Selva (film)

1996 Indian film

Selva

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Directed by| A. Venkatesh
Screenplay by| A. Venkatesh
Story by| Majeeth
Produced by| Pavithran
Starring| Vijay
Swathi
Raghuvaran
Riva
Cinematography| S. Saravanan
Edited by| B. Lenin
V. T. Vijayan
Music by| Sirpy

Production
company

A. R. S. International

Release date

* 12 December 1996 (1996-12-12)

Running time

| 120 minutes
Country| India
Language| Tamil
Budget| ₹40 lakh
Box office| ₹1.75 crore[1]

Selva is a 1996 Indian Tamil-language romantic action film directed by A. Venkatesh.[2] The film stars Vijay, Swathi, Riva and Raghuvaran. The music is composed by Sirpy. The film was a successful venture.[3][4]

## Plot

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Selva lives in a colony. He is the son of lawyer Varatharajan but he lives separately. It turns out that he is the adopted son of Varatharajan and he gets shocked whenever Selva speaks or fights against injustice. He is a man who hates injustice and fights against it. Meanwhile, a minister's daughter moves into the colony. She moves friendly with Selva. Sumathi who is in love with Selva mistakes their friendship. Vartharajan works for a terrorist group that kidnaps the minister's daughter. Selva goes to the rescue of the girl. However, Selva kills his father because Varatharajan was going to kill Kamini. Finally, they will come out of the clutch of the terrorists.

## Cast

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* Vijay as Selva
* Swathi as Sumathi
* Riva as Kamini
* Raghuvaran as Varatharajan, Selva's father
* Rajan P. Dev as Vaappa
* Senthil as Magic Guruji
* Manivannan as Cellular Mani (voice dubbed by Mayilsamy for some scenes)
* Jayachitra as CBI officer
* Vichithra as Jyothi
* Shanmugasundari as Deaf grandmother
* C. R. Saraswathi as Bhama, Sumathi's mother
* Vatsala Rajagopal as Church mother
* Mannangatti Subramaniam as Gopalu, Sumathi's father
* Tiruppur Ramasamy as Ramasamy
* Kalidoss as Varatharajan’s assistant
* Jayaprakasam as Soosai
* Diamond Babu as Kamini’s father
* Krishnamoorthy as Deputy inspector general of police
* Bonda Mani as Colony man
* Prathapachandran as Director general of police
* Peter Hein as Fighter
* A. Venkatesh as Vaappa's henchman

## Production

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Vijay performed a risky jump stunt in the film without using a double.[4]

## Soundtrack

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All songs were written by Vaali and music was composed by Sirpy.[5]

Title | Singer(s)  | Length

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"Chicken Kari" | Vijay, Sirpy, Swarnalatha | 5:02
"Don't Care Master" | Mano | 3:46
"Lappu Tappu" | Suresh Peters, Swarnalatha, Deepika  | 4:41
"Potta Pulla Manasu" | Mano, Sujatha | 4:46
"Tharaiyil Natakkuthu" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Swarnalatha  | 4:43

## Reception

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Ananda Vikatan rated the film 30 out of 100.[6] R. P. R. of Kalki praised Vijay for acting with life and performing stunts and called Raghuvaran's performance as the only entertaining thing from the film but felt the film had no plot and two of the actresses were underutilised.[7]

## References

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1. ^ "சுவாதி நடிப்பில் வெளியான 'செல்வா'... இப்படத்தின் மொத்த வசூல் எவ்ளோ தெரியுமா?". Filmy Focus (in Tamil). 29 September 2022. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
2. ^ "Selva ( 1996 )". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
3. ^ Director A. Venkatesh Given So Many Hits For Tamil Cinema including Selva and Nilavae Vaa (in Tamil). AnnaParavai. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022 - via YouTube.
4. ^ a b After Selva successful film I got two other films to direct Vijay and Vijay did stunts without dupe Director A Venkatesh Interview – DotsMedia (in Tamil). Dots Media. 9 July 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022 - via YouTube.
5. ^ "Selva (1996)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2022.
6. ^ சார்லஸ், தேவன் (22 June 2021). "பீஸ்ட் : 'நாளைய தீர்ப்பு' டு 'மாஸ்டர்'... விஜய்க்கு விகடனின் மார்க்கும், விமர்சனமும் என்ன? #Beast". Ananda Vikatan (in Tamil). Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
7. ^ ஆர். பி. ஆர் (19 January 1997). "செல்வா". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 1\. Archived from the original on 18 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023 - via Internet Archive.

## External links

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* Selva at IMDb
* Selva at Rotten Tomatoes

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Films directed by A. Venkatesh

* Maha Prabhu (1996)
* Selva (1997)
* Nilaave Vaa (1998)
* Pooparika Varugirom (1999)
* Chocklet (2001)
* Bagavathi (2002)
* Dum (2003)
* Kuthu (2004)
* Aai (2004)
* Chanakya (2005)
* Vathiyar (2006)
* Durai (2008)
* Malai Malai (2009)
* Maanja Velu (2010)
* Vaada (2010)
* Vallakottai (2010)
* Summa Nachunu Irukku (2013)
* Killadi (2015)
* Sandamarutham (2015)
* Rombha Nallavan Da Nee (2015)
* Nethraa (2019)
* Operation Laila (2024)
* Dhil Raja (2024)

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