Adida Melam

2016 Indian film

25 March 2016 (2016-03-25)

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Adida Melam is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Anbu Stalin featuring newcomer Abhay Krishna and Abhinaya.^[1] The music was composed by Abhishek—Lawrence. Despite being launched in 2012, the film went through production troubles and subsequently had a name change from Mela Thaalam to Adida Melam in 2016, before its release on 25 March 2016.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cast

Abhay Krishna as Saravanan
Abhinaya as Devaki
Urvashi
Jayaprakash
Mayilsamy
Swaminathan
Scissor Manohar
Mippu

Music

The music was composed by Abhishek—Lawrence.

Adida Melam

Soundtrack album by

Abhishek—Lawrence

Released

2016

Genre

Feature film soundtrack

Length

19:36

Language

Tamil

Label

Bravomovies

Abhishek—Lawrence chronology

Doo
(2011)

Adida Melam
(2016)

Track listing
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Melathalam"	Kabilan	Silambarasan, Chuchirata^[5]	4:54
2.	"Mangkuyilea Punkuyilae"	Arul Thambi	S. P. Charan, Padmalatha	4:44
3.	"Hawa Hawa"	Gana Bala	Gana Bala	4:34
4.	"Yeannantho Yeadhanatho"	Arul Thambi	MC Rude	4:13
5.	"Theme Music"		Abhishek	1:11
Total length:				19:36

Reception

The film opened to mixed reviews, with a critic noting "the tone of Adida Melam is wildly inconsistent, swinging from melodrama to comedy, at times even in the same scene".^[6]

References

^ "'I've never faced bias': Abhinaya". The Times of India. 3 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^ "Abhinaya had to lip-sync to a lot of dialogues". Times of India. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
^ "Abhinaya's new film!". Behindwoods. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^ "Climax of 'Adida Melam' exceptionally funny: Abhay Krishnaa". 23 March 2016.
^ "Abhinaya imitates Rajini and dances to STR's tune!". Behindwoods. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2012.
^ "Adida Melam Movie Review {2/5}: Critic Review of Adida Melam by Times of India". The Times of India.