Sirippe than Kadavulada:

Sirippe than Kadavulada:

If kadhalikka neramillai was the laugh riot of 60’s then “Kasethan KAdavulada” was the laugh riot of 70’s From Curtain raiser to curtain closer it was hilarious, hilarious & hilarious . Not a scene to be missed. Chitralaya Gopu sir who was associated with C.V.Sridhar wielded his “director cap” for the first time with this movie. What a debut for this man of humor and he created laugh ripple throughout the movie. Right from Scene # 1 till the last scene laugh was ensured . Produced by the established production house “AVM” Kasethan Kadavulada still was a low budget film. It was shot in a house (major portion) and may be a park or so but does it matter? No. what matters is how well was the film made and it was made to the dot. Gopu sir should be applauded for the perfect casting . Aachi MAnorma as the Dominating wife ,it was a tailor made role for her. Moorthy as her henpecked husband was perfect match. Muthuraman was too good . His humor in this fim was way different than his previous ones. If you observe the scenes where in he asks his father (Moorthy) to steal the money, the scene Where Lakshmi reveals her love and he repeats “enna pidikkum enna pidikkum” it was all new Muthuraman. If KB spotted the humor in Srikanth, Gopu rediscovered in 70s in this movie. (sadly srikanth was cast in all those Jayakanthan-Bhimsingh movies in serious roles) Srikanth’s humor Was very casual and his body language was amazing as well. But without one man there is no Kasethan Kadavulada and yes it was “Thengai Srinivasan”. Man this man had loads of talent and he definitely Will be in the list of TOP 5 comedians of Tamil film industry. He just stole the show as the fake sage in the movie. We will see in detail about his performance later. Lakshmi who also was good at humor was cast as the female lead and she was good but more than her it was Ramaprabha as the other “Rama” stole the show with “tharamatta tharamatta” . She was another fine comedian (who can forget her nadha nadha in U.U.Vaa) wish she was offered more roles in Tamil. Another amazing performance Came from MRR vasu as Ramaprabha’s dad. He was rocking in 70’s with variety of roles and he did this dad’s role with his usual antics and humor too. Sasikumar, Typist gopu, surulirajan, ramarao,Lakshmi Narayanan all provided their support very well. Coming to the story it’s the usual second wife denying money to her husband and his family from the 1’st wife but set to the tone of humor.. that’s the trick. Muthuraman and Srikanth are cousins dependent on Manorama for money. Sasikumar as Manorama’s brother enjoys life ofcourse with Sister’s money. On the other side Lakshmi who finishes her studies with the help of Typist gopu requests him to give her a conduct certificate. Being a doctor for mentally altered patients MRR vasu also requests certificate for his daughter ramaprabha who is being cured by the same doctor. Coincidentally both the girls have same name “Rama” and the certificate shift places ofcourse MRR vasu knows it but hushes it for his daughter’s future. Lakshmi lands in MAnorama’s house as her secretary with the conduct certificate which clearly states that if a thing is denied Lakshmi will become hysterical and thus Manorama keeps Lakshmi as her secretary. Deprived of money Muthuraman and Srikanth are furious and they wander in streets and end up in a tea stall run by their old friend Thengai Srinivasan . They renew their friendship . At the same time Manorama is very busy with the news of Swami sukranatha’s arrival. Muthuraman and srikanth receive a telegram which states that sukranandha is not coming. Muthu devices a plan to bring in thengai Srinivasan as the Swamiji so that it will easy for them to find out the whereabouts about the locker and money. Plan is set and the day comes when Thengai lands in the house as the Swami ji. Fun doubles and how Muthu & Thengai steal the required monay forms the rest of the story. Dialouges by Gopu sir is the main asset for the film. Let’s see how the humor travels throughout the film. The very first scene where Murthy pleads for 25 paise is hilarious followed by scenes at the mental hospital where in rama’s letter gets swapped is even more hilarious as well. Coming to the house where in Muthuraman is frustrated by his dad’s silence pleads Murthy and those scenes involving all 3 of them are hilarious as well. At one point Secretary Lakshmi falls for muthuraman And their love scenes are humor filled as well (including handkerchief exchange ), body language of both Muthuraman & Lakshmi too good. Now Icing on the cake is Thengai’s entry as Sukranandha.. The scenes where they train Thengai as sukranandha is the first step for the great laughter.. Thengai says “Mangulum Mangulum” and his face expression is worth a watch. Just watch Srikanth leaning on Muthuaman and asking “Dei idhu seripattu varuma andha tea kadakkaran nadu halla davara tumbler aathunanna ?” mindblowing … and now Thengai is all set to enter as Sukranandha. Very first scene of his entry into the house “Bakthargal kodi aana naan single aalu thaan” . the main word “Prashathama” every time he says will make u laugh. Pombalangalukku “Maanja kayiru” KAnavan alvo .. Adhe adhe ..all will create a ripple of laughter. Now Sukranandha resting with Muthuraman & Srikanth.. Laughter gets doubled .. Dei yaaruda indha kutty is what he says about Lakshmi .. Muthu says Lakshmi is his lover and Srikanth says yes “daily ramukku kerchief thara” . Vathippati kodu .. “Pora poka paatha konja naalla meyyalum samiyara aakiduveenga pola” Thengai at his best. Now this is the scene where in Gopu’s dialogue of Gopu sir should be hailed. Suruli visits Manorama’s house for Swamiji’s darshan and Thengai enters .. The mantram he says “Srikantha muthurama lakshmi manorma vennirada surul surul” just saying the names of all the actors in that scene is a thoughtful dialogue by Gopu sir. I just loved it and the way Thengai delivered it is just too good. Thengai asks “Sattuputtunu 8kulla oru number sollu” surula says “9” and then “Veppamboo” .thengai says “Kasappu kasappu “ Manorama goes gaga saying enna gnayanam “ veppampoonnu sonna vudane kasappu sollitare swami” . Lakshmi brings milk for Swamiji where in thengai is without his beard, scenes following it is hilarious as they are scared that Lakshmi might have seen him without beard.. Now they are ready to perform the pooja . Muthuraman trains thengai for the song (jambulingame jadadhara of course the song itself is hilarious) Sankaran thanigachalathukku enna venum.. ellathayum kazhitinkungada .. and finally they perform the pooja ofcourse with humor and after the pooja Thengai goes with manorama to perform pooja for the Locker as well. That travel to the safe room is another hilarious scene .. Thengai gets scared by looking at a picture drawn by Manorama’s friend and his face expression is mind blowing and finally he learns all the information about the safe and all those numbers.(enna ithana bulb prashathama sadhurama) Now the boys hatch the plan and both muthu and thengai goes to the safe but thengai is under the influence of alcohol so forgets the numbers and muthu hits him and then he comes to his senses but luckily during their fight right numbers are pressed and now the safe is open. Muthu ties thengai and sends him down and by the time thengai picks the money muthu leaves the rope and thengai’s dialogue after that is hilarious .. “polladha ulagam nu solluvangale .. panatha paatha udana kayithaya vidara” . The scenes following that are hilarious as well and all ends well with manorama relaxing her rules and Lakshmi proving her letter swap.. The main hero of the movie is Thengai.. No one would have done the Swami character better than him. Mellisai mannar gave fantastic music in this movie with hit songs like Indru vandha indha mayakkam, Jambu lingame (fusion kind of song) &,Mella pesungal,Aval enna ninaithal(my fav) a different variety al lyrics by Vaali. Kase than kadavula is still fresh for it’s story, dialouges and performance especially Thengai. Gopu sir’s directorial debut is still the classic comedy even after 44 years. Kudos to AVM, Gopu sir & Thengai. Will come back soon – Rajesh Lavanya FB Link https://www.facebook.com/share/p/BehR4xpdNx7qLcod/