Veettoda Mappillai
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Duration Language Tamil | Director V. Sekhar Country India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 14 September 2001 |
Veettoda Mappillai (English: Son-in-law who lives in the house) is a 2001 Tamil language comedy film directed by V. Sekhar. The film features Napoleon and Roja in lead roles. The film had musical score by Deva and was released on 14 September 2001 to negative reviews.
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Plot

Kandaswamy (Vijayakumar) has three daughters and a son: Meena (Roja), Jamuna (Kalpana), Rani (Kovai Sarala) and Muthupandi (Thalaivasal Vijay). When Muthupandi was young, he fought with his father, cut his father's hand with a knife and ran away to Mumbai. Alone, Kandaswamy brings up his three daughters. His elder two daughters get married with his relatives, Ganga (Charle) and Dhamu (Vaiyapuri), two jobless and lazy sons-in-law. Kandaswamy owns a restaurant.

Manikkam (Napoleon), a jobless young graduate, is hired by Kandaswamy. Manikkam works sincerely and Kandaswamy decides to marry his daughter Meena to him. He requests to Manikkam that the couple must stay with him and he accepts, then they get married.

Ganga and Dhamu begin a company with their wives' jewels and it's bankrupt. Muthupandi, a hotel owner in Mumbai, comes back with his wife and children. Muthupandi's hotel was in fact in bankrupt and lost everything. Muthupandi, with Ganga and Dhamu's support, brings out Meena and Manikkam.
Manikkam opens a restaurant in front of Kandaswamy's restaurant. Muthupandi changes his father's restaurant into a bar while his father was absent. Muthupandi's former henchmen blackmailed him to give them money. Back home, Kandaswamy is humiliated by his son and attempts to suicide.
Muthupandi's former henchmen beats Muthupandi and he is taken hostage. His sons-in-law save Muthupandi. Muthupandi, Ganga and Dhamu apologize to Kandaswamy. They live happily together.
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Soundtrack
The film score and the soundtrack were composed by film composer Deva. The soundtrack, released in 2001, features 5 tracks with lyrics written by Muthulingam, Kalidasan and Arivumathi. B. Balaji of Thenisai.com described the music as "above average".
Reception
S. R. Ashok Kumar of Hindu.com said : "too much of dialogue it makes the viewer restless at times". B. Balaji of Thenisai.com said : "the weak theme and even weaker handling make for uninteresting viewing".