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Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa

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{{Infobox film

| image = Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Rama Narayanan

| writer = Rama Narayanan

| producer = N. Radha

| starring = {{ubl|Prabhu|S. Ve. Shekher|Vadivelu|Roja|Urvashi|Kovai Sarala}}

| cinematography = N. K. Viswanathan

| editing = Rajkeerthy

| music = S. A. Rajkumar

| studio = Sri Thenandal Films

| released = {{Film date|df=y|1999|12|04}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = India

| language = Tamil

}}

Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Rama Narayanan. The film stars Prabhu, S. Ve. Shekher, Vadivelu, Roja, Urvashi and Kovai Sarala. It was released on 4 December 1999. The film was Rama Narayanan's 100th film and was a hit at the box office.{{Cite web |title=Thiruppadhi ezhumalai venkatesa ( 1999 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=thiruppadhi%20ezhumalai%20venkatesa |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119040923/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=thiruppadhi%20ezhumalai%20venkatesa |archive-date=19 January 2013 |access-date=1 December 2012 |website=Cinesouth}}{{Cite web |last=Swamy |first=A. |title=Prabhu: The comeback story |url=http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Interviews%20-%20Prabhu%20The%20comeback%20story.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227202322/http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Interviews%20-%20Prabhu%20The%20comeback%20story.htm |archive-date=27 February 2014 |access-date=1 December 2012 |website=cinematoday2.itgo.com}} The film was remade in Telugu as Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa (2000) with Roja and Sarala reprising their roles,{{Cite web |date=3 August 2000 |title=Tirumala Tirupathi Venkatesa trigged off |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news31.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601053257/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/2000march20/news31.html |archive-date=1 June 2022 |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=Idlebrain.com}} and in Kannada as Yarige Beda Duddu (2001).{{Cn|date=March 2024}}

Plot

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Venkatesa, Ezhumalai and Thirupathi are poor friends who want to become rich at any cost. Nachiappan, a bungalow watchman, has three daughters: Ragini, Padmini and Lalitha. When the owner leaves the bungalow for a vacation, Nachiappan's daughters move into it. Afterwards, Nachiappan rents his owner's top portion bungalow to Thirupathi, Ezhumalai and Venkatesa who lied about their jobs. The three men eventually marry the three women. The rest of the story is how the three men will manage their wives.

Cast

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Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.{{Cite web |title=Tirupathi Elumalai Venkatesa (1999) |url=https://www.raaga.com/album/T0001025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191109053405/https://www.raaga.com/album/T0001025 |archive-date=9 November 2019 |access-date=13 September 2023 |website=Raaga.com}}

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! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration

"Aasai Aasai"P. UnnikrishnanRama Narayanan3:50
"Kadhalukku Thoothu Chollu"Sujatha Mohan, Supraja, P. M. AmrudaVairamuthu4:13
"Nilavoda Thankatchi"Mano, Anuradha SriramKalaikumar4:36
"Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam"S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, K. S. ChithraVaali6:33
"Tirupathi Elumalai Venkatesa"Mano, S. N. Surendar, VadiveluPalani Bharathi4:20

Reception

K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "It is becoming common to see Kovai Sarala and Vadivelu belting each other to make the audience laugh. I prefer the subtle humour of S.V. Sekhar and his magnificent play on words". He added, "Roja, Urvasi and Kovai Sarala are dynamoes of energy and they match the heroes well".{{Cite news |last=Vijiyan |first=K. N. |date=15 January 2000 |title=Fine social comedy |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e1ZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YxQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3357%2C927272 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621134417/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e1ZIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YxQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3357%2C927272 |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=13 September 2023 |work=New Straits Times |pages=Reel Stuff 4 |via=Google News Archive}} Chennai Online wrote "This is director Rama Narayanan’s 100th film and he has stayed true to his form. One can never accuse him of inconsistency. He has been a very consistent director all along. Consistently giving films that are no great shakes in the story department, a narrative style that could have done with some finesse and a star cast that one would not swoon over. This film too falls into the same pattern".{{cite web |title=Tirupati Ezhumalai Venkatesha |url=http://chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov12.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010707032426/http://chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov12.asp |archive-date=7 July 2001 |access-date=17 January 2025 |website=Chennai Online}} Mahendran won the Dinakaran Cinema Award for Best Child Artiste.{{Cite web |title=Awards: "Dinakaran Cinema Awards"--1999 |url=http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/28-1.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080625100834/http://www.dinakaran.com/cinema/english/awards/28-1.htm |archive-date=25 June 2008 |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Dinakaran |language=en}}

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Category:1990s Indian films

Category:1990s Tamil-language films

Category:1999 comedy films

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Category:Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar

Category:Indian comedy films

Category:Tamil films remade in other languages

Category:Tamil-language comedy films

Category:Tamil-language Indian films