Asathal

Asathal is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film featured Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan in the leading roles. Produced by Mala Cine Creations and featuring music composed by Bharadwaj, the film was released on 18 May 2001.

Asathal
Directed byP. Vasu
Written byP. Vasu
Produced byS. Rajaram
StarringSathyaraj
Ramya Krishnan
Swathi
Vadivelu
Ramesh Khanna
CinematographyB. Kannan
Edited byP. Mohanraj
Music byBharadwaj
Production
company
Mala Cine Creations
Release date
18 May 2001
Running time
138 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

The movie is a remake of 1990 Malayalam movie Thoovalsparsham which was earlier remade in Tamil as Thayamma and in Telugu as Chinnari Muddula Papa. Thoovalsparsham was itself was based on the 1987 English movie Three Men and a Baby which in turn was based on the 1985 French movie Three Men and a Cradle.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by S. Rajaram, a theatre owner and film distributor under his production house Mala Cine Combines. He signed on P. Vasu 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 Neelankarai, Chennai.[1] Sathyaraj worked on Asathal alongside two other ventures Kunguma Pottu Gounder and the later-shelved Mr. Narathar.[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bharadwaj, while lyrics were written by Gangai Amaran, Kalaikumar and Snehan.[3]

Asathal
Soundtrack album by
Bharadwaj
Released2001
GenreFilm soundtrack
LanguageTamil
ProducerBharadwaj
Bharadwaj chronology
Penngal
(2000)		 Asathal
(2001)		 Pandavar Bhoomi
(2001)
No.SongSingersLyrics
1"Ithu Meiyya Poiyya"SrinivasGangai Amaran
2"Raja Vazhkai Endral"ManoSnehan
3"Saainthaadu"Anuradha Sriram

S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

 Kalaikumar
4"Shock Adicha Mathiri"Ganga, TippuGangai Amaran
5"Velli Velli Mathappu"P. Unnikrishnan

Release

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu 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".[4] Reviewer Balaji Balasubramaniam also gave the film a negative review, remarking that "Vasu has lost his touch and run out of ideas in comedies".[5] 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."[6][7]

The film's story later inspired Sajid Khan's 2007 Hindi comedy film Heyy Babyy which featured Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan.[8]

References
  1. "Asathal".
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Asathal-songs-T0004055
  4. "The Hindu : Film Review: Asathal". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=164&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english
  6. "Asathal Movie Review". Archived from the original on 15 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  7. Kalki review
  8. http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/kadhala-kadhala-becomes-akshay-kumars-housefull_100359564.html


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