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<div>{{short description|Film by Muthukumaran}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Dharma Prabhu<br />
| image = File:Dharmaprabhu first look poster 2019.jpg<br />
| caption = First look poster<br />
| director = Muthukumaran<br />
| producer = P Ranganathan<br />
| writer = Muthukumaran<br />
| starring = [[Yogi Babu]]<br>[[Radha Ravi]]<br>[[Janani Iyer]] <br>[[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]]<br>Sam Jones<br>[[Ramesh Thilak]]<br>[[Rajendran]]<br />
| music = [[Justin Prabhakaran]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Mahesh Muthuswami]]<br />
| editing = San Lokesh<br />
| studio = Sri Vaari Films<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2019|06|28|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 135 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Dharma Prabhu''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[political]] [[fantasy]] [[comedy film]] written and directed by Muthukumaran.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/yogi-babu-to-play-the-lead-in-dharmaprabhu/articleshow/66498651.cms|title=Yogen to play the lead in Dharmaprabhu - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref> [[Yogi Babu]] plays the lead role in the film,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/nov/02/yogi-babu-to-play-the-lead-in-fantasy-comedy-dharma-prabhu-8593.html|title=Yogen to play the lead in fantasy comedy, Dharma Prabhu|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref> and supporting roles are done by [[Radha Ravi]], Sam Jones, [[Ramesh Thilak]], [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]] and [[Rajendran]] among others. [[Justin Prabhakaran]] composed the music for the film, editing was done by San Lokesh, and cinematography was by Mahesh Muthuswamy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/yogi-babus-dharmaprabhu-first-look-poster.html|title=Yogi Babu's Dharmaprabhu first look poster|date=2018-11-02|website=Behindwoods|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The God of death, the senior Yama ([[Radha Ravi]]), retires so that his son ([[Yogi Babu]]) has become the immediate successor. Yamaloga’s [[Chitragupta]] ([[Ramesh Thilak]]) is enraged with the decision of Yama. He cunningly plans to dethrone Yama Jr. who has just become the king of their world. Chitragupta’s plan works when Yama Jr. visits the earth and saves the life of an innocent child along with a deadly politician ([[Azhagam Perumal]]). Now, Lord [[Shiva]] ([[Rajendran]]) orders Yama Jr. to kill the politician in a week and rectify all the mistakes. Can the fun-loving Yama rectify his mistakes?<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Yogi Babu]] as [[Yamantaka|Dharma Prabhu]]<br />
* [[Radha Ravi]] as [[Yama]]n <br />
* Sam Jones as Bala<br />
* [[Ramesh Thilak]] as [[Chitragupta]]<br />
* [[Rajendran]] as [[Shiva]]<br />
* [[Rekha (South Indian actress)|Rekha]] as Ayyo<br />
* [[Meghna Naidu]] cameo appearance <br />
* [[Azhagam Perumal]] as Kumaradasan the Politician<br />
* [[Bose Venkat]] as Minister<br />
* [[Bosskey]] as "Kho" Rangasamy<br />
* Shanmugam Muthusamy as Yama Guru<br />
* Supergood Subramani<br />
* PV Chandramoulli<br />
* [[Ashvin Raja]] as Cameo appearance<br />
* [[Janani Iyer]] as Politician Kumaradasan's daughter (Cameo appearance)<br />
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== Production ==<br />
This film shooting was held in a fictional place due to the cast and the story. Yaman stays in place called Yamaloka, so the art works were done mostly in a fictional way.<ref>{{Citation|title=Dharma Prabhu Full Cast and Crew - Yogi Babu {{!}} Sulekha Movies|url=http://movies.sulekha.com/tamil-movie-dharma-prabhu-cast-crew|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref> The first look poster of Dharmaprabhu was released on 2 November, where Yogi Babu stands as Yaman with the weapon [[Gada (mace)|Gada]]. The film shooting was a short time of period and the movie features was released soon. The film was shot in [[Chennai]] and the songs were composed abroad. One of the first look poster reminds one of [[Thambi Ramaiah|Thambi Ramiah]]’s directorial film [[Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/689332286692577663/|title=Dharma Prabhu Movie (2019) {{!}} Cast {{!}} Songs {{!}} Teaser {{!}} Trailer {{!}} Release Date {{!}} Tamil Cinema News / Kollywood news in 2018 {{!}} Pinterest {{!}} Cinema, Movies and Teaser|website=Pinterest|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
Soundtrack was composed by Justin Prabhakaran.<ref>https://www.hungama.com/album/dharma-prabhu/47954464/</ref><ref>https://gaana.com/album/dharma-prabhu</ref><br />
*"Oorar Unna" - Tm Selvakumar <br />
*"Usurula Ethayo" - Yogi Sekar, Aishwarya Ravichandran <br />
*"Katta Karuppa" - Acs Ravichandran, Ranina Reddy<br />
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==Reception==<br />
''Times of India'' wrote "The plot had enough scope for making it a wholesome entertainer, but one needs to watch the movie to know how it has been badly wasted."<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/dharmaprabhu/movie-review/69988744.cms</ref> ''Cinema Express'' wrote "Dharma Prabhu quite needlessly takes on the mantle of messaging. It appears even narakalokam isn’t immune to the rampant disease of posturing."<ref>https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2019/jun/28/dharma-prabhu-movie-review-this-partly-funny-comedy-about-yama-turns-into-a-preachy-bore-12609.html</ref> ''Sify'' wrote "Apart from Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikecei, none of the Tamil fantasy comedies have clicked in Tamil mainly because of shoddy writing and execution. Leading comedy actor Yogi Babu’s Dharmaprabhu in which he plays the lead title role is another addition to the genre, which disappoints."<ref>https://www.sify.com/movies/dharmaprabhu-review-lacks-grandeur-and-creativity-review-tamil-tg2qqzbajiidi.html</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:2010s fantasy-comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in fictional populated places]]<br />
[[Category:Indian fantasy-comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian adventure comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:2010s adventure comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Justin Prabhakaran]]<br />
[[Category:2019 comedy films]]<br />
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