered to make a film with him, he was thrilled and narrated the story to NTR. NTR liked the subject. It was a love story. But Kodali Nani didn't like it. After a couple of days, he narrated another story that was instantly liked and taken to the sets, and that was the story of ''Aadi''. They went to Mumbai to search for a heroine. They considered Aarti Agarwal, but she had just signed on the dotted line for ''Nuvvu Naaku Nacchaav''. They also considered Ayesha Takia, but their cameraman felt that she wasn't the right choice for NTR. Seeing the Fair & Lovely ad, Vinayak felt Trisha would be an ideal choice, but his sister didn't like her. They dropped that idea, too, with a primary belief that if ladies didn't like much, then it will just not work out. While in Mumbai still, they also met Sada also there, but she'd have been so lean beside NTR, they thought, and we dropped her too. During all this, the shooting was already in progress! Thus, we had to find just someone. That's how it all happened.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/stars/interview_vvvinayak_2008_2.php |title=Star Interviews: Interview with V. V.Vinayak |work=Telugu Cinema |accessdate=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015080632/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/stars/interview_vvvinayak_2008_2.php |archivedate=15 October 2013 |df=dmy }}</ref>

==Box office==
''Aadi'' by collected 19 crore share revenue from its theatrical run(with a budget of 2 crores). It became the third highest grossing Telugu movie at that time, third only to [[Narasimha Naidu]] & [[Kushi (2001 film)|Kushi]]. Aadi ran for 50 days in 121 centers and 100 days in a record 96 direct centers.<ref>[http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/recordcenters.html Idlebrain]</ref><ref>[https://www.desiretrees.in/jr-ntr-top-10-best-telugu-movies-in-his-career/3/ Jr NTR hits and flops Box-Office collections ]</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Mani Sharma]] and released by [[Aditya Music]].

{{Infobox album
| name = Aadi
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Mani Sharma]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 2002
| recorded = 2002
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Soundtrack]]
| length = 27:18
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = [[Mani Sharma]]
| prev_title = [[Takkari Donga]]
| prev_year = 2002
| next_title = Priyadarshini
| next_year = 2002
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 27:18
| title1 = Ayyo Rama
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Gopika Poornima]]
| length1 = 04:40
| lyrics1 = [[Bhuvana Chandra]]
| title2 = Sunnunda
| extra2 = [[Khushi Murali|Murali]], Radhika
| length2 = 04:39
| lyrics2 = [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]
| title3 = Tholi Pilupey
| extra3 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[K. S. Chithra]]
| length3 = 04:16
| lyrics3 = Chandrabose
| title4 = Nee Navvula
| extra4 = [[Mallikarjun]], [[Sunitha]]
| length4 = 04:43
| lyrics4 = Chandrabose
| title5 = Chikki Chikki
| extra5 = [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]]
| length5 = 03:56
| lyrics5 = Pothula Ravikiran
| title6 = Pattu Okato
| extra6 = [[Udit Narayan]], [[Ganga Sitharasu|Ganga]]
| length6 = 05:04
| lyrics6 = Chandrabose
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}}

==Awards==

;[[Nandi Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ipr.ap.nic.in/New_Links/Film.pdf|title=నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008)|trans-title=A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008)|publisher=[[Andhra Pradesh (magazine)|Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh]]|access-date=21 August 2020}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
*[[Nandi Award for Best First Film of a Director|Best First Film of a Director]] - [[V. V. Vinayak]]
*[[Nandi Award for Best Editor|Best Editor]] - Gowtham Raju
*[[Nandi Special Jury Award|Special Jury Award]] - [[Jr. NTR]]
*[[Nandi Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] - [[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0907106}}

{{V. V. Vinayak}}

[[Category:2002 films]]
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[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Telugu films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Indian action drama films]]
[[Category:2000s Telugu-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by V. V. Vinayak]]
[[Category:Films shot in Visakhapatnam]]
[[Category:Films about feuds]]
[[Category:2002 action drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films about revenge]]
[[Category:Films scored by Mani Sharma]]
[[Category:Films about landlords]]
[[Category:2002 directorial debut films]]

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