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{{short description|2001 film by Sakthi Paramesh}}
{{For|Queen Victoria's Pekingese dog|Looty (dog)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Looty
| image = Looty VCD Cover.jpg
| caption = VCD cover
| director = [[Sakthi Paramesh|Parameswar]]
| story = Prithvi Rajkumar
| producer = V. A. Durai
| starring = {{unbulleted list|[[Sathyaraj]]|[[Roja Selvamani|Roja]]|[[Mumtaj]]}}
| cinematography = [[B. Kannan]]
| editing = [[B. Lenin]]<br />[[V. T. Vijayan]]
| music = [[Deva (composer)|Deva]]
| studio = [[Evergreen Movie International]]
| released = {{Film date|df=y|2001|01|14}}
| runtime = 145 minutes
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Looty''''' is a 2001 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy film]] directed by [[Sakthi Paramesh|Parameswar]]. The film stars [[Sathyaraj]] in triple roles, [[Roja Selvamani|Roja]] and [[Mumtaj]]. The film, produced by V. A. Durai, was released on 14 January 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lootti ( 2001 ) |url=http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=lootti |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130423002203/http://www.cinesouth.com/cgi-bin/filmography/newfilmdb.cgi?name=lootti |archive-date=23 April 2013 |access-date=18 January 2013 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>

== Plot ==

Rasappa ([[Sathyaraj]]) and Vellaiappa ([[Vadivelu]]) were mechanics and good friends. They grew older so they were determined to get married as soon as possible. Vellaiappa was in love with Sona ([[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]]). Geetha ([[Roja Selvamani|Roja]]) left her home after her step-mother's pressures. Geetha was accidentally kidnapped by Rasappa who thought that she was Sona and Rasappa fell in love subsequently with Geetha. Vellaiappa married his lover Sona while Rasappa married Geetha.

After a few years, Rasappa became a rich businessman but the couple didn't have children, whereas his friend Vellaiappa and Sona had two children. The doctor revealed that Geetha was unable to become a mother. Then suddenly one day, Rasappa found an abandoned baby in his car. After much hesitation, the couple adopted the baby. However, Geeta began to suspect Rasappa for being Jeeva's real father.

After finishing his study overseas, Jeeva is back and he shocks everybody when he arrives, Jeeva and Rasappa are looking alike, sending Geetha into a fit of fury, all her suspicions confirmed, despite Rasappa's bewilderment and protests of innocence, while Jeeva begins to flirt with Gayatri ([[Mumtaj]]) and they both end in love. Finally, the real culprit is revealed as Rasappa's father English Kuppan, a chieftain and a lecherous old man in the village who was almost on his deathbed and couldn't keep his hands off a nurse assigned to him. The result being a little stepbrother for Rasappa. And the man who put the baby in the couple's car was Kuzhanthavelu, the family doctor, who was in the know of things. But his good intentions had backfired. But then it's all well that ends well.

== Cast ==
{{cast listing|
*[[Sathyaraj]] as Rasappa, Jeeva and English Kuppan (triple roles)
*[[Roja Selvamani|Roja]] as Geetha, Rasappa's wife
*[[Mumtaj]] as Gayathri, Jeeva's love interest
*[[Vadivelu]] as Vellaiappa, Rasappa's friend
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as 'Thiruttu VCD' Thiyagarajan, Geetha's stepbrother
*[[Kalpana (Malayalam actress)|Kalpana]] as Sona, Vellaiappa's wife
*[[Visu]] as Dr. Kuzhanthavelu
*[[Pandu (actor)|Pandu]] as Subramanian, an advocate
*[[Ponnambalam (actor)|Ponnambalam]] as Thiyagarajan's henchman
*[[Madhan Bob]]
*[[LIC Narasimhan]]
*[[Kullamani]]
*[[Mayilsamy]] as Jeeva's friend
*[[Bayilvan Ranganathan]]
}}

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Deva (composer)|Deva]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 February 2000 |title=Looty |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/looty/SpXw,MYJ-5U_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826113403/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/looty/SpXw,MYJ-5U_ |archive-date=26 August 2023 |access-date=18 January 2013 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref> The song "Once More Ketka" was inspired by "[[Preminchukundam Raa#Soundtrack|Pellikala Vachesindhe]]", which itself was inspired by "[[Yé ké yé ké]]".

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer(s) !! Lyrics !! Duration
|-
| "Mannaa Mannaa" || [[Swarnalatha]] || Kavi Markandeyar || 5:24
|-
| "Missu Missu Pappa" || [[Anuradha Sriram]], Krishnaraj || rowspan=5|[[Vaali (poet)|Vaali]] || 5:26
|-
| "Once More Ketka" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[K. S. Chithra]] || 4:56
|-
| "Sillunu Kaaththu" || [[Mano (singer)|Mano]], [[Swarnalatha]] || 5:34
|-
| "Velu Vadivelu Enn" || [[Deva (composer)|Deva]] || 5:47
|-
| "Madurakara Viveku" || [[Vadivelu]], [[Sabesh Murali|Sabesh]] || 4:30
|-
|}

== Reception ==
''The Hindu'' wrote "despite a hackneyed script and clichéd plot twists, the film is entertaining because it maintains a light tone throughout. At no point does it become over-dramatic and that, one must add, is a saving grace!".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Padmanabhan |first=Savitha |date=19 January 2001 |title=Film Review:Looty |url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/19/stories/09190222.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514170756/http://www.hindu.com/2001/01/19/stories/09190222.htm |archive-date=14 May 2014 |access-date=18 January 2013 |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> ''Chennai Online'' wrote "the film turns out to be a damp squib, with a meandering screenplay, inept handling, time factor that goes hay wire, and comedy that tries out your patience".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mannath |first=Malini |title=Film: Looty |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/moviereviews/tammov93.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021226144421/http://www.chennaionline.com/moviereviews/tammov93.asp |archive-date=26 December 2002 |access-date=12 January 2022 |website=Chennai Online}}</ref> ''Cinesouth'' wrote "After giving a comic label to the film, they try to tell a serious story that too without any logic at all. The final scenes are confusing and confounding. The audiences are driven to a tight corner, not knowing whether to laugh or weep".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Looti |url=http://cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/looti.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010624165254/http://cinesouth.com/scopes/reviews/looti.shtml |archive-date=24 June 2001 |access-date=2 September 2023 |website=Cinesouth}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb title}}

[[Category:2001 Indian films]]
[[Category:2001 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2001 comedy films]]
[[Category:2001 films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Deva (composer)]]
[[Category:Indian comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language comedy films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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