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Asathal is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film written and directed by P. Vasu. The film featured Sathyaraj and Ramya Krishnan in the leading roles. Produced by Mala Cine Creations and featuring music composed by Bharathwaj, the film was released on 18 May 2001.

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Asathal
Directed by	P. Vasu
Written by	P. Vasu
Produced by	S. Rajaram
Starring	Sathyaraj Ramya Krishnan Swathi Vadivelu Ramesh Khanna
Cinematography	B. Kannan
Edited by	P. Mohanraj
Music by	Bharathwaj
Production company	Mala Cine Creations
Release date	18 May 2001
Running time	138 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

The movie is a remake of 1990 Malayalam movie Thoovalsparsham which was earlier remade in Tamil as Thayamma and in Telugu as Chinnari Muddula Papa. Thoovalsparsham was itself was based on the 1987 English movie Three Men and a Baby which in turn was based on the 1985 French movie Three Men and a Cradle.

Cast

• 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.[1] Sathyaraj worked on Asathal alongside two other ventures Kunguma Pottu Gounder and the later-shelved Mr. Narathar.[2]

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bharathwaj, while lyrics were written by Gangai Amaran, Kalaikumar and Snehan.[3]

Asathal
Soundtrack album by Bharathwaj
Released	2001
Genre	Film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Producer	Bharathwaj
Bharathwaj chronology
Penngal (2000) Asathal (2001) Pandavar Bhoomi (2001)

No.	Song	Singers	Lyrics
1	"Ithu Meiyya Poiyya"	Srinivas	Gangai Amaran
2	"Raja Vazhkai Endral"	Mano	Snehan
3	"Saainthaadu"	Anuradha Sriram S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	Kalaikumar
4	"Shock Adicha Mathiri"	Ganga, Tippu	Gangai Amaran
5	"Velli Velli Mathappu"	P. Unnikrishnan

Release

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu gave the film a mixed review, noting that "Certain scenes are too contrived - the aim is humour but they only tend to irritate", while adding "the screenplay is fast-paced, the dialogue is crisp, it is the story that lags behind".[4] Reviewer Balaji Balasubramaniam also gave the film a negative review, remarking that "Vasu has lost his touch and run out of ideas in comedies".[5] Another critic noted "A full-length comedy, the narration is fast-paced, the script crisp, and it manages to hold one's attention for the most part."[6][7]

The film's story later inspired Sajid Khan's 2007 Hindi comedy film Heyy Babyy which featured Akshay Kumar and Vidya Balan.[8]

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