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Summary
A village cook Ramji goes to Australia to become a chef at a multi-millionaire Indian's home. Unfortunately, the millionaire dies of indigestion the day Ramji arrives, leaving him jobless with an expired visa.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 70GoodWatch 69
IMDb7.1
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.4/5
Running time
2 h 18 min
Longer than 9 in 10 comedies, +38 min on the typical 100
typical 100138Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 17 more
Released
2003
July 3, 2003
23 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Tamil
Original language
Made in
- India
and 14 more22 people
- R. MadhavanRamji Narayanaswami Iyer
- Geetu MohandasDamayanthi
- SShrutikaMalathi
- SrimanBadri
- Anu HasanAmloo
- Santhana BharathiFlight Passenger
- ManobalaPassport Officer
- VDVikram DharmaAustralian NRI
- MouleeImmigration Officer
- Delhi GaneshRamji's Uncle
T. P. MadhavanBhagyam's Father-in-law
Bala SinghChettiyar
Madhan BobRamji's Cousin
VaiyapuriRamji's Cousin- SKSashi KumarKicha
DhivyadharshiniBhagyam- TST. S. RanganathanBhagyam's Husband
- BXBruno XavierIvan
Mark JensenInspector Hector
NassarSelf
JayaramSelf
Kamal HaasanSelf
Directing · 1
- Moulee Director, Dialogue
Writing · 3
- Kamal Haasan Story, Screenplay, Producer, Playback Singer
- Vaali Lyricist
- Pradeep Govind Lyricist
Production · 1
- Chandrahasan Producer
Camera · 1
- Siddharth Ramaswamy Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Raja Mohammad Editor
Sound · 5
- Ramesh Vinayagam Playback Singer, Original Music Composer
- Chinmayi Sripaada Playback Singer
- KK Playback Singer
- Sujatha Mohan Playback Singer
- Sriram Parthasarathy Playback Singer
Art · 1
- J K Murthy Art Direction
Other crew · 4
- Reg Roordink Stunt Coordinator
- Vikram Dharma Stunt Coordinator
- Anu Hasan Dialogue Coach
- Brinda Gopal Choreographer
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