Ullasa Paravaigal

Ullasa Paravaigal is a 1980 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by C. V. Rajendran, starring Kamal Haasan and Rati Agnihotri. It was released on 7 March 1980. This film was dubbed into Hindi as Do Dil Deewane. This film was also dubbed in Telugu-language as Prema Pichchi and was released on 21 February 1981.

Plot

Ravi is in denial about the poor state of his mental health. His love interest Shenbagam, a charming village girl, recently died in a house fire, a result of an evil plot by her uncle, who lusted after his niece. As a result of the fire, Ravi develops pyrophobia but continues to deny his problems.
His father and his friend Raju hatch a plan to take him overseas to get him treatment for his illness.
Whilst there, Ravi meets his childhood friend Nirmala. With the help of Nirmala and Raju, Ravi gets better. The second half of the film deals with how Ravi's uncle tries to kill him to get his hands on his fortune, and how Ravi overcomes his uncle.

Cast

Kamal Haasan as Raveendran
Rati Agnihotri as Nirmala
Unni Mary as Shenbagam
Major Sundarrajan as Madanagopal
Suruli Rajan as Raju
Vennira Aadai Moorthy as Film director
K. Natraj as Rajagopal
Anju as young Nirmala

Production

Ullasa Paravaigal was shot extensively in the Netherlands, Germany, France and the United States.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja, and lyrics were written by Panchu Arunachalam. The songs "Germaniyin Senthen Malare" and "Dheiveega Raagam" became chartbusters. The latter song was recreated for Bommai.

Reception

Kanthan of Kalki wrote that the titular birds were flying high as a Boeing aircraft. Naagai Dharuman of Anna praised the acting of the cast, Ashok Kumar's cinematography, Ilayaraja's music and Rajendran's direction.