Kavalai Padathe Sagodhara

Kavalai Padathe Sagodhara
Directed by	K. R.
Produced by	Aru. Subramaniam
Written by	N. Prasanna Kumar
Screenplay by	K. R.
Starring	Pandiarajan Suvaluxmi
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	B. L. Rao
Edited by	R. T. Annadurai
Production company	Subbu Films Productions
Distributed by	Subbu Films Productions
Release date	13 April 1998
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Kavalai Padathe Sagodhara is a 1998 Indian Tamil comedy-drama film, written and directed by K.R.. The film stars Pandiarajan and Suvaluxmi in the lead roles, while K. R. Vijaya and Janagaraj portrayed supporting roles. The music for the film was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and the film opened to positive reviews in April 1998. The film was remake of Malayalam film Kalyanji Anandji.

Cast

• Pandiarajan
• Suvaluxmi as Philomena (Meena)
• K. R. Vijaya
• Janagaraj
• S. S. Chandran as Vasool Baaba
• Raghuram
• Prakash Raj
• Radharavi
• Vadivukkarasi
• Manivannan
• Loose Mohan
• Idichapuli Selvaraj

Soundtrack

Music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja and lyrics were written by Vaali, Panchu Arunachalam and Arivumathi.

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Thiruvonam Thirunalam"	Ilaiyaraaja, Sujatha	Panchu Arunachalam
2	"Arule Arul"	Devi, Geetha	Arivumathi
3	"Iswar Allah"	Ilaiyaraaja, Mano, Yugendran	Panchu Arunachalam
4	"Chinna Chinna"	Devi, P. Unnikrishnan, Arun Mozhi, S. N. Surendar
5	"Mama Poo Poo"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	Vaali

Release

The film opened to positive reviews in April 1998 with a critic from Indolink.com adding it is a "good film to watch while chatting with friends" and that the "film belongs to Suvaluxmi, as her nice homely face suits well to the role". Another critic noted "director KR has done a good job of bringing all religions together so as to show how the country is secular even in modern era" and that "his characterization is authentic and it is the comical moments which escalate the flick".