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''Paadu Nilave'' () is a 1987 Indian
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-language romantic musical film, directed by K. Rangaraj and written by M. G. Vallabhan from a story by R. Selvaraj. The film stars Mohan and
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, with
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,
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, J. V. Somayajulu, A. R. Srinivasan and
Typist Gopu Gopalarathnam, known by his stage name Typist Gopu, was an Indian actor known for comedy and supporting roles. He acted in over 600 stage plays and 400 films. Career A native of Manakkal, Lalgudi in Trichy district, Gopalarathnam was active ...
in supporting roles. It was released on 15 May 1987 and became a commercial success.


Plot

Balakrishnan "Balu" is a die hard fan of singer Sangeetha. By chance she visits Balakrishnan's village on vacation. When he tries to meet her, he is continuously
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and insulted by her and her assistants. One day when Sangeetha hears him sing near a beach, she realises his talent and also learns about his struggles. They become good friends and Sangeetha wishes to stay in the village for longer. However her father comes and immediately takes her back to Chennai for her singing events and she leaves without informing Balakrishnan. Balakrishnan heartbroken goes to Chennai in search of her and finally when he reaches her home, he gets insulted. On that day he decides to take revenge on her by becoming a popular singer just like her. He is helped by a policeman who suggests that he learn singing from a man in jail. So Balu goes to the jail where he finds the man to be his father. But he does not reveal the truth in fear of being unable to learn from his father. After learning proper music, Balu becomes a good singer. He meets Sangeetha while in jail where she comes to sing in a function. He sings in front of her and she becomes very happy while he remains angry. She later gives him the chance to begin his career as a singer at her own studio and he becomes famous. Now she meets singer Balu at his house but he insults her the same way she did at her house. She then tells all the truth that she insulted him to protect him from her money minded father. He then acts as if he believed her and embraces her while planning his revenge. They get married and the next day Balu leaves her at her home. When enquired about why he behaves so, he says he did it all to take revenge on her and her father. It is revealed that Sangeetha's father killed Balu's sister and his innocent father was framed for the same and sent to jail. Balu challenges Sangeetha for a music competition with the condition that the loser should never sing again. Her father decides to kill Balu on the day of the competition. All the efforts to prevent this go in vain and the competition begins. Both of them sing fabulously and in the end, Sangeetha gets injured while protecting Balu and her father is shot dead by the police. He gives a last statement that Balu's father is innocent and he is the killer. Balu's father is released from the jail. Balu and Sangeetha finally unite.


Cast

* Mohan as Balakrishnan "Balu" ** Baby Sujitha as young Balu *
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as Sangeetha *
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as Ramanathan *
Senthil Senthil (born 23 March 1951) is an Indian comedy actor who works in Tamil cinema. He is famous for his comedian roles along with fellow actor Goundamani. The pair dominated the Tamil industry as comedians in the 1980s and 90s.Vennira Aadai Moorthy Vennira Aadai Moorthy (born 25 July 1936) is an Indian actor and comedian in Tamil cinema. He has starred in many Tamil films and television serials as a comedian and also played supporting roles. He is a lawyer by education, and holds a B.L. ...
as Moorthi * J. V. Somayajulu as Muthaiah Bhagavathar * A. R. Srinivasan as Jailor *
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as Inspector *
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as Lalitha (guest appearance)


Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by
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and lyrics were written by Vaali. The song "Malaiyoram Veesum Kaathu" is set in the
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known as
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, and "Vaa Veliye" is set in
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.


Release and reception

''Paadu Nilave'' was released on 15 May 1987, and distributed by Moogambigai Cine Distributors. The following week, ''
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'' wrote, "This thoroughly contrived storyline banks itself eagerly on the revenge element, and coming to think of it, its essential structure bears many similarities to last year's hit ''
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''." Jayamanmadhan (a duo) of ''
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'' wrote that, despite dealing with an old wine of an ordinary fan transforming into a top singer, the way screenplay has been stitched by adding elements like accused father, deceased sister and the long lost son it makes the mix more better. They also praised Mohan-Nadhiya's pairing, A. R. Srinivasan's performance and the cinematography but panned the climax, calling it absurd in an otherwise balanced plot. The film was commercially successful.


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* * {{K. Rangaraj 1980s Indian films 1980s romantic musical films 1980s Tamil-language films 1987 films Films about singers Films directed by K. Rangaraj Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films with screenplays by M. G. Vallabhan Indian films about revenge Indian romantic musical films Tamil-language Indian films