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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Alai<br />
| image = Alai DVD cover.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = DVD cover<br />
| image_size = <br />
| director = [[Vikram Kumar]]<br />
| producer = {{ubl|G V Prasad}}<br />
| writer = Vikram Kumar<br />
| screenplay = <br />
| story = <br />
| starring = {{ubl|[[Silambarasan]]|[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]}}<br />
| music = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
| cinematography = S Murthy<br />
| editing = [[A. Sreekar Prasad|A Sreekar Prasad]]<br />
| studio = Damini Enterprise<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2003|09|12|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 158 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Tamil<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Alai''''' (English: ''Wave'') is a 2003 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film directed by [[Vikram Kumar]]. The film stars [[Silambarasan]] and [[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] in the lead roles, while [[Raghuvaran]], [[Saranya Ponvannan|Saranya]], and [[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] played supporting roles. The [[Film score|score]] and [[soundtrack]] were composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]] and the film released in September 2003.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
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Aathi ([[Silambarasan]]) and Meera ([[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]]) are college students who first meet in a bar and fight for a silly reason. Then Aathi with his friends go to his friend's village and there he sees Meera who is also there with her friends. There some goons on a festival show light on Meera who is wearing a sari. Then Aathi comes and beats the goons. Then Aathi and Meera comes to know that their best friends love each other and they help them to elope and do them a registered marriage. Then Aathi and Meera return to their houses where they realize they love each other. And much to their surprise their houses are beside each other. Then Aathi tries to tell Meera about his love but she doesn't care. And it is shown that Meera also loves him and then there comes a song called En Ragasiya Kanavugal. And then Aathi goes to Meera's house and sees her talking to her friend about him. Then again a song comes where again Aathi and Meera just romance each other. And then Aathi's father arranges him marriage with a businessman's daughter because of his debt. And then Aathi and Meera separate and Aathi tries to calm Meera who is crying which is heard by his to be fiancé and she tells that she is not interested in this marriage and Aathi and Meera happily marry.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
{{colbegin}}<br />
*[[Silambarasan]] as Aathi<br />
*[[Trisha (actress)|Trisha]] as Meera<br />
*[[Vivek (actor)|Vivek]] as Aathi's friend<br />
*[[Raghuvaran]] as Aathi's father<br />
*[[Saranya Ponvannan|Saranya]] as Nirmala (Aathi's mother)<br />
*[[Kuralarasan]] as Aathi's brother<br />
*[[K. Sivasankar]] as Dance Master<br />
*[[Nizhalgal Ravi]] as Meera's father<br />
*Bharathi as Meera's mother<br />
*[[Nassar (actor)|Nassar]]<br />
*[[Tharika]]<br />
*[[Srinath (actor)|Srinath]]<br />
*[[Lavanya (actress)|Lavanya]] as Anu<br />
*[[Cool Suresh]] as Aathi's friend<br />
*[[Santhanam (actor)|Santhanam]] in an uncredited role<br />
*[[Kim Sharma]] in a special appearance in the song "Paiyya Paiyya"<br />
*[[Raju Sundaram]] in a special appearance in the song "Alai Adikuthu"<br />
*[[K. Sivasankar]] in a special appearance as a dance master<br />
{{colend}}<br />
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==Production==<br />
Prior to release, the film made headlines when Silambarasan revealed that he was to undergo an image makeover for the film and move away from his "mass image" after appearing in such roles in ''[[Kadhal Azhivathillai]]'' and ''[[Dum (2003 Tamil film)|Dum]]''.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/02/stories/2003060200310202.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030730000356/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/06/02/stories/2003060200310202.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 July 2003 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Brand equity | date=2 June 2003}}</ref><br />
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==Release==<br />
The film received generally poor reviews with a critic noting "with a wafer thin storyline the director attempts to stretch ones patience with so called humour and Trisha roaming in skimpy dresses. Post release the movie became popular only because of the song called "En Ragasiya Kanavugal".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://movies.bizhat.com/review_alai.php|title=BizHat.com - Alai Review. Silambarasan, Trisha, Vivek, Kuralarasan, Raghuvaran, Saranya|website=movies.bizhat.com|access-date=2020-04-23|archive-date=12 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912203248/http://movies.bizhat.com/review_alai.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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"Soon after the failure of ''Alai'', it was reported that the lead pair would come together for a project title ''Malai'' produced by [[P. L. Thenappan|P L Thenappan]], but the project never took off.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/kannada/article/12029.html|title=After Alai, it is Malai - Kannada Movie News|date=2004-12-18|publisher=IndiaGlitz|access-date=2012-08-04}}</ref> After a sabbatical following this film, Vikram Kumar returned in 2009 with the successful horror film ''[[Yavarum Nalam]]''. Silambarasan and Trisha later came together eventually for the critically acclaimed ''[[Vinnaithaandi Varuvaayaa]]'' (2010) by [[Gautham Menon]], which became a commercial success.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article148712.ece|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911154604/http://www.thehindu.com/arts/cinema/article148712.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2012|title=Taste of candyfloss|last=Rangarajan|first=Malathi|date=4 March 2010|work=The Hindu|location=Chennai, India}}</ref><br />
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Another reviewer from [[The Hindu]] noted that "the youthful exploits of Silambarasan, the glamour of Trisha and the winsome music of Vidyasagar fail to do the trick, for the simple reason that the film lacks a taut screenplay with well-knit episodes.".<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/09/26/stories/2003092601340202.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031205215224/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/09/26/stories/2003092601340202.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 December 2003 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Alai | date=26 September 2003}}</ref> Simbu has to get over his Rajini fixation and try to do something original like acting for instance. The film became a financial failure at the box office.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/09/stories/2004120900820200.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050104030544/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/09/stories/2004120900820200.htm | url-status=dead | archive-date=4 January 2005 | location=Chennai, India | work=[[The Hindu]] | title=Manmadhan comes calling | date=9 December 2004}}</ref><br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Alai<br />
| type = [[Soundtrack]]<br />
| artist = [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]]<br />
| cover =<br />
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| released = 25 June 2003<br />
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| label = Hit Musics<br>Bayshore<br />
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There are six songs composed by [[Vidyasagar (music director)|Vidyasagar]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.raaga.com/channels/tamil/movie/T0000530.html|title=Alai (2003)|publisher=raaga.com|access-date=20 December 2011}}</ref> Soundtrack received positive reviews.<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WkEhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3HsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4849,3824295&dq=three+roses+rambha&hl=en</ref> Solakattu Bommai is a re-used tune from Vidyasagar's Malayalam song "Chinga Masam" in Meeshamadhavan.<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="width:30%;" <br />
|-<br />
! Song Title !! Singers !! Lyrics<br />
|-<br />
| "Alai Adikuthu" || [[Shankar Mahadevan]] || [[Kabilan (lyricist)|Kabilan]]<br />
|-<br />
| "En Ragasiya Kanavukal" || [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]], Srivarthini || [[Thamarai]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Nee Oru Desam" || [[Sujatha Mohan]], [[KK (singer)|KK]] || [[Yugabharathi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Paiya Paiya" || Mathangi, [[Tippu (singer)|Tippu]] || [[Arivumathi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Solakattu Bommai" || [[Devan Ekambaram|Devan]], [[Pop Shalini]] || [[Pa. Vijay]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Thinga Kizhamaiyaana" || Timmy, [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]] || Pa. Vijay<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|tt3759954}}<br />
{{Vikram Kumar}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]<br />
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[[Category:Films scored by Vidyasagar]]<br />
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