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123_13	handled the cinematography, Raymond Derrick Crasta edited the film and indie musicians Bindhumalini
123_14	and Vedanth Bharadwaj composed the film's soundtrack and score.
123_15	The film began pre-production in mid-2014 and was shot within six months across Chennai, Trivandrum
123_16	and Kochi. Aruvi was premiered at various film festival circuits, the first public screening was
123_17	held at the Shanghai International Film Festival held during 14 June 2016. It was theatrically
123_18	released worldwide on 15 December 2017, to highly positive reviews from critics. It was praised for
123_19	the performances of the cast, especially of Balan, the film's direction and other technical
123_20	aspects. It was considered one of the '25 Greatest Tamil Films of the Decade' by Film Companion.
123_21	At the 65th Filmfare Awards South, Aditi Balan won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress –
123_22	Tamil, the only win out of its four nominations at the ceremony. The film additionally won two
123_23	South Indian International Movie Awards, two Vijay Awards, a Techofes Award, two Edison Awards,
123_24	four Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards and four Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards. The film was a
123_25	financial success, grossing against a budget of . In 2021, the makers announced a Hindi remake of
123_26	the film.
123_27	Plot
123_28	The film begins with Aruvi (Aditi Balan) and Emily (Anjali Varadhan) being interrogated by law
123_29	enforcement officer Shakeel (Mohammad Ali Baig), who suspects Aruvi to be part of a terrorist
123_30	organization. Aruvi's parents and friends are called for interrogation who talk about Aruvi's
123_31	childhood and adolescence. She is a lovingly raised, innocent girl from a middle-class family.
123_32	Things take a turn on her life when he r family turns against her and kicks her out of the house,
123_33	accusing her of having brought shame to the family. Her college friend Jessy (Shwetha Shekar) takes
123_34	her in for a while, then moves to a hostel and lives with Emily, who is a transgender woman. They
123_35	work for a man called Arulmani as tailors in an NGO. One day, she goes to Arulmani crying, asking
123_36	for a loan of 1 lakh rupees as her father (Thirunavukkarasu) has suffered a minor cardiac arrest.
123_37	She then takes off and does not return. Occasionally, she undergoes touch therapy with a Swami who
123_38	uses hypnosis to heal stress.
123_39	Emily approaches the producers of Solvathellam Sathyam, a reality show that showcases people's
123_40	problems on TV. She complains about three men who raped her friend Aruvi. Assistant director Peter
123_41	(Pradeep Antony) agrees to telecast their problem and calls the three men for interrogation. The
123_42	next morning, shooting starts as the host Shobha (Lakshmi Gopalaswamy) asks Aruvi to narrate what
123_43	happened to her. Aruvi then explains that the three men are Jessy's father Joseph, Arulmani, and
123_44	the Swami. Joseph had sexually abused Aruvi when she took shelter in his house. Arulmani had taken
123_45	advantage of Aruvi's situation when she begged for a loan, and the Swami had hypnotized and raped
123_46	her. Aruvi then reveals that she has had AIDS for the past two years (which had occurred due to her
123_47	getting infected through a wound in her mouth after an injury while having coconut water; the
123_48	seller had inadvertently shed his blood into the straw while cutting open the coconut). She meets
123_49	her friend Emily in an NGO as both of them have AIDS. Aruvi asks the three men to apologize, but
123_50	Lakshmi turns against Aruvi, accusing her of intentionally infecting those men. Aruvi is appalled
123_51	and states everything wrong with the society and the unnecessary stereotypes that every common man
123_52	has to conform to, in order to fit into this consumeristic world.
123_53	The director uses all this drama to his advantage as this would improve his show's TRP rating.
123_54	Aruvi pulls out a gun and shoots the director in the arm. Later, she calms herself and apologizes
123_55	to everyone, but as she gets up to leave, Arulmani tackles her and hits Emily. This maddens Aruvi,
123_56	and she starts hitting Arulmani with a rebar and takes everyone hostage, holding them at gunpoint.
123_57	Aruvi then takes control and subjects the hostages to trivial games and activities; the main motive
123_58	was to impress Aruvi and share others' feelings with each other, failing which Aruvi threatened to
123_59	shoot them dead. The hostages abide by Aruvi's instructions and go with the activities. The sound
123_60	of the commotions cause a wide public stir and police to surround the premises. Aruvi gets a call
123_61	from Shakeel, and she assures the safety of the hostages and her apprehension to him after a while.
123_62	During the course of the game, everyone seems to get affected by Stockholm Syndrome, and they
123_63	become friendly with Aruvi. She even forgives the three men who raped her.
123_64	Aruvi suffers a nosebleed by the time she surrenders to the police. Since Aruvi and Emily are AIDS
123_65	patients, they cannot be arrested and have to be isolated inside the camp. Aruvi's condition
123_66	continues to deteriorate as she loses a lot of weight and becomes incapable of taking care of
123_67	herself. One night, she disappears from the camp and moves to a village all alone. After a few
123_68	days, all of Aruvi's friends (the hostages) receive a video from Aruvi on Facebook. The video shows
123_69	her crying and explaining how she misses everyone and speaks about all the regrets in her life. On
123_70	seeing the video, Peter gathers everyone and takes them to the village in which Aruvi currently
123_71	resides (an allusion to Peter's story that he narrated to Aruvi during the hostage situation).
123_72	Peter gifts Aruvi a card with " Love you forever Aruvi, Peter", written on it. Touched, she
123_73	reciprocates his feelings (this too was a revisit of Peter's earlier proposal to Aruvi during the
123_74	incident, albeit in a bland way before).
123_75	Everyone cheers Aruvi up by playing the bottle game and having a great time with her to make the
123_76	last few days of her life sweet and memorable. The movie ends with Peter capturing the image of
123_77	Aruvi smiling.
123_78	Cast Aditi Balan as Aruvi Praniti Praveen Kumar as young Aruvi Anjali Varadhan as Emily/Jessica
123_79	Lakshmi Gopalswami as Shobha Parthasarathy, TV show host Pradeep Antony as Peter
123_80	Mohammad Ali Baig as DGP Mohammad Shakeel Waqaab
123_81	Madhankumar as Venkataapuri Sri Badri Sesaadri Deetsidhar Shwetha Shekar as Jessy
123_82	Arnold Mathew as Karuna, Aruvi's brother Hema as Aruvi's mother
123_83	Thirunavukkarasu as Aruvi's father Balaji as Subash (Office boy at the channel)
123_84	Apoorva Natraj as Jeyashree Kavitha Bharathi
123_85	Production
123_86	Arun Prabu Purushothaman, an associate of Balu Mahendra and K. S. Ravikumar, wrote a script based
123_87	on global conflicts in late-2009 and took more than three years for the writing, as he felt the
123_88	script is a quite complicated process and not easy to transform it completely on-screen. As the
123_89	scripting took more time, he eventually shelved that project and worked on another script during
123_90	his final years of college in September 2013. It was considered to be a two-page thesis and was
123_91	entirely written within a span of 20 days. A one-line of the script was sent to cinematographer
123_92	Shelley Callist, who later forwarded it to S. R. Prabhu. When Arun Prabu narrated the script,
123_93	Prabhu felt impressed by his narration and also he revealed that "he could not get the story out of
123_94	his mind for a week", later giving his nod to produce the film.
123_95	Prabu did not have an iota of the script when he started his concepts of the film during 2013. He
123_96	wrote the film based on the day-to-day activities of youngsters in India, but the motive he focused
123_97	on was based on the struggles faced by the youngsters in the current generation, as he intended to
123_98	make a film that reflected the mindset of youngsters in all the countries. Prabu refused to
123_99	describe the film as a realistic film, but said that the film is "complete fiction" and also a
123_100	"new-age masala film" since it mixes various genres, including action, comedy and drama and also
123_101	commercial films have huge exposure among audiences. He did, however, choose to avoid "songs with a
123_102	number of dancers in the background", a recurring feature of masala films.
123_103	The entire cast and crew members were consisted of debutants. In July 2014, the production team had
123_104	been scouting for new Tamil speaking talent on various social networks. Over 600 applicants had
123_105	applied and auditioned for the lead role, out of which the team chose Aditi Balan, an advocate
123_106	based from Chennai. Shwetha Shekhar, who appeared in several commercials and short films, played in
123_107	a supporting role, for whom it became her first feature-length film. Lakshmi Gopalswami, appeared
123_108	in the supporting role, who was the only cast member with acting experience. The film's
123_109	cinematography was handled by Shelly Calist, while editing was done by Raymond Derrick Crasta.
123_110	Prior to the film's release, Arun Prabu approached established actors such as Anushka Shetty,
123_111	Nayanthara, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Shruti Haasan but they declined due to various reasons. But,
123_112	Arun Prabu said that as the entire cast and crew are newcomers, the scope for revenue is minimal.

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handled the cinematography, Raymond Derrick Crasta edited the film and indie musicians Bindhumalini

123_14

and Vedanth Bharadwaj composed the film's soundtrack and score.

123_15

The film began pre-production in mid-2014 and was shot within six months across Chennai, Trivandrum

123_16

and Kochi. Aruvi was premiered at various film festival circuits, the first public screening was

123_17

held at the Shanghai International Film Festival held during 14 June 2016. It was theatrically

123_18

released worldwide on 15 December 2017, to highly positive reviews from critics. It was praised for

123_19

the performances of the cast, especially of Balan, the film's direction and other technical

123_20

aspects. It was considered one of the '25 Greatest Tamil Films of the Decade' by Film Companion.

123_21

At the 65th Filmfare Awards South, Aditi Balan won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress –

123_22

Tamil, the only win out of its four nominations at the ceremony. The film additionally won two

123_23

South Indian International Movie Awards, two Vijay Awards, a Techofes Award, two Edison Awards,

123_24

four Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards and four Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards. The film was a

123_25

financial success, grossing against a budget of . In 2021, the makers announced a Hindi remake of

123_26

the film.

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Plot

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The film begins with Aruvi (Aditi Balan) and Emily (Anjali Varadhan) being interrogated by law

123_29

enforcement officer Shakeel (Mohammad Ali Baig), who suspects Aruvi to be part of a terrorist

123_30

organization. Aruvi's parents and friends are called for interrogation who talk about Aruvi's

123_31

childhood and adolescence. She is a lovingly raised, innocent girl from a middle-class family.

123_32

Things take a turn on her life when he r family turns against her and kicks her out of the house,

123_33

accusing her of having brought shame to the family. Her college friend Jessy (Shwetha Shekar) takes

123_34

her in for a while, then moves to a hostel and lives with Emily, who is a transgender woman. They

123_35

work for a man called Arulmani as tailors in an NGO. One day, she goes to Arulmani crying, asking

123_36

for a loan of 1 lakh rupees as her father (Thirunavukkarasu) has suffered a minor cardiac arrest.

123_37

She then takes off and does not return. Occasionally, she undergoes touch therapy with a Swami who

123_38

uses hypnosis to heal stress.

123_39

Emily approaches the producers of Solvathellam Sathyam, a reality show that showcases people's

123_40

problems on TV. She complains about three men who raped her friend Aruvi. Assistant director Peter

123_41

(Pradeep Antony) agrees to telecast their problem and calls the three men for interrogation. The

123_42

next morning, shooting starts as the host Shobha (Lakshmi Gopalaswamy) asks Aruvi to narrate what

123_43

happened to her. Aruvi then explains that the three men are Jessy's father Joseph, Arulmani, and

123_44

the Swami. Joseph had sexually abused Aruvi when she took shelter in his house. Arulmani had taken

123_45

advantage of Aruvi's situation when she begged for a loan, and the Swami had hypnotized and raped

123_46

her. Aruvi then reveals that she has had AIDS for the past two years (which had occurred due to her

123_47

getting infected through a wound in her mouth after an injury while having coconut water; the

123_48

seller had inadvertently shed his blood into the straw while cutting open the coconut). She meets

123_49

her friend Emily in an NGO as both of them have AIDS. Aruvi asks the three men to apologize, but

123_50

Lakshmi turns against Aruvi, accusing her of intentionally infecting those men. Aruvi is appalled

123_51

and states everything wrong with the society and the unnecessary stereotypes that every common man

123_52

has to conform to, in order to fit into this consumeristic world.

123_53

The director uses all this drama to his advantage as this would improve his show's TRP rating.

123_54

Aruvi pulls out a gun and shoots the director in the arm. Later, she calms herself and apologizes

123_55

to everyone, but as she gets up to leave, Arulmani tackles her and hits Emily. This maddens Aruvi,

123_56

and she starts hitting Arulmani with a rebar and takes everyone hostage, holding them at gunpoint.

123_57

Aruvi then takes control and subjects the hostages to trivial games and activities; the main motive

123_58

was to impress Aruvi and share others' feelings with each other, failing which Aruvi threatened to

123_59

shoot them dead. The hostages abide by Aruvi's instructions and go with the activities. The sound

123_60

of the commotions cause a wide public stir and police to surround the premises. Aruvi gets a call

123_61

from Shakeel, and she assures the safety of the hostages and her apprehension to him after a while.

123_62

During the course of the game, everyone seems to get affected by Stockholm Syndrome, and they

123_63

become friendly with Aruvi. She even forgives the three men who raped her.

123_64

Aruvi suffers a nosebleed by the time she surrenders to the police. Since Aruvi and Emily are AIDS

123_65

patients, they cannot be arrested and have to be isolated inside the camp. Aruvi's condition

123_66

continues to deteriorate as she loses a lot of weight and becomes incapable of taking care of

123_67

herself. One night, she disappears from the camp and moves to a village all alone. After a few

123_68

days, all of Aruvi's friends (the hostages) receive a video from Aruvi on Facebook. The video shows

123_69

her crying and explaining how she misses everyone and speaks about all the regrets in her life. On

123_70

seeing the video, Peter gathers everyone and takes them to the village in which Aruvi currently

123_71

resides (an allusion to Peter's story that he narrated to Aruvi during the hostage situation).

123_72

Peter gifts Aruvi a card with " Love you forever Aruvi, Peter", written on it. Touched, she

123_73

reciprocates his feelings (this too was a revisit of Peter's earlier proposal to Aruvi during the

123_74

incident, albeit in a bland way before).

123_75

Everyone cheers Aruvi up by playing the bottle game and having a great time with her to make the

123_76

last few days of her life sweet and memorable. The movie ends with Peter capturing the image of

123_77

Aruvi smiling.

123_78

Cast Aditi Balan as Aruvi Praniti Praveen Kumar as young Aruvi Anjali Varadhan as Emily/Jessica

123_79

Lakshmi Gopalswami as Shobha Parthasarathy, TV show host Pradeep Antony as Peter

123_80

Mohammad Ali Baig as DGP Mohammad Shakeel Waqaab

123_81

Madhankumar as Venkataapuri Sri Badri Sesaadri Deetsidhar Shwetha Shekar as Jessy

123_82

Arnold Mathew as Karuna, Aruvi's brother Hema as Aruvi's mother

123_83

Thirunavukkarasu as Aruvi's father Balaji as Subash (Office boy at the channel)

123_84

Apoorva Natraj as Jeyashree Kavitha Bharathi

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Production

123_86

Arun Prabu Purushothaman, an associate of Balu Mahendra and K. S. Ravikumar, wrote a script based

123_87

on global conflicts in late-2009 and took more than three years for the writing, as he felt the

123_88

script is a quite complicated process and not easy to transform it completely on-screen. As the

123_89

scripting took more time, he eventually shelved that project and worked on another script during

123_90

his final years of college in September 2013. It was considered to be a two-page thesis and was

123_91

entirely written within a span of 20 days. A one-line of the script was sent to cinematographer

123_92

Shelley Callist, who later forwarded it to S. R. Prabhu. When Arun Prabu narrated the script,

123_93

Prabhu felt impressed by his narration and also he revealed that "he could not get the story out of

123_94

his mind for a week", later giving his nod to produce the film.

123_95

Prabu did not have an iota of the script when he started his concepts of the film during 2013. He

123_96

wrote the film based on the day-to-day activities of youngsters in India, but the motive he focused

123_97

on was based on the struggles faced by the youngsters in the current generation, as he intended to

123_98

make a film that reflected the mindset of youngsters in all the countries. Prabu refused to

123_99

describe the film as a realistic film, but said that the film is "complete fiction" and also a

123_100

"new-age masala film" since it mixes various genres, including action, comedy and drama and also

123_101

commercial films have huge exposure among audiences. He did, however, choose to avoid "songs with a

123_102

number of dancers in the background", a recurring feature of masala films.

123_103

The entire cast and crew members were consisted of debutants. In July 2014, the production team had

123_104

been scouting for new Tamil speaking talent on various social networks. Over 600 applicants had

123_105

applied and auditioned for the lead role, out of which the team chose Aditi Balan, an advocate

123_106

based from Chennai. Shwetha Shekhar, who appeared in several commercials and short films, played in

123_107

a supporting role, for whom it became her first feature-length film. Lakshmi Gopalswami, appeared

123_108

in the supporting role, who was the only cast member with acting experience. The film's

123_109

cinematography was handled by Shelly Calist, while editing was done by Raymond Derrick Crasta.

123_110

Prior to the film's release, Arun Prabu approached established actors such as Anushka Shetty,

123_111

Nayanthara, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Shruti Haasan but they declined due to various reasons. But,

123_112

Arun Prabu said that as the entire cast and crew are newcomers, the scope for revenue is minimal.