''Ullasa Paravaigal'' () is a 1980 Indian

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-language

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directed by

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, starring

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and

Rati Agnihotri Rati Agnihotri (born 10 December 1960) is an Indian actress, known for acting in Hindi, as well as in Telugu and Tamil language films. Her roles in the cult-tragedy film ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' (1981) and the drama film ''Tawaif'' (1985) earned h ...

. It was released on 7 March 1980. This film was dubbed into

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as ''Do Dil Deewane''. This film was also dubbed in

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-language as ''Prema Pichchi'' and was released on 21 February 1981.

Plot

Ravi is in denial about his mental health as a result of the death of his rural love interest (Ravi develops

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as his lover dies by house-burning plotted by a man). His father and friend Raju hatch a plan to take him overseas to get him treatment for his illness. He meets his childhood friend Nirmala. With the help of Nirmala and Raju, Ravi gets better. The second half of the film deals with how Ravi's uncle tries to kill him to get his hands on his fortune and how Ravi overcomes his uncle.

Cast

as Ravi *

as Nirmala *

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as Ravi's lover in village *

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as Madanagopal *

Suruli Rajan Suruli Rajan was a Tamil film comedian/character artiste. He was a recipient of Tamil Nadu State Government's Best Comedian Award for the year 1981–82. Biography Suruli Rajan was born in 1938 in Periyakulam, near Theni. His father ''Ponnai ...

as Raju *

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as Film director *

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as Rajagopal

Production

''Ullasa Paravaigal'' was shot extensively in

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, France and the United States.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

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, and lyrics were written by

Panchu Arunachalam Panchanathan Arunachalam (22 March 1941 – 9 August 2016) was an Indian writer, director, producer and lyricist who worked in Tamil cinema. He was mentored by poet Kannadasan who was his uncle. He also worked as a lyricist in the Tamil cin ...

. The songs "Germaniyin Senthen Malare" and "Dheiveega Raagam" became chartbusters.

Reception

Kanthan of ''

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'' wrote that the titular birds were flying high as a

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aircraft. ''Tribune'' wrote in 1982, "Even the amal Haasanmagic could not sustain this ambitiously produced film, directed by C. V. Rajendran for long as the story slipped more into a travelogue that circled the high, the bright and the night spots of Paris with its suburbs."

References

External links

* * * {{C. V. Rajendran 1980 films 1980 romantic drama films 1980s Tamil-language films Films directed by C. V. Rajendran Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja Films shot in Bonn Films set in Bonn Films shot in Paris Films set in Paris Films shot in New York City Films set in New York City Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam Indian romantic drama films