Sathi Leelavathi
Sathi Leelavathi (Tamil: சதிலீலாவதி) is a 1995 Tamil comedy film written and directed by Balu Mahendra. The film is produced by Kamal Haasan, with story by Ananthu and dialogues by Crazy Mohan with Ilaiyaraja as music composer. The film features Kamal Haasan alongside Ramesh Aravind, Kalpana, Heera and Kovai Sarala in the lead roles.
Plot
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Arun (Ramesh Arvind) is married to Leelavathi (Kalpana) in a resigned marriage. He is embarrassed by his wife's plain looks and her weight. When he meets Priya (Heera Rajagopal)- a real estate agent, he omits to tell her he is married and has an affair with her.
When he takes Priya with him on a vacation to Bangalore, he bumps into his old friend Dr. Sakthivel Gounder (Kamal Haasan)- an orthopedic surgeon from Coimbatore who is also in Bangalore with his wife Palani (Kovai Sarala) and his son Anand - travelling with him in the same flight and even staying in the same hotel. Sakthivel is called to Arun's room in the night - as Arun has slipped his disc and the hotel doctor is unavailable - and bumps into Priya thus finding out about the affair.
After returning to Chennai, Priya finds out that Arun is married but decides to continue with him when Arun says he was forced into marriage and promises to divorce his wife. When Arun's wife Leelavathi discovers Arun's affair, she has a huge showdown which leads to Arun leaving the house.
Thus begins the titular action of 'Sathi' meaning to concoct plans for an enemy's downfall. Leelavathi's various methods of making her husband understand the true values of life, marriage and fidelity, with the hilarious aid of Dr Sakthivel Gounder forms the crux of the story.
Interestingly, the word 'Sathi' is sometimes used in the hindu religion to describe a devoted wife.
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Inspiration
Sathi Leelavathi is said to be an inspiration film from the 1989 American film She-Devil starring Meryl Streep, Roseanne Barr and Ed Begley, Jr.
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Cast
- Kamal Haasan as Sakthivel Gounder
- Ramesh Arvind as Arunachalam
- Kalpana as Leelavathi
- Heera as Priyadarshini
- Kovai Sarala as Palani Sakthivel Gounder
- Raja
- Monica
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Production
Magie was the art director, while Balu Mahendra was also editor and cinematographer for the film.[1]
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Release
The film became a profitable venture for the producers.[2]
The film was later remade in 1999 in Hindi by David Dhawan as Biwi No.1 with Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Sushmita Sen in pivotal roles. The film was later also adapated in Kannada by Ramesh Aravind in 2005 as Rama Shama Bhama, with Aravind and Kamal Haasan reprising their roles.[3][4]
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