Birth) is a 2007 Tamil language romantic drama film directed by L. V. Ilangovan.

The film stars newcomer Prabha, Karthika and newcomer Priya Mohan, with Mahadevan, Saranya Ponvannan, Vijay Krishnaraj, Sulakshana, Shanmugarajan, Anjali Devi, Ganja Karuppu and George Maryan playing supporting roles.

Ilangovan, who worked as an assistant to the directors such as Bala, K. Vijayan and Nassar, made his directorial debut with Pirappu.

[2][3] Actress Nanditha Jennifer signed to perform for a Kuthu song shot near Pollachi.

Balu Mahendra's son Shanky Mahendran was chosen to handle the camera.

[4] While shooting for the song, "Ulaga Azhagi Naan Thaan", oil was completely applied on Karthika's face and shot in one take much to her dissatisfaction.

[7] A reviewer for kollywoodtoday.net wrote, "Nothing new shown in the movie except new faces, the song scored by Bhardwaj sounds Ok. Debutant director able to cover the film with allotted money and time, new faces had cleared the screen without much difficulty" and called it "below average".

[8] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote "'Pirappu' was meant to be caste-centric film.