Subramaniya Swamy

This article is about the Tamil film Subramaniya Swamy. For the Indian politician, see Subramanian Swamy.

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]

Subramaniya Swamy
Poster
Directed by	Pandiarajan
Screenplay by	Pandiarajan
Story by	Raghunath Paleri
Produced by	J. V. Rukmangadan Karumari Kandasamy
Starring	Pandiarajan Urvashi Priya Raman
Cinematography	Nitthiyaa
Edited by	V. Rajagopal B. K. Mohan
Music by	Deva
Production company	R. K. Arts
Release date	12 February 1994 (1994-02-12)
Running time	135 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

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

• 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.^[3]

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".^[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]