Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen

Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen (transl. Why fear when Saravanan is here?) is a 2017 Indian Tamil-language supernatural comedy horror film written and directed by S. Ezhil, and produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin. The film stars Udhayanidhi and Regina Cassandra, with Soori and Srushti Dange in supporting roles. It was released on 12 May 2017,^[1] and became a box office failure.^[2]

Saravanan is a jobless youth who roams around in a two-wheeler with his friends. Kalyanam decides to be the head of a famous political party called Dho Jindhagi. However, when a drunk photographer incorrectly takes some photos, Kalyanam is targeted by the police. With the help of Saravanan, he goes to Dubai, and it is eventually revealed that Kalyanam had to take care of camels in Dubai. After Kalyanam leaves for Dubai, Saravanan's friends overexaggerate about Saravanan to the head of Dho Jindhagi, who appoints Saravanan as head. Two years later, Saravanan's other uncle and their family come to visit. Saravanan's cousin Thenmozhi also comes and demands his house (which is now a party office) to be cleaned before she comes. It is revealed that Saravanan and Thenmozhi were schoolmates and were always fighting, until Thenmozhi left town. Saravanan does not have any other place to start the party office as he had earlier used Thenmozhi's house for that purpose and Kalyanam's wife gives their new house to him without Kalyanam's knowledge, and when he arrives, he is shocked. He takes Saravanan to be his enemy, and along with Thenmozhi, plans to take revenge. Various hilarious situations are witnessed, and meanwhile, Thenmozhi gets engaged to Veerasingam's son Rajadurai, who is somewhat immature. This hurts Saravanan, who had fallen in love with Thenmozhi. In many incidents, Thenmozhi is seen to act supportive to Saravanan though she hates him, shocking others. It is later revealed that she is possessed by the ghost of Fathima, a Muslim girl who was in love with Saravanan but had died due to an accident. Saravanan enjoys life with Thenmozhi as Fathima. But when the family learns about this, they get angry on Saravanan for cheating them. What Saravanan does to reunite with Thenmozhi by convincing his family and breaking her marriage with Rajadurai, forms the crux of the story.

In July 2016, Udhayanidhi Stalin revealed that he would produce and act in a new comedy to be directed by S. Ezhil, whose previous was Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran.^[3]

The soundtrack was composed by D. Imman,^[4][5] collaborating with Ezhil for the fourth time after Manam Kothi Paravai, Desingu Raja, and Vellaikaara Durai. All lyrics were written by Yugabharathi.^[6][7]

Manoj Kumar R of The Indian Express wrote, "Neither the comedy nor the horror part of the film worth is your time and money. Do yourself a favour, sit this one out".^[8] Chitradeepa Anantharam of The Hindu wrote that the film "has all the elements of a mass entertainer - comedy, love, horror and action. But none of it works in the film. The comedy is crass, the horror makes you squirm, love is non-existent and the action is terrible".^[9] Karthik Kumar of Hindustan Times wrote, "Despite having a battalion of comedians at his disposal, the jokes in [Ezhil's] film just don’t work".^[10] Chennai Vision wrote, "The film is a comedy caper that tickles our funny bone with a wafer-thin storyline. It seems it’s time that Ezhil tries something new, as we are so used to his style of films".^[11] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle wrote that it is a "hackneyed commercial potboiler" which has "lackluster writing", making it "enjoyable only in parts".^[12] M Suganth of The Times of India wrote, "Touted to be a slapstick comedy, the film tends to take an unexpected spooky route from here, because of which the wafer-thin plot becomes irritating; otherwise, the film would at least have been watchable".^[13]

• Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen at IMDb 
• Saravanan Irukka Bayamaen at Rotten Tomatoes