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Ullasa Paravaigal
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = Ullasa Paravaigal
| image = Ullasa Paravaigal poster.jpg
| border = no
| caption = Promotional Poster in Tamil
| director = C. V. Rajendran
| producer = S. P. Thamizharasi
| writer = Panchu Arunachalam
| starring =
| music = Ilaiyaraaja
| cinematography = Ashok Kumar
| editing = N. M. Victor
| studio = S. P. T. Films
| released =
| runtime = 126 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'Ullasa Paravaigal' is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by C. V. Rajendran, starring Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri. The film was a hit at the box office. This film was dubbed into Hindi as 'Do Dil Deewane'. This film was also dubbed in Telugu-language as 'Prema Pichchi' and was released on 21 February 1981.
Plot
Ravi is in denial about his mental health as a result of the death of his rural love interest (Ravi develops pyrophobia as his lover dies by house-burning plotted by a man). His father and friend Raju hatch a plan to take him overseas to get him treatment for his illness. He meets his childhood friend Nirmala. With the help of Nirmala and Raju, Ravi gets better. The second half of the film deals with how Ravi's uncle tries to kill him to get his hands on his fortune and how Ravi overcomes his uncle.
Cast
* Kamal Haasan as Ravi
* Rati Agnihotri as Nirmala
* Unni Mary as Ravi's lover in village
* Major Sundarrajan as Madanagopal
* Suruli Rajan as Raju
* Venniradai Moorthy as Film director
* K. Natraj as Rajagopal
Production
'Ullasa Paravaigal' was shot extensively in West Germany, France and the United States.
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and lyrics were written by Panchu Arunachalam. The songs "Germaniyin Senthen Malare" and "Dheiveega Raagam" became chartbusters.
Reception
Kanthan of 'Kalki' wrote that the titular birds were flying high as a Boeing aircraft. 'Tribune' wrote in 1982, "Even the [Kamal Haasan] magic could not sustain this ambitiously produced film, directed by C. V. Rajendran for long as the story slipped more into a travelogue that circled the high, the bright and the night spots of Paris with its suburbs."
References
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