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{{Infobox film
| image = Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[S. Ezhil]]
| writer = S. Ezhil<br />Ezhichur Aravindan (dialogues)
| producer = [[Udhayanidhi Stalin]]
| starring = Udhayanidhi Stalin <br /> [[Regina Cassandra]] <br /> [[Srushti Dange]] <br /> [[Soori (actor)|Soori]]
| cinematography = K. G. Venkatesh
| editing = [[Gopi Krishna (film editor)|Gopi Krishna]]
| music = [[D. Imman]]
| studio = [[Red Giant Movies]]
| distributor = Red Giant Movies
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2017|05|12}}
| runtime = 130 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''''Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen''''' ({{Translation|Why fear when Saravanan is here?}}) is a 2017 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[Supernatural film|supernatural]] [[comedy horror]] film written and directed by [[S. Ezhil]], and produced by [[Udhayanidhi Stalin]]. The film stars Udhayanidhi and [[Regina Cassandra]], with [[Soori (actor)|Soori]] and [[Srushti Dange]] in supporting roles. It was released on 12 May 2017,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Srinivasan |first=Latha |date=12 May 2017 |title=Udhayanidhi Stalin: I try to avoid sexism in my films |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/udhayanidhi-stalin-i-try-to-avoid-sexism-in-my-films-3439726.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821070403/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/udhayanidhi-stalin-i-try-to-avoid-sexism-in-my-films-3439726.html |archive-date=21 August 2020 |access-date=19 January 2026 |work=[[Firstpost]] |language=en}}</ref> and became a box office failure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 December 2017 |title=Muthuramalingam to AAA: Biggest Tamil flops of 2017 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/photo/aaa-to-sakka-podu-podu-raja-tamil-films-that-failed-at-the-box-office-in-1117990-2017-12-28 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251231122353/https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/photo/aaa-to-sakka-podu-podu-raja-tamil-films-that-failed-at-the-box-office-in-1117990-2017-12-28 |archive-date=31 December 2025 |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Plot==
Saravanan is a jobless youth who roams around in a two-wheeler with his friends. Kalyanam decides to be the head of a famous political party called Dho Jindhagi. However, when a drunk photographer incorrectly takes some photos, Kalyanam is targeted by the police. With the help of Saravanan, he goes to Dubai, and it is eventually revealed that Kalyanam had to take care of camels in Dubai. After Kalyanam leaves for Dubai, Saravanan's friends overexaggerate about Saravanan to the head of Dho Jindhagi, who appoints Saravanan as head. Two years later, Saravanan's other uncle and their family come to visit. Saravanan's cousin Thenmozhi also comes and demands his house (which is now a party office) to be cleaned before she comes. It is revealed that Saravanan and Thenmozhi were schoolmates and were always fighting, until Thenmozhi left town. Saravanan does not have any other place to start the party office as he had earlier used Thenmozhi's house for that purpose and Kalyanam's wife gives their new house to him without Kalyanam's knowledge, and when he arrives, he is shocked. He takes Saravanan to be his enemy, and along with Thenmozhi, plans to take revenge. Various hilarious situations are witnessed, and meanwhile, Thenmozhi gets engaged to Veerasingam's son Rajadurai, who is somewhat immature. This hurts Saravanan, who had fallen in love with Thenmozhi. In many incidents, Thenmozhi is seen to act supportive to Saravanan though she hates him, shocking others. It is later revealed that she is possessed by the ghost of Fathima, a Muslim girl who was in love with Saravanan but had died due to an accident. Saravanan enjoys life with Thenmozhi as Fathima. But when the family learns about this, they get angry on Saravanan for cheating them. What Saravanan does to reunite with Thenmozhi by convincing his family and breaking her marriage with Rajadurai, forms the crux of the story.

==Cast==
{{colbegin}}
*[[Udhayanidhi Stalin]] as Saravanan
*[[Regina Cassandra]] as Thenmozhi
*[[Srushti Dange]] as Fathima
*[[Soori (actor)|Soori]] as Kalyanam
*[[Jangiri Madhumitha]] as Saraswathy; Kalyanam's wife
*[[Rajasekhar (actor)|Rajasekar]] as Saravanan's father
*Anjali Varadharajan as Saravanan's mother
*[[Mansoor Ali Khan (actor)|Mansoor Ali Khan]] as Veerasingam
*[[J. Livingston|Livingston]] as Selvam, Thenmozhi's father
*[[Nithya Ravindran]] as Thenmozhi's mother
*[[Chaams]] as Rajadurai, Veerasingam's son
*[[Yogi Babu]] as Babu, Saravanan's friend
*[[Ashvin Raja]] as Saravanan's friend
*[[Joe Malloori]] as Fathima's father
*[[Rethika Srinivas]] as Fathima's mother
*[[Manobala]] as Swamy
*[[Madhan Bob]] as Curtain Sharma
* Thadi Balaji as Moorthy
*[[G. M. Kumar]] as Veerasingam's father-in-law
*[[Saravana Subbiah]] as Police Officer
*[[George Maryan]] as Police Officer
* Madhan Pandian as Kalyanam's cousin
*[[Mahanadi Shankar]]
* Sumathi G. as Nagalakshmi
*Prema Priya as Pechiammal
*Kothandam as Photographer
*Mohamed Kuraishi as Saravanan's friend
*[[Bava Lakshmanan]] as Veerasingam's henchman
*Risha Jacobs as Jignashree
*Lollu Uthayakumar
*Sakthi
*[[Anusree]] (cameo appearance)
*[[Robo Shankar]] as Saudaswaran (guest appearance)
*[[Ravi Mariya]] as Maudeswaran (guest appearance)
{{colend}}

==Production==
In July 2016, [[Udhayanidhi Stalin]] revealed that he would produce and act in a new comedy to be directed by [[S. Ezhil]], whose previous was ''[[Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 July 2016 |title=Udhayanidhi, Ezhil to team up |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Udhayanidhi-Ezhil-to-team-up/articleshow/53061189.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005070604/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Udhayanidhi-Ezhil-to-team-up/articleshow/53061189.cms |archive-date=5 October 2018 |access-date=12 October 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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| name = Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen
| type = soundtrack
| longtype = to ''Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen''
| artist = [[D. Imman]]
| cover =
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| caption = Front Cover
| released = 2017
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| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| label = [[Sony Music India]]
| producer = [[D. Imman]]
| prev_title = [[Bogan (film)|Bogan]]
| prev_year = 2017
| next_title = [[Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay]]
| next_year = 2017
}}

The soundtrack was composed by [[D. Imman]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=SARAVANAN IRUKKA BAYAMAEN – D.Imman Tamil Audio Cd (FACTORY SEALED PACK) |url=https://www.audiocdworld.com/product/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-d-imman-tamil-audio-cd-2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422092142/https://www.audiocdworld.com/product/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-d-imman-tamil-audio-cd-2/ |archive-date=22 April 2025 |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=Audio CDs World |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=28 March 2017 |title=Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1215645062 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20260119063112/https://music.apple.com/in/album/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1215645062 |archive-date=19 January 2026 |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref> collaborating with Ezhil for the fourth time after ''[[Manam Kothi Paravai]]'', ''[[Desingu Raja]]'', and ''[[Vellaikaara Durai]].'' All lyrics were written by [[Yugabharathi]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Karthik |author-link=Karthik Srinivasan |date=31 March 2017 |title=Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen (Music review), Tamil – D.Imman |url=https://milliblog.com/2017/03/31/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-music-review-tamil-d-imman/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250622084412/https://milliblog.com/2017/03/31/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-music-review-tamil-d-imman/ |archive-date=22 June 2025 |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=[[Milliblog]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sundar |first=Mrinalini |date=12 May 2017 |title=Music Review: Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/music-review-saravanan-irukka-bayamaen/articleshow/58627185.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240831173938/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/music-review-saravanan-irukka-bayamaen/articleshow/58627185.cms |archive-date=31 August 2024 |access-date=19 January 2026 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref>

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| extra1 = [[Sean Roldan]], [[Kalyani Nair]]
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| extra2 = [[Vishal Dadlani]], Maria Kavita Thomas
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| extra3 = [[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Aditya Gadhvi]]
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| extra4 = [[Praniti]]
| title5 = Lala Kadai Santhi
| extra5 = [[Benny Dayal]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]]
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| note6 = Instrumental theme
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==Reception==
Manoj Kumar R of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Neither the comedy nor the horror part of the film worth is your time and money. Do yourself a favour, sit this one out".<ref>{{Cite web |last=R |first=Manoj Kumar |date=12 May 2017 |title=Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen movie review: This Udhayanidhi Stalin film isn’t worth your time and money |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/kollywood-movie-review/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-movie-review-this-udhayanidhi-stalin-film-isnt-worth-your-time-and-money-4652554/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251231143153/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/kollywood-movie-review/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-movie-review-this-udhayanidhi-stalin-film-isnt-worth-your-time-and-money-4652554/ |archive-date=31 December 2025 |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> Chitradeepa Anantharam of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that the film "has all the elements of a mass entertainer - comedy, love, horror and action. But none of it works in the film. The comedy is crass, the horror makes you squirm, love is non-existent and the action is terrible".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anantharam |first=Chitradeepa |date=12 May 2017 |title=‘Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen’ review: comedy of horrors |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-review-comedy-of-horrors/article18438563.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720155854/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-review-comedy-of-horrors/article18438563.ece |archive-date=20 July 2022 |access-date=19 January 2026 |work=[[The Hindu]] |language=en}}</ref> Karthik Kumar of Hindustan Times wrote, "Despite having a battalion of comedians at his disposal, the jokes in [Ezhil's] film just don’t work".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=Karthik |date=12 May 2017 |title=Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen movie review: Ezhil’s film falls flat on its face |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-movie-review-ezhil-s-film-falls-flat-on-its-face/story-p5kw1NBAYpkThtrwF4NuwN.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241101230227/https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-movie-review-ezhil-s-film-falls-flat-on-its-face/story-p5kw1NBAYpkThtrwF4NuwN.html |archive-date=1 November 2024 |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref> ''Chennai Vision'' wrote, "The film is a comedy caper that tickles our funny bone with a wafer-thin storyline. It seems it’s time that Ezhil tries something new, as we are so used to his style of films".<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 May 2017 |title=Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen Tamil Movie Review |url=https://chennaivision.com/tamil-movies/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-tamil-movie-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516185916/https://chennaivision.com/tamil-movies/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen-tamil-movie-review/ |archive-date=16 May 2017 |access-date=12 May 2017 |work=Chennai Vision |language=en}}</ref> Anupama Subramanian of ''[[Deccan Chronicle]]'' wrote that it is a "hackneyed commercial potboiler" which has "lackluster writing", making it "enjoyable only in parts".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Subramanian |first=Anupama |date=13 May 2017 |title=Saravanan Irukka Bayamen movie review: Enjoyable, but only in parts |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/130517/saravanan-irukka-bayamen-movie-review-enjoyable-but-only-in-parts.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250415210511/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/130517/saravanan-irukka-bayamen-movie-review-enjoyable-but-only-in-parts.html |archive-date=15 April 2025 |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref> M Suganth of ''[[The Times of India]]'' wrote, "Touted to be a slapstick comedy, the film tends to take an unexpected spooky route from here, because of which the wafer-thin plot becomes irritating; otherwise, the film would at least have been watchable".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Thinkal |date=12 May 2017 |title=Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen Movie Review |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen/movie-review/58646063.cms |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513171206/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/saravanan-irukka-bayamaen/movie-review/58646063.cms |archive-date=13 May 2017 |access-date=19 January 2026 |website=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==
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