Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai

<p>The story is set in a village called Mallayapuram near . The villagers believe the Rain Gods will favour them after the annual Temple Festival (Thiruvizha), during which the deity is taken around the village on a wooden horse. They are in for a rude shock when the horse goes missing. At the same time, Azhagarsami, a youngster who earns his livelihood by ferrying loads on his horse in Aagamalai village in Periyakulam, gets ready for his marriage. His horse also goes missing, and his marriage is put on hold. Whether the villagers and Azhagarsami find their respective horses or not forms the rest of the story. The film was made in 90 days on a budget of ₹5.85 crore (worth ₹14 crore in 2021 prices). The film opened to very positive reviews. ‘s Pavithra Srinivasan labelled the film as “brilliant” and “a must-watch for its unconventional story-line, protagonists and plot-points”, giving it 3.5/5. ‘s critic described the film as “good” that deserved a “viewing because films like this are hard and few to find in these days of mass masala”,further citing that Suseenthiran had “come out with another beautiful feel good film that pulls at your heart strings.” A reviewer from Behindwoods gave the film 3/5, terming the film as “a charming and happy rural tale which is fairly engaging”. The critic praised the film as a “simple heartwarming and realistic film” and one of those film “where content is the king” as well as the director “for having his heart at the right place and making the movie entirely realistic”. critic Malathi Rangarajan, too, gave a positive feedback, describing the film as an “innovative” and “interesting attempt” that stayed “within the format of commercial cinema even while steering clear of formula!” Anupama Subramanian from termed the film as a “simple, heartwarming and refreshing deviation from the mainstream mayhem [that] definitely warrants a watch”, while giving it three out of five too. Rohit Ramachandran of nowrunning.com gave it 3/5 stars stating that “Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai is an original satirical comedy that’s well executed,thanks to a talented writer-director duo that’s to be kept an eye on. You will walk out smiling.” The film is the only South Indian candidate to be selected for screening at the in the contemporary world cinema category. Following collaborations with and , Suseenthiran worked with for the musical score of . The soundtrack album, consisting of only three songs, was released at a grand event on 16 March 2011 at Sathyam Cinemas, with several prominent celebrities participating, while Ilaiyaraaja himself launched the audio. The song “Poovakkelu” is set in .</p>