Subramaniya Swamy

Subramaniya Swamy is a 1994 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by Pandiarajan. The film stars himself, Urvashi and Priya Raman. A remake of the Malayalam film Mazhavilkavadi, it was released on 12 February 1994.

Plot

Velayudham and his niece Valli have been in love since their childhood. Her father Rathnasamy hates Velayudham and looks for a suitable groom for his daughter. One day, Velayudham and Valli try to elope but Rathnasamy captures them. Vexed by this misadventure, Velayudham leaves his village for Palani in order to find a job with the help of his friend Kunju Khader. Kunju Khader turns out to be a pickpocket. In a twist of fate, Velayudham steals a bag. In this bag are barber tools and Velayudham becomes a street barber. Soon, Cheena the bag's owner catches Velayudham. Velayudham lies and Cheena brings him to his house. There, Velayudham becomes his apprentice. Cheena's daughter Amudha falls in love with Velayudham. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Deva, with lyrics written by Vaali.

Song	Singer	Duration
"Andru Namma"	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki	4:39
"Kadhal Kasanthidumo"	Krishnaraj, S. P. Sailaja	6:02
"Porakkavenum Porakkavenum"	Mano, K. S. Chithra	4:43
"Sei Thozhil Sei"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:55
"Saminna Namma"	Gangai Amaran, S. P. Sailaja	4:20

Reception

Malini Mannath of The Indian Express gave the film a mixed review and said, "probably, in the adaptation, the flavour of the original was lost, because what we have here is only average fare". K. Vijiyan of New Straits Times wrote, "This is not a must-see movie". R. P. R. of Kalki called it a full-length comedy on love triangle and noted that the screenplay is like a stretched spring. He concluded the review saying though the film moves bit of speed in the middle, but incredibly smooth in the beginning and end.