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{{Infobox film
| name = Udhavikku Varalaamaa
| image = Udhavikku Varalaamaa DVD cover.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Gokula Krishnan]]
| producer = M. Gafar
| story = G. Kavitha
| screenplay = Gokula Krishnan
| starring = {{ubl|[[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]|[[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]|[[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]]|[[Anju Aravind]]|[[Janagaraj]]|[[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]]|[[Vadivukkarasi]]|[[Manivannan]]|[[Kovai Sarala]]|[[Jaiganesh]]}}
| music = [[Sirpy]]
| cinematography = [[Jayanan Vincent]]
| editing = K.R. Gowri Shankar<br />T.R. Sekar
| distributor =
| studio = Taaj International
| released = 16 January 1998
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Udhavikku Varalaamaa''''' (English: ''May I come for help?'') is a 1998 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gokula Krishnan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=udhavikku%20varalama|title=Udhavikku varalama|access-date=2011-10-26|publisher=cinesouth.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Udhavikku_Varalaamaa/7416|title=Find Tamil Movie Udhavikku varalaamaa|access-date=2011-10-26|publisher=jointscene.com}}</ref> The film features [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]], [[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]], [[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]] and [[Anju Aravind]] in lead roles with [[Janagaraj]], [[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]], [[Vadivukkarasi]], [[Manivannan]], [[Kovai Sarala]] and [[Jaiganesh]] playing supporting roles. The film was released on 16 January 1998 to negative reviews and became a failure at box-office.<ref name="indolink review">{{cite web|url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Reviews/articles/udhavi.htm |title=Udhavikku Varalaamaa: Movie Review|author=Aravind|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205222334/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/index1.html|archive-date=5 December 1998|access-date=2011-10-26|publisher=indolink.com}}</ref><ref name="reocities review">{{cite web|url=http://www.reocities.com/hollywood/derby/2181/rewind/uvaralaamaa.html|title=Udhavikku Varalaamaa|author=Balaji Balasubramaniam |access-date=2011-10-26|publisher=reocities.com}}</ref><ref>http://chandrag.tripod.com/feb99/</ref> This was Gokula Krishna's last film as director and continued as dialogue writer before his death in 2008 and also was his last collaboration with Karthik after ''[[Poovarasan]]'' and ''[[Muthu Kaalai]]''.

==Plot==

Muthurasu ([[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]) has come to the city to earn money to finance his mother's ([[Vadivukkarasi]]) operation and asks for ideas from his friend Annamalai ([[Janagaraj]]). To rent a place owned by a Brahmin couple ([[Manivannan]] and [[Kovai Sarala]]), Muthurasu transforms himself into a Brahmin Pichumani and also falls in love with Mythili ([[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]]), the couple's daughter. Getting a job at a company owned by a devout Muslim ([[Jaiganesh]]) makes him put on the garb of Hussein, a Muslim. Things get more complicated when an unsafe situation makes him take on the role of Pastor James, a Christian and Stella ([[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]]), his secretary in the office where he works as Hussein, falls in love with him.

==Cast==

*[[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]] as Muthurasu / Pichumani / Hussein / Pastor James
*[[Devayani (actress)|Devayani]] as Mythili
*[[Sangeetha Krish|Sangeetha]] (credited as Rasiga) as Stella
*[[Anju Aravind]] as Aisha
*[[Janagaraj]] as Annamalai
*[[Pandiyan (actor)|Pandiyan]] as Paalrasu
*[[Vadivukkarasi]] as Mutharasu's mother
*[[Manivannan]] as Mythili's father
*[[Kovai Sarala]] as Mythili's mother
*[[Jaiganesh]] as Aisha's father
*[[Kaka Radhakrishnan]] as Hussein's father
*J. Lalitha as Stela's mother
*[[Shakeela]] as an [[item number]]

==Soundtrack==

{{Infobox album
| name = Udhavikku Varalaamaa
| type = [[soundtrack]]
| artist = [[Sirpy]]
| cover =
| alt =
| released = 1998
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = 21:39
| label = [[Aditya Music]]
| producer = Sirpy
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title =
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}}

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by [[film composer]] [[Sirpy]]. The soundtrack, released in 1998, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Pazhani Bharathi.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://music.ovi.com/in/en/pc/Product/Sirpy/Udhavikku-Varalama/15340509|title=Download Udhavikku Varalama by Sirpy on Nkia Music|access-date=2011-10-26|publisher=music.ovi.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jointscene.com/movies/Kollywood/Udhavikku_Varalaamaa/7416#songs|title= Find Tamil movie Udhavikku Varalaamaa|access-date=2011-10-26|publisher=jointscene.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Track !! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration
|-
|1 || "Thottu Thottu" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Swarnalatha]] || rowspan=5|Pazhani Bharathi || 4:23
|-
|2 || "Ennodu Edho" || Mano, [[Sujatha Mohan]] || 4:06
|-
|3 || "Salakku Salakku" || Mano, Swarnalatha || 4:54
|-
|4 || "Neethan Neethan" || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] || 4:16
|-
|5 || "Singapore" || Krishna Raj, [[Devi (singer)|Devi]] || 4:00
|}

==Reception==
Aravind of ''indolink.com'', criticized the film and actor Karthik : "Karthik should spit out whatever he has in his mouth before delivering the dialogues. His mannerisms are also getting on people's nerves."<ref name="indolink review" />

Balaji Balasubramaniam gave 1.5 out of 5 and he said : "The director's flair for comedy is obvious at several places but unfortunately, is not sustained throughout the movie. But the segments where Karthik shuffles his identities are not as hilarious.
The unnecessary, shortlived diversion into 'masala' elements hurts the movie even more. And the introduction of a villain and the fight in the bottling factory are needless and serve no purpose other than padding the running time."<ref name="reocities review" />

A reviewer from ''Screen'' magazine called the film "a total farce which taxes the patience of the viewers", noting it was a "washout" at the box office.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20080215190052/http://www.screenindia.com:80/old/feb07/south2.htm</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:1998 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Films featuring an item number]]
[[Category:Films scored by Sirpy]]
[[Category:1998 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gokula Krishnan]]

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