Charlie Chaplin (film)

Charlie Chaplin is a 2002 Tamil comedy film directed by Sakthi Chidambaram, starring Prabhu Ganesan and Prabhu Deva. The film's commercial success led to remakes into Hindi (No Entry) , Telugu (Pellam Oorelithe), Malayalam (Happy Husbands) , Kannada (Kalla Malla Sulla), Marathi (No Entry Pudhe Dhoka Aahey) and in Bengali (Kelor Kirti. Prabhu won the Tamil Nadu State Film Award Special Prize for his performance in the film.

It is the first Indian movie to be remade in six Indian languages. It is also the second Indian movie to be remade in six languages after Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana. Only other Indian movie to be remade in six languages is Shutter.

Ramakrishnan (Prabhu) is a rich businessman in Ooty who owns an advertising company and is married to Mythili (Abirami) who is very possessive about her husband. Mythili always suspects her husband fearing that he would end up having an affair with some other girl and this brings frequent quarrels between the couple. But Ramakrishnan is a kind hearter gentleman and he takes care of his wife with great love.

Thiru (Prabhudeva) is a poor photographer in the same town and initially Ramakrishnan minunderstands Thiru to be a rogue. Later understands his good nature and provides him a job in his own company. Thiru is very loyal to Ramakrishnan and Mythili and respects Ramakrishnan as his brother. Ramakrishnan is also very kind to Thiru. One day, Thiru meets a girl Susi (Gayathri Raghuram) and the both fall in love with each other. Susi is a social activist who voices for women empowerment.

Vishwa (Livingston) is a close friend of Ramakrishnan and is married to Amudha (Vindhya). But Vishwa is a play boy and has affairs with so many girls. One day, a small quarrel erupts between Ramakrishnan and Mythili following which Ramakrishnan worries thinking about his wife’s continuous suspecting behaviour. Vishwa plans to relax Ramakrishnan by engaging a call girl Thilothama (Monal).