Play) is a 2012 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by Andrew Louis and produced by Ramesh Babu.
[2][3] The movie begins with a trio of friends in college - Malar (Manasi Parekh), Mona (Maya), and Gayathri (Vibha Natarajan).
Suja gives Karthik the ultimatum to reveal his true identity once Malar declares her love for Sundar.
The director selected Hindi actor Shiv Panditt in the lead role after seeing him an advertisement for a mobile phone company, Airtel.
Ravichandran eventually won the case, forcing the other film to change its title from Leelai to Naan Aval Adhu.
[12] After two years of remaining complete but unreleased, the film was given a fresh lease of life after Ravichandran signed a deal to distribute Billa II, dubbed in trade circles as the "hottest film of the year", and thus theatres have shown their support for his brother by giving Leelai a big release.
[15] Behindwoods.com mentioned that Leelai is "a light hearted simple romantic tale...a decent family flick for the holiday season".
[16] Pavithra Srinivasan of Rediff.com noted that "it's a feel-good, simple, urban romance that has its funny moments and is worth a watch", and added that "Shiv Panditt and Manasi Parekh bring the urban Chennaiite alive - they are expressive, emote well, and nowhere do their lines sound jarring".
[19] Rohit Ramachandran of Nowrunning.com rated it 2.5/5 stating that "For the most part, Andrew Louis's Leelai is earnest in its narration and interested in its characters".