''Azhagiya Theeye'' is a 2004 Indian Tamil-language

romantic comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

film written and directed by

Radha Mohan Radha Mohan is an Indian film director of the South Indian film industry. He is known for his work in the films '' Mozhi'' (2007), '' Abhiyum Naanum'' (2008), '' Payanam'' (2011) and ''Kaatrin Mozhi'' (2018). Career Radha Mohan began work o ...

that stars Prasanna and

Navya Nair Navya Nair is an Indian actress who has appeared predominantly in Malayalam films, along with others in Kannada and Tamil. She is the recipient of several awards. Personal life Nair married Santhosh Menon in 2010, and the couple have a son. ...

. The film was produced by Prakash Raj, who also played a significant character in the film, while

Ramesh Vinayagam Ramesh Vinayakam (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian composer, arranger, singer, songwriter, music producer. Early life Ramesh Vinayakam was born Ramasubramaniam (AKA Ramsubbu) to Tamil parents Vinayakam and Valli. He went to A. M. Jain College a ...

composed the music. It released to generally positive reviews. The film's name is inspired by the song of the same name from ''

Minnale ''Minnale'' () is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romance film directed by Gautham Vasudev Menon. The story was written by Menon and Vipul D. Shah, starring Madhavan, Abbas, Reema Sen (in her Tamil debut), Vivek and Nagesh. The film tells the ...

'' (2001). The movie was remade in Telugu in 2006 as '' Happy''.

Plot

The story revolves around Chandran ( Prasanna) is approached by a girl Nandhini (

) to break her proposed marriage with a software engineer Aravind ( Prakash Raj) from USA. She is forced by her father who is a thug (

Pyramid Natarajan Pyramid Natarajan is a former Indian actor and producer, who has appeared in character roles in Tamil cinema. He made his breakthrough as an actor playing a role in Mani Ratnam's ''Alaipayuthey'' (2000) portraying the role of Madhavan's father ...

) to marry this guy. Later Chandran hatches a plan by which he meets Aravind at a restaurant and tells him that Nandhini is madly in love with him. And the big twist is that Aravind does not walk away and instead stays back to see that the ‘love birds’ get united which upsets Chandran’s plans and his life. He is forced to marry Nandhini at a registrar office and she is thrown out of her house. Aravind arranges a flat for them and leaves for US. How the couple starts liking each other after a series of incidents forms the rest of the love story.

Cast

* Prasanna as Chandran *

as Nandhini * Prakash Raj as Aravind Singh *

Elango Kumaravel Elango Kumaravel (born 27 August 1965) is an Indian theatre actor and writer. He is also a co-founder of the Chennai based theatre group "Magic Lantern". He is an alumnus of Pondicherry University's Sankaradas Swamigal School of Performing Art ...

as Gopi (Chithappa) * Jayavarma as Moorthy * Bala as Bala * M. S. Bhaskar as Annachi *

Devadarshini Devadarshini is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Tamil films, in addition to few Telugu films and television series. She began her career as a television anchor before venturing into acting, first in television and then in films. ...

as Sandhya *

as Nandhini's father *

Periyar Dasan Dr. Periyar Dasan or Dr. Abdullah (born Seshachalam; 21 August 1949 – 19 August 2013) was an Indian scholar, professor, eminent speaker, and activist from Tamil Nadu. He propagated atheism and rationalist ideologies for most part of his lif ...

* Abbas (special appearance - ''"Dil Mera Loot Liya"'') * Rambha (special appearance - ''"Dil Mera Loot Liya"'')

Production

Radha Mohan began work on his first film was ''Smile Please'' in 1996, starring Prakash Raj in the lead role, but financial restraints meant that the film was later shelved. Prakash Raj chose to produce a film with Radha Mohan and announced the project in July 2003 under the title of ''Koothupattarai'', which developed alongside Prakash Raj's other production '' Naam'' (2003).

signed on to appear in the film during September 2003, which by then had been briefly titled ''Ellame Drama Thaan''.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack for this film was composed by

Ramesh Vinayakam Ramesh Vinayakam (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian composer, arranger, singer, songwriter, music producer. Early life Ramesh Vinayakam was born Ramasubramaniam (AKA Ramsubbu) to Tamil parents Vinayakam and Valli. He went to A. M. Jain College an ...

References

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