Varavelpu

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{{Infobox film

| name = Varavelpu

| image = Varavelpu poster.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Sathyan Anthikad

| producer = K. Rajagopal

| writer = Sreenivasan

| screenplay =

| starring = Mohanlal
Revathi
Sreenivasan
Murali
Innocent
Thilakan

| music = Johnson

| cinematography = Vipin Mohan

| editing = K. Rajagopal

| studio = K. R. G. Movie International

| distributor = K. R. G. Enterprises

| released = {{Film date|1989|04|07|df=y}}

| runtime = 145 minutes

| country = India

| language = Malayalam

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Varavelpu ({{Translation|Welcoming}}) is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language black comedy film directed by Sathyan Anthikad and written by Sreenivasan, starring Mohanlal, Revathi, Sreenivasan, Thilakan, Murali, Innocent, and Jagadish. The film was produced by K. Rajagopal. It depicted trade union problems plaguing Kerala and the issues created by union members and the dirty politics which is prevalent in present governance and is narrated in a satirical dark comedy {{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Malini |date=25 May 2020 |title=How Kerala's migrant experience is woven in its culture, captured on screen, in stories |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/how-keralas-migrant-experience-is-woven-in-its-culture-captured-on-screen-in-stories/articleshow/75961347.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620015317/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/how-keralas-migrant-experience-is-woven-in-its-culture-captured-on-screen-in-stories/articleshow/75961347.cms |archive-date=20 June 2020 |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=The Times of India}}{{Cite web |last=George |first=Vijay |date=19 December 2018 |title=We have to compete using ideas: filmmaker Sathyan Anthikad |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/ace-director-sathyan-anthikad-on-teaming-up-with-sreenivasan-again-for-fahadh-fasil-starrer-njan-prakashan/article25781285.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220114219/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/ace-director-sathyan-anthikad-on-teaming-up-with-sreenivasan-again-for-fahadh-fasil-starrer-njan-prakashan/article25781285.ece |archive-date=20 December 2018 |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=The Hindu}}

The film was based on a real-life incident in Sreenivasan's father's life. The film was an average grosser at box office but later gained a cult status and following.{{Cite web |last=Kurup |first=Aradhya |date=12 September 2017 |title=From 'Sadayam' to 'Kaiyoppu': 10 Malayalam films that flopped but have a cult status |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sadayam-kaiyoppu-10-malayalam-films-flopped-have-cult-status-68294 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109033840/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/sadayam-kaiyoppu-10-malayalam-films-flopped-have-cult-status-68294 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=The News Minute}}{{Cite web |last=Menon |first=Neelima |date=4 February 2019 |title=Under-appreciated Malayalam Films Of The 80s |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/malayalam-features/under-appreciated-malayalam-films-of-the-80s/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105061538/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/malayalam-features/under-appreciated-malayalam-films-of-the-80s/ |archive-date=5 January 2021 |access-date=5 January 2021 |website=Film Companion}} The movie was remade in Hindi as Chal Chala Chal.