Aayiram Nilave Vaa

Aayiram Nilave Vaa is a 1983 Indian Tamil-language film written and directed by A. S. Prakasam. The film stars Karthik and Sulakshana. It was released on 15 July 1983.

Plot
Chandhar is the manager of an estate in Ooty. He also moonlights as a writer of stories for a popular magazine and has a big fan following. Soon, he gets another guest in the form of Devi, who pretends to be blind and has a backstory to this. She is also his biggest fan and has been proposed to by Chandhar via their fan letters to one another.

Love soon blossoms between the two and just as things come together, in comes Suri who is the identical twin of the manager. Suri was adopted by the owner of the estate and so he feels neglected by his own family. This makes Suri binge on booze and other bad habits. He and Chandhar are not in good terms and are complete opposites in character. One day, both of them get into a fist-fight over Devi and somehow Suri dies. What happens next?

Production
The costumes for Karthik were designed by Nayim. Since the director demanded fashionable outfits for Karthik's characters, he designed shirt with open collar, a leather jacket on shirt alongside shawl.

Soundtrack
The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. This was his 200th film as composer. The song "Devathai Ilam" was adapted from the song "Kelade Nimageega", which Ilaiyaraaja had composed for the 1981 Kannada film Geetha while the song "Andharangam Yavume" was later reused as "Manchu Kurise" in the Telugu film Abhinandana (1988), also starring Karthik.

Reception
Jayamanmadhan of Kalki felt the good suspense could have been handled briskly but the story struggles heavily in the hands of Prakasam.