Adi Thadi is an Indian Tamil-language action comedy film released in 2004. It starred Sathyaraj, Abbas, Napoleon and Rathi in the lead roles. It 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.
Tirupati (Sathyaraj) is a criminal who commands respect from state heads like CM. He hates women and remains a bachelor even at the age of 50. A naughty college student Priya (Rathi) grabs the attention of Tirupati though a beauty contest and there he falls in love with her and proposes to her. Then the life of her turns to disaster, because she gets tortured by Tirupati and his henchmen. With the help of his brother Surya (Napoleon), Tirupati changes his appearance to look younger. To escape from this problem, the heroine contacts her boyfriend Arjun (Abbas). The rest is all about how all ends well.
Directed by T. Shivraj
Produced by S. Gnanasundari
Starring Sathyaraj, Napoleon, Abbas, Rathi, Sukanya
Music by Deva
Cinematography R. Selva
Edited by Udayashankar
Production Sundari Films
Release date 5 March 2004
Country India
Language Tamil
