, released during the Pongal festival, brought a refreshing sense of realism and nostalgia to the screen, earning praise for its cinematography and soulful direction Commercial Powerhouses:
Directed by Vincent Selva, Youth was the Diwali winner that year. Riding high on Vijay’s "Ilayathalapathy" craze, the film featured chartbuster music by Mani Sharma. The story of a happy-go-lucky engineering student navigating love and friendship clicked massively with the urban audience. 2002 tamil movies list