Subramaniya Swamy

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Subramaniya Swamy
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Poster
Directed by Pandiarajan
Screenplay byPandiarajan
Story by Raghunath Paleri
Produced byJ. V. Rukmangadan
Karumari Kandasamy
Starring
CinematographyNitthiyaa
Edited byV. Rajagopal
B. K. Mohan
Music by Deva
Production
company
R. K. Arts
Release date
  • 12 February 1994 (1994-02-12)
Running time
135 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Subramaniya Swamy is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Pandiarajan. The film stars himself, Urvashi and Priya Raman. A remake of the Malayalam film Mazhavilkavadi , [1] it was released on 12 February 1994. [2]

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Plot

Velayudham and his niece Valli are in love since their childhood. Her father Rathnasamy hates Velayudham and looks for a groom for his daughter. One day, Velayudham and Valli try to elope but Rathnasamy finally captures them. Vexed by this misadventure, Velayudham leaves his village to Palani in order to find a job with the help of his friend Kunju Khader. Kunju Khader turns out to be a pickpocket. In a twist of fate, Velayudham steals a bag. In this bag, there are barber tools and Velayudham becomes a street barber. Soon, Cheena the bag's owner catches Velayudham. Velayudham lies and Cheena brings him to his house. There, Velayudham becomes his apprentice. Cheena's daughter Amudha falls in love with Velayudham. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva,with lyrics written by Vaali. [3]

SongSinger(s)Duration
"Andru Namma" Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki 4:39
"Kadhal Kasanthidumo"Krishnaraj, S. P. Sailaja 6:02
"Porakkavenum Porakkavenum" Mano, K. S. Chithra 4:43
"Sei Thozhil Sei" S. P. Balasubrahmanyam 4:55
"Saminna Namma" Gangai Amaran, S. P. Sailaja4:20

Reception

Malini Mannath of The Indian Express gave the film a mixed review and said, "probably, in the adaptation, the flavour of the original was lost, because what we have here is only average fare". [4] K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "This is not a must-see movie". [1] R. P. R. of Kalki called it a full-length comedy on love triangle and noted that the screenplay is like a stretched spring. He concluded the review saying though the film moves bit of speed in the middle, but incredibly smooth in the beginning and end. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vijiyan, K. (5 March 1994). "Mainly for fans of Pandiarajan". New Straits Times . p. 26. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2023– via Google News Archive.
  2. ↑ "சுப்ரமணிய சுவாமி / Subramaniya Swamy (1994)". Screen 4 Screen. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Subramaniya Swamy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)". Spotify . Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Mannath, Malini (11 February 1994). "Quirk of fate". The Indian Express . p. 6. Retrieved 8 October 2016– via Google News Archive.
  5. ↑ ஆர். பி. ஆர் (27 February 1994). "சுப்ரமணிய சுவாமி". Kalki (in Tamil). p. 64. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023– via Internet Archive.
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