Money alone is god) is a 1972 Indian Tamil-language heist comedy film written and directed by Chithralaya Gopu.

The film stars Muthuraman and Lakshmi, with M. R. R. Vasu, Thengai Srinivasan, Srikanth, Moorthy, Manorama, Rama Prabha and Jayakumari in supporting roles.

It focuses on a young man (Muthuraman) collaborating with his cousin (Srikanth) and friend (Srinivasan) to steal money from his stingy stepmother (Manorama).

Lakshmi, a domineering woman, controls all her husband Sivaswamy's money, treating him with scorn and disdain.

When Ramu, Sivaswamy's son from his first wife, requires a sum of ₹3,000 (equivalent to ₹130,000 or US$1,500 in 2023) for his sister's husband, the stingy Lakshmi instantly refuses.

Ramu and his cousin Mali plot with their tea vendor friend Appaswamy, who pretends to be a godman named Badrinath Swamy Sukranada to get to her money safe and steal a sum of ₹50,000.

The house receives a telegram saying that the real Badrinath Swamy Sukranada is arriving in two days, meaning Appaswamy has to loot his sum within that time frame.

Mani steals Appaswamy's money ₹5,001 that he received as a donation from Lakshmi (the extra ₹1 came from Chettiar), but Rama catches him red-handed.

Appaswamy and Ramu succeed in their heist later that night, but are exposed after they place the cash in a flower pot.

[17][18][19] This cut-out created controversy when a journalist wrote that Srinivasan's look from the film resembled religious singer Pithukuli Murugadas, which led Murugadas to call Gopu and express his dissatisfaction, but Gopu asked him to watch the film to learn the truth; he did so and was impressed with it.

[24] Kasethan Kadavulada was made available for viewing on Amazon Prime Video when it was launched in India in December 2016.