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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mayabazaar 1995<br />
| image = Mayabazaar 1995.jpg<br />
| caption = Title card<br />
| director = [[Keyaar]]<br />
| screenplay = Keyaar<br />
| story = [[Panchu Arunachalam]]<br />
| producer = Meena Panju Arunachalam<br />
| starring = [[Ramki]]<br />[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Robert–Rajasekar|J. A. Robert]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 December 2018 |title=பாலைவனச்சோலை பட இயக்குனர் ராபர்ட் மரணம் |url=https://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=454685 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928063427/https://www.dinakaran.com/News_Detail.asp?Nid=454685 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=[[Dinakaran]] |language=ta}}</ref><br />
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| studio = P. A. Art Productions<br />
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1995|8|12|ref1=}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Mayabazaar 1995''''' is a 1995 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy horror]] film directed by [[Keyaar]] and produced by Meena Panchu Arunachalam. The film stars [[Ramki]] and [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], with [[Suvarna Mathew]], [[Visu]], [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] and [[Ajay Rathnam]] in supporting roles. It was released on 12 August 1995.<ref>{{Cite web |title=மாயா பஜார் 1995 / Mayabazar 1995 (1995) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/mayabazar-1995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231109143118/https://screen4screen.com/movies/mayabazar-1995 |archive-date=9 November 2023 |access-date=9 November 2023 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Suji is the only daughter of billionaire Vishwanathan and plays pranks on the unsuspecting. One such prank she does is conducting an interview for choosing a personal secretary for her father, in which she chooses Ram as the secretary. Vishwanathan's friend Moorthy, manager Ajay, and Swarna want to take over Vishwanathan's property, so Moorthy sets up Raja to marry Suji. However, Suji marries Ram.<br />
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Vishwanathan suddenly dies of a heart attack, and Suji goes to Ooty but is killed by Ram, Moorthy, and Ajay. Suji becomes a ghost and decides to take revenge. Suji witnesses Mayamma, a lookalike who works as a fake exorcist and asks her to act as herself. Suji witnesses that the real Ram is kidnapped by the villains and it is Raja whose face was changed as Ram through plastic surgery.<br />
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All the baddies suspect that she might not be Suji and finds out that she is Mayamma. In the climax, Ram signs all the documents, brilliantly ties up his look-alike Raja, and gets him burnt. All three villains meet their fate: Swarna turns insane after seeing a skeleton, Suji possesses Moorthy's body and kills Ajay, and Moorthy is hanged.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
{{cast listing|* [[Ramki]] as Ram/Raja<br />
* [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] as Suji/Mayamma<br />
* [[Suvarna Mathew]] as Swarna<br />
* [[Visu]] as Vishwanathan (Suji's father)<br />
* [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Kuppu<br />
* [[Kitty (actor)|Kitty]] as Moorthy<br />
* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as Ajay<br />
* [[Chinni Jayanth]]<br />
* Kamalesh PK as Fake Raja<br />
* Kutty Ramesh as Ramesh<br />
* Sridharan Sampathkumaran (Auditor Sridhar) as Sridhar<br />
* [[S. Rajasekar]]<br />
* [[Thyagu (actor)|Thyagu]] as Thangam<br />
* [[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Police officer<br />
* [[Junior Balaiah]]<br />
* [[Swaminathan]] as Swaminathan}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayabazar 1995 |url=https://gaana.com/album/mayabazar-1995 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928062147/https://gaana.com/album/mayabazar-1995 |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=[[Gaana (music streaming service)|Gaana]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Maya Bazar Tamil film Audio Cassette |url=https://mossymart.com/product/maya-bazar-tamil-film-audio-cassette-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928063340/https://mossymart.com/product/maya-bazar-tamil-film-audio-cassette-2/ |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022 |website=Mossymart}}</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| "Oru Oorile" || [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]], [[S. Janaki]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], Viji Manuel || rowspan=5|[[Panchu Arunachalam]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Birthday Party" || [[K. S. Chithra]], Viji Manuel, Sivakumar, Anuradha<br />
|-<br />
| "Adada Angu" || [[Jolly Abraham]], Master Easwar, Baby Narmadha, Baby Vaishnavi, Geetha<br />
|-<br />
| "Adada Oru" || [[K. S. Chithra]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Muthu Muthu" || [[K. S. Chithra]], [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Naan Poranthathu" || Lekha, Devie Neithiyar, S.Arundhathi, Viji, Geetha, Anuradha, [[Arunmozhi]], [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
|}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
K. Vijiyan of ''[[New Straits Times]]'' wrote that the film "has its own charm, definitely because of Urvasi's personal magic".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. |date=2 September 1995 |title=Influence of 'Ghost' is all too evident |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nnpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xh4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1475%2C589273 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240607100803/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nnpaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xh4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1475%2C589273 |archive-date=7 June 2024 |access-date=28 September 2022 |work=[[New Straits Times]] |pages=44 |via=[[Google News Archive]]}}</ref> R. P. R. of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' criticised the film for lack of originality.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஆர். பி. ஆர். |date=10 September 1995 |title=மாயா பஜார் 1995 |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1995-09-10/page/n65/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230130030859/https://archive.org/details/kalki1995-09-10/page/n65/mode/2up |archive-date=30 January 2023 |access-date=30 January 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=64 |language=ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title}}<br />
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[[Category:1990s ghost films]]<br />
[[Category:1995 comedy horror films]]<br />
[[Category:1995 films]]<br />
[[Category:1995 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1995 Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about pranks]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Keyaar]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
[[Category:Indian comedy horror films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian ghost films]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil-language comedy horror films]]<br />
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