Asathal
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| Asathal | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | P. Vasu |
| Written by | P. Vasu |
| Produced by | S. Rajaram |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | B. Kannan |
| Edited by | P. Mohanraj |
| Music by | Bharadwaj |
Production company | Mala Cine Creations |
Release date |
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Running time | 138 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Asathal (transl. Wackiness) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan. Produced by Mala Cine Creations and featuring music composed by Bharadwaj, the film was released on 18 May 2001. It is a remake of the 1990 Malayalam film Thoovalsparsham which was earlier remade in Tamil as Thayamma.[1]
- Sathyaraj as Vetri
- Ramya Krishnan as Gowri
- Swathi as Catherine
- Vadivelu as Venugopal
- Ramesh Khanna 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 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.[2] The filming was completed within 37 days.[3] Sathyaraj worked on Asathal alongside two other ventures Kunguma Pottu Gounder and the later-shelved Mr. Narathar.[4]
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Bharadwaj.[5]
| Song | Singers | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| "Ithu Meiyya Poiyya" | Srinivas | Gangai Amaran |
| "Raja Vazhkai Endral" | Mano | Snehan |
| "Saainthaadu" | Anuradha Sriram | Kalaikumar |
| "Shock Adicha Mathiri" | Ganga, Tippu | Gangai Amaran |
| "Velli Velli Mathappu" | P. Unnikrishnan |