Aadu Puli Attam

<p>The movie starts with Kamal and Rajini, close associates, playing a game in a bar. When the game is finished, the couple, along with their gang ransack the bar and loot the money. In brief, this is the story of a young man who dreams of becoming a policeman, but decides to oppose the police and heads a gang of thieves. When he discovers that his associates are much worse than thieves, he joins the police and nabs the criminals. The film was directed by , written by and produced by M. Santhinarayanan, who began life as a costume-maker before rising to become a film producer. The song “Uravo Pudumai”, picturised on Kamal Haasan and Sangeeta, was filmed on the area of and near Chennai. During a fight scene on , Kamal Haasan was injured on set. Haasan fixed his shoulder dislocation with a turkey towel and an iron rod on the sets. He returned to the shot after taking just a 10-minute break. The film is noted for Rajinikanth’s famous phrase “Idhu thaan Rajini style” (This is Rajini Style), which he says several times throughout the film. This film was shot in black-and-white. It was given an by the after eight cuts. The final length of the film was 3,947.05 metres (12,949.6 ft). All songs composed by . was released on 30 September 1977, and became a commercial success.</p>