Anbe Aaruyire (2005 film)

Anbe Aaruyire
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Directed by	S. J. Surya
Produced by	S. J. Surya
Written by	S. J. Surya
Starring	S. J. Surya Nila Santhanam
Music by	A. R. Rahman
Cinematography	Venu Isc
Edited by	Anthony
Production company	Annai Mary Madha Creations
Release date	9 September 2005 (2005-09-09)
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹ 8 crore ($2 million)

Anbe Aaruyire (2005) (Tamil: அன்பே ஆருயிரே, English: Darling) is a 2005 Tamil language romantic drama film directed by S. J. Surya. The film stars him, Nila, Urvasi, Santhana Bharathy and Santhanam. The score and soundtrack are composed by A. R. Rahman. The movie was met with controversy even before release due to its original name of "B.F.," which according to the director stood for "best friend" but is also a common acronym for "blue film" in India. A contest was subsequently held in which members of the public were invited to suggest names.

Siva (S. J. Surya) is an investigative scribe who shares a live-in relationship with rich and bratty Madhu (Nila). They have hot-headed run-ins and even hotter patch-ups.

Things come to a head when Madhu starts a restaurant with a brother of her friend. Nosey and envious Siva can't take it, and this causes a split between the duo. Fun starts as the fantasy element appears in the form of their apparitional alter egos. Eventually they come together, but there is plenty of over-the-top entertainment aimed at a post-teen youth audience.

Anbe Aaruyire features the memories of each other in a human look-alike appearances. These memories remind them of their good times and the inner love for each other which help in their reunion.

SJ Surya announced a film titled Isai in 2004 shortly after the release of New, when he revealed that A. R. Rahman would also collaborate for two further ventures titled Anbulla Nanbane and Aezhumazhai vs Chitra. While Isai was postponed, Anbulla Nanbane developed under the title Best Friend, before the title Anbe Aaruyire (2005) was finalised. Featuring himself in the lead role again, he signed up newcomer Meera Chopra for the film and rechristened her under the stage name Nila. He revealed that he was inspired to make the film to convey that young lovers must give each other space and wanted to showcase that attitudes towards relationships by the Indian youth was changing from the previous decade. He also called the film a "sequel to Kushi", revealing that the film's lead actors would have similar ego clashes. The film was initially titled BF, acronym of Best Friend but he was met with a protest from Tamil Protection Movement led by PMK leader Ramadoss and Dalit Panthers of India leader Thol Thirumavalavan to change the title. After three months of its launch, Surya changed the name from BF to Ah Aah, the first two letters in the Tamil Alphabet.