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-language romantic action

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directed by

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. A remake of the 2008

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film ''

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'', it stars Dhanush and

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, reprising her role from the original version; the supporting cast includes

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, Ashish Vidyarthi and Jaya Prakash Reddy (who was also part of the original film) among others with

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in a cameo. The film received positive reviews from critics, ended up as a commercial success among 2010 Deepavali releases along with ''

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''. The film was dubbed into

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as ''Rakhwala No. 1'' in 2012,.

Plot

Siva ( Dhanush) is a happy-go-lucky young boy in a large family. The head of this family are three brothers: Raghupathi (

), Raghavan (

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), and Rajaram (Vivekvasu Nagalla). One of the brothers is Siva's father. Siva studies from a hostel away from home. He is always helpful and always comes in when others need him. In one of his obliging acts, he helps his cousin Kalpana (

) elope with her lover against the family's choice. This aggravates the family, and they are asked to forget all about him. On another occasion, he is asked to help a friend in a love marriage. Siva kidnaps Pooja (

) on a mistaken identity from the marriage hall. When Pooja is kidnapped, her uncles Periyamuthu Gounder ( Ashish Vidyarthi) and Chinnamuthu Gounder ( Jaya Prakash Reddy) and their henchmen follow them. Pooja, while on the run, tells Siva that she was not interested in the wedding and that her uncles are forcing her marriage with one of their sons, only to seize her properties. When Siva went to kidnap her, she was thinking of how to run away from this marriage. While escaping from Pooja's uncles, Siva brings Pooja to his house under a false identity. Soon, Siva falls in love with Pooja and determines to marry her only with the consent of all the members of both families. When Siva's family along with Pooja visit a temple, her uncle kidnaps her and locks her away in his house. To save Pooja, Siva joins Emotional Ekambaram (

) – the auditor of Pooja's uncles – as an assistant. He makes Ekambaram believe that he is capable of creating new worlds with characters of their own. Ekambaram then "creates" two American billionaires and with the help of Siva, convinces the two uncles to marry their sons to the daughters of these billionaires. To prove that they are real and not merely the figment of Ekambaram's imagination, Siva asks his parents and his uncles and aunts to play the role. They manage to win the Gounders' hearts and bring about a change in their behavior. Then, with the consent of all the family members, Siva marries Pooja.

Cast

* Dhanush as Sivaramakrishnan / Dhandapani *

as Pooja Padmanabhan (Voice dubbed by

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) *

as 'Emotional' Ekambaram (Auditor) *

as Raghupathi / (

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Vetrivel) * Ashish Vidyarthi as Periyamuthu Gounder * Jaya Prakash Reddy as Chinnamuthu Gounder * Sundarrajan as Sundaram *

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as Janaki *

as Raghavan / (

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Shakthivel) * Vivekvasu Nagalla as Rajaram *

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as Swamiji *

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as Santhosh Khan * Srinath as David *

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as Velu *

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as Sivakaami *

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as Meenakshi * Rajyalakshmi as Lakshmi Raghupathi * Nithya as Bharatham Sundaram *

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as Sundari Raghavan * Aarthi as Raji / Gundumani *

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as Lalitha alias Lallu * Pandu as Swamiji's assistant * Master Bharath as Chinna Moorthy Gounder * Surekha Vani as Chinna Moorthy Gounder's mother * Rajesh Lingam *

as Kalpana (Guest appearance)

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, composed by

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, was released on 5 October 2010 in Chennai. The album consists of 6 tracks overall.

Release

The film was released on Diwali alongside Arjun's ''

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'', ''

'', and ''

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''. The film netted approximately 58 lakh in three days from Chennai city and 67 lakh from Salem area on its opening weekend. It was

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victory for Dhanush-Mithran combination. The film was however banned in western districts of Tamil Nadu. Upon release, Vivek's dialogues relating to the business community Kounder and scenes pertaining to the community were removed. People of the Kongu caste disrupted the screening of the film as the film made negative remarks against their caste.

Home media

The satellite rights of the film were sold to Sun TV.

References

External links

* {{Mithran Jawahar Tamil remakes of Telugu films 2010 films 2010s Tamil-language films Indian romantic comedy films Films scored by Vijay Antony Films shot in Tamil Nadu Films shot in Switzerland Films shot in Venice 2010 romantic comedy films