Subramaniya Swamy
{{About|the Tamil film Subramaniya Swamy|the Indian politician|Subramanian Swamy}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Subramaniya Swamy
| image = Subramaniya Swamy.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = Pandiarajan
| screenplay = Pandiarajan
| story = Raghunath Paleri
| producer = J. V. Rukmangadan
Karumari Kandasamy
| starring = {{ubl|Pandiarajan|Urvashi|Priya Raman}}
| cinematography = Nitthiyaa
| editing = V. Rajagopal
B. K. Mohan
| music = Deva
| studio = R. K. Arts
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1994|02|12}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
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, it was released on 12 February 1994.{{cite web |title=சுப்ரமணிய சுவாமி / Subramaniya Swamy (1994) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/subramaniya-swamy |website=Screen 4 Screen |access-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230403143340/https://screen4screen.com/movies/subramaniya-swamy |archive-date=3 April 2023 |language= |url-status=live}}
Plot
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Velayudham and his niece Valli have been in love since their childhood. Her father Rathnasamy hates Velayudham and looks for a suitable groom for his daughter. One day, Velayudham and Valli try to elope but Rathnasamy captures them. Vexed by this misadventure, Velayudham leaves his village for 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 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
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- Pandiarajan as Velayudham
- Urvashi as Amudha
- Priya Raman as Valli
- R. Sundarrajan as Rathnasamy
- Charle as Kunju Khader
- Mannangatti Subramaniam as Vasu
- Loose Mohan as Murugan
- Oru Viral Krishna Rao
- Shanmugasundaram
- C. R. Saraswathi as Sarasa
- Thideer Kannaiah as Ahamed
- Pramila Joshi as Baagiyam
- Pasi Narayanan
- Bayilvan Ranganathan as Inspector Azhagappan
- Manager Cheena as Cheena
- Janaki as Valli's mother
- Dakshayini as Velayudham's sister
}}
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Deva,with lyrics written by Vaali.{{Cite web |title=Subramaniya Swamy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5skiWw4Tr4CWQFUxVozpUT |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230403142037/https://open.spotify.com/album/5skiWw4Tr4CWQFUxVozpUT |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=3 April 2023 |website=Spotify}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(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. Sailaja | 4:20 |
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".{{Cite news |last=Mannath |first=Malini |date=11 February 1994 |title=Quirk of fate |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19940211&printsec=frontpage |access-date=8 October 2016 |work=The Indian Express |pages=6 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cbignore}} K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "This is not a must-see movie".{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. |date=5 March 1994 |title=Mainly for fans of Pandiarajan |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L9BOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4192%2C1735474 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527062745/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L9BOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cBMEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4192%2C1735474 |archive-date=27 May 2024 |access-date=3 April 2023 |work=New Straits Times |pages=26 |via=Google News Archive}} 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.{{Cite magazine |last=ஆர். பி. ஆர் |date=27 February 1994 |title=சுப்ரமணிய சுவாமி |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-02-27/page/n65/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230403142448/https://archive.org/details/kalki1994-02-27/page/n65/mode/2up |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=14 February 2023 |magazine=Kalki |page=64 |language=Ta |via=Internet Archive}}
References
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