Adi Thadi

Adi Thadi is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film. It stars Sathyaraj, Abbas, Napoleon and Rathi, and was directed by T. Shivraj. It was later remade in Telugu 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
Tirupati is a criminal who commands respect from state heads like the CM. He hates women and remains a bachelor even at the age of 50. A naughty college student Priya grabs Tirupati's attention though a beauty contest, and there he falls in love with her and proposes to her. Then, Priya's life turns to disaster because she gets tortured by Tirupati and his henchmen. With the help of his brother Surya, Tirupati changes his appearance to look younger. To escape from this problem, Priya contacts her boyfriend Arjun. The rest is all about how all ends well.

Cast

 * Sathyaraj as Tirupati
 * Napoleon as Surya
 * Abbas as Arjun
 * Rathi as Priya
 * Sukanya
 * Vaiyapuri
 * Raj Kapoor
 * Nighalgal Ravi
 * Chitra Lakshmanan
 * Vadivel David
 * Devan
 * Gemini Ganesan as himself
 * Deva (composer) in a special appearance in the song "Thagadu Thagadu"

Soundtrack
Soundtrack was composed by Deva and lyrics were written by Piraisoodan, Kalidasan, Snehan and Deva Kumar.

The song "Umma Umma" turned out to be a sensational chartbuster upon release.

Release and reception
Sify wrote "Sathyaraj's Adithadi starts off as a rollkicking 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." Chennai Online wrote "This picture makes no pretence about being anything other than what it is. A not-to-be-taken-seriously, unpretentious entertainer, hilarious at most times, an irreverent take-off on films depicting local 'dadas' and their ilk, the film is seen through the eyes of a 50-something local don, who falls in love with a teenager, and for once finds himself at a loss on how to go about it".

The relative success of the film prompted Shivraj and Sathyaraj to team up again for a film titled Devuda on fake godmen, though it was later shelved. Soon after, Shivraj began making Enakke Enakka with a new cast, but it was also cancelled.