Viralukketha Veekkam
Viralukketha Veekkam (transl. Swelling should commensurate with the size of the finger) is a 1999 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by V. Sekhar. The film stars Livingston, Vadivelu, Vivek, Khushbu, Kovai Sarala and Kanaka. It was released on 16 July 1999 and became successful at the box-office.[1][2][3][4] The film was remade into Telugu as Kshemamga Velli Labhamga Randi (2000), into Kannada as Yaarige Saluthe Sambala (2000) and into Hindi as Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya (2001).
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Directed by | V. Sekhar |
Written by | V. Sekhar |
Produced by | S. S. Durairaju K. Parthiban |
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Cinematography | G. Rajendran P. S. Selvam |
Edited by | A. P. Manivannan |
Music by | Deva |
Production company | Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Tamil |
Plot
Ravishankar, Kabali and Ramanathan are a trio of friends who happen to live in a small colony with their wives Suguna, Ranjitham and Malu. The men work in the same factory and their wives happen to share a good rapport among themselves.
The men are quite irresponsible and carefree by nature and spend heftily on alcohol and other less important means of entertainment and owing to this, their wives have an uphill task at their hands every month to make ends meet.
When the men lose their jobs owing to a tiff with their boss and their families having to face the brunt of the loan sharks, the women of the families resort to work in a garment factory to make ends meet. This hurts the ego of the men and their chauvinistic nature brings an all-out divide between themselves and their wives, who are morally right in this situation.
The rest of the story is about the events that take place in resolving the conflict and the chauvinistic men realizing their flaws eventually.
Cast
- Livingston as Ravishankar
- Vadivelu as Kabali
- Vivek as Ramanathan
- Khushbu as Suguna (Voice dubbed by K.R.Anuradha)
- Kanaka as Malu (Voice dubbed by Jayageetha)
- Kovai Sarala as Ranjitham
- Nassar as Gayatri husband
- Urvashi as Gayatri
- Kumarimuthu as House owner
- S. V. Ramadas as Car Mechanic shop owner
- Jai Ganesh as Garment Factory owner
- Thyagu as Karuppaiyya
- Suryakanth as Peon
- Kalidaas as Police Inspector
Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Deva. The soundtrack, released in 1999, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Vaali, Kalidasan, Pazhani Bharathi and Thamarai.[5]
Track | Song | Singer(s) | Lyrics |
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1 | "Alli Alli" | Deva | Vaali |
2 | "Pombalaya Lesa" | K. S. Chithra, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam | Kalidasan |
3 | "Pondatti Illaaina" | Mano, K. S. Chithra | Pazhani Bharathi |
4 | "Viralukketha Veekkam" | Deva | Thamarai |
5 | "Yettukattu Vaasal" | K. S. Chithra, Mano | Kalidasan |
Remake
Year | Film | Language | Cast | Director | Notes |
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1999 | Viralukketha Veekkam | Tamil | J. Livingston, Vadivelu, Vivek, Khushbu, Kovai Sarala, Kanaka | V. Sekhar | Original |
2000 | Kshemamga Velli Labhamga Randi | Telugu | Srikanth, Rajendra Prasad, Brahmanandam, Ramya Krishna, Roja, Preethi, Kovai Sarala | Raja Vannem Reddy | Remake |
Yaarige Saluthe Sambala | Kannada | Shashi Kumar, Ananth Nag, Suhasini Maniratnam, Urvashi, Anu Prabhakar, Mohan Shankar, Umashree | M. S. Rajashekar | ||
2001 | Aamdani Atthanni Kharcha Rupaiya | Hindi | Govinda, Juhi Chawla, Tabu, Johnny Lever, Chandrachur Singh, Vinay Anand | K. Raghavendra Rao |
References
- "Filmography of viralukketha veekkam". Cinesouth. Archived from the original on 29 October 2006. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- Usha Gopalakrishnan. "Viralukketha Veekkam: Movie Review". indolink.com. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- Balaji Balasubramaniam. "VIRALUKKETHA VEEKKAM". bbthots.com. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
- "Tamil Star - News". tamilstar.com. Archived from the original on 18 August 2000. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- "Viraluketha Veekkam Songs". Raaga.com. Retrieved 11 December 2012.