Youth is swinging) is a 1978 Indian Tamil-language romance film written and directed by C. V. Sridhar.

Sridhar later remade the film in Telugu as Vayasu Pilichindi the same year, with the main cast reprising their roles, and in Hindi as Dil-e-Nadaan (1982).

Once she accompanies Prabhu and Padma for a film screening and unable to control her sexual feelings, comes out.

A disturbed Jayanthi avails leave and goes to her village and Padma joins her, as Prabhu goes on an official tour.

When Prabhu lands at Jayanthi's home, she is alone as Padma has gone to attend a wedding in a nearby village.

Jayanthi convinces Prabhu to stay back overnight, so that he can meet Padma the next day.

Prabhu, feeling guilty about the whole event, writes a letter of apology to Jayanthi and leaves.

Enraged, he takes Prabhu to a cliff; when he is about to shoot him, Padma reveals that they were originally in love and how they broke up due to Jayanthi's interference and Prabhu's honourable act in making Jayanthi his wife and legitimising their child, before she died.

Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu was produced under the banner Sri Chitra and directed by C. V. Sridhar, who also wrote its story and screenplay.

A week later Sridar had called both P.Vasu and Santhana Barathy to inform them that he has decided to work with Illayaraja for this movie.

[14][15] A remix version of "Ennadi Meenakshi" is featured on music artist M. Rafi's album Aasaiyae Alaipolae.

[16] In May 2015, music composer Bharadwaj commented on "Ennadi Meenakshi", "I've always believed that songs should express some emotion, some feeling.

The Board wrote that Sridhar proved that Tamil films could be made without a comedy subplot and a separate villain.

[19] Kousigan of Kalki praised Nivas' cinematography, but took issues with the overuse of English dialogues.

[22] Sridhar remade the film in Telugu as Vayasu Pilichindi, which released two months after the original, and in Hindi as Dil-e-Nadaan (1982).