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Subramaniya Swamy
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Wikipedia article
'Subramaniya Swamy' is a 1994 Tamil-language comedy film directed by Pandiarajan. The film stars himself, Urvashi and Priya Raman. The film, produced by J. V. Rakmangadan and Karumari Kandasamy, had musical score by Deva and was released on 26 January 1994. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film 'Mazhavilkavadi'.
Plot
Velayudham (Pandiarajan) and his cousin Valli (Priya Raman) are in love since their childhood. Her father Rathnasamy (R. Sundarrajan) hates Velayudham and looks for a groom for his daughter. One day, Velayudham and Valli try to elope but Rathnasamy finally captures them. Vexed by this misadventure, Velayudham leaves his village to Palani in order to find a job with the help of his friend Kunju Khader (Charle). Kunju Khader turns out to be a pickpocket. In a twist of fate, Velayudham steals a bag. In this bag, there are barber tools and Velayudham becomes a street barber. Soon, Cheena the bag's owner catches Velayudham. Velayudham lies and Cheena brings him to his house. There, Velayudham becomes his apprentice. Cheena's daughter Amudha falls in love with Velayudham. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.
Cast
*Pandiarajan as Velayudham
*Urvashi as Amudha
*Priya Raman as Valli
*R. Sundarrajan as Rathnasamy
*Charle as Kunju Khader
*Mannangatti Subramaniam as Vasu
*Loose Mohan as Murugan
*Oru Viral Krishna Rao
*Shanmugasundaram
*C. R. Saraswathi
*Thideer Kannaiah as Ahamed
*Pramila Joshi as Baagiyam
*Pasi Narayanan
*Bayilvan Ranganathan as Inspector Azhagappan
*Manager Cheena as Cheena
*Krishnamoorthy
*Janaki as Valli's mother
*Radha Bob
*Usha Nayar
*Dakshayini as Velayudham's sister
*S. R. Vijaya
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1994, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali.
Reception
Malini Mannath of 'The Indian Express' gave the film a mixed review and said, "probably, in the adaptation, the flavour of the original was lost, because what we have here is only average fare". K. Vijiyin of 'New Straits Times' wrote, "This is not a must-see movie".
References
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