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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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DCP Paramaguru (Ajith) an efficient police officer who fights with the scum of the society. He later masquerades as a thief to infiltrate into the underworld. The bad guys are surprised to find that Paramguru is the DCP, out to get them. So they all gang up against him. In this process a thrilling encounter takes place between the good and the evil. Paramaguru is helped in his fight against injustice by Divya (Meera Jasmine) who falls in love with him.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 461
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 168 min
Plot tags: suspense
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 147 min
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Sonu, his sister, Sasha, and their friend, Akhil, live a poor lifestyle in India. While Sasha has given her heart to Akhil, he treats her as a close friend and confidant. Times get so tough, that the trio conspire to carry out robberies, and end up doing so - quite successfully, eluding the authorities. When Sashs finds out that Akhil does not love her, she threatens to kill herself and misunderstandings break out between the three. Subsequently, they part ways, and a short time later Sonu is informed that Sasha is dead. Years later, a young woman, Dr. Sri Vidya, enters Sonu's life and he befriends her and her dad, so much so that he even aids them financially.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 757
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 151 min
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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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Deva (Surya Sivakumar) arrives at the Chennai International Airport after running an errand for Arumuga Dass (Prabhu Ganesan) of smuggling pre-release pirated movies on DVD. The two leave for their hideout and instruct Dilli (Karunas), a hearing-impaired assistant of Dass, to make copies of the DVD. Just when police crews arrive into their vicinity, Dass informs Deva and the rest to leave. Deva tells the others to leave while he quickly sets up the burning process. Deva also leaves the hideout just in time. However, the police officers arrive at the hideout, only to see the burning process of the DVDs complete. The police then seize the DVDs and computers. The inspector, who was a friend of Dass, tells him that he can close the case if one of Dass's men agrees to the crime. Deva attempts to go, but another man, Chitti (Jegan), who had no affiliation to them volunteers, takes the blame. Later, Chitti joins Dass's group.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 162 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 417
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IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime
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Duration: 126 min
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 681
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IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 598
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IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
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IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 624
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Country: India
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IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
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IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
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IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
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IMDB Votes: 255
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IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 810
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IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 9
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IMDB Votes: 2000
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IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 16000
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IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
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IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 6000
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IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 13000
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IMDB Votes: 431
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IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 34000
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IMDB Votes: 3000
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