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{{Short description|1989 film directed by Fazil}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Varusham 16
| image = Varusham Padhinaaru.JPG
| caption = A poster for Varusham Padhinaaru
| director = [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
| producer = Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy<br />Fazil
| writer = [[Gokula Krishnan]] <br />'''Dialogues'''
| screenplay = [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
| story = [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]]
| starring = [[Karthik (actor)|Karthik]]<br />[[Khushbu]]
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| cinematography = Anandakuttan
| editing = T. R. Sekar
| studio = Ganga Chithra Productions
| distributor = Ganga Chithra Productions
| released = 17 February 1989
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Varusham 16''''' ({{trans|Year 16}}) is a [[1989 in film|1989]] [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] Indian [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], directed by [[Fazil (director)|Fazil]], starring [[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]], [[Khushbu]], [[Sukumari]], [[V. K. Ramaswamy (actor)|V. K. Ramaswamy]], [[Janagaraj]] and [[Vadivukkarasi]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arvind |first=T. |date=2017-11-02 |title=The numbers game: Tamil cinema’s numerical titles |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/the-numbers-game-tamil-cinemas-numerical-titles/article19967003.ece |access-date=2021-05-15}}</ref>
The film is a remake of Fazil's own [[Malayalam]] film, ''[[Ennennum Kannettante]]''. The film won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil|Filmfare Award for Best Actor]] for [[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Krishnaswamy |first=N. |date=March 17, 1989 |title=Varusham 16 |pages=5 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19890317&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 June 1990 |title=Double honour for Kamal |page=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |agency=Express News Service |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900614&printsec=frontpage&hl=en}}</ref>

== Plot ==
The film begins with Kannan (Karthik) being released from the prison after 16 years. Rajamani (Janagaraj), his grandfather's servant was there to receive him. Kannan enquires Rajamani about the past sixteen years. After entering into the house, he recollect his past memories. Kannan is the eldest grandson of the family. Kannan arrives at the village for his family temple festival. Kannan is loved by all the family members. Kannan's maternal uncle's daughter also arrived for the festival after sixteen years. In the beginning, both of them tease each other, later both of fall in love. This is opposed by her grandmother and her maternal cousin. On the day of pooja festival, Radhika was shot dead by her cousin. An enraged Kannan get into a brawl with Moorthy and in that, Moorthy dies. Kannan was imprisoned for sixteen years. Kannan asked Rajamani to inform his arrival and the ritual has to be performed every year.

== Cast ==
* [[Karthik Muthuraman|Karthik]] – Kannan
* [[Khushbu]] – Radhika
* [[Sukumari]]- Parvathi
* [[V. K. Ramaswamy (actor)|V. K. Ramaswamy]] – Sundaramoorthy
* [[Poornam Viswanathan]]
* [[Janagaraj]] – Rajamani
* [[Vadivukkarasi]] – Maheshwari
* [[Jayabharathi]] – Sundari, Kannan's mother
* [[Charle]] – Narayana
* [[Vijay Menon]] – Moorthy
* [[Tinku]] - Tabu
* [[Cheenu Mohan]]
* [[Uday Prakash (actor)|Uday Prakash]]

== Soundtrack ==

The music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0000192|title=Varusham 16 Songs|access-date=2014-02-12|publisher=raaga}}</ref>
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| name = Varusham Padhinaaru
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
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| caption = ''Varusham Padhinaaru'' album cover
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
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| language = [[Tamil (language)|Tamil]]
| label = Echo
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Gangai Karai Mannanadi" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || rowspan=5|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 05:40
|-
| 2 || "Hey Aiyasamy" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 04:31
|-
| 3 || "Karayatha Manamum" || [[K. J. Yesudas]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 04:29
|-
| 4 || "Pazhamuthir Cholai" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || 04:36
|-
| 5 || "Poo Pookum Masam" || [[P. Susheela]] || 04:45
|}

== Box office ==
''Varusham Padhinaaru'' was super hit and ran more than 100 days in Tamil Nadu.
This movie was the remake of Fazil's own [[Malayalam]] film, ''[[Ennennum Kannettante]]''. But ''Ennennum Kannettante'' was a flop in Kerala.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301990100.htm|title=Fazil-His experiments with cinema|author=Prema Manmadhan|date=23 December 2005|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=4 September 2016}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0215308|Varusham Padhinaaru}}

{{Fazil (director)}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1989 films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Films directed by Fazil]]
[[Category:1980s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]

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