''Asathal'' is a 2001 Indian

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written and directed by

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. The film featured

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and

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in the leading roles. Produced by Mala Cine Creations and featuring music composed by Bharathwaj, the film was released on 18 May 2001. The movie is a remake of 1990 Malayalam movie ''

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'' which was earlier remade in Tamil as ''

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'' and in Telugu as ''

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.'' ''

'' was itself was based on the 1987 English movie '' Three Men and a Baby'' which in turn was based on the 1985 French movie ''

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''.

Cast

as Vetri *

as Gowri * Swathi as Catherine * Vadivelu as Venugopal *

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as Victor * Ajay Rathnam as Jayaraj * Manivannan as Lawyer

Production

The film was produced by S. Rajaram, a theatre owner and film distributor under his production house Mala Cine Combines. He signed on

to write and direct the comedy film, with the director collaborating with Sathyaraj again after several previous successful ventures. Scenes which showed the characters in a house were filmed in a bungalow at

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. Sathyaraj worked on ''Asathal'' alongside two other ventures '' Kunguma Pottu Gounder'' and the later-shelved ''Mr. Narathar''.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bharathwaj, while lyrics were written by

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, Kalaikumar and

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Release

Malathi Rangarajan of

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gave the film a mixed review, noting that "Certain scenes are too contrived - the aim is humour but they only tend to irritate", while adding "the screenplay is fast-paced, the dialogue is crisp, it is the story that lags behind". Reviewer Balaji Balasubramaniam also gave the film a negative review, remarking that "Vasu has lost his touch and run out of ideas in comedies". Another critic noted "A full-length comedy, the narration is fast-paced, the script crisp, and it manages to hold one's attention for the most part." The film's story later inspired

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's 2007 Hindi comedy film ''

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'' which featured

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and

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References

2001 films 2000s Tamil-language films Indian comedy films Films directed by P. Vasu Films scored by Bharadwaj (composer) Indian remakes of French films Tamil remakes of Malayalam films 2001 comedy films {{2000s-Tamil-film-stub