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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Arthanari<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Sundarra Elangovan<br />
| producer = A. S. Muthamizh<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = Sundarra Elangovan<br />
| story = A. S. Muthamizh<br />
| starring = [[Arundhati (actress)|Arundhati]]<br />Ramkumar<br />
| music = [[V. Selvaganesh]]<br />
| cinematography = Sri Ranjanrao<br />
| editing = [[Suresh Urs]]<br />
| studio = kiruthika film creation<br />
| distributor = 138 minutes<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2016|7|8}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
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'''''Arthanari''''' is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language [[action film|action]] [[thriller film|thriller]] film starring [[Arundhati (actress)|Arundhati]] and debutante Ramkumar. The film was dubbed in Malayalam as ''Arthanari''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiHN2hAoiU8</ref><br />
== Plot ==<br />
Selvamanickam runs an [[ashram]] in Chennai, and Karthik grows up there. Sathyapriya, a police officer, gets into a fight with Karthik and later consoles him after learning about his past. They later fall in love. One day, Selvamanickam dies. Karthik assumes that he died a natural death when Sathyapriya tells him that he was murdered. Both Karthik and Sathyapriya want to avenge Selvamanickam's death.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Arundhati (actress)|Arundhati]] as Sathyapriya<br />
*Ramkumar as Karthik <br />
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] as Selvamanickam <br />
*[[Rajendran]]<br />
*[[Abhishek Vinod]] as Kidnapper<br />
*[[K. Sivasankar]] as Ramasamy<br />
*Vazhukku En Muthuraman<br />
*[[Sampath Ram]]<br />
*Mippu as Karthik's friend<br />
*Sudhakar<br />
*Thavasi<br />
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== Production ==<br />
The film is directed by Sundarra Elangovan, a former assistant of [[Bala (director)|Bala]]. [[Arundhati (actress)|Arundhati]] plays an encounter specialist named Sathyapriya while debutant Ramkumar plays a civil engineer who gets involved in Sathyapriya's case. To prepare for her role, Arundhati watched films from the same genre including ''[[Blue Steel (1990 film)|Blue Steel]]'', ''[[The Bone Collector]]'' and ''[[Mardaani]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/south-indian/arthanari-a-police-thriller-in-tamil-1.1857876|title='Arthanari' a police thriller in Tamil|website=gulfnews.com}}</ref> The film was titled as [[Ardhanarishvara|Arthanari]] because both the male and female characters have equal importance. [[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]] plays a supporting role while [[Rajendran]] plays the antagonist.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2016/jul/12/Not-enough-quality-films-Sundarra-879875.html|title=Not enough quality films: Sundarra|newspaper=The New Indian Express|date=12 July 2016|first=S|last=Subhakeerthana|access-date=18 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The songs are composed by [[V. Selvaganesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/arthanaari-songs-T0004393|title=Arthanaari Songs Download, Arthanaari Tamil MP3 Songs, Raaga.com Tamil Songs|website=www.raaga.com}}</ref><br />
{{Track listing<br />
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| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
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| title1 = En Usire<br />
| lyrics1 = [[Kabilan Vairamuthu]]<br />
| extra1 = Prasanna<br />
| length1 = 4:25<br />
| title2 = Kai Veesi Nadakkum<br />
| lyrics2 = Kabilan Vairamuthu<br />
| extra2 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[M. M. Manasi]]<br />
| length2 = 3:58<br />
| title3 = Theenda Theenda<br />
| lyrics3 = Kabilan Vairamuthu<br />
| extra3 = M. M. Monisha<br />
| length3 = 4:55<br />
| title4 = Mandira Vizhiyal<br />
| lyrics4 = Kabilan Vairamuthu<br />
| extra4 = M. M. Manasi<br />
| length4 = 3:58<br />
| title5 = En Ennai Nee<br />
| lyrics5 = Pa. Meenkashi Sundaram<br />
| extra5 = M. M. Monisha<br />
| length5 = 4:46<br />
| total_length = 22:20<br />
}}<br />
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== Release ==<br />
''The Times of India'' gave the film one and a half out of five stars and wrote that "There are films that have a scrappy feel about them because of their low budget, but this one doesn’t really feel entirely shoddy".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/arthanaari/movie-review/53137796.cms|title=Arthanaari Movie Review {1.5/5}: Critic Review of Arthanaari by Times of India|via=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> ''The Times of India Samayam'' gave the film a rating of two out of five stars and praised the directors and Arundhati's performance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tamil.samayam.com/tamil-cinema/movie-review/arthanari-film-review/moviereview/53132776.cms|title=அர்த்தநாரி - திரை விமர்சனம் -Samayam Tamil|date=9 July 2016|website=Tamil Samayam}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:2016 action thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:2016 crime action films]]<br />
[[Category:2016 crime thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2016 films]]<br />
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of the Tamil Nadu Police]]<br />
[[Category:Indian action thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian crime action films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian crime thriller films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian police films]]</div>>Fad Ariff