Alaipayuthey
Tamil	அலைபாயுதே
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Haider Ali
Screenplay by	Haider Ali MD. Amin BMD Ali Dialogue MD. Amin BMD Ali
Directed by	Haider Ali Assistant director Ganesh Murusamy
Starring	A. Panneeirchelvam Puravalan Narayanasamy Jenani Jaynesh Magalakshmi Brendon Kuah Rubini Vimala Velu
Theme music composer	Shabir
Country of origin	Singapore
Original language	Tamil
No. of episodes	43
Production
Producer	Menaka Krishnasamy
Editors	G. Saravanan Sri Venkatragavan
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	approx. 22–24 minutes per episode
Original release
Network	MediaCorp Vasantham
Release	16 January 2017 (2017 2017-01-16) – 30 March 2017 (2017-03-30)

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Alaipayuthey (Tamil: அலைபாயுதே) is a 2017 Singaporean Tamil-language soap opera starring A. Panneeirchelvam, Puravalan Narayanasamy, Jenani, Jayaganesh, Magalakshmi Sudarsanan, Brendon Kuah, Rubini and Vimala Velu. It aired every Monday through Thursday at 10:30PM (SST) on MediaCorp Vasantham from 16 January 2017 to 30 March 2017 for 43 episodes.^[1][2] It replaced Masala. The show's final one-hour episode aired Thursday 30 March 2017 at 10:00 PM SST.

Synopsis

The story revolves around Ratnam, his wife Malar and his three children, Haresh, Hashwini and Akshara, each having their own struggles in their life journey. Problems arise when Malar disapproves of Hashwini's boyfriend, Brandon due to his race. Knowing that the tension will soon potentially divide the family, Haresh agrees to marrying Kamini, his cousin. Meanwhile, Hashwini gets married without her mother's presence. Then, Ratnam meets his ex-girlfriend whom his father had rejected when he was younger. He finds out that she's working as a counselor in Askhara's university, and starts talking to her. Akshara too faces problems in university with her friends Prem, Kavin and Shwetha. She also finds out she has had brain tumor for some time already. Furthermore, Haresh falls in love with another girl, Shalini, and is stuck between Kamini and her. How all the characters deal with their own problems as a family, fight for their loves and learn lessons in the journey of life forms the rest of the plot for the story.

Cast

Main cast

• A. Panneeirchelvam
• Puravalan Narayanasamy
• Jaenani Netra^[3]
• Jaynesh
• Magalakshmi Sudarsanan
• Brendon Kuah
• Rupini Anbalagan
• Vimala Velu

Supporting cast

• Laavenya
• Shawn Sathiya
• Dhurga
• Poovani
• Mohamed Anis
• Santhi
• Stephen Zecharaiah
• Saravanan
• Kartik
• Parathabini
• k. Dayanithi
• S. Mogene Priya
• Michale
• Andrew Thio
• Sharon Tan

Production

The drama was written and directed by Haider Ali, Assistant director by Ganesh Murusamy, screenplay by Haider Ali and MD. Amin BMD Ali, Dialogue by MD. Amin BMD Ali and producer by Menaka Krishnasamy.

Original soundtrack

Title song

It was written by lyricist Parthiban and Seetharaman, composed Shabir sung by Rita Thyagarajan and Shabir.

Soundtrack

Broadcast

Series was released on 16 January 2017, on Mediacorp Vasantham. It aired in Singapore and Malaysia on Mediacorp Vasantham, its full-length episodes and released its episodes on their app Toggle, a live TV feature was introduced on Toggle with English and Tamil subtitles.^{[citation needed]}