Yuvan Yuvathi

Yuvan Yuvathi
Directed by	G. N. R. Kumaravelan
Written by	S. Ramakrishnan (Story; Dialogues)
Screenplay by	G. N. R. Kumaravelan
Produced by	Baija Tom Dr. V. Rama Doss
Starring	Bharath Rima Kallingal Santhanam Sampath Raj
Cinematography	Gopi Jagadeeswaran
Edited by	Prabaahar
Music by	Vijay Antony
Production company	Ram Pictures
Distributed by	Reliance Entertainment
Release date	26 August 2011 (2011-08-26)
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹ 14crores
Box office	₹ 10crores

Yuvan Yuvathi (transl. Male Youth, Female Youth) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language romance film, written and directed by G. N. R. Kumaravelan. It stars Bharath and Rima Kallingal in the lead roles.¹ The film released on 26 August 2011. It received generally mixed reviews and became an average success at the Tamil Nadu box office. The film was dubbed in Telugu as Dear and in Hindi as Dildaar Ashique.

Kathirvel Murugan is a software engineer in Chennai. He shares his room with friend Sakkarai. Kathir hails from Usilampatti but wants to project himself as city-bred, and his ambition is to settle in the USA. Kathir's father Sevaka Pandian opposes his son's attitude. An influential local chieftain, he is against inter-caste marriage and love. Kathir meets Nisha, who too wants to go abroad. Nisha loses her passport, and Kathir helps her find it. Slowly, he falls for her. Meanwhile, Sevaka Pandian arranges his son's wedding with a High Court judge's daughter Thangameena. In the meantime, Kathir and Nisha get their visa and get ready to leave together for the USA.

Kathir thinks he has escaped from his marriage, and when he wants to propose to Nisha, he gets a rude shock. She informs him that she is going to the USA for her marriage. In the meantime, Sevaka Pandian learns of their relationship and kidnaps her. Afterwards, Kathir also learns about it and saves Nisha, but her marriage is stopped. After ten months, they meet in the same country again. Kathir does not want to see her, but his mind changes, and he tries to make Nisha love him. At last, they both fall in love with each other. Now they return to their hometown for their marriage. Initially, Sevaka Pandian does not allow it, but later, Kathir convinces him and marries Nisha.

The soundtrack, composed by Vijay Antony, released on 1 July 2011. The album features 7 tracks with lyrics by Annamalai, Kalai Kumar and Priyan.

Malathi Rangarajan from The Hindu stated, "A predictable and enjoyable finish to a love story that sparkles with the energy of youth!".² A critic from The New Indian Express wrote, "An average entertainer, Yuvan Yuvathi may not bore you. But it doesn’t have that fizz to keep one completely engrossed in the happenings."³ Behindwoods gave the film 2/5 stars and wrote, "In all, a film that could have worked well with its positive features, goes south due to the week screenplay, narration and the badly conceived climax."⁴⁵⁶