Adi Thadi

Adithadi
Directed by	T. Shivraj
Produced by	S. Gnanasundari
Starring	Sathyaraj Napoleon Abbas Rathi Sukanya
Music by	Deva
Cinematography	R. Selva
Edited by	Udayashankar
Production company	Sundari Films
Release dates	5 March 2004 (2004-03-05)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Adidhadi is an Indian Tamil film released in 2004. It starred Sathyaraj, Abbas, Napoleon and Rathi in the lead roles. It was directed by Shivraj It was later remade as Political Rowdy in 2005 with Mohan Babu, Charmee Kaur and Prakash Raj enacting the roles of Sathyaraj, Rathi and Napoleon respectively. Abbas reprises his role in the Telugu film.

Plot

Sathyaraj is a rowdy who commands respect from state heads like CM. He hates women and remains a bachelor even at the age of 50.A naughty college student (Rathi) grabs the attention of Sathyaraj though a beauty contest and there he falls in love with her and proposes to her.Then the life of her turned into a disaster, because she gets touchered by Sathyaraj and his henchmen.With the help of his brother (Napoleon) Sathyaraj changes his appearance to look younger. To escape from this problem, the heroine contacts her boyfriend (Abbas). The rest is all about how all ends well.

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Vaali.

• Umma - Manikka Vinayagam, Malathi
• Machanukku - PRasanna Kumar, Shalini
• Thagadu - Tippu
• Eppadi Samalipendi - Naveen, Sridevi
• Akkipachai - Anuradha Sriram

Critical reception

Sify wrote "Satyaraj?s Adithadi starts of as a rollicking comedy that peters out towards the end. It is a black comedy, a movie that makes light of serious and usually morbid situations with their own level of hilarity and cleverness". The Hindu wrote "You could double up in laughter, guffaw at the hero's audacity or wrinkle your nose in disgust at certain points, but surely you cannot ignore the film that reminds you so much of the `villainous' Satyaraj of yore."