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After a difficult romance in a class-divided society, the love birds find out marriage is not what they thought it would be.

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Karthik
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Shakti
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Poorni
V. Natarajan ...
Karthik's father
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Karthik's mother
Ravi Prakash ...
Father of Shakti (as Ravi Prakaash)
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Mother of Shakti
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Shakti's cousin
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Shakti's Aunty
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House Owner (as Alagam Perumal)
Karthik Kumar ...
American maapillai
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Guest Appearance (as Aravinda Samy)
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Guest Appearance
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Venu Arvind
Kumar Natarajan ...
Karthik's brother (Lawyer)
Rangammal ...
Old lady in yaaro yaarodi song

Directed by

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Mani Ratnam

Written by

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Mani Ratnam ... (dialogue)
 
Mani Ratnam ... (screenplay)
 
Mani Ratnam ... (story)
 
R. Selvaraj ... (dialogue)

Produced by

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Mani Ratnam ... producer
Fenon J. Rodriguez ... co-executive producer
G. Srinivasan ... producer

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A.R. Rahman

Cinematography by

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P.C. Sreeram

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A. Sreekar Prasad

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Raghavan

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Siva Ananth ... assistant director (as A. Sivakumar)

Sound Department

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Ajith Abraham George ... asst mixing engineer / asst sound mixer
A.S. Laxmi Narayanan ... sound mixer
Lakshmi Narayanan ... audiographer
H. Sridhar ... DTS mix

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Arumugam Aravindan ... visual effects supervisor
Shoban Narayanan ... compositor (as Shobanbabu)
Elam Parithi ... digital compositor: Efx, Chennai, India
Madhu Sudhanan ... visual effects

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Horse Babu ... action coordinator

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Sujit Sen ... Steadicam operator

Music Department

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Clinton Cerejo ... music producer and/or vocal arranger & playback singer
Swarnalatha ... playback singer
Vairamuthu ... lyricist

Additional Crew

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Ritchie Burton ... assistant choreographer
Farah Khan ... choreographer
Rahul Nanda ... Campaign Designer

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Karthik (Madhavan) is frantic after the disappearance of his wife Shakti (Shalini). Told in flashbacks, the film traces their brief marriage as the couple's dreamy romance runs through the usual gamut of highs and lows. Written by Joyojeet Pal

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Also Known As
  • Sakhi (India, Telugu title)
  • अलाइपायुथे (India, Hindi title)
  • Flowing Waves (Canada, English title)
  • Flowing Waves (World-wide, English title)
  • Alaipayuthey (United Kingdom)
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Runtime
  • 156 min
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Trivia This is the first film of R Madhavan as a lead actor. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Boss Engira Baskaran (2010). See more »

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