Singaravelan (1992 film)

Singaravelan
Directed by	R. V. Udayakumar
Produced by	R. D. Bhaskar
Written by	Panchu Arunachalam
Starring	Kamal Haasan Kushboo Jaishankar Goundamani Charle Vadivelu
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Cinematography	Abdul Rehman
Edited by	B. Lenin V. T. Vijayan
Production company	Pavalar Creations
Distributed by	Pavalar Creations
Release date	13 April 1992
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Singaravelan (Tamil: சிங்காரவேலன்) is a 1992 Indian Tamil comedy film starring Kamal Haasan in the lead role of the protagonist. The film also stars Khushboo, Goundamani, Mano, Vadivelu, Charlie, Manorama, Jaishankar, Nizhalgal Ravi among others.

The film revolves around a young man (Kamal Hassan) living in a village with his mother. He gets to know that his mother was estranged from her brother's family owing to her marriage with his father. She tells him that while her brother and his wife met with a fatal car accident soon after, they have a daughter (Khushboo) who since grew up in the city of Chennai. She hands him a photo of a baby Khushboo and asks him to track her down and marry her.

Accordingly, Kamal sets out for the big city and heads for his friend Mano's house who is living with his 3 friends — Goundamani, Charlie and Vadivelu. The four help him in his endeavor and the consequent adventures form the rest of the story.

The film was produced by R. D. Bhaskar under the production company Pavalar Creations. The film's script was written by Panchu Arunachalam. The film's soundtrack was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. Abdul Rahman handled cinematography while B. Lenin and V. T. Vijayan handled editing respectively. The film was released on 13 April 1992 and became successful at box-office.

The film starts with Singaravelan a.k.a. Velan (Kamal Hassan), on his birthday taming a wild bull by just talking to him. He seems to share a special bond with animals as he works in his farm filled with animals. Later that day, his mother, Parvathy (Sumithra), calls him and decides to tell him the truth about his father. Velan, in his hyper imagination, thinks that his father was killed by four goons (as is the case of many Tamil films then) but soon learns that his father did actually die of a brain illness like he had been told before. But, he had died heartbroken that his marriage with Velan’s mother was not accepted by her sister-in-law and they had broken all links. Further, they believe that it was Parvathy’s curse that killed them in a car accident and they get promise from the guardian, that their daughter should not be married to Parvathy's son. Velan’s mother reveals that it is Velan’s duty to get married to her brother's daughter Sumathi (Khusboo) to bring the separated family back together. Armed with only a picture of the girl when she was four, he leaves for Madras to fulfill his mother’s wishes.