Inikkum Ilamai

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{{Infobox film

| image = Inikkum Ilamai.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = M. A. Kaja

| screenplay = M. A. Kaja

| story = M. A. Kaja
M. M. Sultan

| producer = M. A. Kaja

| starring = Sudhakar
Radhika

| editing = M. Umanath
M. Mani

| music = Shankar–Ganesh

| studio = Kadayanallur Cine Arts

| released = {{film date|1979|3|16|df=y}}

| runtime = 120 minutes

| country = India

| language = Tamil

}}

Inikkum Ilamai ({{translation|Sweet youth}}) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language film produced and directed by M. A. Kaja, starring Sudhakar and Radhika. It was released on 16 March 1979.{{Cite news |date=1 December 2002 |title=நட்சத்திர படப் பட்டியல் |url=https://ibb.co/cTSgjhM |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240202064212/https://ibb.co/cTSgjhM |archive-date=2 February 2024 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=Cinema Express |pages=41-43 |language=Ta}} The film was Vijayakanth's debut, and he played a villain.{{Cite web |date=25 August 2015 |title=இனிக்கும் இளமை தொடங்கி ரிஷிவந்தியம் வெற்றி வரை- விஜயகாந்தின் வாழ்க்கைப்பயணம் |url=https://www.vikatan.com/anniversaries/kollywood/51481- |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131072520/https://www.vikatan.com/anniversaries/kollywood/51481- |archive-date=31 January 2020 |access-date=31 January 2020 |website=Ananda Vikatan |language=ta}} The film received negative reviews,{{Cite web |date=2023-09-09 |title=விஜயகாந்த் நடித்த முதல் படமே 'ஏ' சர்டிபிகேட்... இனிக்கும் இளமையின் மோசமான விமர்சனம்...!! |url=https://tamilminutes.com/vijayakanth-film-inikkum-ilamai/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929011534/https://tamilminutes.com/vijayakanth-film-inikkum-ilamai/ |archive-date=29 September 2023 |access-date=2023-09-12 |website=Tamil Minutes |language=Ta}} and failed at the box office.{{Cite web |last=Janani |first=K. |date=16 April 2018 |title=Vijayakanth's 40 years in cinema: What the last 4 decades have meant for Kollywood |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/vijayakanth-40-years-in-tamil-cinema-sa-chandrasekar-1213179-2018-04-16 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628015840/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/vijayakanth-40-years-in-tamil-cinema-sa-chandrasekar-1213179-2018-04-16 |archive-date=28 June 2018 |access-date=31 January 2020 |website=India Today}}{{Cite web |title=Vijayakanth celebrates 40 years in cinema |url=https://www.sify.com/movies/vijayakanth-celebrates-40-years-in-cinema-imagegallery-kollywood-serkvBhiffcgh.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611101817/https://www.sify.com/movies/vijayakanth-celebrates-40-years-in-cinema-imagegallery-kollywood-serkvBhiffcgh.html |archive-date=11 June 2020 |access-date=1 October 2021 |website=Sify}}