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Sathi Leelavathi is a film of genre Drama directed by Balu Mahendra with Ramesh Aravind
Sathi Leelavathi (1995)
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Add to a movie listSathi Leelavathi is a 1995 Tamil comedy film co-written and directed by Balu Mahendra. It features Ramesh Aravind, Kalpana and Heera in the lead with Kamal Haasan and Kovai Sarala doing extended cameos. The film was produced by Kamal Haasan, with story by Ananthu and dialogues by Crazy Mohan with Ilaiyaraja as music composer. Sathi Leelavathi was a commercial success and became remade twice, by David Dhawan into Hindi as Biwi No.1 (1999) and by Ramesh Aravind himself into Kannada as Rama Shama Bhama (2005).
Synopsis
Arun (Ramesh Arvind) is married to Leelavathi (Kalpana) in a resigned marriage. He is embarrassed by his wife's plain looks and her weight. When he meets Priya (Heera Rajagopal)- who works in a building construction company, he omits to tell her he is married and has an affair with her.Actors
Ramesh Aravind
(Arunachalam)
Kamal Haasan
(Shaktivel)
Kalpana
(Leelavathi)
Heera
(Priya)
Kovai Sarala
(Palaniammal Sakthivel Gounder)
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