Viswanathan Ramamoorthy (film)

Viswanathan Ramamoorthy is an Indian 2001 Tamil language film directed by Rama Narayanan. The film features Ramki, Vivek, Roja, Vindhya, and Kovai Sarala in lead roles. The film, produced by N. Radha, had musical score by S. A. Rajkumar and was released on 10 August 2001 to generally unfavorable reviews from critics. The film is a remake of yesteryear classic Veettuku Veedu which itself was based on the English comedy play "Right Bed Wrong Husband".[1][2][3][4]

Viswanathan Ramamoorthy
Directed byRama Narayanan
Produced byN. Radha
Written byRama Narayanan
Starring
Music byS. A. Rajkumar
CinematographyN. K. Viswanathan
Edited byRajkeerthi
Production
company
Sri Thenandal Films
Release date
10 August 2001
Running time
130 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

Plot

Viswanathan (Ramki) is the timid husband of Meena (Roja), a small time artist. Viswanathan’s friend Ramamoorthy (Vivek), along with his wife Shenbagam (Vindhya), come from their village to Chennai with the hopes of becoming a movie director. Ramamoorthy and Shenbagam stay in Viswanathan’s home. While Meena is away for a few days for shooting, Viswanathan comes to know that his uncle (MRK) has died with a will of Rs. 30 lakhs written in favour of Viswanathan. However, there is a check in the will that the money should be granted to Viswanathan only if Meena behaves well with Viswanathan. There comes Kathavarayan (Venniradai Moorthy), Viswanathan’s uncle’s manager (who is in charge of the money) and his daughter Andal (Kovai Sarala). As Meena is away for shooting, Ramamoorthy comes up with a plan. Ramamoorthy requests Shenbagam to act as Meena in front of Kathavarayan, so that he develops confidence and hands over the money. Meanwhile, Andal gets attracted towards Ramamoorthy, believing him to be the man who comes in her dreams often. Meena gets cheated by her manager and is in financial distress. She gets back to her home and is shocked to see Shenbagam acting as her. However, Meena agrees for the plan as she is also in need of money. After many funny incidents, Kathavarayan gives the money to Viswanathan as Meena has transformed into a caring wife now. Viswanathan also decides to produce a movie to be directed by Ramamoorthy as a token of thanks.

Cast

Soundtrack
Viswanathan Ramamoorthy
Soundtrack album by
S. A. Rajkumar
Released2001
Recorded2001
GenreFeature film soundtrack
ProducerS. A. Rajkumar

The film score and soundtrack were composed by film composer S. A. Rajkumar. The soundtrack, released in 2001, features tracks with lyrics written by P. Vijay, Snehan and Rama. Narayanan.

Reception

The film received mostly unfavorable reviews. Balaji Balasubramaniam of thiraipadam.com said : "Rama. Narayanan falls short from the original in ever so many ways". Malathi Ragarajan of hindu.com said : "Unfortunately, Rama. Narayanan is unable to use the setup creatively". Both critics asserted that the film is like Crazy Mohan's plays.[3][4]

References
  1. "Filmography of viswanathan ramamoorthy". cinesouth.com. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. "Find Tamil Movie Viswanathan Ramamoorthy". jointscene.com. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  3. Malathi Rangarajan. "The Hindu : Film Review : Viswanathan Ramamoorthy". hindu.com. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. Balaji Balasubramaniam. "Viswanathan Ramamoorthy - Tamil Movie Review". thiraipadam.com. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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