Ullasa Paravaigal

Ullasa Paravaigal
	Promotional Poster
Directed by	C. V. Rajendran
Produced by	S. P. Thamizharasi
Written by	Panchu Arunachalam
Starring	Kamal Haasan; Rati Agnihotri; Deepa; Major Sundararajan; Suruli Rajan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Ashok Kumar
Edited by	N. M. Victor
Production; company	S. P. T. Films
Distributed by	S. P. T. Films
Release date	7 March 1980; ; ; ; ;
Running time	126 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil language

Ullasa Paravaigal (lit.?Carefree birds) is a Tamil language film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role. The movie has evergreen songs that are murmured even today. The movie was a hit at the box office. This film has been dubbed into Telugu as Prema Pichi and in Hindi as Do Dil Deewane.

Plot

Ravi is in denial about his mental health as a result of the death of his girlfriend. His father and friend Raju played by Suruli Rajan hatch a plan to take him overseas to get him treatment for his illness. He meets his childhood friend Nirmala Rati Agnihotri. With the help of Nirmala and Raju, Ravi gets better.

The second half of the film deals with how Ravi's uncle tries to kill him to get his hands on his fortune and how Ravi overcomes his uncle. The film is famous for its songs some of which are considered Ilaiyaraaja's masterpieces including deiveega raagam, azhagu aayiram and germaniyin senthen malare.

Rati Agnihotri played heroine's role. Major Sundarajan played the role of Kamal Haasan's father.

Cast

Kamal Haasan as Ravi aka Rajnikanth
Rati Agnihotri as Nirmala
Deepa as Ravi's Girl Friend
Major Sundarrajan as Madanagopal
Suruli Rajan as Raju
Veniradai Moorthy as Film Director
K. Natraj as Rajagopal

Production

Ullasa Paravaigal was shot extensively in Europe and the United States.

Soundtrack

All lyrics written by Panju Arunachalam; all music composed by Ilaiyaraaja.

Track listing
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Azhagiya Malargalin"	S. Janaki	3:37
2.	"Azhagu Aayiram"	S. Janaki	4:23
3.	"Dheiveega Raagam"	Jency, Vani Jairam	4:32
4.	"Engengum Kandenamma"	Malaysia Vasudevan, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:22
5.	"Germaniyin Senthen Malare"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, S. Janaki	5:39
6.	"Naan Undan Thaayaaga"	S. Janaki	4:29

Hindi dubbed songs

Song	Singer(s)
"Aaj Khoye Se Ho Kyon Yun" (Naan Undan Thaayaaga)	S. Janaki
"Dilbar Aa" (Germaniyin Senthen Malare)	S. Janaki, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Hai Pyar Ka Sangam" (Dheiveega Raagam)	S. Janaki
"Kitne Rangeen Hain" (Azhagiya Malargalin)	S. Janaki
"Yeh Jahan Tum" (Azhagu Aayiram)	S. Janaki

Reception

Tribune commented,"Even the [Kamal Haasan] magic could not sustain this ambitiously produced film, directed by C. V. Rajendran for long as the story slipped more into a travelogue that circled the high, the bright and the Night spots of Paris with its suburbs."^[4]