Life is an illusion) is a 1982 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film directed by R. Krishnamoorthy, starring Kamal Haasan, Sridevi and Sripriya.

He gets attracted to an air-hostess named Devi, When Raja tries to woo her, she gets irritated and insults him.

Raja befriends Devi's friend, a senior air-hostess named Baby, who is a spinster.

She seeks the help of Radha, a former air-hostess who became a prostitute after being deceived and raped by a man.

Raja's mother persuades him to come and meet the girl, Sandhiya for his father's sake.

The next day when Sandhiya comes to meet him he understands his mistake and lets her know.

Shankar wants his sister to marry Prathap but all other family members including Devi favour Raja.

Devi is told that Sandhiya's husband was terminally ill but his family concealed the truth.

Shankar, who is a doctor there, postpones the wedding citing some horoscope issues.

On the day of wedding at the temple, Raja coughs up blood and his friend Baby takes him to the hospital.

Meanwhile, Prathap attempts to kill himself on seeing the wedding invitation of Raja and Devi.

Raja decides to end his relationship with Devi so that she can start a new life with Prathap.

Devi gets angry and urges her brother get her married to anyone so that she can teach Raja a lesson.

The music was composed by Gangai Amaran and lyrics were written by Vaali.

[9] S. Shivakumar of Mid-Day praised the performances of the lead artistes, calling Haasan "subtle and restrained" and appreciated Sripriya who "walks off with the applause on the sheer strength of the dialogues she mouths".