Udhavikku Varalaamaa
Udhavikku Varalaamaa () is a 1998 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Gokula Krishnan. The film stars Karthik, Devayani, Sangeetha and Anju Aravind, with Janagaraj, Pandiyan, Vadivukkarasi, Manivannan, Kovai Sarala and Jai Ganesh playing supporting roles. It was released on 16 January 1998 and failed at the box-office. This was Gokula Krishna's last film as director and continued as dialogue writer before his death in 2008 and also was his last collaboration with Karthik after Poovarasan and Muthu Kaalai. Plot 

Muthurasu has come to the city to earn money to finance his mother's operation and asks for ideas from his friend Annamalai. To rent a place owned by a Brahmin couple, Muthurasu transforms himself into a Brahmin Pichumani and also falls in love with Mythili, the couple's daughter. Getting a job at a company owned by a devout Muslim makes him put on the garb of Hussein, a Muslim. Things get more complicated when an unsafe situation makes him take on the role of Pastor James, a Christian and Stella, his secretary in the office where he works as Hussein, falls in love with him. Cast 

Karthik as Muthurasu / Pichumani / Hussein / Pastor James
Devayani as Mythili
Sangeetha (credited as Rasiga) as Stella
Anju Aravind as Aisha
Janagaraj as Annamalai
Pandiyan as Paalrasu
Vadivukkarasi as Mutharasu's mother
Manivannan as Mythili's father
Kovai Sarala as Mythili's mother
Jai Ganesh as Aisha's father
Kaka Radhakrishnan as Hussein's father
J. Lalitha as Stela's mother
Shakeela as an item number

Soundtrack 

The music was composed by Sirpy, with lyrics written by Palani Bharathi. Reception 

D. S. Ramanujam wrote for The Hindu, "The director Gokul Krishna, who has written the screenplay and dialogue has created several situations, some of which are good while others are highly cinematic". He added, "Sirpi draws a blank again with his music while Jayanen Vicent's camera work is pleasant". A writer from Screen called the film "a total farce which taxes the patience of the viewers. Karthik plays a conman, who woos three girls posing as a Hindu, Muslim and Christian, but fails to impress in all three". The film failed at the box office, and distributors who suffered losses demanded Karthik to compensate them as he was reported to have financed the entire film, despite Gafar being credited as producer. References

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1990s Tamil-language films
1998 comedy films
1998 films
Films about con artists
Films directed by Gokula Krishnan
Films scored by Sirpy
Indian comedy films