Leelavathi, the chaste wife) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed, co-written, photographed and edited by Balu Mahendra.

The film stars Ramesh Aravind, Kalpana and Heera, with Kovai Sarala and Kamal Haasan in supporting roles.

It revolves around Arun (Aravind) who, unhappy with his wife Leelavathi's (Kalpana) plain looks and weight, engages in an extramarital affair with Priya (Heera).

Raja, who had grown weary of being typecast in "soft" roles, readily accepted Balu Mahendra's offer to portray the antagonist to break the stereotype, but deep into pre-production, Kamal Haasan felt this premise had been "done-to-death", and according to Raja, "From a bad guy, I became the extreme good guy".

[2] Jayaram was initially offered the lead role but his unavailability meant that the team finalised Ramesh Aravind.

[5] According to Sarala, post-release Mahendra was delighted that she was part of the film and that he felt bad for initially doubting her ability.

[16] It was remade in Hindi as Biwi No.1 (1999),[17] and in Kannada as Rama Shama Bhama (2005) with Aravind and Haasan reprising their roles.