Azhagana Naatkal (Eng: Beautiful Days) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language comedy film directed by Sundar C. Azhagana Naatkal stars Karthik and Rambha and became the third collaboration of the pair with Sundar.C, after the successes of Ullathai Allitha (1996) and Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga (1999). The film also featured Mumtaj, Goundamani and Senthil in pivotal roles and featured music composed by Deva. The film was released on 7 December 2001 and is a remake of the Malayalam film Minnaram (1994) and is also loosely based on Jaishankar film Penne Nee Vaazhga.
Indu and Chandru fall in love. Indu does the disappearing act and Chandru gets engaged to Rekha. Indu re-appears after three years with a little girl, who she claims is Chandru’s daughter. Chandru vehemently denies it and finding Indu’s presence an embarrassment tries to ferret out the truth. After many scenes of forced comedy, it is revealed that the girl is the illegitimate daughter of Chandru’s much-married brother, who had seduced Indu’s sister. After his brother’s futile attempt to play the villain, Chandru latches on to Indu fast enough with no apology to Rekha. But it is not really Chandru’s fault. For Rekha had done the disappearing act from the scene early enough without any explanation either.
Directed by Sundar C.
Written by Boopathy Pandian
Screenplay by Sundar. C.
Story by Priyadarshan
Produced by S. T. Selvan
Starring Karthik, Rambha, Mumtaj
Cinematography Prasad Murella
Edited by P. Sai Suresh
Music by Deva
Production Gowthami Arts
Release date 7 December 2001
Running time 145 minutes
Country India
Language Tamil
