# Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru

Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru (transl. You have got to work like fire, Kumar) is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language comedy film co-produced and directed by Sundar C. and produced by his wife Khushbu. The film stars Siddharth, Santhanam, and Hansika Motwani. The film was partially reshot in Telugu as Something Something with Brahmanandam replacing Santhanam and a different supporting cast. The film released on 14 June 2013 to positive reviews, performing well at the box office and becoming a commercial success.

## Plot

Kumar is a software engineer who lives in a joint family. All of the marriages in his family have been love marriages for generations. He, however, swears off girls and love because of bad experiences in his childhood and teenage years. One day, he falls in love with Sanjana, a new employee in his office. Unable to convey his feelings, he seeks the help of Mokia (Premji in Telugu), a man who earns a living by helping men impress their lovers. Mokia teaches him to be more assertive and flirtatious. He makes Kumar spread the rumour that Sanjana is seeing her boss, George. As a result, Sanjana stops spending time with George. George then asks her to be his girlfriend, coincidentally when Kumar was planning to confess his love for Sanjana. She accepts, leaving Kumar heartbroken. Mokia then intervenes and breaks up George and Sanjana. Sanjana and Kumar finally get together but Mokia tries to break them apart after he finds out it is his sister (niece in Telugu) he has been helping Kumar with. Then, Kumar admits to Sanjana that he manipulated her feelings but then seeks her forgiveness. Then they get back together, with the acceptance of Mokia who sees Kumar's true love for Sanjana.

## Cast

* Siddharth as Kumar
* Santhanam as Sathish (Mokia)
* Hansika Motwani as Sanjana
* Ganesh Venkatraman as George
* Bosskey as Kumar's first elder brother-in-law
* Manobala as Pencil Mama / Cone Ice
* Delhi Ganesh as Bombay Ganesan
* RJ Balaji as Karna
* Chitra Lakshmanan as Kunchithapadam, Sathish & Sanjana's father
* Karunakaran as Wedding groom (Tamil version only)
* Vichu Vishwanath as Boss
* Balaji K. Mohan as Kumar's second elder brother-in-law
* George Vishnu as Raghavendra Rao
* Bava Lakshmanan as Annakili's third younger brother
* John Vijay as Military Colonel
* Thalapathy Dinesh as Annakili's first younger elder brother
* Devadarshini as Kumar's first elder sister
* Nalini as Annakilli
* Meena Kumari as Kumar's second elder sister
* Jennifer as Maya, Sanjana's best friend
* Vidyullekha Raman as Vidhya, Sathish's love interest & Sanjana's best friend
* Bhavani
* Sriranjani as Janaki, Sathish & Sanjana's mother
* Rethika Srinivas as HR Manager Rekha Mohan
* Iswarya Menon as Harini
* Pei Krishnan as Annakili's second younger brother
* Priyanka Nalkari as Divyasree, Sanjana's best friend
* George Maryan as Police officer Parathaman
* Vishal as himself (special appearance)
* Samantha Ruth Prabhu (special appearance)
* Khushbu (special appearance in the song "Thiruttu Pasanga")
* Sundar C. (special appearance) (special appearance in the song "Thiruttu Pasanga") (Tamil version only)

### Telugu version

Apart from the scenes involving these actors, the rest of the film was dubbed from the Tamil version.
* Brahmanandam as Premji
* Venu Madhav as Cone Ice Bava
* Sudha as Premji's sister and Sanjana's mother
* Gautam Raju as Police officer
* Rana Daggubati as himself (special appearance)

## Production

In January 2013, Sundar C announced that he would collaborate with UTV Motion Pictures for another film after the success of Kalakalappu. The film was launched on 21 March 2013. The film's title Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru was derived from a dialogue from Pudhupettai, later popularised by Boss Engira Bhaskaran. Shooting took place in Chennai and Hyderabad, while the songs were filmed overseas.

## Soundtrack

C. Sathya composed the music for this film; the soundtrack features six tracks.
All lyrics are written by P. Vijay
All lyrics are written by Vanamali

## Release

The satellite rights of the film were secured by STAR Vijay. The film was given a U certificate by the Censor Board without cuts. The film and its Telugu version was released simultaneously with Thillu Mullu on 14 June 2013. TVSK has acquired 460 screens in Tamil Nadu, 80 screens in overseas markets across Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and USA and 60 screens across Kerala and Karnataka.

### Box office

The film had good start at the box office collected ₹10 crore (US$1.2 million) in the end of the first week itself and in Telugu, the film grossed ₹3 crore (US$350,000) Total ₹13 crore (US$1.5 million) at the box office. The positive word of mouth helped the film. The film rocked at the box office grossed over ₹60 crore (US$6.9 million) in TN in 6 weeks and Telugu gross would be around ₹15 crore (US$1.7 million). The film had a total Worldwide gross ₹75 crore (US$8.7 million) at the box office. The film declared "Blockbuster Hit" at the box office in Tamil. The film is also listed in most successful films of 2013. The film completed 100 days in 100 centers.

### Reception
#### Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru

This Tamil version received positive reviews from critics and audience. Rediff wrote: "Theeya Velai Seyyanum Kumaru fails on many counts, the primary being the lead actors and their lackluster performance, the film is still quite boring and predictable". In.com wrote:"Overall, TVSK is an average rom-com with few good laughs". Baradwaj Rangan of The Hindu wrote "Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru at least has better one-liners, borderline surreal non sequiturs — and all of them are entrusted with RJ Balaji...Santhanam, in comparison, comes off a tad stale, with his now-patented mix of alliteration and rhyme."

#### Something Something

The Telugu version received mixed to positive reviews. The Hindu wrote that "Something Something oscillates between being hilarious to ridiculous, backed by good performances by Siddharth, Hansika and Brahmanandam". idlebrain.com gave a review of rating 3/5 stating "Something Something is a romantic comedy that features Brahmanandam in a full length character. It is one of those films in which the character suits Siddharth very well. The scenes and thread featuring Brahmanandam is the lifeline of the movie. On a whole, Something Something works because of Brahmanandam."