| Director: | S. D. Vijay Milton |
| Producer: | Cheran |
| Starring: | Bharath Arun Kumar Mallika Kapoor |
| Narrator: | R. Parthiban |
| Cinematography: | S. D. Vijay Milton |
| Editing: | G. Sasikumar |
| Music: | Yuvan Shankar Raja |
| Studio: | Dream Theatres |
| Runtime: | 157 minutes |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Tamil |
Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu also known by the initialism AIBI, is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by cinematographer-turned-director S.D. Vijay Milton. It stars Bharath and Mallika Kapoor (making her Tamil film debut) with Arun Vijay, Deepu, Renuka and M. S. Baskar in vital supporting roles. The film's score and soundtrack are composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja. The film — inspired by the 1997 Hollywood film Addicted to Love, starring Matthew Broderick and Meg Ryan — was released on 14 April 2006. Upon release, the film was dubbed into Telugu and released as Maha Andamga Vunnavani Bhayam. The story tells a love relationship between two playful youngsters and their sacrifices.
Mano loves Nandhini, but Nandhini is in love with Prem. On the other hand, he meets Jo who is in love with Prem. The two team up together to break them apart so that Mano can be with Nandhini and Jo with Prem.Then they both try to break Prem's love with Nandhini and succeed. Mano realises Jo's deep love for Prem and unites them. Mano succeeds in making Prem fall in love with Jo. Finally, Jo and Prem get married. During the story, the twists reveal that Mano had originally been in love with Jo but secretly tried to engage into her life by pretending to be in love with Nandhini. Soon after realising her true love for Prem, he sacrifices his love for her and brings Prem and Jo together. Only in the last several scenes does Jo realise Mano's love for her, but she chooses to go with Prem.
The music of Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu was scored by Yuvan Shankar Raja and includes composing the soundtrack which was released on 25 March 2006.[1] Director Vijay Milton mentioned that first the scenes were shot and then Yuvan Shankar Raja composed the tunes after watching the filmed sequences.[2] Yuvan Shankar Raja lent his voice for all the songs in his movie for the first time, whilst one of the songs features 10 singers, including the film's lead actor Bharath. Though earlier reports indicated that Yuvan Shankar Raja's father Ilaiyaraaja would sing one song with his son to depict the father-son relationship,[3] there was no such track found on the soundtrack or in the film itself.
| Song | Singer(s) | Length | Lyricist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Kanavae Kalaigirathe" | 4:32 | Rajamurugan | ||
| "Elaiyudhir Kaalam" | Yuvan Shankar Raja, Bhavatharini, Bobby, Reeta, Reshmi, Ranjith, Naveen Madhav | 4:42 | Na. Muthukumar | |
| "Kaadhalai Pirippadhu" | Bharath, Devan, Premji Amaran, Ranjith, Suchitra, Pushpavanam Kuppusamy, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Paravai Muniyamma, Sujatha Mohan, Naveen Madhav | 6:24 | Na. Muthukumar | |
| "Odivaa Kaadhalae" | Karthik, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Raju Krishnamurthy | 3:08 | Rajamurugan | |
| "Orampo Naina" | Premji Amaran, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Raju Krishnamurthy | 6:15 | Rajamurugan |
The soundtrack was re-recorded for the Telugu release and released through Aditya Music.
Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that " 'Azhagai...' is a fairly engaging family entertainer, the frothy, bubbly feel-good type".[4] A critic from Indiaglitz wrote that "A Mills & Boon kind of movie, the youth crowd may like it".[5] Lajjavathi of Kalki felt if the director had left aside technology and graphics and given importance only to human emotions, she might have said the film is very beautiful, but now she was afraid to say that.[6]