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Plot Summary:
Arumugham (Vikram) is an uneducated, good hearted, helpful village hick. Easwari (Jyothika) is his childhood friend. A chemical factory in the village pollutes the local river and when all attempts to stop the factory waste from going to the drinking water falls flat, the villagers decide to send Arumugham to Chennai and meet the concerned minister who has won from their constituency. He sets out for the city with Easwari and her grandmother and they stay with Arumugham's friend (Vivek) and gang.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 180 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Winner (2003)
Plot Summary:
A young man moves to his hometown; here he falls in love with the village head's daughter. The village head learns about this and he has the girl abducted; if the young man tries to rescue her, his parent's life will be at stake.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 392
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 145 min
Plot tags: feel good
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Siruthai (2011)
Plot Summary:
Rocket Raja (Karthi) is a small time thief who is talented enough to steal anything he comes across. In the company of Kaatupoochi (Santhanam), he enjoys life to its extent and even falls for the charm of a beautiful girl (Tamannaah). However, his life changes forever when a small girl comes to Raja calling him dad. As Raja finds out the girl's past, a flashback reveals that she is the daughter of an honest cop Rathanavel Pandian (Karthi), who is a nightmare to baddies. However, Pandian is now is on the run because his enemies are behind him and his daughter. Eventually, the villains find the whereabouts of Pandian and finishes him off. So steps in Rocket Raja (with the help of Pandian's colleagues who are behind the girl reaching him) into his shoes and finishes the unfinished work of Pandian. He also takes care of his daughter. A roller-coaster ride of fun, joy, camaraderie and romance is what 'Siruthai' is eventually.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: India
Duration: 160 min
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Thambikku Entha Ooru (1984)
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IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Action, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 165 min
Plot tags: entertaining
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Mr Azaad (1994)
Plot Summary:
The story of an orphan born into poverty who, when he grows up, becomes a bribe taking policeman in order to help the poor. This Robin Hood-esque hero soon realises that the people bribing him ultimately want to corrupt the city and his friends living in it.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min
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Okka Magaadu (2008)
Plot Summary:
Veeravenkata Satyanarayana Swamy a.k.a. Satyam (Nandamuri Balakrishna) is a beloved person for several villagers, having touched and changed many a life. His grandmother is Baby (Simran Bagga) whose husband dedicated his life to gain independence, taken later as a prisoner of war and missing henceforth. Meanwhile, corrupt doctors, lawyers and journalists are allegedly killed, but their bodies are missing. The suspicions are on Swamy who is arrested, but an old man calling himself Okka Magadu (Nandamuri Balakrishna) claims to have committed those acts. The point is, OM looks like the older version of Swamy whose sworn enemy is Namboodriyar(Ashutosh Rana), a politician whose son elopes with a middle-class girl under Swamy's protection. The story line is very much similar to that of the film Bharateyudu (Indian (1996 film)) starred by the iconic actor Kamal Haasan.Movie was a blockbuster hit.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 652
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
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Ghazab (1982)
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Ajay alias Munna Babu is a semi-senile, gentle but naive young man who has a wealthy family estate. His employees and alleged well-wishers conspire against him and introduce him to his long-estranged mother, Shakuntala, and brother, Vijay. Munna is overjoyed, not knowing that they are devious impersonators. This joy is quite short-lived, as they soon show their true colors, and Munna gets killed. His restless spirit seeks out his real brother and appeals to him to avenge his death. Vijay, at first, thinks he is hallucinating, but when his mother confirms that he indeed had a twin brother, he agrees to accompany Munna's spirit back to where he was killed, and thus assist him complete his vengeance. Things do not go as planned, and Vijay himself becomes their victim, and may face the very same fate as Munna.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 175
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
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Dhill (2001)
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Dhil is the story about Kanagavel (Vikram) whose only dream is to become a police officer. He succeeds in passing the exams and wins a girlfriend (Laila). One night after having dinner at a restaurant near the beach Velu goes to pay the bill leaving Laila behind. At that moment a corrupt police officer Shankar (Ashish Vidyarti) drinks and urinates besides Laila. Irritated, she scolds him. He attempts to rape her but is beaten up by Velu severely and receives a scar on his face. Angered by this he seeks revenge against Velu.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 974
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 158 min
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Jackpot (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two con women lock horn with a gangster after knowing that a mystic vessel is hidden in his home.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 598
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Mass (2004)
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Mass (Akkineni Nagarjuna) is an orphan, who bonds well with his landlord's son Adi (Sunil). He is behind a collegian Anjali (Jyothika) who happens to be the daughter of Vizag city's mafia don Satya (Raghuvaran). This restricts her from falling for him, as it would land him in danger but she finally gives in. She suggests that he ties the knot immediately before her brother (Rahul Dev) and father try separating them. The gangsters in the process kill Mass's best friend Adi (Sunil) when he tries to stop them when they try separating the lead pair, before their marriage. The hero moves into Vizag and stays in an apartment hiding his identity to take revenge on the mafia dons. Finally his quest for revenge is complete, and also he eliminates the anti-social elements in the society by killing them.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, exciting, captivating, suspenseful
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Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014)
Plot Summary:
Raghuvaran, who is unemployed for years, gets his dream job but a powerful rival is keen to put him down. Can he take on his adversary?.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 133 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, psychological, realistic
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Gharana Mogudu (1992)
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Gharana Mogudu is a remake of tamil movie Mannan and it is a drama based movie in which, Raju (Chiranjeevi) is a do-gooder who helps his fellow co-workers while working in Visakhapatnam shipyard, but when his mother suffers a paralytic stroke, he moves back to Hyderabad and looks for a job.Uma Devi (Nagma) daughter of industrialist Bapineedu (Raogopal Rao) takes over the business from her father and helps it to reach new heights which also sees her head strongness reach new heights as well. In this scenario, she not only rejects Ranganayakulu.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 567
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
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Namma Veettu Pillai (2019)
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Arumpon wants his sister to get married into a good family, but is forced to accept her marriage to a local goon, with whom he is at loggerheads. Will the brother-sister relationship survive?.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
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Kireedam (2007)
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A sincere man wishes to fulfill his father's dream that he follows in his footsteps and becomes a police officer. However, when his father is punished for his honesty and transferred to an area that is ruled with an iron fist by a heartless gangster, the young man must take the law into his own hands to protect his father.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 156 min
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Pathu Thala (2023)
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An undercover cop goes into the big bad world, a place taken over by a don, where his safety may be compromised.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
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Desingu Raja (2013)
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Idhayakkani and Thamarai fall in love but their villages, Pulipatti and Kilipatti, have been at each other’s throats for 50 years. Kani hopes to bring peace with their marriage but unfortunately, Thamarai’s dad is killed by his villagers. And, now, she and her uncle Veerasamy want revenge.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration:
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Maari (2015)
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A local don locks horns with the new cop, who has come to his place, but both are not what they initially seem to be.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 138 min
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Viruman (2022)
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An intrepid and good-hearted son fights to make his arrogant father pay the price for his sins, which includes his mother's death, and save his brothers from the man's grip.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 149 min
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Sundarapandian (2012)
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Sundarapandiyan , who has finished college and goofs around in his village with friend Murugesan , decides to pitch in when Arivazhagan seeks his help in wooing Archana . But she rejects Arivazhagan and also another suitor Bhuvaneshwaran. Complications arise when she says she has been in love with Sundarapandiyan for a long time.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 785
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: India
Duration: 148 min
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Thenali (2000)
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Tenali is a comedy based movie in which, Panchabhootam (Delhi Ganesh) is a senior psychiatrist in Vizag. Kailash (Jayaram) is an upcoming psychiatrist. As Kailash takes over Panchabhootam over popularity.Panchabhootam wants to ruin the happiness of Kailash by sending him the coward 'Tenali' as the patient. Since Kailash wanted to go for family vacation to Kodaikanal with his wife Jalaja (Devyani) and two kids, he asks Tenali to wait for a month so that he can begin the treatment after Kailash Vacation.Panchabhootam, who wants to make the life of Kailash miserable,.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 164 min
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Annaatthe (2021)
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Kaaliyan is a village president in the Madurai district, who is fondly called Annaatthe. His nieces compete with each other to marry him. But, he falls in love with another woman who visits their village. Kaaliyan has a sister who gets married and shifts to Kolkata where she faces some unknown threats. Soon, her brother comes to her aid.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Rendu (2006)
Plot Summary:
Sakhti moves to Chennai in search of a job but lands himself in trouble when a CBI officer chases him for a series of murder committed by his lookalike, Kannan.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 153 min
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Lingaa (2014)
Plot Summary:
After being turned down by the ruling Britons, the rightful heir to a famous dynasty inspires local villagers to build a dam themselves. A small-time thief reforms after learning about the role played by his grandfather in building a dam.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 174 min
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Kaala (2018)
Plot Summary:
A gangster from Tirunelveli, who is the King of Dharavi, fights for keeping the land safe from mighty politicians and the land mafia.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, action packed, period drama
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Saamy (2003)
Plot Summary:
A policeman accepts bribes from corrupt politicians and local thugs to help them in their illegal work. However, he decides to correct his mistakes after he falls in love with a woman.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 150 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, captivating, disturbing, cult film
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Friends (2001)
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Friends is a 2001 Tamil movie starring Vijay, Surya, Ramesh Khanna, Devayani, Abhinyashree, Vijayalakshmi, Sriman and Vadivelu. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film by the same name with actors Mukesh, Sreenivasan, and Jayaram. This film emerged as a Super hit in Vijay's career.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 167 min
Plot tags: romantic, touching, captivating, crying, weeping
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Pithamagan (2003)
Plot Summary:
Pithamagan whirls around four characters. Chithan (Vikram) who is orphaned at a young age, devoid of all human contacts lives on his animal instincts and ekes out a living as a graveyard caretaker.He seems to exhibit behaviour consistent with autism spectrum disorders. Gomathy (Sangeetha), a petty ganja seller, who pities Chithan’s condition, gets him a job at the ganja fields of the main villain.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 139 min
Plot tags: rough, emotional, realistic, tense, serious, feel good, epic, sad, tragic ending, entertaining
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Mahaan (2022)
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A man's family leaves him when he strays from the path of ideological living in his search for personal freedom. However, as he realizes his ambitions, he also misses the presence of his son in his life. Having fulfilled his dream of becoming a billionaire, does life give him a second chance to be a father?.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 163 min
Plot tags: surprise ending, cult classic, independent film, epic, masterpiece, cult film
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The Dancing Maharaja (1995)
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A lavish Maharaja lived with his sister-in-law and stepbrother Rajasekhar, helping people incessantly. His sister-in-law has a son, to whom the Maharaja bequeaths a major portion of his property. At this juncture, a new baby is born to the Maharaja.His wife dies soon after. Brother Rajasekhar cheats the Maharaja as he fears that his son's property might be taken back and given to the Maharaja's own son. When the cheating comes to light, the Maharaja hands over all his property and his baby to his sister-in-law.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, cult film
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Manmadhan Ambu (2010)
Plot Summary:
Madhan is convinced that Ambu is unfaithful and refuses to pay detective Mannar when he reports otherwise. Wanting to make money to help a friend, Mannar cooks up stories about Ambu's infidelity.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
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Minnale (2001)
Plot Summary:
Rajesh Shivakumar is a college hoodlum who has his first crush on Reena Joseph, who unfortunately, is engaged to be married to Rajiv Samuel, an Indian engineer settled abroad. In an effort to gain her heart, Maddy impersonates Rajiv and gets close to Reena, aided by his grandfather Subbuni and his crooked sidekick Chockalingam. However, the real Rajiv shows up, bringing a shocking end to Reena's romantic interlude.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 171 min
Plot tags: entertaining