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title: 'Alaipayuthey (2000)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mani Ratnam'
released: '2000-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 156
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/alaipayuthey-2000'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242256/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Alaipayuthey (2000)

2000 · 156 min · Drama, Music, Comedy, Romance · India

Original title: அலைபாயுதே

## Synopsis

Alai Payuthey, also spelled as Alaipayuthey, is a 2000 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film co-written, co-produced, and directed by Mani Ratnam, starring R. Madhavan and Shalini. The film explores the tensions of married life between two young people who elope and the maturing of love among urban Indians who are conflicted between tradition and modernity. The score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mani Ratnam](https://cinepixo.com/people/mani-ratnam)
- **Screenplay:** [Mani Ratnam](https://cinepixo.com/people/mani-ratnam)
- **Original Music Composer:** [A. R. Rahman](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-r-rahman)
- **Producer:** [G. Srinivasan](https://cinepixo.com/people/g-srinivasan)
- **Director of Photography:** [P. C. Sreeram](https://cinepixo.com/people/p-c-sreeram)
- **Editor:** [A. Sreekar Prasad](https://cinepixo.com/people/a-sreekar-prasad)

## Cast

- [Swarnamalya](https://cinepixo.com/people/swarnamalya)
- [Jayasudha](https://cinepixo.com/people/jayasudha)
- [Shalini Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/shalini-kumar)
- [Vivek](https://cinepixo.com/people/vivek)
- [R. Madhavan](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-madhavan)

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