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{{Infobox film
| image = Vasuke.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = [[Kasthuri Raja]]
| writer = Kasthuri Raja
| producer = G. V. Anandan
| starring = [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]]<br />[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]
| cinematography = [[A. Venkatesh (cinematographer)|A. Venkatesh]]
| editing = Hari–Palani
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = Anand Movie Land
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1997|10|30}}
| runtime = 140 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Vasuke''''' (or '''''Vasuki'''''; {{IPAc-en|v|ɑː|s|u|k|i}}) is a 1997 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy drama]] film written and directed by [[Kasthuri Raja]]. The film stars [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] and [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]. It was released on 30 October 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vasugi ( 1997 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=vasugi |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230035630/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=vasugi |archive-date=30 December 2010 |access-date=14 January 2024 |work=Cinesouth}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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Vasuki ([[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]]) lives with her milkman brother Kabali ([[Janagaraj]]) and her sister-in-law Pachaiamma ([[Jayachitra]]) in a slum. One day, their relative Ramasamy ([[Visu]]) comes to their home with a huge amount of money and asks them for a favor.

In the past, Ramasamy's daughter married the wealthy ([[Thalaivasal Vijay]]). Ramasamy was supposed to give a large [[dowry]] to the miser mother-in-law Parvatham ([[Latha (actress)|Latha]]), but he could not collect the money in time. So after the marriage, Parvatham started to torture his daughter, going so far as killing Ramasamy's pregnant daughter. Parvatham then arranged a second marriage for her son. Ramasamy finally got the money they asked but it was too late.

Ramasamy wants to take revenge on the cruel Parvatham with Vasuki's help. Vasuki and her family accept, Vasuki takes the name of Kodeeswari and they start to act as a rich family in front of Parvatham. Parvatham has a younger son Balu ([[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]]) and she wants him to marry rich bride, and Kodeeswari seems to be the perfect bride. Kodeeswari and Balu finally get married, thus Kodeeswari and her family turn Parvatham's life into hell on earth. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] as Balu
*[[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] as Vasuki / Kodeeswari
*[[Visu]] as Ramasamy
*[[Radha Ravi]] as Pakkiri
*[[Janagaraj]] as Kabali
*[[Malaysia Vasudevan]] as Balu’s father
*[[Latha (actress)|Latha]] as Parvatham
*[[Jayachitra]] as Pachaiamma
*[[P. Pandu|Pandu]] as Police officer<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajpal |first=Roktim |date=6 May 2021 |title=RIP Pandu: An important part of the Tamil film industry |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/rip-pandu-an-important-part-of-the-tamil-film-industry-982876.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503225929/https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/rip-pandu-an-important-part-of-the-tamil-film-industry-982876.html |archive-date=3 May 2025 |access-date=19 July 2025 |work=[[Deccan Herald]]}}</ref>
*Suresh Chakravarthy
*Uthra
*Kiran Moi
*[[Bayilvan Ranganathan]]
*[[Pasi Narayanan]]
*[[Thideer Kannaiah]]
*[[Periya Karuppu Thevar]]
*[[Chaplin Balu]] as Balu's friend
*[[Khushbu Sundar|Khushbu]] in a guest appearance
*[[Ram G|Ramji]] in an uncredited role
}}

== Production ==
The production studio Anand Movie Land, which produced the very successful ''[[Poomani]]'' in 1996, had taken up the serious issue of the [[dowry]] problem in their new production ''Vasuke''. One of the leading stars in [[Telugu cinema]], [[Rajendra Prasad (actor)|Rajendra Prasad]] signed to play the lead role for the first time in [[Tamil cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deepavali Releases |url=http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali1.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303215934/http://www.indolink.com/tamil/cinema/Specials/97/Nov/deepavali/deepavali1.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |access-date=2016-11-18 |website=Indolink}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], with lyrics written by Kasthuri Raja.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vasuki (1997) |url=https://www.raaga.com/tamil/album/Vasuki-songs-T0003000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240114062920/https://www.raaga.com/tamil/album/Vasuki-songs-T0003000 |archive-date=14 January 2024 |access-date=14 January 2023 |website=[[Raaga.com]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Duration
|-
| "Muthamma" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 4:36
|-
| "Kaadhal Nilavu" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], [[Malgudi Subha]] || 4:54
|-
| "Thanga Nilave" || [[Ilaiyaraaja]] || 5:06
|-
| "Veppilai" || Malaysia Vasudevan, K. S. Chithra || 5:08
|-
| "Adida Sight" || [[Yuvan Shankar Raja]], [[Premgi Amaren]] || 5:15
|-
| "Vamsathukku" || Mano, K. S. Chithra, [[Arunmozhi]] || 5:33
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title}}
{{Kasthuri Raja}}
[[Category:1997 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1997 comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:1997 films]]
[[Category:1997 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Kasthuri Raja]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Films set in slums]]
[[Category:Indian comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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