Kizhakku Africavil Sheela

<p>A doctor named Ramu goes deep into the dark continent of Africa with his wife to help tribals. The couple are killed before that can be done, and their daughter is raised by apes, growing up to be Sheela. Ramu’s father sends an expedition to search for his son. Unbeknownst to him, the members of this expedition have other goals. How one of the expedition’s members checkmates their moves and does the rescue forms the rest of the plot. is a remake of the 1986 film , and was also inspired by the works featuring . The film was shot predominantly in Zimbabwe. Directed by , it was also produced by him under his banner Dwarakish Chitra. Sahila Chadha, who starred as the eponymous Sheela in Kannada, reprised her role in the remake. The soundtrack was composed by and lyrics written by . was released on 14 January 1987. In a review dated 6 February 1987, felt the film largely resembled the “listless” television series as it was “stilted and trashy” like the dubbed action films that were common in that era. The reviewer criticised the characterisation of the villains, but praised the “catchy disco rhythms” composed by Bappi Lahiri, and ‘s “raw appeal”. of panned the film, saying it might have worked better in a language other than Tamil.</p>