 References to Anbe Vaa are made in various films . The 1988 film Puthiya Vaanam , starring Sivaji Ganesan , was named after the song of the same name . Films like Rajavin Parvaiyile ( 1995 ) , Love Birds ( 1996 ) , and the upcoming Rajavin Paarvai Raniyin Pakkam were also named after the songs from Anbe Vaa . In Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga ( 1999 ) , Kundalakesi ( Goundamani ) imagines himself as M. G. Ramachandran in " Pudhiya Vaanam " by dancing with children , the result of which is him being mistaken for a kidnapper by the police . In Kathai Thiraikathai Vasanam Iyakkam ( 2014 ) , Thamizh ( Santhosh Prathap ) is an aspiring filmmaker who reads stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ponniyin Selvan , but is forced to listen to anecdotes about films such as Anbe Vaa . 
