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{{Short description|2013 Indian film by K. Chandru}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = K. Chandru
| writer = K. Chandru
| producer = {{plainlist|
*Kalpathi S. Aghoram
*Kalpathi S. Ganesh
*Kalpathi S. Suresh
}}

| starring = {{plainlist|
*[[Jai (actor)|Jai]]
*[[Nivetha Thomas]]
*[[VTV Ganesh]]
*[[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan]]
*[[Rajkumar (Tamil actor)|Rajkumar]]
}}
| cinematography = Anand Jeeva
| editing = [[T. S. Suresh]]
| music = {{plainlist|
*Prem Kumar (songs)
*Kannan (background score)
}}
| studio = [[AGS Entertainment]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2013|11|29|ref1=}}
| runtime = 149 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham''''' ({{Translation|Modern Oath of [[Saraswati]]}}) is a 2013 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[fantasy comedy]] film written and directed by K. Chandru. The film revolves around four men, played by [[Jai (actor)|Jai]], [[VTV Ganesh]], [[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan]] and [[Rajkumar (Tamil actor)|Rajkumar]].<ref name="indiatimes1">{{Cite web |date=6 March 2013 |title=Jai in a fantasy comedy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Jai-in-a-fantasy-comedy/articleshow/18812710.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308005713/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-06/news-interviews/37499152_1_film-sathyan-jai |archive-date=8 March 2013 |access-date=30 June 2013 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Niveda Thomas]] was paired opposite Jai.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 May 2013 |title=Niveda Thomas in Mohanlal-Vijay's 'Jilla' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Niveda-Thomas-in-Mohanlal-Vijays-Jilla/articleshow/19862780.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130507134213/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-04/news-and-interviews/39026637_1_director-nesan-kollywood-superstar-vijay-jilla |archive-date=7 May 2013 |access-date=30 June 2013 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film was produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram, with cinematography by Anand Jeeva and musical composition by Prem Kumar. It is not based on the 1966 film ''[[Saraswathi Sabatham]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2013 |title=Saraswathi Sabatham is not a remake |url=http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Saraswathi-Sabatham-is-not-a-remake/2013/07/01/article1660773.ece |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708192853/http://newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/Saraswathi-Sabatham-is-not-a-remake/2013/07/01/article1660773.ece |archive-date=8 July 2013 |access-date=23 August 2013 |website=[[The New Indian Express]]}}</ref>

== Plot ==
{{more plot|date=September 2022}}
The film begins from a [[Hindu mythological film|Hindu mythological]] aspect, in a modern heaven where Lord [[Shiva|Paramasivan]] orders [[Narada]] to pick four people for his [[Thiruvilaiyadal]]. The candidates picked are Ramarajan, a [[Siddha]] doctor; Ganesh, a helpless man who is the husband of a local female don; Gopi, a future politician and son of a selfish politician; and Krishna, a budding actor. Paramasivan and Narada see all the four's routines and premises on an [[iMac]]. Ramarajan falls in love with a singer Jayshree, and wins her heart. Engaged for marriage after 26 days, the four men plan to fix a [[bachelor party]] at Bangkok. When they reach Bangkok, they enjoy it and flirt with girls at the party. However, they are too drunk, and when they wake up, they find themselves abandoned on a tropical island in Bangkok. They try many ways to escape but are unsuccessful. Six months have elapsed, and Paramasivan gives them a final chance, which is a motorboat of pirates arriving to explore the island. The four of them beg them to take them to [[Chennai]], but they refuse to help them and flee. The quartet fights the pirates back and escapes the island in the boat, abandoning the pirates on the island. After reaching Chennai, they have a happy ending except for Gopi.

When Ramarajan goes to his house, Kamaraj is happy to see that his son is alive. But Ramarajan sees that Kamaraj has married another woman in the meantime as a second wife. On the same day, Ramarajan finds out that Aravind Gautham is going to marry his girlfriend Jayashree and rushes to the marriage hall. Just as Ramarajan enters exactly that marriage hall, Aravind Gautham goes to tie the [[Mangala sutra|nuptial thread]] around Jayashree's neck with his hands. Before that, Ramarajan shouts and suspends the marriage. Jayashree gets up from the wedding stage and happily runs to Ramarajan. Later, Ramarajan and Jayashree go to the wedding stage to get married. Ramarajan sits on the wedding stage with Jayashree after wishing Aravind Gautham, a software engineer who was already sitting there as a groom, that he would definitely get another nice bride. Then, with the blessings of everyone present there, Ramarajan ties the nuptial thread around Jayashree's neck and she willingly accepts it too. And the story of the film ends with Paramasivan and [[Parvati]] preaching to their people. In a post-credits scene, the film mentions [[making-of|behind the scenes]].

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Jai (actor)|Jai]] as Ramarajan, a siddha doctor
* [[Niveda Thomas]] as Jayashree, a singer
* [[VTV Ganesh]] as Ganesh, a husband of a local female don
* [[Sathyan (Tamil actor)|Sathyan]] as Gopi, a future politician
* [[Rajkumar (Tamil actor)|Rajkumar]] as Krishna, an actor
* [[Manobala]] as [[Narada]]
* [[Subbu Panchu]] as [[Shiva|Paramasivan]]
* [[Devadarshini]] as [[Parvati]]
* Ramya Shankar as [[Saraswati]]
* [[Swaminathan]] as MLA Ekambaram
* [[Chitra Lakshmanan]] as Kovai Kamaraj
* [[Badava Gopi]] as Rajendran
* [[R. S. Sivaji]] as Jayashree's father
* Usha Elizabeth as Jayashree's mother
* Raj Kamal as Jayashree's brother
* Archana Harish as Jayashree's sister-in-law
* S. V. S. Kumar as Jayashree's grandfather
* T. R. Latha as Jayashree's grandmother
* Rekha Suresh as Mrs. Ekambaram
* Emey as Sorna Akka
* Vishal Venkat as Murugan
* Master Mathusuthanan
* [[Venkat Prabhu]] as himself
* [[Sam Anderson (Tamil actor)|Sam Anderson]] as Kumar (cameo appearance)
{{colend}}

== Production ==
The film began production on 26 February 2013.<ref name="indiatimes2">{{Cite news |date=27 February 2013 |title=Jai kick-starts his next! |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Jai-kick-starts-his-next/articleshow/18709990.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928094716/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-27/news-interviews/37329839_1_jai-kick-starts-sathyan |archive-date=28 September 2013 |access-date=30 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> Though the film is set in Chennai, the director said that a minor portion will be shot abroad.<ref name="indiatimes1" /> In June 2013 VTV Ganesh left to [[Malaysia]] for the shoot of ''Saraswathi Sabatham'' with Jai.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 June 2013 |title=VTV Ganesh embarrassed by a fake tweet! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vtv-ganesh-embarrassed-by-a-fake-tweet-news-tamil-ngblinhebhj.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131008094418/http://www.sify.com/movies/vtv-ganesh-embarrassed-by-a-fake-tweet-news-tamil-ngblinhebhj.html |archive-date=8 October 2013 |access-date=30 June 2013 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> By July, about 80% of the film shooting had been [[Wrap (filmmaking)|wrapped]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 July 2013 |title=Jai's Saraswathi Sabatham nearing completion |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-01/news-interviews/40306626_1_jai-saraswathi-sabatham-sathyan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929125329/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-01/news-interviews/40306626_1_jai-saraswathi-sabatham-sathyan |archive-date=29 September 2013 |access-date=23 August 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

The film was initially named ''Saraswathi Sabatham'', reusing the title of the [[Saraswathi Sabatham|1966 film]] starring [[Sivaji Ganesan]], and fans of Ganesan stated they would not allow the usage of titles of their idol for comedy films and that they would protest in front of Jai and Sathyan's houses if the makers proceeded with the same title.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 April 2013 |title=Trouble for Jai's Saraswathi Sabatham! |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-19/news-interviews/38673829_1_sivaji-ganesan-saraswathi-sabatham-sathyan |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928094456/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-04-19/news-interviews/38673829_1_sivaji-ganesan-saraswathi-sabatham-sathyan |archive-date=28 September 2013 |access-date=30 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> A notice, demanding that the film should be renamed, was sent to film producer Kalpathi Agoram and his brothers Ganesh and Suresh, on behalf of the Nellai City Sivaji social welfare organisation by advocate Kamaraj.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 June 2013 |title=Sivaji fans object to naming of film as 'Saraswathi Sabatham' |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-19/madurai/40068587_1_film-producer-thillu-tamil |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928094430/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-06-19/madurai/40068587_1_film-producer-thillu-tamil |archive-date=28 September 2013 |access-date=30 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> In late September 2013, the film was retitled ''Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 September 2013 |title='Saraswathi Sabatham' becomes modern |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/saraswathi-sabatham-becomes-modern-news-tamil-nj0jo2djgid.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001062907/http://www.sify.com/movies/saraswathi-sabatham-becomes-modern-news-tamil-nj0jo2djgid.html |archive-date=1 October 2013 |access-date=13 April 2025 |work=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

The first look poster of the film was revealed on 14 April 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 April 2013 |title=Saraswathi Sabadam's innovative posters |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/Saraswathi-Sabadams-innovative-posters/articleshow/19554520.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928034420/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/saraswathi-sabadams-innovative-posters/articleshow/19554520.cms? |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=30 June 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack album was composed by Prem Kumar. It was released on 13 October 2013. The track 'Kaathirundhai Anbe' was released earlier as a single.

{{track listing
| headline = Track list
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 31:50
| title1 = Kaathirundhai Anbe
| extra1 = [[Chinmayi Sripada|Chinmayi]], Nivas, [[Abhay Jodhpurkar]]
| lyrics1 = [[Vairamuthu]]
| length1 = 06:03
| title2 = Saturday Fever
| extra2 = [[Vijay Prakash]], Sayanora Philip, UV Rap
| lyrics2 = [[Madhan Karky]]
| length2 = 04:46
| title3 = Vaazhkai Oru
| extra3 = Gana Bala
| lyrics3 = [[Gana Bala]]
| length3 = 04:36
| title4 = Nenjankuzhi
| extra4 = [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], [[Pooja Vaidyanath]]
| lyrics4 = Vairamuthu
| length4 = 05:49
| title5 = Nenjankuzhi
| extra5 = Karthik, Pooja Vaidyanath
| lyrics5 = Vairamuthu
| note5 = ver. 2
| length5 = 05:20
| title6 = Nenjankuzhi
| extra6 = —
| lyrics6 = —
| note6 = instrumental
| length6 = 05:16
}}

== Critical reception ==
[[Baradwaj Rangan]] wrote for ''[[The Hindu]]'', "Very occasionally, a line or a sight gag makes you smile, like the one with the roadside idli seller with a signboard that announces "pizza" and "burger." Otherwise, it's all very exhausting".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rangan |first=Baradwaj |author-link=Baradwaj Rangan |date=30 November 2013 |title=Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham: The gods must be crazy |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/naveena-saraswathi-sabatham-the-gods-must-be-crazy/article5408380.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203221143/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/naveena-saraswathi-sabatham-the-gods-must-be-crazy/article5408380.ece |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=4 December 2013 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> ''[[Sify]]'' called it disappointing and wrote, "The film has no basic logic or reason and seems to have been made with the only intention of trying to tickle the funny bone of the viewers, without any content" and added "There is a scene in the second half of the film where Naradar tells Lord Siva that the story isn't progressing fast, people will be posting on Facebook and Twitter that the first half of the film is super while the second half is Mokkai! It sort of sums up NSS".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Naveena Saraswathi Sabadam |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/naveena-saraswathi-sabadam-review-tamil-15044294.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203103516/http://www.sify.com/movies/naveena-saraswathi-sabadam-review-tamil-15044294.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=4 December 2013 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

M. Suganth of ''[[The Times of India]]'' gave 2.5 stars out of 5 and noted that Naradar's statement to Siva "is also the most profound statement in the entire film — not only on the audiences of today but also on the films we get these days, including this one, which just turns dreary, minutes after we enter the second half".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Suganth |first=M |date=29 November 2013 |title=Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/Naveena-Saraswathi-Sabatham/movie-review/26593007.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219174032/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/Naveena-Saraswathi-Sabatham/movie-review/26593007.cms |archive-date=19 December 2013 |access-date=4 December 2013 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> [[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] gave 2 out of 5 stars and wrote, "The humour is stale and has been used for years now. The film meanders at a snail's pace and becomes extremely tedious in the second half. He (Chandru) throws in what are supposedly a few funny incidents that hardly evoke any laughter, forget the entertainment. This is not even a film you can force yourself to watch because you have paid money. It's god's way of punishing us for all the bad we have done in our lives".<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 November 2013 |title='Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham' review: It's a very average Tamil film |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/naveena-saraswathi-sabatham-review-its-a-very-average-tamil-film/436931-71-180.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203233621/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/naveena-saraswathi-sabatham-review-its-a-very-average-tamil-film/436931-71-180.html |archive-date=3 December 2013 |access-date=4 December 2013 |website=[[IBNLive]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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