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{{Infobox film
| name = Adavadi
| image = Adavadi poster.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = V. S. Bharath Hanna
| producer = G. Saravana<br />R. Sekar
| writer = V. S. Bharath Hanna <small>(dialogues)</small>
| screenplay = V. S. Bharath Hanna
| story = [[Upendra (actor)|Upendra]]
| starring = {{ubl|[[Sathyaraj]]|[[Radha (Sundhara Travels actress)|Radha]]|[[Y. Gee. Mahendra]]|[[Sathyapriya]]|[[K. R. Vatsala]]|[[Vaiyapuri]]|[[Suja Varunee]]|[[Ganja Karuppu]]|[[Malaysia Vasudevan]]}}
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| cinematography = R. Judo Ashwin
| editing = K. Thangavel
| distributor =
| studio = Sri Saravana Film Arts
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2007|03|30}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Adavadi''''' is a 2007 [[Tamil language]] [[Psychological thriller|psychological thriller film]] directed by V. S. Bharath Hanna. The film stars [[Sathyaraj]] and [[Radha (Sundhara Travels actress)|Radha]] alongside an ensemble cast including [[Y. Gee. Mahendra]], [[Sathyapriya]], [[K. R. Vatsala]], [[Vaiyapuri]], [[Suja Varunee]], [[Ganja Karuppu]], and [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]. The film, produced by G. Saravana and R. Sekar, had musical score by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] and was released on 30 March 2007. The film is a remake of the 1998 Kannada film ''[[A (1998 Kannada film)|A]]''.

==Plot==
Bharath ([[Sathyaraj]]) is a perfectionist film director. Being a short-tempered person, he deals with people with arrogance and disrespectfulness. Chandini ([[Radha (Sundhara Travels actress)|Radha]]), a debut-making actress, falls in love with Bharath. When Chandini openly declares her love for Bharath in front of everyone, he gets angry and slaps her. Since that, Chandini gets away from him and latches on to a financier. Bharath cannot forget her and takes to drinking. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Bharath
*[[Radha (Sundhara Travels actress)|Radha]] as Chandini
*[[Y. Gee. Mahendra]] as Bharath's father
*[[Sathyapriya]] as Bharath's mother
*[[K. R. Vatsala]] as Chandini's mother
*[[Vaiyapuri]] as Michael
*[[Suja Varunee]]
*[[Ganja Karuppu]]
*[[Malaysia Vasudevan]]
*[[Fathima Babu]]
*[[T. P. Gajendran]]
*[[Alex (actor)|Alex]]
*Parvesh
*Afzal
*[[Muthukaalai]]
*Telephone Subramanian
*Sharmili
*[[Kovai Senthil]]
{{colend}}

==Production==

After the commercially successful film ''[[Adi Thadi]]'' (2004), director Shivaraj (who has changed his name to Bharath Hanna) and [[Sathyaraj]] team up for the second time. [[Radha (Sundhara Travels actress)|Radha]] of ''[[Sundhara Travels]]'' fame was selected to play lead actress, while [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] was signed on as music composer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/preview/8383.html|title=Adavadi — Patented pattern |date=2006-11-20|accessdate=2013-12-24|publisher=indiaglitz.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/article/25446.html|title=Sathyaraj pays a debt of thanks|date=2006-09-20|accessdate=2013-12-24|publisher=indiaglitz.com}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]. The soundtrack, released on 12 January 2007, features 4 tracks with lyrics written by [[Snehan]], Piraisoodan and Senthilkumar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/album/T0001091.html|title=Adavadi Songs|accessdate=2013-12-24|publisher=raaga.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hummaa.com/music/album/adaavadi/23722 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613120056/http://www.hummaa.com/music/album/Adaavadi/23722 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-06-13 |title=Adaavadi : Tamil Movie |accessdate=2013-12-24 |publisher=hummaa.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mio.to/album/29-tamil_soundtracks/5085-Adaavadi__2006_/|title=MusicIndiaOnline — Adaavadi (2006) Soundtrack|accessdate=2013-12-24|publisher=mio.to|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225170924/http://mio.to/album/29-tamil_soundtracks/5085-Adaavadi__2006_/|archive-date=25 December 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://music.ovi.com/in/en/pc/Product/Various-Artists/Adaavadi/8500824 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131224213232/http://music.ovi.com/in/en/pc/Product/Various-Artists/Adaavadi/8500824 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-12-24 |title=Download Adaavadi |accessdate=2013-12-24 |publisher=music.ovi.com }}</ref>

[[Deva (composer)|Deva]] retained two songs from original version which are composed by [[Gurukiran]]. "Idhu One Day" retained as "Idhu One Day" and "Sum Sumne" retained as "En Anbea".

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration
|-
|1 || "En Anbea" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Mrunalini || [[Snehan]] || 5:15
|-
|2 || "Idhu One Day" || Malaysia Maran, Babuji, Jayalakshmi || rowspan=2|[[Piraisoodan]] || 4:38
|-
|3 || "Dindugal Poottu" || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]], Sri Devisha Bharath || 5:25
|-
|4 || "Thisai Eattum" || [[Sriram Parthasarathy]] || Su. Senthilkumar || 4:27
|}

==Reception==

The film received mostly negative reviews. Settu Shankar of ''OneIndia'' described the film as a needless confusion. While KLT of ''hindu.com'' criticized the outmoded plot and treatment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/tamil/reviews/2007/adavadi-review-200407.html|title=Adavadi — Review|date=2007-04-20|accessdate=2013-12-24|author=Settu Shankar|publisher=entertainment.oneindia.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/04/13/stories/2007041300190200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070419144313/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2007/04/13/stories/2007041300190200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-04-19|title=Incredibly hackneyed -- Adaavadi|date=2007-04-13|accessdate=2013-12-24|work=[[The Hindu]]|author=KTL}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/tamil/review/8383.html|title=Adavadi — More noise |date=2007-04-11|accessdate=2013-12-24|publisher=indiaglitz.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:2007 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Kannada films]]
[[Category:Films about filmmaking]]
[[Category:2007 psychological thriller films]]

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