Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa

Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Rama Narayanan. The film features Prabhu, S. Ve. Shekher, Vadivelu, Roja, Urvashi and Kovai Sarala in lead roles. The film, produced by N. Radha, had musical score by S. A. Rajkumar and was released on 4 December 1999. The film was Rama Narayanan's 100th film and was a hit at the box office.[1][2][3] The film was remade in Telugu as Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa starring Srikanth, Roja, Ravi Teja, Maheswari, Brahmanandam, and Kovai Sarala in the lead roles.

Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa
Directed byRama Narayanan
Produced byN. Radha
Written byRama Narayanan
Starring
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
CinematographyN. K. Viswanathan
Edited byRajkeerthy
Production
company
Sri Thenandal Films
Release date
  • 4 December 1999 (1999-12-04)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Thirupathi (Vadivelu), Ezhumalai (S. Ve. Shekher) and Venkatesa (Prabhu) are poor friends who want to become rich at any cost. Nachiappan (Venniradai Moorthy), a bungalow watchman, has three daughters : Lalitha (Kovai Sarala), Padmini (Urvashi) and Ragini (Roja). When the owner left the bungalow on vacation, Nachiappan's daughters move into the bungalow. Afterwards, Nachiappan rents his owner's top portion bungalow to Thirupathi, Ezhumalai and Venkatesa who lied about their job. The three men eventually marry the three women. The rest of the story is how the three men will manage their wives.

Cast

Soundtrack

Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa
Soundtrack album by
Released1999
Recorded1999
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length33:17
LabelStar Music
ProducerS. A. Rajkumar

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer S. A. Rajkumar. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Vairamuthu, Pazhani Bharathi, Kalaikumar and Rama Narayanan.[4][5][6] Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam song were not in film.

TrackSongSinger(s)LyricsDuration
1'Aasai Aasai'P. Unni KrishnanRama Narayanan3:50
2'Kadhalukku Thoothu Chollu'Sujatha Mohan, Supraja, P. M. AmrudaVairamuthu4:13
3'Nilavoda Thankatchi'Mano, Anuradha SriramKalaikumar4:36
4'Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam'S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. ChithraVaali6:33
5'Tirupathi Elumalai Venkatesa'Mano, S. N. Surendar, VadiveluPazhani Bharathi4:20

Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics.[7]

Balaji Balasubramaniam of bbthots.com wrote, "Even though Prabhu and Roja get first billing in the credits, its Vadivelu and Sarala who have maximum screen time. Consequently, they figure in the funniest scenes of the movie. Their experience when Vadivelu goes to fill the role of an actor and Sarala fulfilling Vedivelu's mother's vows are the comic highlights of the movie. 'Venniradai' Moorthy has several funny lines and his delivery and timing are good too. S.V.Sekhar, rarely seen in movies, makes us laugh purely because of his dialogue delivery. Prabhu and Roja have the weakest portions of the movie, both with respect to comedy and his plan for correcting her. His scenes with Alphonso(with a song too) are boring and in the end, achieve nothing. Songs are uninteresting and their picturisation is unimaginative."[8]

Remakes

The film was remade in Telugu as Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa directed by E. Sattibabu with Meka Srikanth, Ravi Teja, Brahmanandam, Maheswari while Roja and Kovai Sarala reprised their roles. The film was also remade in Kannada as Yaarige Beda Duddu with Shivaram, Abhijith and Tennis Krishna.

References

  1. "Filmography of thiruppadhi ezhumalai venkatesa". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  2. "Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa". entertainment.oneindia.in. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  3. A. Swamy. "Prabhu: The comeback story". cinematoday2.itgo.com. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  4. "Tirupathi Elumalai Venkatesa Songs". raaga.com. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  5. "Tirupathi Elimalai Venkatesa". hummaa.com. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  6. "Download Tirupathi Elumalai Venkatesa by S.A. Rajkumar on Nokia Music". music.ovi.com. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
  7. "Fine social comedy". New Straits Times. 15 January 2000. p. 44.
  8. Balaji Balasubramaniam. "Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa - Movie Review". bbthots.com. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
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