Chennai Ungalai Anbudan Varaverkirathu

Chennai Ungalai Anbudan Varaverkirathu (transl. Chennai welcomes you with love) is a 2015 Tamil-language drama film, written and directed by Maruthu Pandian. The film stars an ensemble cast featuring Bobby Simha, Prabhanjayan, Sharanya Turadi and Linga amongst others. Music for the film was composed by the Camlin-Raja duo and the film was released in April 2015.

Chennai Ungalai Anbudan Varaverkirathu
Directed by	Maruthu Pandian
Produced by	Maruthu Pandian
Starring	Bobby Simha Prabhanjayan Sharanya Turadi Linga
Cinematography	Vinod Rathnasaami
Edited by	Kiran K Naveen
Music by	Camlin-Raja
Production companies	ATM Productions Kariyampatti Studios
Release date	10 April 2015 (2015-04-10)
Running time	127 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Cast

• Bobby Simha as Chellapandi
• Alphonse Putharen as Dilli
• Prapanjayan as Nagaraj
• Saranya Ponvannan as Vinodhini
• Linga as Karthik
• I. B. Karthikeyan
• Watson Veeramani
• Nisha Krishnan
• Marudhu Pandian
• Charles Suresh
• Madhudapathi
• Kiran K Naveen
• Vicky Singh

Production

Maruthu Pandian revealed that the film would be a satire based on several experiences from his life, and would focus on bachelors who reside in small-sized rooms in large numbers across Chennai.^[1] As the film finished production works, Bobby Simha revealed that the venture was made as a short film and that the director had added extra scenes and portions, in order to make it feature length and make most of the actor's rise to fame after Jigarthanda (2014).^[2] Maruthu Pandian replied to the claim stating that Simha had been disregarding the project as a result of his newfound fame, and had demanded 35 lakh rupees to complete dubbing work.^[3]

Prior to release, the film won rave reviews from fellow directors on the preview circuit. Bharathiraja, Thiagarajan Kumararaja, Ram and Balaji Tharaneetharan all promoted the film, following its preview.^[4][5]

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by Camlin-Raja.^[6]

• Mazhai Thuligal - Anuradha Sriram
• Velicham - Yasin Nizar

Release

Sify gave the film a negative review, citing that it was "amateurish" and that it would have done better if it had "better dialogues, better actors, better screenplay, better production value, better technicalities, better theme and better climax".^[7] Likewise, the critic from The Times of India wrote "the director is clearly going for a new-age vibe but with one leg rooted firmly in melodrama, the film ends up as a muddled affair".^[8][9]