Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Yarukku Maappillai Yaro (1975)

Yarukku Maappillai Yaro poster
Original title
Yarukku Mappillai Yaro
Directed by
S. P. Muthuraman
Country
India
Runtime
2h 22m
Rated
U
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets mistaken for a potential groom by two different families. This mix-up leads to a series of funny situations as he tries to keep up the confusion.

light-heartedplayfulfast-pacedcomedicwhimsicalchaoticsilly

What happens

Yarukku Mappillai Yaro (pronounced [jaːrukkːu maːppːiɭɭːaɪ jaːɾoː] transl. Whose groom is who?) is a 1975 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Thooyavan. The film stars Jaishankar, Jayachitra, Srikanth and Fatafat Jayalaxmi. It was released on 7 March 1975, and became a success. The film served as an inspiration for the 2002 Tamil film Charlie Chaplin. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?