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'''''Kasethan Kadavulada''''' ({{lit|Money is God}}) is a 1972 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[comedy film]], written and directed by Chitralaya Gopu in his directorial debut. It is based on his play of the same name. The film stars [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]], [[Thengai Srinivasan]], [[Sreekanth]] and [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] in the lead roles, with [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] and [[Venniradai Moorthy]] in supporting roles. The film was a low-budget film of the time and is perhaps best known for Srinivasan dressing up as a fake |
'''''Kasethan Kadavulada''''' ({{lit|Money is God}}) is a 1972 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil-language]] [[comedy film]], written and directed by Chitralaya Gopu in his directorial debut. It is based on his play of the same name. The film stars [[R. Muthuraman|Muthuraman]], [[Thengai Srinivasan]], [[Sreekanth]] and [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] in the lead roles, with [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] and [[Venniradai Moorthy]] in supporting roles. The film was a low-budget film of the time and is perhaps best known for Srinivasan dressing up as a fake [[Godman (India)|godman]], making a lot of [[Sitcom|situational comedies]] along with it. |
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== Plot == |
== Plot == |
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Lakshmi |
Lakshmi is the extremely domineering second wife of Sivaswamy and controls all his money, treating him with scorn and disdain. When Ramu, the son of Sivaswamy's first wife, requires a sum of {{INRConvert|3000|year=1972}} for his sister's husband, she refuses instantly. Ramu and his cousin Mali hatch a plot with tea vendor Appaswamy, who pretends to be a [[Godman (India)|godman]] in order to get to her money safe and steal a sum of {{INRConvert|50000|year=1972}}. Meanwhile, Rama is an orphan whose only friend is the doctor of a mental institution. When Rama wants a conduct certificate, the doctor bungles and hands over the certificate of an insane girl also named Rama. The sane Rama arrives at Lakshmi's house to work as a secretary, Lakshmi sees the certificate but decides to keep her at her house since the certificate mentions that Rama becomes violent whenever refused something. Rama falls in love with Ramu. The insane Rama and her father also come there to work coincidentally. More complications arise, leading to more incidents. Lakshmi tells the "godman" about the cash she has stashed in her secret hideout, and shows him how to access it. Appaswamy and Ramu try to rob it later that night. They almost succeed but are exposed. However, all problems are solved and Lakshmi agrees to Ramu and her secretary Rama's marriage. |
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Meanwhile, Rama (Lakshmi) is an orphan whose only friend is the doctor of a mental institution. When Rama wants a conduct certificate, the doctor bungles and hands over the certificate of a mad girl. Rama arrives at Lakshmi's house to work as a secretary, Lakshmi sees the certificate and decides to keep Rama at her house to humour, her fearing her insanity. The film leads to plenty of humorous situations. |
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== Cast == |
== Cast == |
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* [[R. Muthuraman]] as Ramu |
* [[R. Muthuraman]] as Ramu<ref name="BFTP" /> |
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* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Rama |
* [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] as Rama<ref name="BFTP" /> |
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* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Appaswamy |
* [[Thengai Srinivasan]] as Appaswamy |
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* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Lakshmi<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/when-the-camera-rolled-she-lived-the-character/article7751052.ece |title=When the camera rolled, she lived the character' |last=Yamunan |first=Sruthisagar |date=12 October 2015 |work=The Hindu |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> |
* [[Manorama (Tamil actress)|Manorama]] as Lakshmi<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/when-the-camera-rolled-she-lived-the-character/article7751052.ece |title=When the camera rolled, she lived the character' |last=Yamunan |first=Sruthisagar |date=12 October 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> |
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* [[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Sivaswamy |
* [[Venniradai Moorthy]] as Sivaswamy<ref name="BFTP" /> |
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* [[Sreekanth]] as Mali<ref name="b4umedia">{{Cite web |url=http://www.b4umedia.in/?p=69150 |title=Kasethan Kadavulada Press Meet Images & news Release |date=13 June 2016 |website=B4U Media |archive-url=http://archive.fo/REvyd |archive-date=20 April 2019 |dead-url=no |access-date=20 April 2019}}</ref> |
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* [[Sreekanth]] as Mali |
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* [[Rama Prabha]] |
* [[Rama Prabha]] as the insane Rama<ref name="BFTP" /> |
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* [[M. R. R. Vasu]] |
* [[M. R. R. Vasu]] as the insane Rama's father<ref name="BFTP" /> |
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* [[Jayakumari]] |
* [[Jayakumari]] |
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* [[Suruli Rajan]] |
* [[Suruli Rajan]] as Chettiar<ref name="b4umedia" /> |
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* Shashi Kumar |
* Shashi Kumar as Mani<ref name="b4umedia" /> |
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* Senthamarai |
* Senthamarai |
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* [[Typist Gopu]] as Dr. Iruthayam |
* [[Typist Gopu]] as Dr. Iruthayam |
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== Production == |
== Production == |
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''Kasethan Kadavulada'' was a stage play which had been written and directed by [[Chitralaya Gopu]].<ref name="TCRC">{{Cite web |url=https://tcrcindia.com/2016/06/29/kaasethaan-kadavulada-from-stage-to-celluloid/ |title=Kaasethaan Kadavulada: From Stage To Celluloid |last=Bhatt |first=Karthik |date=29 June 2016 |website=The Cinema Resource Centre |access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> [[AVM Productions]] founder [[A. V. Meiyappan]] who saw the play decided to adapt it into a feature film and insisted Gopu direct;<ref name="LookingBack">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Looking-back-with-a-smile/article15938930.ece |title=Looking back with a smile |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=10 July 2009 |work=The Hindu |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> the film adaptation, also titled ''Kasethan Kadavulada'', thus marked his directorial debut.<ref>{{ |
''Kasethan Kadavulada'' was a stage play which had been written and directed by [[Chitralaya Gopu]].<ref name="TCRC">{{Cite web |url=https://tcrcindia.com/2016/06/29/kaasethaan-kadavulada-from-stage-to-celluloid/ |title=Kaasethaan Kadavulada: From Stage To Celluloid |last=Bhatt |first=Karthik |date=29 June 2016 |website=The Cinema Resource Centre |access-date=26 January 2018}}</ref> [[AVM Productions]] founder [[A. V. Meiyappan]] who saw the play decided to adapt it into a feature film and insisted Gopu direct;<ref name="LookingBack">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/Looking-back-with-a-smile/article15938930.ece |title=Looking back with a smile |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=10 July 2009 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> the film adaptation, also titled ''Kasethan Kadavulada'', thus marked his directorial debut.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/theatre/Classic-comedy-revisited/article14412484.ece |title=Classic comedy revisited |last=Rangarajan |first=Malathi |date=9 June 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> [[R. Muthuraman]], [[Venniradai Moorthy]] and V. Gopalakrishnan who were part of the play reprised their roles in the film.<ref name="TCRC" /> [[Thengai Srinivasan]] was selected to appear in the character of [[Madras Bashai|Madras Tamil]] speaking tea seller masquerading as a saint.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/Language-Found-in-Transition/2014/08/20/article2387721.ece |title=Language Found in Transition |last=Sampath |first=Janani |date=20 August 2014 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> Gopu recalled that producers put up a huge cut-out for Srinivasan in the saint get-up. Srinivasan who was pleased did not want the lead actor Muthuraman to misunderstand so he and Gopu went to Muthuraman and explained that it was the role that became popular and even apologised to Muthuraman who smiled it away.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/he-walked-tall-in-tinsel-town/article4016391.ece |title=He walked tall in tinsel town |last=Raman |first=Mohan V. |date=20 October 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 April 2018 |author-link=Mohan Raman}}</ref> |
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== Soundtrack == |
== Soundtrack == |
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The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0001646 |title=Kasethan Kadavulada (1972) |website=[[Raaga.com]] |archive-url=http://archive.li/qvJ7e |archive-date=26 June 2014 |dead-url= |
The music was composed by [[M. S. Viswanathan]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/moviedetail.asp?mid=t0001646 |title=Kasethan Kadavulada (1972) |website=[[Raaga.com]] |archive-url=http://archive.li/qvJ7e |archive-date=26 June 2014 |dead-url=yes |access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref> Elements of the song "Jambulingame" were borrowed by [[S. Thaman]] and used in the song "Pudhu Punal" from the film ''[[Mouna Guru]]'' (2011).<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/twin-treat/article2684004.ece |title=Twin treat |last=Ashok Kumar |first=S. R. |date=3 December 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> |
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== Release and reception == |
== Release and reception == |
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''Kasethan Kadavulada'' was released on 19 May 1972.<ref>{{Cite book |title=AVM 60 Cinema |last=Saravanan |first=M. |publisher=Rajarajan Publications |year=2013 |page=227 |language=ta |author-link=M. Saravanan (film producer) |orig-year=2005}}</ref> The film was a commercial success, and Gopu received more film offers to work as both director and writer.<ref name="LookingBack" /> Randor Guy of ''[[The Hindu]]'' stated that the film was remembered for "the excellent comedy sequences, humorous dialogue, fine direction of Chitralaya Gopu and excellent performances".<ref name="BFTP" |
''Kasethan Kadavulada'' was released on 19 May 1972.<ref>{{Cite book |title=AVM 60 Cinema |last=Saravanan |first=M. |publisher=Rajarajan Publications |year=2013 |page=227 |language=ta |author-link=M. Saravanan (film producer) |orig-year=2005}}</ref> The film was a commercial success, and Gopu received more film offers to work as both director and writer.<ref name="LookingBack" /> Randor Guy of ''[[The Hindu]]'' stated that the film was remembered for "the excellent comedy sequences, humorous dialogue, fine direction of Chitralaya Gopu and excellent performances".<ref name="BFTP" /> Thirumalai titled his [[Kasethan Kadavulada (2011 film)|2011 comedy film]] as ''Kasethan Kadavulada'' which had no similarity with this film.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/2011/sep/10/kasethan-kadavulada-is-old-wine-in-a-new-bottle-289438.html |title=Kasethan Kadavulada is old wine in a new bottle |date=10 September 2011 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref> |
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== Home media == |
== Home media == |
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== References == |
== References == |
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<ref name="BFTP">{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kaasethan-kadavulada-1972/article7336866.ece |title=Blast from the Past: Kaasethan Kadavulada (1972) |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=20 June 2015 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=20 June 2015 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref> |
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== External links == |
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Revision as of 11:36, 20 April 2019
| Kasethan Kadavulada | |
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| Directed by | Chitralaya Gopu |
| Written by | Chitralaya Gopu |
| Produced by |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | K. S. Bhaskar |
| Edited by | R. G. Gopu |
| Music by | M. S. Viswanathan |
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Release date |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Kasethan Kadavulada (lit. 'Money is God') is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language comedy film, written and directed by Chitralaya Gopu in his directorial debut. It is based on his play of the same name. The film stars Muthuraman, Thengai Srinivasan, Sreekanth and Lakshmi in the lead roles, with Manorama and Venniradai Moorthy in supporting roles. The film was a low-budget film of the time and is perhaps best known for Srinivasan dressing up as a fake godman, making a lot of situational comedies along with it.
Plot
Lakshmi is the extremely domineering second wife of Sivaswamy and controls all his money, treating him with scorn and disdain. When Ramu, the son of Sivaswamy's first wife, requires a sum of ₹3,000 (equivalent to ₹130,000 or US$1,600 in 2023) for his sister's husband, she refuses instantly. Ramu and his cousin Mali hatch a plot with tea vendor Appaswamy, who pretends to be a godman in order to get to her money safe and steal a sum of ₹50,000 (equivalent to ₹2.2 million or US$27,000 in 2023). Meanwhile, Rama is an orphan whose only friend is the doctor of a mental institution. When Rama wants a conduct certificate, the doctor bungles and hands over the certificate of an insane girl also named Rama. The sane Rama arrives at Lakshmi's house to work as a secretary, Lakshmi sees the certificate but decides to keep her at her house since the certificate mentions that Rama becomes violent whenever refused something. Rama falls in love with Ramu. The insane Rama and her father also come there to work coincidentally. More complications arise, leading to more incidents. Lakshmi tells the "godman" about the cash she has stashed in her secret hideout, and shows him how to access it. Appaswamy and Ramu try to rob it later that night. They almost succeed but are exposed. However, all problems are solved and Lakshmi agrees to Ramu and her secretary Rama's marriage.
Cast
- R. Muthuraman as Ramu[1]
- Lakshmi as Rama[1]
- Thengai Srinivasan as Appaswamy
- Manorama as Lakshmi[2]
- Venniradai Moorthy as Sivaswamy[1]
- Sreekanth as Mali[3]
- Rama Prabha as the insane Rama[1]
- M. R. R. Vasu as the insane Rama's father[1]
- Jayakumari
- Suruli Rajan as Chettiar[3]
- Shashi Kumar as Mani[3]
- Senthamarai
- Typist Gopu as Dr. Iruthayam
Production
Kasethan Kadavulada was a stage play which had been written and directed by Chitralaya Gopu.[4] AVM Productions founder A. V. Meiyappan who saw the play decided to adapt it into a feature film and insisted Gopu direct;[5] the film adaptation, also titled Kasethan Kadavulada, thus marked his directorial debut.[6] R. Muthuraman, Venniradai Moorthy and V. Gopalakrishnan who were part of the play reprised their roles in the film.[4] Thengai Srinivasan was selected to appear in the character of Madras Tamil speaking tea seller masquerading as a saint.[7] Gopu recalled that producers put up a huge cut-out for Srinivasan in the saint get-up. Srinivasan who was pleased did not want the lead actor Muthuraman to misunderstand so he and Gopu went to Muthuraman and explained that it was the role that became popular and even apologised to Muthuraman who smiled it away.[8]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by M. S. Viswanathan.[9] Elements of the song "Jambulingame" were borrowed by S. Thaman and used in the song "Pudhu Punal" from the film Mouna Guru (2011).[10]
| No. | Song | Singers | Lyrics | Length |
| 1 | "Andavan Thodangi" | M. S. Viswanathan, A. L. Raghavan, K. Veeramani | Vaali | 03:29 |
| 2 | "Aval Enna Ninaithal" | P. Susheela | 03:24 | |
| 3 | "Indru Vantha Intha Mayakkam" | P. Susheela | 03:35 | |
| 4 | "Jambulingame Jadaadaraa" | K. Veeramani, Kovai Soundararajan, Dharapuram Sundarrajan | 03:33 | |
| 5 | "Mella Pesungal" | Kovai Soundararajan, L. R. Eswari | 04:18 |
Release and reception
Kasethan Kadavulada was released on 19 May 1972.[11] The film was a commercial success, and Gopu received more film offers to work as both director and writer.[5] Randor Guy of The Hindu stated that the film was remembered for "the excellent comedy sequences, humorous dialogue, fine direction of Chitralaya Gopu and excellent performances".[1] Thirumalai titled his 2011 comedy film as Kasethan Kadavulada which had no similarity with this film.[12]
Home media
Kasethan Kadavulada was made available for viewing on Prime Video when it was launched in India in December 2016.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Guy, Randor (20 June 2015). "Blast from the Past: Kaasethan Kadavulada (1972)". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Yamunan, Sruthisagar (12 October 2015). "When the camera rolled, she lived the character'". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ a b c "Kasethan Kadavulada Press Meet Images & news Release". B4U Media. 13 June 2016. Archived from the original on 20 April 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b Bhatt, Karthik (29 June 2016). "Kaasethaan Kadavulada: From Stage To Celluloid". The Cinema Resource Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
- ^ a b Rangarajan, Malathi (10 July 2009). "Looking back with a smile". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Rangarajan, Malathi (9 June 2016). "Classic comedy revisited". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ Sampath, Janani (20 August 2014). "Language Found in Transition". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Raman, Mohan V. (20 October 2012). "He walked tall in tinsel town". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ "Kasethan Kadavulada (1972)". Raaga.com. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Ashok Kumar, S. R. (3 December 2011). "Twin treat". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Saravanan, M. (2013) [2005]. AVM 60 Cinema (in Tamil). Rajarajan Publications. p. 227.
- ^ "Kasethan Kadavulada is old wine in a new bottle". The New Indian Express. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
- ^ Poorvaja, S. (16 December 2016). "Tamil movie buffs welcome Amazon Prime Video". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
