Udhavikku Varalaamaa

Udhavikku Varalaamaa
File:Udhavikku Varalaamaa DVD cover.jpg DVD cover
Directed by	Gokula Krishnan
Produced by	M. Gafar
Screenplay by	Gokula Krishnan
Story by	G. Kavitha
Starring	Karthik Devayani Sangeetha Anju Aravind Janagaraj Pandiyan Vadivukkarasi Manivannan Kovai Sarala Jaiganesh
Music by	Sirpy
Cinematography	Jayanan Vincent
Edited by	K.R. Gowri Shankar T.R. Sekar
Production company	Taaj International
Release date	16 January 1998
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Udhavikku Varalaamaa (English: May I come for help?) is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Gokula Krishnan. The film features Karthik, Devayani, Sangeetha and Anju Aravind in lead roles with Janagaraj, 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. 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) 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), 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), his secretary in the office where he works as Hussein, falls in love with him.

Cast

• Karthik as Muthurasu / Pichumani / Hussein / Pastor James
• Devayani as Mythili
• Sangeetha (credited as Rasiga) as Stella
• Anju Aravind as Aisha
• Janagaraj as Annamalai
• 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

Udhavikku Varalaamaa
Soundtrack album by Sirpy
Released	1998
Recorded	1997
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Length	21:39
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Sirpy

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.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Duration
1	"Thottu Thottu"	Mano, Swarnalatha	Pazhani Bharathi	4:23
2	"Ennodu Edho"	Mano, Sujatha Mohan		4:06
3	"Salakku Salakku"	Mano, Swarnalatha		4:54
4	"Neethan Neethan"	Deva		4:16
5	"Singapore"	Krishna Raj, 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."

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."

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.