Aruva Velu

Aruva Velu is a 1996 Indian Tamil language action drama film directed by P. S. Bharathi Kannan in his debut. The film stars Nassar and Urvashi. It was released on 15 January 1996.

Plot
The film begins with Velu (Nassar) being sentenced to the death penalty.

In the past, Velu was an angry man who solved villagers problems by violence. Whereas Muthurasa (Rajesh), Velu's uncle, was a respected village chief who solved villagers problems peacefully. Maruthayi (Urvashi), Muthurasa's daughter, loved her cousin Velu. Alavanthar (Anandaraj), a stone-hearted rich landlord, exploits the villagers and with his twin sons (Ram-Lakshman) spread terror among the villagers. Muthurasa helped the villagers by giving them some lands. Alavanthar, angry, managed to kill some villagers and Muthurasa informed the police. Alavanthar was therefore arrested, he was immediately released and killed Muthurasa. To take revenge, Velu killed one of Alavanthar's sons and he was arrested. Thereafter, Velu managed to escape from jail and killed the other son of Alavanthar. Alavanthar killed a police officer and blamed Velu for the murder. Velu was once again sent to jail and Maruthayi committed suicide. At her funeral, Velu, who was escorted by the police, escaped and he eventually killed Alavanthar.

Velu is then hanged in jail for his crimes.

Production
Aruva Velu is the directorial debut of Bharathi Kannan, previously a public relations officer.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Adithyan.

Reception
D. S. Ramanujam of The Hindu wrote, "To depict a theme cogently with interesting  situations, that  too without a comedy track, is no easy task for a  debutant director", but Bharathi Kannan "does it  without much  fuss" and Nassar, playing the title character, "comes out with flying colours".