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{{Infobox film
| name = Unakkaagave Vaazhgiren
| image = Unakkaagave Vaazhgiren.jpg
| caption = Title card
| director = [[K. Rangaraj]]
| screenplay = M. S. Madhu
| story = [[Dennis Joseph]]
| producer = Ilango
| starring = [[Sivakumar]]<br />[[Nadhiya]]<br />[[Suresh (actor, born 1963)|Suresh]]
| cinematography = [[Dinesh Baboo]]
| editing = R. Bhaskaran<br />B. Krishnakumar
| music = [[Ilaiyaraaja]]
| studio = Krishnalaya Production
| released = {{Film date|1986|8|15|df=y}}
| country = India
| language = Tamil
}}

'''''Unakkaagave Vaazhgiren''''' ({{translation|''I am living for you''}}) is a 1986 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film, directed by [[K. Rangaraj]], starring [[Sivakumar]], [[Nadhiya]] and [[Suresh (actor, born 1963)|Suresh]]. The film was a remake of the [[Malayalam]] film ''[[Shyama (film)|Shyama]]''.{{Citation needed|date=November 2023}} It was released on 15 August 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=உனக்காகவே வாழ்கிறேன் / Unakkaagave Vaazhgiren (1986) |url=https://screen4screen.com/movies/unakkaagave-vaazhgiren |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118173511/https://screen4screen.com/movies/unakkaagave-vaazhgiren |archive-date=18 November 2023 |access-date=7 March 2022 |website=Screen 4 Screen}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Ravishankar is a leading music director in the Tamil film industry. After his wife Sakunthala's death, he stopped composing music and prefers to stay away from society. One day, he gets a letter from his music teacher Krishnamurthy Sastrigal, who stays in Ooty. Ravi leaves to Ooty to meet his guru. Krishnamurthy advises Ravi to come out of sorrow and start concentrating on music again. He also requests him to stay in Ooty for a few days so that it will help him overcome the pain. Ravi agrees and stays in the guest house of Vishnu, who happens to be Krishnamurthy's friend. Chithra is the only sister of Vishnu. Ravi visits Vishnu's house and plays a veena there. Chithra suddenly gets angry and shouts at Ravi not to play that. Later she feels bad for her rude behavior and apologizes to Ravi.

Slowly Ravi and Chithra become good friends. There comes a flashback for Chithra. Vijay is her relative and they both were in love. But one day suddenly, Vijay dies in an accident. Chithra is shocked by the accident, and she cannot recover from it. Following that, Chithra prefers to stay without marrying anyone. Similarly, Ravi tells his flashback where his wife died when the gas cylinder suddenly exploded at his home.

Friendship transforms into love between Ravi and Chithra. But Ravi understands that it was him, who hit Vijay in an accident a few years back, following which he died. This makes him feel guilty and he refuses the marriage with Chithra. Ravi also confesses the truth to Chithra.

Ravi's wife was badly hurt following cylinder explosion. Ravi was driving his car fast as he needs to admit her soon to the hospital. On the way, he hit Vijay who was riding a bike. Vijay was also badly hurt and requests help. Ravi at that moment tries to save only his wife and he leaves Vijay without helping. Vijay dies there. Ravi's wife also passes away. Now Ravi says to Chithra that though it was an accident, he feels guilty of killing a human and that's why he refuses marriage with Chithra. Though Chithra gets angry first, later she understands Ravi's position and the two get married.

== Cast ==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Sivakumar]] as Ravishankar
*[[Nadhiya]] as Chitra
*[[Suresh (actor, born 1963)|Suresh]] as Vijay
*[[Menaka (actress)|Menaka]] as Sakunthala
*[[Raveendran (actor)|Raveendran]] as Vishnu
*[[Chinni Jayanth]]
*[[Kullamani]]
*[[Ra. Sankaran]] as Krishnamurthy Sastrigal
*[[Senthil]] as Pattukottai
*[[Typist Gopu]]
}}

== Production ==
The film was originally titled ''Alaipayuthey Kanne''. Most of the filming was done at [[Ooty]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 April 1986 |title=நதியாவை நினைத்து சிவகுமார் ஏக்கம் |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_10_170/4.jp2/full/1000,1353/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713043236/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_10_170/4.jp2/full/1000,1353/0/default.jpg |archive-date=13 July 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Anna |pages=4 |language=ta |via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref> The song "Kanna Unnai" was shot at [[Kodaikanal]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 May 1986 |title=சிவகுமார் நதியா காதல் |url=https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_10_204/4.jp2/full/1000,1351/0/default.jpg |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250713042814/https://images.eap.bl.uk/EAP372/EAP372_6_23_10_204/4.jp2/full/1000,1351/0/default.jpg |archive-date=13 July 2025 |access-date=13 July 2025 |work=Anna |pages=4 |language=ta |via=[[Endangered Archives Programme]]}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ilaiyaraaja]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Unakkaagave Vazhhkiren Tamil Film LP Vinyl Record by Ilayaraja |url=https://mossymart.com/product/unakkaagave-vazhhkiren-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307110457/https://mossymart.com/product/unakkaagave-vazhhkiren-tamil-film-lp-vinyl-record-by-ilayaraja/ |archive-date=7 March 2022 |access-date=7 March 2022 |website=Mossymart}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=1 January 1986 |title=Unakaagave Vaazhgiren (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/unakaagave-vaazhgiren-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1606717651 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231010044248/https://music.apple.com/in/album/unakaagave-vaazhgiren-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1606717651 |archive-date=10 October 2023 |access-date=10 October 2023 |website=[[Apple Music]]}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics
|-
| "Ilanjolai" || [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] || rowspan=2|[[Vairamuthu]]
|-
| "Kanna Unnai" || [[S. Janaki]], S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
|-
| "O Endhan" || S. Janaki || [[Muthulingam (poet)|Muthulingam]]
|-
| "Kangal Rendum" || [[Malaysia Vasudevan]], S. Janaki || rowspan=2|[[Gangai Amaran]]
|-
| "Vera Vela Odumaa" || S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
|}

== Critical reception ==
[[Subha (writers)|Jayamanmadhan]] (a duo) of ''[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]]'' wrote the story gets stuck in a loop; here and there it loses balance. They added that if Dinesh Babu had failed to give pleasantness in Kodaikanal and Ilaiyaraaja had failed to give sweetness to the auditory nerves, the front half would have been sitting on a thorn. Jayamanmadhan called it a pity that even they could not save the second half. They called Sivakumar's flashback as generous but felt the scenes involving Suresh and Nadhiya were superficially treated.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=ஜெயமன்மதன் |author-link=Subha (writers) |date=31 August 1986 |title=உனக்காகவே வாழ்கிறேன் |url=https://archive.org/details/kalki1986-08-31/page/50/mode/2up |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230217132650/https://archive.org/details/kalki1986-08-31/page/50/mode/2up |archive-date=17 February 2023 |access-date=17 February 2023 |magazine=[[Kalki (magazine)|Kalki]] |page=50 |language=Ta |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:1986 Indian films]]
[[Category:1986 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:1986 films]]
[[Category:Films about music and musicians]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Rangaraj]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ilaiyaraaja]]
[[Category:Tamil remakes of Malayalam films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

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