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{{short description|1977 film by S. P. Muthuraman}}
{{distinguish|Aadupuliyattam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Aadu Puli Aattam
| image = Aadu Puli Attam 1977 poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]
| screenplay = S. P. Muthuraman
| story = [[Mahendran (filmmaker)|Mahendran]]
| producer = M. Santhinarayanan
| starring = [[Kamal Haasan]] <br /> [[Sripriya]] <br /> [[Rajinikanth]] <br /> [[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeetha]]
| cinematography = Babu
| editing = R. Vittal <br /> N. Damodaran
| music = [[Vijaya Bhaskar]]
| studio = Swarnambika Productions
| released = {{film date|1977|9|30|df=y}}
| runtime = 137 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aadu Puli Aattam''''' ({{translation|The [[lambs and tigers]] 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''. A few scenes were remade in Telugu with actors like [[Kaikala Satyanarayana|Satyanarayana]] and [[Allu Ramalingaiah]] and the rest of the film 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/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626122308/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/films-that-define-the-actor-rajinikanth-6202142/ |archive-date=26 June 2021 |access-date=26 June 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=September 2021}}
The film starts with Kamal and Rajini, close associates, playing a game{{Clarification|reason=Is it [[lambs and tigers]] game?|date=December 2024}} 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 ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Madhan{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=69}}
*[[Rajinikanth]] as Rajini{{sfn|Ramachandran|2014|p=69}}
*[[Sripriya]] as Hema
*[[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeetha]] as Mary
*[[Major Sundarrajan]] as Inspector of police
*[[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Krishnamoorthy Iyer
*Jayachandran as Balu
*[[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>
*Muthaiah as Muthaiah
*Aparna
*Aanandhi
*M. S. Draupadi
*[[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 |url-status=live |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 |archive-date=14 May 2021 |access-date=14 May 2021 |website=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626155847/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/theatre/nanjil-nalinis-lifelong-commitment-to-acting/article30691945.ece |archive-date=26 June 2021 |access-date=26 June 2021 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
}}

== Production ==
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 |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/183923-42.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191202070824/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/hindu-talkies/183923-42.html |archive-date=2 December 2019 |access-date=19 May 2021 |work=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</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/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626174301/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/kamal-haasan-rajinikanth-ungal-naan-6125585/ |archive-date=26 June 2021 |access-date=26 June 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]]}}</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 magazine |date=24 June 1978 |title='Aadu Puli Aattam' (Tamil) 35 mm. B&W India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_weekly.1978-06-24.O-1111-1978-0025-48514/page/n21/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240409120032/https://archive.org/details/in.gazette.csl_weekly.1978-06-24.O-1111-1978-0025-48514/page/n21/mode/2up |archive-date=2024-04-09 |access-date=2024-04-09 |magazine=[[The Gazette of India]] |page=1260 |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
All songs 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/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920222236/https://mossymart.com/product/aadu-puliyattam-tamil-film-ep-vinyl-record-by-vijayabhaskar/ |archive-date=20 September 2021 |access-date=20 September 2021 |website=Mossymart}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 October 1977 |title=Aadupuli Aattam (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – EP |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/aadupuli-aattam-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1725106594 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240409120348/https://music.apple.com/us/album/aadupuli-aattam-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-ep/1725106594 |archive-date=2024-04-09 |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 15:54
| title1 = Vaanukku Thanthai
| extra1 = [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], L. R. Anjali
| lyrics1 = [[Kannadasan]]
| length1 = 4:22
| title2 = Maname Solaiyam
| extra2 = [[Vani Jairam]]
| lyrics2 = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]
| length2 = 4:21
| title3 = Poonguyil Paadudhu
| extra3 = Vani Jairam
| lyrics3 = Poovai Senguttuvan
| length3 = 2:58
| title4 = Uravo Pudumai
| extra4 = S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
| lyrics4 = Panchu Arunachalam
| length4 = 4:13
}}

== Release ==
''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 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315043619/https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/tamil-cinema/585389-43-years-of-aadu-puli-aattam.html |archive-date=15 March 2022 |access-date=5 October 2020 |website=[[Hindu Tamil Thisai]] |language=ta}}</ref> and became a commercial success.<ref name="hindutamil" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Bibliography ==
* {{Cite book |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |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 |orig-date=2012}}

== External links ==
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes}}

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