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Alaipayuthey

2000 · 156 min

A tender, bittersweet look at young love maturing under family pressure and everyday friction, with moments of joy and heartache.

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.

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance8
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Mani Ratnam
Written by
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Starring
R. Madhavan, Shalini, Swarnamalya, Vivek, Jayasudha, Pyramid Natarajan, Karthik Kumar, N. Azhagamperumal
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
156 min
Country
India
Languages
Malayalam, Tamil

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