Aalwar

For the Hindu saints, see Alwars.

Aalwar
Directed by	Chella
Produced by	Mohan Natarajan
Written by	Chella
Starring	Ajith Kumar Asin Keerthi Chawla Vivek Lal
Music by	Srikanth Deva
Cinematography	Ramesh Gee
Editing by	V. T. Vijayan
Studio	Sri Rajakaliamman Films
Release date(s)	12 January 2007
Running time	152 mins
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Aalwar (Tamil: ஆழ்வார்) is a 2007 Tamil film directed by Chella and produced by Mohan Natarajan. The film featured Ajith Kumar and Asin in the lead roles with Lal and Aditya Srivastava appearing in other pivotal roles. The film's score and soundtrack is by Srikanth Deva while the cinematography was by Ramesh Gee. The film released on 12 January 2007 to negative reviews and declared as a flop.

Plot

Aalwar is a traditional priest. He is devoted to his mother and sister. But the villainous elements Lal, Vincent Asokan, kill the sister and mother. Aalwar, with revenge ringing in his mind, ends up as Shiva the killer, even while working as a ward boy in a hospital. Shiva is out to make a statement against the venal forces. He sees himself as some kind of avatar — in fact, he bumps off the baddies under the get-up's of Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. In climax, Shiva turns up as Lord Narasimha and bumps off the last villain by placing him on his thighs and ripping apart his bowels and chest with his sharp claws.

Cast

• Ajith Kumar as Shiva
• Asin as Priya
• Vivek as Pons
• Manorama
• Geetha
• Lal
• Aditya Srivastava
• Keerthi Chawla as Madhu
• Vincent Asokan
• Sathyan

Production

Following the moderate success of his comeback films Paramasivan and Thirupathi, Ajith teamed up with a debutant Chella for a film to be produced by Mohan Natarajan. Chella had previously worked as an associate to S. J. Suryah, who Ajith had worked with in the 1999 film, Vaali. The film held it's photo session on July 20, 2006 with Asin, Ajith's pair in the much delayed Varalaru, being selected once again while Ramesh G of Naalai was chosen as cinematographer. The film began at the Ramoji Rao Studios in Hyderabad in August 2006, with ajith putting on weight for the film. A couple of songs were filmed in Switzerland as the film geared up for a Pongal release alongside Vijay's Pokkiri. Shalini, Ajith's wife, was the costume designer for Ajith in the film.

Release

The film opened to negative with Sify.com labelling it a "built on a predictable premise" and described that Ajith's looks were the only positive. Another critic described the film as "below average" citing that "the biggest drawback is that the story does not have a strong plot or surprising twists and that "there is also a palpable lack of chemistry between the characters and this gives the picture a poorly contrived feel." Rediff.com's review concluded that "Sella's directorial debut lacks originality and is a hotch potch of celebrated scripts of the past."

The producers later dubbed and released the film in Telugu as Avatharudu and Hindi as Mera Farz, with both versions going unnoticed. A Kannada remake was planned by Rajkumar but then later dropped. The director of the film, Chella, has not directed a film since despite announcing two other film, Neruppu Kozhi with Sakthi and Por Vaal with Jeevan.

Soundtrack

Aalwar
Soundtrack album by Srikanth Deva
Released	15 December 2006 (India)
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Srikanth Deva
Srikanth Deva chronology
Sivakasi (2005) Aalwar (2007) ' (2007)

1. "Solli Tharava" - Sadhana Sargam, Muhamad Salamad
2. "Pidikkum" - Madhushree
3. "Anbulla Kadhali" - Kunal, Kushbu
4. "Pallandu" - Unnikrishnan, Senthildas
5. "Mayile Mayile" - Srikanth Deva, Senthildas, Roshini, Suruthipriya, Arjun Thamas, Sujavitha

External links

• Aalvar - Official Site