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{{short description|Film by Muthukumaran}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| image = Dharmaprabhu poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Muthukumaran
| producer = P Ranganathan
| writer = Muthukumaran
| starring = [[Yogi Babu]] [[Radha Ravi]] [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]] [[Sam Jones (Tamil actor)|Sam Jones]] [[Ramesh Thilak]] [[Rajendran]]
| music = [[Justin Prabhakaran]]
| cinematography = [[Mahesh Muthuswami]]
| editing = San Lokesh
| studio = Sri Vaari Films
| released = {{Film date|2019|06|28|df=y}}
| runtime = 135 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}
'''''Dharmaprabhu''''' is a 2019 Indian [[Tamil language]] [[fantasy comedy]] film written and directed by Muthukumaran.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yogen to play the lead in Dharmaprabhu |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/yogi-babu-to-play-the-lead-in-dharmaprabhu/articleshow/66498651.cms |access-date=2018-12-19 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Yogi Babu]] plays the lead role in the film,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Yogen to play the lead in fantasy comedy, Dharma Prabhu |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/stories/news/2018/nov/02/yogi-babu-to-play-the-lead-in-fantasy-comedy-dharma-prabhu-8593.html |access-date=2018-12-19 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref> and supporting roles are done by [[Radha Ravi]], [[Sam Jones (Tamil actor)|Sam Jones]], [[Ramesh Thilak]], [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]] and [[Rajendran]] among others. [[Justin Prabhakaran]] composed the music for the film, editing was done by San Lokesh, and cinematography was by Mahesh Muthuswamy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-11-02 |title=Yogi Babu's Dharmaprabhu first look poster |url=https://www.behindwoods.com/tamil-movies-cinema-news-16/yogi-babus-dharmaprabhu-first-look-poster.html |access-date=2018-12-19 |website=Behindwoods}}</ref>

==Plot==
In the world beyond the earth & in the deep void of space, the God of Death, Yeman Sr. ([[Radha Ravi]]) plans on retiring after his long reign in the Yemalogam. On one side, after hearing of this, Yeman's [[Chitragupta]] ([[Ramesh Thilak]]) is scheming to be the next Yeman. But, to his disappointment, Yeman Sr. makes his son ([[Yogi Babu]]) the next Yeman, in accordance of his lineage.

Yeman Sr.'s son, is shown to be a 5th grader, who is mostly a comedian in his class & doesn't care at all about studies. When the news is passed to him that he is to be his father, Yeman Sr's successor, he argues with his parents, his father Yeman Sr. & his mother Ayyo, about him not wanting to become Yeman. However, his parents convinces him & so, for his parents' sake, he is crowned as the king of the, which enrages Chitragupta, as his dreams have now become vain.

Because of his desire for the throne, he tries to dethrone Yeman Jr. by all means possible. After many attempts, Chitragupta makes Yeman Jr. make a mistake by saving a young girl from a lorry accident & preventing the death of a corrupt caste politician Kumaradasan. [[Shiva]] Peruman ([[Rajendran]]) is exasperated because of Yeman Jr.'s actions & he swallows his father, Yeman Sr. & announces to Yeman Jr. that he has 7 days to reform his mistakes & to kill Kumaradasan, or else, Shiva will destroy the Yemalogam.

Even with Yeman Jr.'s 1+1 plan, given to him by 4 distinguished men, will he be able to rectify his past mistakes, kill the politician madman & save the entire Yemalogam, forms the crux of the story?

== Cast ==
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*[[Yogi Babu]] as [[Yamantaka|Dharma Prabhu]]
* [[Radha Ravi]] as [[Yama]]n
* [[Sam Jones (Tamil actor)|Sam Jones]] as Bala
* [[Ramesh Thilak]] as [[Chitragupta]]
* [[Rajendran]] as [[Shiva]]
* [[Rekha Harris|Rekha]] as Ayyo
* [[Meghna Naidu]] cameo appearance
* [[Azhagam Perumal]] as Kumaradasan the Politician
* [[Bose Venkat]] as Minister
* [[Bosskey]] as "Kho" Rangasamy
* Shanmugam Muthusamy as Yama Guru
* [[Supergood Subramani]]
* P. V. Chandramouli
* [[Ashvin Raja]] as Cameo appearance
* [[Janani Iyer|Janani]] as Vaishnavi, Politician Kumaradasan's daughter
{{colend}}

== Production ==
This film shooting was held in a fictional place due to the cast and the story. Yaman stays in place called Yamaloka, so the art works were done mostly in a fictional way.<ref>{{Citation |title=Dharma Prabhu Full Cast and Crew - Yogi Babu {{!}} Sulekha Movies |url=http://movies.sulekha.com/tamil-movie-dharma-prabhu-cast-crew |access-date=2018-12-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618065441/http://creative.sulekha.com/ |archive-date=18 June 2024 |url-status=live |language=en}}</ref> The first look poster of Dharmaprabhu was released on 2 November, where Yogi Babu stands as Yaman with the weapon [[Gada (mace)|Gada]]. The film shooting was a short time of period and the movie features was released soon. The film was shot in [[Chennai]] and the songs were composed abroad. One of the first look poster reminds one of [[Thambi Ramaiah|Thambi Ramiah]]’s directorial film [[Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharma Prabhu Movie (2019) {{!}} Cast {{!}} Songs {{!}} Teaser {{!}} Trailer {{!}} Release Date {{!}} Tamil Cinema News / Kollywood news in 2018 {{!}} Pinterest {{!}} Cinema, Movies and Teaser |url=https://www.pinterest.com/pin/689332286692577663/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618065434/https://www.pinterest.com/pin/689332286692577663/ |archive-date=18 June 2024 |access-date=2018-12-19 |website=Pinterest |language=en}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
Soundtrack was composed by Justin Prabhakaran.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharma Prabhu Song Download {{!}} Dharma Prabhu MP3 Song Download Free Online: Songs - Hungama.com |url=https://www.hungama.com/album/dharma-prabhu/47954464/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharma Prabhu Songs Download: Dharma Prabhu MP3 Tamil Songs Online Free on Gaana.com |url=https://gaana.com/album/dharma-prabhu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618065311/https://gaana.com/album/dharma-prabhu |archive-date=18 June 2024 |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref>
*"Oorar Unna" - Tm Selvakumar
*"Usurula Ethayo" - Yogi Sekar, Aishwarya Ravichandran
*"Katta Karuppa" - Acs Ravichandran, Ranina Reddy

==Reception==
''Times of India'' wrote "The plot had enough scope for making it a wholesome entertainer, but one needs to watch the movie to know how it has been badly wasted."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharmaprabhu Movie Review {2.0/5}: Critic Review of Dharmaprabhu by Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movie-reviews/dharmaprabhu/movie-review/69988744.cms |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> ''Cinema Express'' wrote "Dharma Prabhu quite needlessly takes on the mantle of messaging. It appears even narakalokam isn’t immune to the rampant disease of posturing."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharma Prabhu Movie Review: This partly funny comedy about Yama turns into a preachy bore- Cinema express |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2019/jun/28/dharma-prabhu-movie-review-this-partly-funny-comedy-about-yama-turns-into-a-preachy-bore-12609.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240618065406/https://www.cinemaexpress.com/reviews/tamil/2019/jun/28/dharma-prabhu-movie-review-this-partly-funny-comedy-about-yama-turns-into-a-preachy-bore-12609.html |archive-date=18 June 2024 |access-date=16 May 2020 |website=[[Cinema Express]]}}</ref> ''Sify'' wrote "Apart from Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikecei, none of the Tamil fantasy comedies have clicked in Tamil mainly because of shoddy writing and execution. Leading comedy actor Yogi Babu’s Dharmaprabhu in which he plays the lead title role is another addition to the genre, which disappoints."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dharmaprabhu review: Lacks grandeur and creativity |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/dharmaprabhu-review-lacks-grandeur-and-creativity-review-tamil-tg2qqzbajiidi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629005958/http://www.sify.com/movies/dharmaprabhu-review-lacks-grandeur-and-creativity-review-tamil-tg2qqzbajiidi.html |archive-date=29 June 2019}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:2019 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2019 Indian films]]
[[Category:2010s fantasy comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian fantasy comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian adventure comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot in Chennai]]
[[Category:2010s adventure comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Justin Prabhakaran]]
[[Category:2019 comedy films]]
[[Category:2019 films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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