Udhavikku Varalaamaa

Udhavikku Varalaamaa (English: May I come for help?) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Gokula Krishnan.[1][2] The film features Karthik, Devayani, Sangeetha and Anju Aravind in lead roles with Janagaraj, Pandiyan, Vadivukkarasi, Manivannan, Kovai Sarala and Jaiganesh playing supporting roles. The film was released on 16 January 1998 to negative reviews and became a failure at box-office.[3][4][5] This was Gokula Krishna's last film as director and continued as dialogue writer before his death in 2008 and also was his last collaboration with Karthik after Poovarasan and Muthu Kaalai.

Udhavikku Varalaamaa
DVD cover
Directed byGokula Krishnan
Produced byM. Gafar
Screenplay byGokula Krishnan
Story byG. Kavitha
Starring
Music bySirpy
CinematographyJayanan Vincent
Edited byK.R. Gowri Shankar
T.R. Sekar
Production
company
Taaj International
Release date
16 January 1998
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Muthurasu (Karthik) has come to the city to earn money to finance his mother's (Vadivukkarasi) operation and asks for ideas from his friend Annamalai (Janagaraj). To rent a place owned by a Brahmin couple (Manivannan and Kovai Sarala), Muthurasu transforms himself into a Brahmin Pichumani and also falls in love with Mythili (Devayani), the couple's daughter. Getting a job at a company owned by a devout Muslim (Jaiganesh) makes him put on the garb of Hussein, a Muslim. Things get more complicated when an unsafe situation makes him take on the role of Pastor James, a Christian and Stella (Sangeetha), his secretary in the office where he works as Hussein, falls in love with him.

Cast

Soundtrack
Udhavikku Varalaamaa
Soundtrack album by
Sirpy
Released1998
Recorded1997
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length21:39
LabelAditya Music
ProducerSirpy

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Sirpy. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Pazhani Bharathi.[6][7]

TrackSongSinger(s)LyricsDuration
1'Thottu Thottu'Mano, SwarnalathaPazhani Bharathi4:23
2'Ennodu Edho'Mano, Sujatha Mohan4:06
3'Salakku Salakku'Mano, Swarnalatha4:54
4'Neethan Neethan'Deva4:16
5'Singapore'Krishna Raj, Devi4:00

Reception

Aravind of indolink.com, criticized the film and actor Karthik : "Karthik should spit out whatever he has in his mouth before delivering the dialogues. His mannerisms are also getting on people's nerves."[3]

Balaji Balasubramaniam gave 1.5 out of 5 and he said : "The director's flair for comedy is obvious at several places but unfortunately, is not sustained throughout the movie. But the segments where Karthik shuffles his identities are not as hilarious. The unnecessary, shortlived diversion into 'masala' elements hurts the movie even more. And the introduction of a villain and the fight in the bottling factory are needless and serve no purpose other than padding the running time."[4]

A reviewer from Screen magazine called the film "a total farce which taxes the patience of the viewers", noting it was a "washout" at the box office.[8]

References
  1. "Udhavikku varalama". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  2. "Find Tamil Movie Udhavikku varalaamaa". jointscene.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  3. Balaji Balasubramaniam. "Udhavikku Varalaamaa". reocities.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  4. http://chandrag.tripod.com/feb99/
  5. "Download Udhavikku Varalama by Sirpy on Nkia Music". music.ovi.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  6. "Find Tamil movie Udhavikku Varalaamaa". jointscene.com. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20080215190052/http://www.screenindia.com:80/old/feb07/south2.htm
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