Manadhai Thirudivittai

You have stolen my heart) is a 2001 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by newcomer R. D. Narayanamurthy.

Deva falls head over heels for Shruthi and tries to win her with the help of his friend and classmate, Steve.

This makes Shruthi very angry, and she goes to Ashok's house and shouts at Indhu for her mannerless behaviour towards men and also her boyfriend.

When Ashok realises that Shruthi is still angry, he opens up a story which reveals why Indhu behaves in such a way.

There, Ranjith's friends force Deva to drink beer and make him drunk enough to meet a call girl at room 21 in the same hotel.

Ranjith, who wants Deva to be happy with his love, tells Ashok that he was the one who raped Indhu, and a fight ensues between them.

That night, Indhu confronts Deva and asks him to still marry Shruthi as she thinks it was just an accident between them.

The next morning, just before Deva tying the auspicious thread on Shruthi, she stands up and asks him to stop acting.

It turns out to be Deva himself has told Shruthi about this incident and had asked her to act in such a way in the wedding the next day.

The film marked the directorial debut of R. D. Narayanamurthy who earlier assisted Kathir, G. M. Kumar and Raj Kapoor.

Sonia Agarwal was rejected after make-up test and she was replaced by newcomer Gayatri Jayaraman.

[9] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu gave a more positive review, citing, "Armed with a suspenseful story and a cohesive screenplay, director has come out with a fare that is reasonably appealing".

[12] Vadivelu's character of Steve Waugh inspired countless memes and his rendition of "Singin' in the Rain" became popular.