Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language fantasy comedy film written and directed by K. Chandru. The film revolves around four men, played by Jai, VTV Ganesh, Sathyan and Rajkumar. Niveda Thomas was paired opposite Jai. The film was produced by Kalpathi S Aghoram and has cinematography by Anand Jeeva; songs were composed by Prem Kumar. The film went on floors on 29 November 2013. It is not a sequel of the 1966 film Saraswathi Sabatham.
Plot
The film begins in a modern heaven where Lord Paramasivan gives orders to Narada to pick four people for his Thiruvilaiyadal. The candidates picked are Ramarajan, a Siddha doctor; Ganesh, a helpless man who is the husband of a local female don; Gopi, a future politician and son of a selfish politician; and Krishna, a budding actor. Paramasivan and Narada see all the four's routines and premises on an iMac. Ramarajan falls in love with a singer Jayshree, and wins her heart. Engaged for marriage after 26 days, the four men plan to fix a bachelor party at Bangkok. When they reach Bangkok, they enjoy it and flirt with girls at the party. However, they are too drunk, and when they wake up, they find themselves abandoned on a tropical island in Bangkok. They try many ways to escape but are unsuccessful. Six months have elapsed, and Paramasivan gives them a final chance, which is a motorboat of pirates arriving to explore the island. The four of them beg them to take them to Chennai, but they refuse to help them and flee. The quartet fights the pirates back and escapes the island in the boat, abandoning the pirates on the island. After reaching Chennai, they have a happy ending except for Gopi.
When Ramarajan goes to his house, Kamaraj is happy to see that his son is alive. But Ramarajan sees that Kamaraj has married another woman in the meantime as a second wife. On the same day, Ramarajan finds out that Aravind Gautham is going to marry his girlfriend Jayashree and rushes to the marriage hall. Just as Ramarajan enters exactly that marriage hall, Aravind Gautham goes to tie the nuptial thread around Jayashree's neck with his hands. Before that, Ramarajan shouts and suspends the marriage. Jayashree gets up from the wedding stage and happily runs to Ramarajan. Later, Ramarajan and Jayashree go to the wedding stage to get married. Ramarajan sits on the wedding stage with Jayashree after wishing Aravind Gautham, a software engineer who was already sitting there as a groom, that he would definitely get another nice bride. Then, with the blessings of everyone present there, Ramarajan ties the nuptial thread around Jayashree's neck and she willingly accepts it too. And the story of the film ends with Paramasivan and Parvati preaching to their people. In a post-credits scene, the film mentions behind the scenes.
Cast
Jai as Ramarajan, a siddha doctor
Niveda Thomas as Jayashree, a singer
VTV Ganesh as Ganesh, a husband of a local female don
Sathyan as Gopi, a future politician
Rajkumar as Krishna, an actor
Manobala as Narada
Subbu Panchu as Paramasivan
Devadarshini as Parvati
Ramya Shankar as Saraswati
Swaminathan as MLA Ekambaram
Chitra Lakshmanan as Kovai Kamaraj
Badava Gopi as Rajendran
R. S. Sivaji as Jayashree's father
Usha Elizabeth as Jayashree's mother
Raj Kamal as Jayashree's brother
Archana Harish as Jayashree's sister-in-law
S. V. S. Kumar as Jayashree's grandfather
T. R. Latha as Jayashree's grandmother
Rekha Suresh as Mrs. Ekambaram
Emey as Sorna Akka
Vishal Venkat as Murugan
Master Mathusuthanan
Venkat Prabhu as himself
Sam Anderson as Kumar (cameo appearance)
Production
The film began production on 26 February 2013. Chandru shot the first scene in Villivakkam, Chennai. Though the film is set in Chennai, the director said that a minor portion will be shot abroad. In June 2013 VTV Ganesh left to Malaysia for the shoot of Saraswathi Sabatham with Jai. By July, about 80% of the film shooting had been wrapped.