Aalukkoru Aasai

Aalukkoru Aasai (transl. Everyone has their own interests) is a 2003 Indian Tamil-language comedy drama film directed by V. Sekhar, starring Sathyaraj, Meena and Vadivelu. It was released on 12 September 2003.

Aalukkoru Aasai
DVD cover
Directed by	V. Sekhar
Written by	V. Sekhar
Produced by	K. Parthiban S. Tamilselvi
Starring	Sathyaraj Meena Raasi
Cinematography	P. S. Selvam
Edited by	A.P.Manivannan
Music by	S. A. Rajkumar
Production company	Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam
Release date	12 September 2003 (2003-09-12)
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Arivazhagan is a man who dreams of marrying an educated, employed girl, building a dream house of his own, and having one child. Due to a trick of his scheming orthodox grandparents, he instead finds himself married to Angala – an illiterate rustic whose dreams are confined to marrying a swarthy man, having a dozen kids and visiting temples. Her dreams came true and Arivazhagan's dreams of a modern lifestyle are destroyed one by one. Meanwhile, Arivazhagan's friend Pazhani hoodwinks his own wife Govindamma Pazhani and has many affairs. As the two men cheat on their wives, a hooker Manthara develops a soft spot for Sathyaraj. Eventually, Arivazhagan and Pazhani leave their family and stay at Manthara's house for a short period. In the end, Arivazhagan happily goes back to his wife

Cast

• Sathyaraj as Arivazhagan
• Meena as Angala Parmeshweri (Eshwari)
• Raasi as Manthra
• Vadivelu as Pazhani
• Kalpana as Govindamma Pazhani
• Senthil as Arivazhagan's grandfather
• Vadivukkarasi as Arivazhagan's grandmother
• Delhi Ganesh as Eshwari's father
• Sindhu as Eshwari's stepmother
• Master Mahendran as Saravanan, Pazhani's son
• Minnal Deepa as Sheela
• Besant Ravi as Rowdy

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by S. A. Rajkumar.^[1][2] Sajahan Waheed of New Straits Times felt Rajkumar "lost his magic" and called the songs "below average".^[3]

Song	Singers	Lyrics	Length
"Belpoori Naan"	Kalpana	Kabilan	05:11
"Iduppodu Sungidi"	Tippu, Anuradha Sriram	Pa. Vijay	05:13
"Kaathal Kaathal"	Srilekha Parthasarathy, Kalpana, S. A. Rajkumar	Palani Bharathi	04:30
"Kanthan Endral Arivu"	Karthik	Nandalala	04:28
"Kottaikku Nee Raja"	S. A. Rajkumar	Ravi Bharathi	05:16

Release and reception

The film was released on 12 September 2003.^[4] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "it looked like director V. Sekhar had the potential plot to build upon his story-line and to justify his title. But it doesn't quite turn out that way! After the initial promise, the script soon loses focus, the issues get muddled, and the dreams and desires of the characters take a back seat".^[5] Sify said the "family (melo) drama is outdated in story and presentation" and it "looks more like a stage play with characters speaking lengthy monotonous dialogues and has a clichéd climax".^[6] Screen wrote, "Ridiculous costumes, crude dialogues and overacting by the lead pair including Vadivelu and Kalpana who play the hero’s sidekick and his wife mar the film. Technically, the film has nothing much to offer. The redeeming feature of the film is Meena and Manthra. The latter with her hourglass figure looks sensuous.".^[7]