Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey!

Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey! (transl. Hey! You are so beautiful!) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language romantic musical film written and directed by Vasanth. Starring Shaam, Sneha, Rajiv Krishna and Jaya Re.The film narrates the story of four youngsters who go through unrequited love and respond differently to their failures. Produced by GV Films, it had a theatrical release on 13 July 2002 across Tamil Nadu.

Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey!
DVD cover
Directed by	Vasanth
Screenplay by	Vasanth
Story by	Ashok Iyer
Produced by	G. Venkateswaran
Starring	Shaam Sneha Rajiv Krishna Jaya Re
Cinematography	S. Gopinath
Edited by	V. T. Vijayan
Music by	Original Songs:- Raaghav-Raja Srinivas Ramesh Vinayakam Murugavel Aravind–Shankar Background score:- Sabesh–Murali
Production company	GV Films
Release date	13 July 2002
Country	India
Language	Tamil

Plot

Hari, Raji, and Arthi are cousins. Hari gets a job in Chennai. He then comes to Chennai and instead of staying at Raji and Arthi's home he rents an apartment with his colleague Subbu. Raji doesn't like this and refuses to come to Hari's house until he visits her place. But they meet and catch up with each other now and then. Meanwhile, Hari meets another girl, Swapna, who plays pranks on people just for fun. During one such prank Hari and Swapna end up becoming friends. They both work in rival Ad agency. While doing a project Hari selects his cousin Raji's photo (of her eyes) over Swapna's which makes her upset. But to reconcile their friendship Hari sends Swapna's pics to Miss Chennai competition which she eventually wins. After a few days Hari, Raji and Swapna coincidentally meet in shopping place where Hari ends up fighting with a person who misbehaved with Raji. Raji gets angry and walks away. Hari drops off Swapna to her house where she proposes to Hari, to which Hari refuses. But he thanks her for making him realise that he is actually in love with his cousin, Raji. Hari apologises to Swapna. Raji goes to attend her childhood friend's marriage and when she comes back brings along her friend's brother and also her friend, Bharat. Bharat had proposed to a girl and when she rejected him, he took to drinking. To make him forget his grief Raji brings him to Chennai. Hari first mistakes that Raji is in love with Bharat. On his birthday, he asks her if she loves Bharat and when she clears off his misunderstanding, he immediately proposes to her. She rejects him.

Over the days, Raji and Hari behave in a very normal and usual manner which confuses Hari's friends. They confront him to which he replies that just because she doesn't love me, doesn't mean that I should snub her or treat her badly or take to drinking or some such means, that means that my love was never true. Love is not business or deal in which it is to be given only when you get it in return. Hari's friend, Swapna, who had earlier proposed to him joins his office and rebukes him, saying she doesn't talk to people who don't like her. One day she falsely complains to their boss about Hari misbehaving with her, for which Hari gets a warning from his boss. Hari never behaves badly with Raji or snubs her, in fact he goes out of his way to help. During one such incident when Raji gets injured during a festival, Hari carries her all the way to hospital and takes care of her. One evening Raji calls Hari saying that she and Bharat had gone to the beach and he drank so much that now he is sick and puking all over. She asks Hari to come and help her. Hari comes to the beach, in spite of the fact that he has a very important meeting to attend. Meanwhile, Raji calls again at Hari's office since it was getting late, which is answered by Swapna and Raji blurts out that Hari is coming to help her and will not be able to attend the meeting. Swapna assures Raji that Hari need not go for the meeting, she will attend it herself. On hearing this, Hari gets suspicious, which makes Raji think over and apologises to him for talking to Swapna and revealing that Hari is not going for the meeting. He tells her to not worry, and also takes Bharat to his flat and advises him to handle the love failure in a practical way. The next morning, Hari is sacked, since he did not attend the meeting which cost the company a very important project. Hari vigorously goes to Swapna's house and explains her that she should not waste her life on harassing him and should instead should find peace within.

Bharat, Hari and Raji set off to attend Bharat's lover's marriage. Despite Hari's consoling advice, Bharat commits suicide in the train. Hari does not attend his funeral. When Raji questions him, Hari replies by saying that Bharat took a wrong step and he doesn't like such people. Raji realises that Hari is a very good guy. In spite of she rejecting him, he has always helped her and is still in love with her. She falls for him. Hari is stabbed by some goons with whom he fought earlier. He is hospitalised.

But at the same time Raji's parents are preparing for her match making. Raji confesses to her father that she wants to marry Hari. At that moment, she gets a call from a hospital informing her about Hari's accident. Raji rushes to the hospital where the doctor informs her that Hari will be treated for his stab wounds, but he cannot be treated for his cancer, which is in the last stage. Raji cries over his sick bed, finally accepting his proposal. To this Hari smiles mischievously and the doctor reveals that he does not have cancer, they just played a prank to tease her. Hari and Raji hug each other.

Cast

• Shaam as Hari
• Sneha as Raji
• Aahaa Rajiv Krishna as Bharat
• Chocklet Jaya Re as Swapna
• Vivek as Subbu
• Arsheetha as Arthi
• Madhan Bob as Mani
• Mohan Raman as Raji and Arthi's father
• Mohan Sharma as the managing director
• Kavithalaya Krishnan as Subbu's brother
• Ramya Krishnan as a doctor
• Uma as Uma
• Bombay Gnanam as Hari's mother
• Preetha as Preetha
• Srinath as Ravi
• Raaghav as Hari's friend
• Jennifer as Yamini (special appearance in the song "Yamini Yamini")

Production

Jyothika was to pair up with Shaam for the film but she was replaced by Sneha at Shaam's request, who later teamed up with Shaam in ABCD (2005) and Inba (2008).^[1] The makers chose to shoot the song "Thottu Thottu" in Syria,^[2] with the ancient ruins of Palmyra used as the backdrop. It became the last Tamil film to shoot at the premises, before it was destroyed by terrorist organisation ISIS during 2015.^[3]

Soundtrack

Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey!
Soundtrack album by Srinivas, Ramesh Vinayakam, Raaghav-Raja, Arvind-Shankar, Murugan
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Tamil
Label	Hit Music

Vasanth opted to use five new composers to compose a song each in the film.^[4][5] Leading playback singer Srinivas, who had previously composed private albums, made his first film song with "Inni Naanum Naanillai", singing it alongside Sujatha. He also introduced singer Sunitha Sarathy into playback singing, giving her a chance to a part of his composition.^[6] Ramesh Vinayakam made his debut with this film, he composed and sang "Thottu Thottu".^[7] Raaghav composed "Oru Kaadhal" along with Raja. Murugan (brother of singer Anuradha Sriram) who is a drummer and also sang "Nee Illai Endral" in Dheena composed "Poi Sollalam". Raaghav and Murugan played supporting roles in the film.^[8]

Song	Composer(s)	Singers	Lyricist
"Yamini Yamini"	Aravind–Shankar	Harish Raghavendra	Pa Vijay
"Thottu Thottu"	Ramesh Vinayakam	Ramesh Vinayakam, Srivardhini	Pazhanibarathi
"Kadhal Vandicho"	Raaghav-Raja	Shankar Mahadevan	Thaamarai
"Inni Naanum Naanilai"	Srinivas	Srinivas, Sujatha, Sunitha Sarathy	Thaamarai
"Poi Sollalam"	Murugan	P. Unnikrishnan, Anuradha Sriram	Pa Vijay

Release and reception

The Hindu wrote that "This is Shaam's second film after ``12B and he proves that he is complete hero material — good at dance and in expressions".^[8] Sify wrote that "On the whole Vassant has dished out an undernourished love story which lacks both style and soul".^[9] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote that "And for the first half, the director keeps his narration closer to the issue. But then as the film progresses, it is like the director was distracted, loses focus of the theme, and the main issue gets sidelined in the process".^[10][11] Kalki, instead of publishing their own review, compiled and published the comments of viewers.^[12]

The film received criticism for the climax,^[13] but is still considered an underrated film.^[14]

References

1. "Cinebits". Nilacharal. from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
2. "Take everything in his stride". The Hindu. 17 July 2002. from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
3. "Sheer daredevilry". The Hindu. 7 June 2002. from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
4. "All for five songs". The Hindu. 8 April 2002. from the original on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
5. "An eventful weekend". The Hindu. 19 April 2002. from the original on 15 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
6. "My First Break – Sunitha Sarathy". The Hindu. 2 April 2010. from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
7. "In tune with change". The Hindu. 2 July 2003. from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
8. ""Yey! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukkae"". The Hindu. 19 July 2002. from the original on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
9. . Sify. 25 April 2003. Archived from the original on 30 October 2021.
10. Mannath, Malini (19 July 2002). . Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 12 March 2005.
11. . movies.bizhat.com. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
12. "ஏய்! நீ ரொம்ப அழகாய் இருக்கே!". Kalki (in Tamil). 28 July 2002. pp. 52–53. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
13. "Director's CUT". The Hindu. 2 February 2004. from the original on 6 July 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
14. "There's a lesson in re-watching old cinema". The New Indian Express. 2 May 2020. from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 25 October 2020.

External links

• Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey! at IMDb