''Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa'' is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Rama Narayanan. The film stars Prabhu,

S. Ve. Shekher Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekher (born 26 December 1950) is an Indian actor, director, screenwriter, politician and a playwright of Tamil-language plays. In 2006, he was elected as an MLA for the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIA ...

, Vadivelu, Roja, Urvashi and Kovai Sarala. The film, produced by N. Radha, had musical score by

S. A. Rajkumar S. A. Rajkumar is an Indian composer and lyricist. He has made music for all South Indian language films in Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada. Early life Rajkumar's father was a vocalist performing in stage shows conducted by popular mu ...

and was released on 4 December 1999. The film was Rama Narayanan's 100th film and was a hit at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu as ''

Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa ''Tirumala Tirupati Venkatesa'' is a 2000 Indian Telugu-language comedy film directed by Sathibabu, an assistant to E. V. V. Satyanarayana. The film is a remake of the Tamil film ''Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa'' (1999) and stars Srikanth, Ra ...

''.

Plot

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 left the bungalow on vacation, Nachiappan's daughters move into the bungalow. 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

* Prabhu as Venkatesa *

as Ezhumalai * Vadivelu as Thirupathi * Roja as Ragini * Urvashi as Padmini * Kovai Sarala as Lalitha * Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Nachiappan * Master Mahendran as Thirumalai/Sonachalam/Udayappa * P. R. Varalakshmi as Alamelu * Alphonsa * Oru Viral Krishna Rao * Vivek in a guest appearance * Chandrasekhar in a guest appearance *

R. Sundarrajan R. Sundarrajan is an Indian film director, actor, comedian and writer for Tamil language films. Active primarily in the 1980s and the 1990s as a filmmaker, he appeared more often as an actor thereafter. Sundarajan is known for his silver jubi ...

in a guest appearance

Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by

. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Vairamuthu, Palani Bharathi, Kalaikumar and Rama Narayanan. Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam song were not in film.

Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Balaji Balasubramaniam of bbthots.com wrote, "Even though Prabhu and Roja get first billing in the credits, its Vadivelu and Sarala who have maximum screen time. Consequently, they figure in the funniest scenes of the movie. Their experience when Vadivelu goes to fill the role of an actor and Sarala fulfilling Vedivelu's mother's vows are the comic highlights of the movie. 'Venniradai' Moorthy has several funny lines and his delivery and timing are good too. S.V.Sekhar, rarely seen in movies, makes us laugh purely because of his dialogue delivery. Prabhu and Roja have the weakest portions of the movie, both with respect to comedy and his plan for correcting her. His scenes with Alphonso(with a song too) are boring and in the end, achieve nothing. Songs are uninteresting and their picturisation is unimaginative."

Remakes

The film was remade in Telugu as ''

'' with Roja and Kovai Sarala reprising their roles. The film was also remade in Kannada as ''Yaarige Beda Duddu''.

References

{{Rama Narayanan 1999 films Tamil films remade in other languages 1990s Tamil-language films Indian comedy films Films directed by Rama Narayanan Films scored by S. A. Rajkumar 1999 comedy films