Alai Payuthey
2000 · Movie · 156 min · ★ 7.4
A young couple marries despite strong family opposition and begins building a life together. As everyday pressures and expectations set in, they discover that love alone doesn’t make marriage easy, and they must learn what commitment really requires.
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Details
- Original title
- அலைபாயுதே
- Years
- 2000
- Release date
- 2000-04-14
- Language
- TA
- Runtime
- 156 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.4/10 (46 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional romance that digs into the realities of married life and family pressure, in the vein of Mouna Ragam or Bombay; Not for you if you prefer light, conflict-free love stories.
Pros: heartfelt romance; relatable marriage struggles; emotional moments | Cons: familiar relationship beats; slower middle stretch; limited family perspective
Themes
- coma
- musical
- hit-and-run
- told in flashback
- social differences
- family disapproval
Cast & crew
R. Madhavan
as Karthik Varadharajan
Shalini
as Shakthi Selvaraj
Swarnamalya
as Poorni Selvaraj
Vivek
as Sethu
Jayasudha
as Mrs. Selvaraj
Pyramid Natarajan
as Varadharajan
- KK
Karthik Kumar
as Poorni's Fiance
N. Azhagamperumal
as Nayar
- RA
Raviprakash
as Selvaraj
Arvind Swamy
as Collector
Directed by Mani Ratnam