Kubera Kusela is a 1943 Indian Tamil-language Hindu mythological film directed by R. S. Mani and written by B. S. Ramaiah. The soundtrack was by Kunnakudi Venkatarama Iyer and background music by S. V. Venkat Raman. The film stars P. U. Chinnappa T. R. Rajakumari, D. Balasubramaniam and P. S. Govindan in the lead roles, with R. Balasubramaniam, S. R. Jankai, N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram and T. S. Durairaj providing comic relief.

Plot

Kuchela (Papanasam Sivan), Lord Krishna's (P. S. Govindan) boyhood friend acquires wealth, which goes to his head. Driven by greed and ambition. Kuchela transforms himself into Kubera (P. U. Chinnappa). In the film, there are three Kuberas - Kubera, the lord of wealth (D. Balasubramaniam), Kuchela, who transformed himself into Kubera (P. U. Chinnappa) and the third one, a demon transformed into Kubera (P. U. Chinnappa again). Meanwhile, Lord Krishna creates a lovely woman (T. R. Rajakumari) out of a flower. Complications ensue with more than one Kubera falling in love with her. The "original" Kubera steps in to establish his supremacy and more complications arise. However, Lord Krishna has his own bag of tricks and settles the confusion by bringing the lovers (P. U. Chinnappa and T. R. Rajakumari) together. The comic relief was provided as usual by N. S. Krishnan, T. A. Mathuram and T. S. Durairaj. In one comic song, N. S. Krishnan plays a female role, while Mathuram plays Krishnan.