# Sirithal Rasipen

Sirithal Rasipen (transl. I'll enjoy if you smile) is a 2009 Tamil language comedy film directed, written and produced by V. Chandrasekaran. The film stars Sathya and Sunu Lakshmi, alongside an ensemble cast of M. S. Bhaskar, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Manobala, Kalpana, Mayilsamy, Lollu Sabha Balaji, Sathyan, Ansiba Hassan, Thyagu, and Shanmugarajan, amongst others, in supporting roles. The film was released on 3 July 2009 and is a remake of the Malayalam film Sathyabhamakkoru Premalekhanam (1996).

## Plot

Boopathy Pandian (M. S. Bhaskar) is a strict father who uses the whip abundantly on anyone who disobeys him. He has a bedridden wife Lakshmy (Lakshmy Ramakrishnan); two good-for-nothing sons Rama (Mayilsamy) and Krishna (Lollu Sabha Balaji); two daughters-in-law; and two daughters. He is against love marriages since his own sister Eshwari (Kalpana) ran away with the sorcerer Vikramadithyan (Thyagu), who is now his archenemy. His younger daughter Divya (Sunu Lakshmi) is in love with Siddhu (Sathya), the son of the family manager (Manobala). The night, the lovers secretly meet without the authoritarian Boopathy Pandian knowing. Boopathy Pandian then suspects Vikramadithyan's son Purushothaman (Sathyan) of stalking his daughter. When Boopathy Pandian warns Vikramadithyan to whip again him as he did when Vikramadithyan married his sister, Vikramadithyan swears that his son will marry his younger daughter Divya at any cost.
One day, Boopathy Pandian finds out an unsigned love letter to Divya. Boopathy Pandian whips his daughter and suspects Purushothaman for writing it, but Purushothaman claims that he has never gone to school and that he is illiterate. Boopathy Pandian decides to hire rowdies to protect his daughter. Therefore, the four clumsy rowdies - Maaja (Mahanadi Shankar), Goda Govindan (Crane Manohar), Karadi (Bonda Mani), and Bruce Lee (Velmurugan) - come to his house. Boopathy Pandian then learns that Siddhu is Divya's lover and feels betrayed by Siddhu, for whom he had high regard. Thereafter, Boopathy Pandian meets his old friend Thangaraj (Shanmugarajan) and accepts for Divya to get married with Thangaraj's NRI son Rajendran (Kovai Babu). Later, Rajendran comes back home with his newlywed wife. The greedy Thangaraj, who wants all of Boopathy Pandian's wealth, drives his newlywed daughter-in-law away, and Rajendran accepts for the marriage. In the meantime, Boopathy Pandian's daughter Viji (Ansiba Hassan) elopes with Maaja, and they secretly get married.
The day of the wedding - with Purushothaman and his parents on one side and Siddhu with the four rowdies on the other - decide to stop the wedding between Divya and the greedy Rajendran. Divya pleaded with her sisters and mother to let her marry Siddhu. They accept and help her elope with Siddhu. Later, Lakshmy convinces Purushothaman to forget Divya. Therefore, Purushothaman decides to help Divya and Siddhu, but Boopathy Pandian, Thangaraj, and Rajendran are hell bent on stopping this elopement. Boopathy Pandian then realizes that Thangaraj and Rajendran tried to cheat him and cancels the wedding.
Many months later, Divya is happily married to Siddhu and is pregnant. Boopathy Pandian becomes a nice person and makes peace with Vikramadithyan.

## Cast

* Sathya as Siddhu
* Sunu Lakshmi as Divya
* M. S. Bhaskar as Boopathy Pandian
* Lakshmy Ramakrishnan as Lakshmy
* Manobala as Siddhu's father
* Kalpana as Eshwari
* Mayilsamy as Rama
* Lollu Sabha Balaji as Krishna
* Sathyan as Purushothaman
* Ansiba Hassan as Viji
* Thyagu as Vikramadithyan
* Shanmugarajan as Thangaraj
* Kovai Babu as Rajendran
* Mahanadi Shankar as Maaja
* Crane Manohar as Goda Govindan
* Bonda Mani as Karadi
* Velmurugan as Bruce Lee
* Singamuthu as Tea Master
* King Kong as Kaththi Kuththu Pandian
* Lekhasri as Kamala
* Ramya as Kavitha
* Chelladurai
* Vengal Rao
* Shankar as Student (uncredited role)
* Babu as Henchman (uncredited role)

## Production

The film director and producer V. Chandrasekaran signed Sathya and newcomer Sunu Lakshmi to play the lead roles in the film. 12 comedians: M. S. Bhaskar, Thyagu, Manobala, Sathyan, Mahanadi Shankar, Mayilsamy, Lollu Sabha Balaji, Crane Manohar, Velmurugan, Bonda Mani, Singamuthu and King Kong were selected to act in this film. Apart from this, Shanmugarajan will act in an important role. Sirithal Rasipen has been shot extensively in Chalakudy, Courtallam and Guruvayur.

## Soundtrack

The film score and the soundtrack were composed by Iniyavan. The soundtrack, released in 25 June 2009, features 6 tracks with lyrics written by P. Vijay, Snehan, Yugabharathi and Annamalai.
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Duration |
| 1 | "Kanadicha Rosapoo" | Benny Dayal, Suchitra | 5:07 |
| 2 | "Chekka Chekka Sevathavele" | Prasanna, Chinmayi | 5:14 |
| 3 | "Enakulle Irupaval" | Hariharan, K. S. Chithra | 6:12 |
| 4 | "Pondattiyo Vappattiyo" | Iniyavan, Anuradha Sriram | 4:40 |
| 5 | "Aagayame Ingu Vanthu" | Karthik, Saindhavi | 4:51 |
| 6 | "Enakulle Irupavan" | Hariharan, K. S. Chithra | 6:03 |

## Reception

Sify said, "fast paced action and never a dull moment make Sirithal Rasipen an interesting watch".