Alaipayuthey is a 2000 Tamil-language Drama Musical motion picture written by Mani Ratnam and R. Selvaraj. The movie is directed by Mani Ratnam and produced by Mani Ratnam and G. Srinivasan under the banner of Madras Talkies. After a difficult romance in a class-divided society, the love birds find out marriage is not what they thought it would be. Alaipayuthey stars R. Madhavan in the title role along with an ensemble cast including R Madhavan, Shalini Kumar, Swarnamalya, V. Natarajan, K.p.a.c. Lalitha and Ravi Prakash. The screenplay is written by Mani Ratnam. The music was composed by Ar Rahman along with A. R. Rahman. Cinematography was done by P. C. Sriram and editing by A. Sreekar Prasad. The movie has a running time of 138 minutes. It was released on 14th April 2000. Distribution rights for the film were acquired by Ayngaran International.