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{{short description|2001 film by P. Vasu}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Asathal
| image = Asathal.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[P. Vasu]]
| writer = P. Vasu
| starring = [[Sathyaraj]]<br />[[Ramya Krishnan]]<br />[[Swathi (actress)|Swathi]]<br />[[Vadivelu]]<br />[[Ramesh Khanna]]
| producer = S. Rajaram
| cinematography = [[B. Kannan]]
| music = [[Bharathwaj]]
| editing = P. Mohanraj
| studio = Mala Cine Creations
| released = 18 May 2001
| runtime = 138 minutes
| language = Tamil
| country = India
}}

'''''Asathal''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Tamil language|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. 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]]'' and went on to be remade in Hindi as ''[[Heyy Babyy]]''. ''[[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 (actress)|Swathi]] as Catherine
* [[Vadivelu]] as Venugopal
* [[Ramesh Khanna]] as Victor
* [[Ajay Rathnam]] as Jayaraj

==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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinematoday2.itgo.com/Asathal.htm|title = Asathal}}</ref> Sathyaraj worked on ''Asathal'' alongside two other ventures ''[[Kunguma Pottu Gounder]]'' and the later-shelved ''Mr. Narathar''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.reocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/2330/may2001.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924112754/http://www.reocities.com/Hollywood/Lot/2330/may2001.html |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Bharathwaj]], while lyrics were written by [[Gangai Amaran]], Kalaikumar and [[Snehan]].<ref>https://www.raaga.com/tamil/movie/Asathal-songs-T0004055</ref>
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| name = Asathal
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Bharathwaj]]
| cover =
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| released = 2001
| recorded =
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
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| language = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
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| producer = Bharathwaj
| prev_title = [[Penngal]]
| prev_year = 2000
| next_title = [[Pandavar Bhoomi]]
| next_year = 2001
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| 1 || "Ithu Meiyya Poiyya" || [[Srinivas (singer)|Srinivas]] || [[Gangai Amaran]]
|-
| 2 || "Raja Vazhkai Endral" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]] || [[Snehan]]
|-
| 3 || "Saainthaadu" || [[Anuradha Sriram]]
[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
| Kalaikumar
|-
| 4 || "Shock Adicha Mathiri" || Ganga, [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]] || rowspan=2|[[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".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060712101324/http://www.hindu.com/2001/05/25/stories/09250222.htm ]</ref> Reviewer Balaji Balasubramaniam also gave the film a negative review, remarking that "Vasu has lost his touch and run out of ideas in comedies".<ref>http://www.thiraipadam.com/cgi-bin/movie_review.pl?id=164&user_name=bbalaji&review_lang=english&lang=english</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lavan.fateback.com/Cinema%20Section/Asathal.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2014-04-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415190951/http://lavan.fateback.com/Cinema%20Section/Asathal.html |archivedate=15 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref>

The film's story later inspired [[Sajid Khan (director)|Sajid Khan]]'s 2007 Hindi comedy film ''[[Heyy Babyy]]'' which featured [[Akshay Kumar]] and [[Vidya Balan]].<ref>http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/entertainment/kadhala-kadhala-becomes-akshay-kumars-housefull_100359564.html</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{P. Vasu}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:2000s Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by P. Vasu]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bharadwaj (music director)]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of French films]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:2001 comedy films]]

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