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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Athisaya Piravi<br />
| image = Athisaya Piraivi.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[S. P. Muthuraman]]<br />
| producer = A. Poorna Chandra Rao<br />
| writer = [[Panju Arunachalam]]<br />
| starring = [[Rajinikanth]]<br />[[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]]<br />[[Sheeba Akashdeep]]<br />
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
| cinematography = T. S. Vinayagam<br />
| editing = R. Vittal<br />S. P. Mohan<br />
| studio = Lakshmi Productions<br />
| released = {{film date|1990|6|15|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
| budget = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Athisaya Piravi''''' ({{Translation|Extraordinary Being}}) is a 1990 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[fantasy comedy]] film starring [[Rajinikanth]], [[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]], and [[Sheeba Akashdeep]] , while [[Nagesh]], [[Jaiganesh]], [[Chinni Jayanth]], [[Cho Ramaswamy]], and [[Vinu Chakravarthy]], among others, play supporting roles. This film was a remake of the Telugu film ''[[Yamudiki Mogudu (1988 film)|Yamudiki Mogudu]]'' (1988).<ref>{{Cite book |title=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |title-link=Rajinikanth: The Definitive Biography |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |year=2014 |pages=129–130 |author-link=Naman Ramachandran |orig-year=2012}}</ref> The film's music was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]], and the film released on 15 June 1990. It was declared as a hit at the box office.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Kaalaiyan ([[Rajinikanth]]) lives a poor lifestyle with his widowed mother. He falls in love with a girl called Sumathi ([[Sheeba Akashdeep]]), but because of his poor background, Sumathi's wealthy father Murukesh ([[Nagesh]]) is not ready to accept him. Kaalaiyan also gets into hot water with Murukesh as he opposes his men who were planning to demolish some huts. Murukesh and his partner ([[Jaiganesh]]) devise a plan to kill Kalaiyan by tricking him into believing that he was going to marry him to Sumathi. The plan works, and they eventually succeed in killing him. Kalaiyan's spirit goes to the underworld and meets the Lord of Death himself, Yamadharma Raja ([[Vinu Chakravarthy]]). Kalaiyan explains to Yama the whole ordeal and that his death was a mistake, so Yama transports him back to an identical body of a mild-mannered villager, Balwant Balu (also Rajinikanth), whose life is threatened by his paternal uncle and aunt, who are trying to kill him.<br />
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Reborn as Balu, he soon adapts to his new life, along with his new widowed mother and a sweetheart, Gauri ([[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]]). He also sets out to teach his uncle, Chinnasamy, aunt, and cousin Periyasaamy ([[Chinni Jayanth]]) a lesson for their ill-treatment to him and his (new) mother. Life goes on, and he has no memories of his old life until one day Murukesh, who was an old friend of Kashiram, comes to visit them. Seeing him, Balu remembers his previous life and immediately goes to his previous place, where he finds Murukesh's goons attacking the area. Upon seeing him alive, they all are astounded and flee from the place. He then explains to his biological mother and Sumathi the whole story of how he was killed and reincarnated. Meanwhile, Gauri comes searching for Balu to Chennai, and hilarity ensues as Balu/Kalaiyan struggles to manage both lovers. Balu, with help of Vichitra Gupta ([[Cho Ramaswamy]]), plans his revenge on Murukesh and his partner by outdoing him in wealth and humiliate them, but when Balu's relatives also arrive to Chennai, the whole confusion is revealed, and Murukesh captures both the families of Kalaiyan and Balu and tries to kill him, but Balu/Kaalaiyan thwarts his plans and ultimately succeeds in his revenge.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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* [[Rajinikanth]] as Kalaiyan and Balu (dual role)<br />
* [[Kanaka (actress)|Kanaka]] as Gauri<br />
* [[Sheeba Akashdeep]] as Sumathi<br />
* [[Nagesh]] as Murukesh<br />
* [[Jaiganesh]] as Murukesh's partner<br />
* [[Vijayalalitha]]<br />
* [[Achamillai Gopi]]<br />
* [[Betha Sudhakar]] as jaiganesh's son<br />
* [[Senthamarai (actor)|Senthamarai]] as Chinnasaamy<br />
* [[Chinni Jayanth]] as Periyasaamy<br />
* [[Cho Ramaswamy]] as Vichitra Gupta<br />
* [[Vinu Chakravarthy]] as Yamadharma Raja<br />
* [[V. K. Ramaswamy (actor)|V. K. Ramasamy]] as Chitra Gupta<br />
* [[Madhavi (actress)|Madhavi]] as Rambha (Guest appearance)<br />
*[[S. N. Parvathy]] as Kaalaiyan's mother<br />
* [[King Kong (actor)|King Kong]] as kalaiyan's friend<br />
*[[Omakuchi Narasimhan]] as jai ganesh's servant<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Directed by S. P. Muthuraman, who keeps the action from sagging, Panju Arunachalam redoes his ''[[Kalyanaraman (1979 film)|Kalyanaraman]]'' idea and provides the dialogues, even as Cho keeps lighting crackers with dialogues loaded with political innuendo."<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19900622&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</ref><br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
{{Main|Little Superstar}}<br />
Many years after the release of the film, a [[viral video]] entitled "[[Little Superstar]]" became very popular on the [[internet]]. The clip features the scene with [[Rajinikanth]] watching [[dwarfism|dwarf]] [[India]]n actor [[King Kong (actor)|King Kong]] dancing to "[[Holiday Rap]]" by [[MC Miker G & DJ Sven]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBtZGxQcHaM @ 1:52 and 2:41</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://dganesh.blogspot.com/2007/02/little-super-star.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=20 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315071832/http://dganesh.blogspot.com/2007/02/little-super-star.html |archive-date=15 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
This soundtrack has 6 songs composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>http://www.starmusiq.com/tamil_movie_songs_free_download.asp?MovieId=790</ref><ref>http://play.raaga.com/tamil/album/Adhisaya-Piravi-songs-T0000560</ref><br />
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{| class="wikitable"<br />
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!Songs!! Singers!! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| "Annakiliyae" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]]|| [[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Idhaz Sindudum" || Malaysia Vasudevan, [[S. Janaki]] || [[Pulamaipithan]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Paattukku Paattu" || Malaysia Vasudevan, [[K. S. Chithra]] || [[Gangai Amaran]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Singari Pyari" || Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki || Vaali<br />
|-<br />
| "Thanananthan" ||Malaysia Vasudevan, S. Janaki || [[Piraisoodan]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Unna Partha" || K. S. Chithra, Malaysia Vasudevan || Vaali<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0318275}}<br />
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{{S. P. Muthuraman}}<br />
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[[Category:1990 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by S. P. Muthuraman]]<br />
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Telugu films]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]<br />
[[Category:1990s Tamil-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian fantasy-comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:1990s fantasy-comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian religious comedy films]]<br />
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Panchu Arunachalam]]<br />
[[Category:1990 comedy films]]</div>>Agastya17