Amaravati

Amaravati, Amaravathi or Amravati may refer to:

Geography

Amaravathi (1993 film)

Amaravathi is a 1993 Tamil film directed by Selva. The film featured debutants Ajith Kumar and Sanghavi in the lead role, and released in May 1993 to a positive response at the box office.

Cast

Production

After the success of Thalaivasal, Selva began a love story featuring newcomers. The producers were unhappy with the work of the newcomers and they soon approached Ajith Kumar to play the lead role after singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam had recommended him, after seeing parts of Prema Pusthakam. The original lead actor was later demoted to play Ajith Kumar's friend in the film. Similarly, the lead actress Sanghavi was just 16 when she began filming for the film. As the film went into post production, Ajith was bed-ridden due to a racing injury and remained in treatment for twenty months. Subsequently another actor Vikram had to dub scenes for Ajith.

Music

The music composed by Bala Bharathi and lyrics written by Vairamuthu.

Amaravathi (2009 film)

Amaravathi is a 2009 Indian Telugu-language thriller film written and directed by Anasuya fame Ravi Babu, Sneha and Bhoomika in lead roles, with Ravi Babu himself, Sindhura Gadde and Taraka Ratna playing supporting roles. It was released on 3 December 2009 to highly positive reviews. The film won Nandi awards for Taraka Ratna as the Best Villain and N. Sudhakar Reddy for Best Cinematography.

Plot

A friendship blossoms between Sreenu, the son of a maid servant and Amaravathi the daughter of the landlord in whose house the maid worked. Adolescent play between the boy and girl catches the furious eye of the landlord who kills the maid and slits Sreenu’s throat and throws him into a river. In the present day police are baffled by a series of crimes where the sadistic perpetrator was stealing babies from fully pregnant women, leaving the women bleed to death. Task Force officer Venkat is recalled from a sabbatical and given charge of the case. He quickly cracks the case and apprehends the culprit. But the crimes against pregnant women continue with the culprit in jail. Sure that he had apprehended the right culprit, Venkat decides to investigate deeper. He discovers that the culprit in jail was Sreenu, the boy whose throat was slit and thrown into a river. By the time Venkat completes his investigation, Sreenu gives the cops a slip and escapes from prison. Venkat somehow deduces that Srinu wanted a total of ten babies to complete his mission and was one short. Venkat wants to save that one baby and mother from Sreenu’s blade. He investigates furiously and is shocked to discover that the tenth baby Sreenu wanted was in the womb of his wife. How Venkat managed to save his wife and return the stolen babies to their respective mothers is the rest of the story.