''Asathal'' () is a 2001 Indian

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written and directed by P. Vasu. The film stars

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and

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. Produced by Mala Cine Creations and featuring music composed by Bharadwaj, the film was released on 18 May 2001. It is a remake of the 1990

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film '' Thoovalsparsham'' which was earlier remade in Tamil as '' Thayamma''.

Cast

as Vetri *

as Gowri * Swathi as Catherine *

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as Venugopal * Ramesh Khanna as Victor *

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as Jayaraj *

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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

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. The filming was completed within 37 days. Sathyaraj worked on ''Asathal'' alongside two other ventures '' Kunguma Pottu Gounder'' and the later-shelved ''Mr. Narathar''.

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bharadwaj.

Reception

Malathi Rangarajan of ''

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'' 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". Visual Dasan of ''

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'' panned the humour and music and added that one could have openly appreciated Vasu if he had remade Malayalam film ''Thoovalsparsham'' as it is. Malini Mannath of ''Chennai Online'' 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."

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