Asathal

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Asathal
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Directed by P. Vasu
Written byP. Vasu
Produced byS. Rajaram
Starring Sathyaraj
Ramya Krishnan
Swathi
Cinematography B. Kannan
Edited byP. Mohanraj
Music by Bharadwaj
Production
company
Mala Cine Creations
Release date
18 May 2001
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Asathal is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan. Produced by Mala Cine Creations and featuring music composed by Bharadwaj, the film was released on 18 May 2001. It is a remake of the 1990 Malayalam film Thoovalsparsham which was earlier remade in Tamil as Thayamma . [1]

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Cast

Production

The film was produced by S. Rajaram, a theatre owner and film distributor under his production house Mala Cine Combines. He signed on P. Vasu to write and direct the comedy film, with the director collaborating with Sathyaraj again after several previous successful ventures. Scenes which showed the characters in a house were filmed in a bungalow at Neelankarai, Chennai. [2] The filming was completed within 37 days. [3] Sathyaraj worked on Asathal alongside two other ventures Kunguma Pottu Gounder and the later-shelved Mr. Narathar. [4]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bharadwaj, while lyrics were written by Gangai Amaran, Kalaikumar and Snehan. [5]

SongSingersLyrics
"Ithu Meiyya Poiyya" Srinivas Gangai Amaran
"Raja Vazhkai Endral" Mano Snehan
"Saainthaadu" Anuradha Sriram

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Kalaikumar
"Shock Adicha Mathiri"Ganga, Tippu Gangai Amaran
"Velli Velli Mathappu" P. Unnikrishnan

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu gave the film a mixed review, noting that "Certain scenes are too contrived - the aim is humour but they only tend to irritate", while adding "the screenplay is fast-paced, the dialogue is crisp, it is the story that lags behind". [6] Visual Dasan of Kalki panned the humour and music and added that one could have openly appreciated Vasu if he had remade Malayalam film Thoovalsparsham as it is. [7] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online noted "A full-length comedy, the narration is fast-paced, the script crisp, and it manages to hold one's attention for the most part." [8]

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