Azhagiya Theeye

<p>The story revolves around Chandran, who is approached by a girl, Nandhini, to break her proposed marriage with a software engineer, Aravind from the United States. She is forced by her father who is a thug, to marry this man. 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’s office and she is thrown out of her house. Aravind arranges a flat for them and leaves for the United States. How the couple starts liking each other after a series of incidents forms the rest of the love story. began work on his first film in 1996, starring , but financial restraints meant that the film was shelved. Prakash Raj chose to produce a film with the same director and announced the project in July 2003 under the title of , which developed alongside Prakash Raj’s other production (2003). signed on to appear in the film during September 2003, which by then had been briefly titled . It is her Tamil debut. The soundtrack was composed by . Malathi Rangarajan of wrote, “Amidst run of the mill love themes and implausible action, Duet Movies’ “Azhagiya Theeyae … ” comes as a whiff of fresh air. With a simple storyline neatly narrated, the film is ably backed by Viji’s dialogue. The comic digs, light-hearted barbs, and humorous verbal exchanges in this breezy romantic story keep your spirits enlivened.” wrote, “On the whole Azhagiya Theeye is good fun while it lasts.” Visual Dasan of praised the film and director for healthy humor, humorous dialogues, and for making a film different from commercial films. G. Ulaganathan of wrote, “What is a good film? Azagiya Theeye will provide you the answer. No vulgar dialogues, clean story, good screenplay, no unnecessary fights, no overacting — it has all these and much more to offer”.</p>