She smiled gently) is a 1987 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by M. N. Jai Sundar in his debut.

[1] Aval Mella Sirithal is the directorial debut of M. N. Jai Sundar.

[2] The soundtrack was composed by Gangai Amaran, who also wrote the lyrics for all the songs.

[3][4] The Indian Express wrote, "For a film that is a director's first, Aval Mella Sirithaal seemed, initially, to be passable.

But slowly, and alas, surely, the film got mired in its contradictions and rhetoric, and the approach to the climax was nothing if not absurd.