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{{Infobox film
| name = Aarathi Edungadi
| image =
| caption =
| director = Chandranath
| producer = H.Murali
| studio = Murali Cine Arts
| writer = Chandranath,<br />[[Ramesh Khanna|N. S. Rameshkannan]] (dialogues)
| screenplay=
| starring = [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]]<br />[[Khushboo Sundar|Khushboo]]
| music = [[Shankar–Ganesh|Shankar Ganesh]]
| cinematography = K. Thangavelu
| editing = P. Mohanraj
| released = 28 July 1990
| runtime = 129 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Aarathi Edungadi''''' ({{translation|Do the worshipping}}) is a 1990 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film directed by Chandranath and produced by H.Murali. It stars [[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] and [[Khushboo Sundar|Khushboo]] .<ref>{{cite web|title=Aarathi Edungadi Vinyl LP Records|url=http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers/11/3/1/1|publisher=musicalaya|accessdate=2014-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407093943/http://musicalaya.net/imgviewer.php?mod=lpcovers%2F11%2F3%2F1%2F1|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Meera is treated like a servant and tortured by her stepmother, Shakunthula. Her only friend is the family maid, Annamma. Shakunthala and her brother Narajan want to keep Meera under their control as all the wealth is in her name. They plot to marry her off to an easily controllable man to ensure their wealthy lifestyles aren't impacted. Kannan enters the home while running away from the police. He is a prisoner on death row. Shakuntala arranges for Meera to marry Kannan as she would always have the threat of the police to control him. It is only after the marriage she realizes that Kannan isn't who he claimed to be and the entire family is thrown into turmoil. Police officer Shankara is also pulled into the proceedings as he begins to investigate the years old death of Meera's father. Meera navigates through all the confusion in search of a happy life.

== Cast ==

*[[Rahman (actor)|Rahman]] as Kannan
*[[Khushboo Sundar|Khushboo]] as Meera
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Vivek
*[[Lalitha Kumari]] as Lali
*[[Jaishankar]] as Shankara
*[[Janagaraj]] as Kaaliyapatti Ramasamy
*[[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Annamma
*[[Sangeeta (Telugu actress)|Sangeeta]] as Shakunthala
*[[Santhana Bharathi]] as Natarajan
*[[Sulakshana (actress)|Sulakshana]]
*[[Kula Deivam V. R. Rajagopal]]
*[[Vijay Babu (actor, born 1951)|Vijay Babu]]
*[[V. K. Ramasamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as VKR

==Soundtrack==
Soundtrack was composed by [[Shankar–Ganesh|Shankar Ganesh]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.discogs.com/Shankar-Ganesh-Aarathy-Edungadi/release/9366656| title = Shankar Ganesh – Aarathy Edungadi (1990, Vinyl) - Discogs}}</ref>
*"Magarasi" - [[K. S. Chithra]]
*"Kudumi Ippo" - [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[S. N. Surendar]]
*"Maman Adicharo" - [[K. S. Chithra]]
*"Androru Naal" - [[Arunmozhi]]

==Critical reception==
''Indian Express'' wrote "There can be nothing more heartwarming for naive film audience than seeing the underdog triumphing and this is Chandranath's trump card".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900810&printsec=frontpage&hl=en| title = The Indian Express - Google News Archive Search}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68xJzqEoj9I Aarathi Edungadi] at YouTube

[[Category:1990 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Ganesh]]

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