Dance of Happiness) is a 2009 Tamil-language romantic drama film, an adaptation of Sujatha's serialized novel Pirivom Santhippom.

[1][2] The music was composed by G. V. Prakash Kumar with editing by V. T. Vijayan and cinematography by Jeeva Shankar.

The characters Raghu (Siddharth) and Madhu (Tamannaah): their love story captured so many hearts that Sujatha, who had initially finished the first novel, started the second part due to high demand from readers.

The film was released on 10 April 2009 to negative reviews and became a commercial failure at the box office.

Madhu is the elder daughter of the dam's new chief engineer and his arrogant wife, who want a very comfortable life for the family.

Madhu's parents also bring joy in Raghu's life as they accept who he is, and eventually, he finds good employment in Pune.

When he returns a month later, trouble had come in the form of 'Rad' Radhakrishnan, a spoilt NRI businessman from the United States who was on vacation to Papanasam.

Moreover, when Raghu asks for Madhu to elope with him, she agrees to it, but cancels it at the last hour stating the same reason.

Six months later, with further encouragement from his father and friends, Raghu leaves for New York City to get his MBA at NYU.

Ratna, though being brought up in the USA since the age of seven, wants to marry an Indian man and return to India.

As time progresses, Madhu discovers that her husband has been cheating on her, which had let her to be on constant abuse by him, leading her to live life with misery.

Unable to bear any more sadness, Madhu ends up cutting her veins and begging Raghu to take her back.

A. R. Gandhi Krishna, a former assistant to Shankar in Sivaji made his directorial debut with the film Chellamae.

[2] Filming began on location in Ooty, then moved to Tenkasi, Kuttralam, Ambasamudram, Papanasam and Malaysia.

[2] G. V. Prakash scored the music for the movie, while award-winning lyricist Vairamuthu penned the lyrics.

[6] Rediff.com felt that Siddharth's performance was one of the weaker aspects of the film noting "though he does his best when he's romancing his beloved, and there are sparks during emotional scenes, he seems to miss his cue a few times, making you wonder if someone with acting chops might not have done a better job.