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Alaipayuthey

Alaipayuthey

20007.42h 36m

Overview

Karthik and Shakthi marry against the wishes of their families and start their new life. However, they soon realize that marriage is not the bed of roses they had imagined it would be.

Directed by Mani Ratnam
Written by Vairamuthu, Pravin Mani, Mani Ratnam
Produced by G. Srinivasan
Box OfficeBudget: $2.0MRevenue: $6.0M

Top Cast

R. Madhavan

R. Madhavan

Karthik Varadharajan

Shalini

Shalini

Shakthi Selvaraj

Swarnamalya

Swarnamalya

Poorni Selvaraj

Vivek

Vivek

Sethu

Jayasudha

Jayasudha

Mrs. Selvaraj

Pyramid Natarajan

Pyramid Natarajan

Varadharajan

K

Karthik Kumar

Poorni's Fiance

N. Azhagamperumal

N. Azhagamperumal

Nayar

R

Raviprakash

Selvaraj

Arvind Swamy

Arvind Swamy

Collector

Themes & Keywords

comamusicalhit-and-runtold in flashbacksocial differencesfamily disapproval

About Alaipayuthey

Alaipayuthey is a romance, drama film released in 2000 exploring themes of coma, musical, hit-and-run, told in flashback, social differences, family disapproval. Directed by Mani Ratnam, it stars R. Madhavan, Shalini, Swarnamalya. Karthik and Shakthi marry against the wishes of their families and start their new life. However, they soon realize that marriage is not the bed of roses they had imagined it would be.

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