FR #180 | Movie | Romance, Drama | India | Tamil, Hindi
Director
Sundar C.
Writer
Kamal Haasan, Madan, Mohan Nair
Cast
Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran Rathod
Plot
Two men, one young and arrogant, the other damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.
FR #183 | Movie | Crime, Drama | India | Tamil, Marathi
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Balakumaran, Rajasri, Mani Ratnam
Cast
Kamal Haasan, Saranya Ponvannan, Delhi Ganesh
Plot
A common man's struggles against a corrupt police force put him on the wrong side of the law. He becomes a don, who is loved and respected by many, but his growing power and influence exact a heavy toll.
Ramanujam, who suffers from multiple personality disorder, works as a lawyer by day and a vigilante at night, using tips from the 'Garuda Purana' as his tools to punish various antisocial elements.
FR #201 | Movie | Crime, Action | India | Tamil, Kannada
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Mani Ratnam, Umesh Sharma
Cast
Rajinikanth, Mammootty, Shobana
Plot
An orphan named Surya raised in a slum befriends a good crime boss named Devaraj and works for him. Their existence is threatened when a new honest district collector arrives.
FR #319 | Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Tamil, English
Director
Sudha Kongara
Writer
Sudha Kongara, Shalini Ushadevi, Vijay Kumar
Cast
Suriya, Aparna Balamurali, Paresh Rawal
Plot
A determined villager challenges the aviation industry's elite by pursuing his vision of affordable air travel for all, despite numerous obstacles and setbacks
FR #331 | Movie | Crime, Action | India | Tamil, Telugu
Director
Lokesh Kanagaraj
Writer
Lokesh Kanagaraj, Pon Parthiban, Sanjeev Tiwari
Cast
Karthi, Narain, Arjun Das
Plot
Dilli, an ex-convict, endeavours to meet his daughter for the first time after leaving prison. However, his attempts are interrupted due to a drug raid planned by Inspector Bejoy.
The teenage son of a farmer from an underprivileged caste kills a rich, upper caste landlord. How the pacifist farmer saves his hot-blooded son is the rest of the story.
A man accepts a challenge to act as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for one day only, and makes such a success of it that soon he is embroiled in political intrigue.
Velu, an aspiring kabaddi player, goes to Madurai to participate in a regional match, where he rescues Dhanalakshmi from Muthupandi, a powerful man keen on marrying the girl against her will.
Divya, a woman grieving over the death of her lover, is convinced into an arranged marriage with Chandra Kumar. Over a year the couple attempt to adjust to each other's presence and live with each other.
A law student from a lower caste begins a friendship with his classmate, a girl who belongs to a higher caste, and the men in her family start giving him trouble over this.
A barber seeks vengeance after his home is burglarized, cryptically telling police his "lakshmi" has been taken, leaving them uncertain if it's a person or object. His quest to recover the elusive "lakshmi" unfolds.
A Hindu man and a Muslim woman fall in love in a small village and move to Mumbai, where they have two children. However, growing religious tensions and erupting riots threaten to tear the family apart.
A young woman regresses to childhood after suffering a head injury in a car crash. Lost, she ends up trapped at a brothel before being rescued by a lonely school teacher who falls in love with her.
FR #688 | Movie | Comedy, Action | India | Tamil, Hindi
Director
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Writer
Panchu Arunachalam, Kamal Haasan, Manohar Shyam Joshi
Cast
Kamal Haasan, Nagesh, Srividya
Plot
Appu and Raja are twins who were separated at birth, grow up in different localities. Appu's quest for revenge begins upon learning that his father was killed by four criminals.
FR #866 | Movie | Biography, Drama | India | Tamil
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Mani Ratnam, Suhasini
Cast
Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Prakash Raj
Plot
A struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between...
Vikram, a no-nonsense police officer, accompanied by Simon, his partner, is on the hunt to capture Vedha, a smuggler and a murderer. Vedha tries to change Vikram's life, which leads to a conflict.
Siddharth Abimanyu, an influential scientist, is involved in various illegal medical practices. Mithran, an efficient IPS officer, decides to expose him.
FR #1063 | Movie | Action, Drama | India | Tamil, English
Director
Pa. Ranjith
Writer
Tamizh Prabha, Pa. Ranjith
Cast
Arya, Pasupathy, John Kokken
Plot
When Sarpatta Parambarai is challenged to a do-or-die match, will Kabilan, a young labourer, put on the gloves himself and lead his clan to victory, or be dissuaded by his disapproving mother and dangerous politics?
Chittan, a social outcast, has grown up in a cemetery. A drug dealer finds him a job in a cannabis farm. In prison, he meets a conman, Shakti. This friendship transforms him from his stony existence.
A woman from a village in Tamil Nadu marries a sophisticated city dweller and moves with him to Kashmir, where all is rosy - until he gets kidnapped by militants.
FR #1108 | Movie | Comedy, Action | India | Tamil, English
Director
K.S. Ravikumar
Writer
K.S. Ravikumar
Cast
Shivaji Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan
Plot
The death of Padaiyappa's father destroys his family. But his luck changes, and he is able to lead a prosperous life, until his nemesis plots to ruin his happiness once more.
The murder of a beautiful young girl, seen from the Rashomon-esque perspectives of an unrelenting obsessed cop, a novelist captivated by her grace and an opportunistic news editor.
The mysterious story revolves around the cult of Karuppu Swami, along with the odd and strange deaths of people - one followed by another, and events unfolding in the village of Thottakaramangalam.
This six-episode docu series looks at what happened in the case of the legendary sandalwood smuggler, poacher and terrorist Veerappan. It uses footage archived by Nakkheeran Gopal, editor and publisher of the Tamil journal Nakkhee...
Das, with his team, kidnap Arumai, son of a politician, who has been planning his own kidnapping to extract money from his father. Problems arise, when an insane cop is brought to handle the case.
FR #1577 | Movie | Action, Drama | India | Tamil, Telugu
Director
P.C. Sreeram
Writer
Kamal Haasan, Govind Nihalani
Cast
Kamal Haasan, Arjun Sarja, Nassar
Plot
Suave and scintillating, this fast-paced action thriller follows the adventures and investigations of a group of honest police officers, who go undercover to bring down a terror network.
An innocent man is framed in a financial scam and imprisoned. After his release, he learns that his daughter was sold into prostitution and he struggles to free her.
When a man realizes that the Hindu woman he loves is in love with a Christian man, he decides to sacrifice his love and unite their families so as to make the love story a success.
At times dark, at times disturbing, four short films explore stories of those who dare to dream and desire - and those determined to stand in their way.
Poetical forces play in the life of an unemployed yet well educated young man.He finds the depth and the beauty of his principles yet fate leaves him in destitution
FR #1722 | Movie | Thriller, Drama | India | Tamil
Director
Bharathiraja
Writer
Bhagyaraj
Cast
Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Bhagyaraj
Plot
Kamal Haasan, the central character, is a man terribly soured by his unvaryingly devastating encounters with the opposite sex. He develops a pathological hatred for women and uses his charm to seduce young women and kill them imme...
Story of the central hero of Mahabharata who rises from nothing to becoming the world's greatest warrior ever born in history and emerges as the hero of the Kurukshetra war.
A man's life is changed when he bumps into someone from his hometown in this moving Tamil-language drama; gentle scenes are occasionally punctuated by sporting threat and recollections of violence.
FR #1743 | Movie | Crime, Action | India | Tamil, Malayalam
Director
Lokesh Kanagaraj
Writer
Lokesh Kanagaraj, Rathna Kumar
Cast
Kamal Haasan, Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil
Plot
A special investigator discovers a case of serial killings is not what it seems to be, and leading down this path is only going to end in a war between everyone involved.
Ramesh Thilaganathan, J. Vignesh, Aishwarya Rajesh
Plot
Two slum kids yearn to taste a pizza after being enticed by the pizza shop that has opened near their locality. What happens when they manage to find the money to buy one?
Aditi Balan, Padmashri Mohammad Ali, Pradeep Anthony
Plot
A gentle girl born and brought up amidst the ever growing eco-social-consumeristic environment finds it difficult to fit in the society. She decides to take it hard on the people. What she does is the rest of the story.
FR #1820 | Movie | Romance, Drama | India | Tamil, English
Director
Ezhil
Writer
Ezhil, N. Prasanna Kumar
Cast
Joseph Vijay, Simran, Dhamu
Plot
Kutty is a good-hearted soul, but unfortunate incidents tend to portray his ruffian side whenever he encounters the girl he loves. A bizarre incident brings them closer and yet keeps them apart.
FR #1822 | Movie | Action, Drama | India | Tamil, English
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Sujatha Rangarajan, Mani Ratnam, Sujatha
Cast
Keerthana Parthiepan, Simran, Madhavan
Plot
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her real mother, she begs to be taken to Sri Lanka, where her mother works with a militant group of activists.
A story about life of a common man who is very genuine in his character and struggles to lead a normal life by bearing responsibilities of his siblings.
Lord Shiva goes through an adventurous ride and performs various antics to test the people on earth. Based on Paranjothi Munivar's epic "Thiruvilayadal Puranam".
A police officer retires after an accident during a case investigation. Years later, he is forced to relive the past as he narrates the story to his friend's son.
An unfaithful newly-wed wife, an estranged father, a priest and an angry son suddenly find themselves in the most unexpected predicaments, each poised to experience their destiny, all on one fateful day.
Ram (Kamal Haasan) is a playboy pilot. His marriage to Mythili (Simran) disintegrates after a series of misunderstandings. To cheer him up, his buddies arrange for a steamy evening with a prostitute Maggie (Ramya Krishnan), but th...
A village tough finally succumbs to the unconditional love of his angelic cousin, but his romance faces insurmountable challenges, including family opposition and his own delinquent personality.
FR #2226 | Movie | Drama | India | Tamil, Norwegian
Director
R. Krishnan, S. Panju
Cast
M.R. Radha, S.S. Rajendran, M.N. Rajam
Plot
The story revolves around Mohanasundaram, a returned-from-abroad, westernized, rich man who shows arrogance and contempt towards anything part of Indian culture and anyone below his social standards.
Theeran, a police officer, is entrusted with the task to solve the mystery behind a series of murders. The only clue left behind is that all the murders are committed in the same pattern.
FR #2326 | Movie | Comedy, Romance | India | Tamil
Director
Siddique
Cast
Joseph Vijay, Suriya, Ramesh Khanna
Plot
Three friends, who value friendship over everything else, begin to fall apart when one of them learns about a shocking incident that happened in their past.
FR #2470 | Movie | Crime, Action | India | Tamil, Telugu
Director
Mani Ratnam
Writer
Mani Ratnam
Cast
Karthik, Prabhu, Vijayakumar
Plot
Two men having the same father , but different mothers hate each other and often get into fights. But they are forced to join hands when their father's life is endangered.
An aspiring director targets a ruthless gangster because he wants to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research the gangster fail miserably. Finally when he gets caught snooping, things hit the fan.
After a few years, Chitra learns that her child, who was believed to be dead, is alive but is suffering from a mental illness. However, her family faces many challenges while looking after her child.
College friends Jenny and Shiva part ways due to a misunderstanding. Although they are in love and realize they cannot live without each other, their egos prevent them from uniting.
A celebrated crime novelist suffering from Alzheimer's is found at a murder scene with no memory of what happened. Now, it is up to his daughter to save him.
FR #2973 | Movie | Drama, Musical | India | Tamil, English
Director
K. Balachander
Writer
K. Balachander
Cast
Kamal Haasan, Gemini Ganesan, Seetha
Plot
Udhayamoorthi (Kamal Haasan), son of an orthodox Carnatic Musician, Marthandam Pillai, voices for social causes against his father's will and in a way gains the trust of local people and brings self-awareness in neighboring villages.
A poor waiter falls for a rich woman. With the help of his best friend, he becomes a successful film actor. But he is unaware that his friend and his ladylove love each other.
Thiruchitrambalam lives with his father and grandfather. He blames the former for the loss of his mother and sister and is not on good terms with the latter. Meanwhile, his love life is not so successful.
FR #3080 | Movie | Mystery, Action | India | Tamil
Director
A.R. Murugadoss
Writer
A.R. Murugadoss, Shashank
Cast
Suriya, Asin Thottumkal, Nayanthara
Plot
Sanjay Ramaswamy, who is suffering from short-term memory loss, sets out on a quest to find and eliminate the people responsible for his ladylove Kalpana's murder.
Abi Natchatra, Madan Ravichandran, Pragadeeshwaran
Plot
Young Tamizhselvi dreams of becoming a doctor. But her village, Veerappannai, has fearsome age-old customs and traditions which inadvertently suppress women of the village. Will she be able to overcome them?
