Birthday:
09-21-1981
(43 years)
Birthplace:
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Biography
Karunakaran is a Tamilfilm actor, who has appeared in character roles. He made his breakthrough in Soodhu Kavvum (2013) portraying the role of Arumai Pragasam, before playing roles in Jigarthanda and Yaamirukka Bayamey.
He initially made a career as chemical engineer, graduating from SASTRA University, and then as an IT professional at Accenture, before director Nalan Kumarasamy (his friend) approached him to feature in a short film he was making for the reality television show, Naalaya Iyakkunar. Karunakaran had featured in such short film ventures at school and Nalan had cast him in Nenjuku Neethi, which went on to win the first place award that season. Sundar C gave him brief roles in two of his ventures, while he made his first breakthrough portraying Vijay Sethupathi's friend in Karthik Subbaraj's Pizza (2012), after which he left work and concentrated on a career in films.
Nalan subsequently cast him in his feature film debut Soodhu Kavvum, for which Karunakaran won rave reviews. His appearance in the "Kasu Panam Thuttu" song also was well received and prompted several further offers for the actor. His performance in Yaamirukka Bayamey was appreciated by critics.
He initially made a career as chemical engineer, graduating from SASTRA University, and then as an IT professional at Accenture, before director Nalan Kumarasamy (his friend) approached him to feature in a short film he was making for the reality television show, Naalaya Iyakkunar. Karunakaran had featured in such short film ventures at school and Nalan had cast him in Nenjuku Neethi, which went on to win the first place award that season. Sundar C gave him brief roles in two of his ventures, while he made his first breakthrough portraying Vijay Sethupathi's friend in Karthik Subbaraj's Pizza (2012), after which he left work and concentrated on a career in films.
Nalan subsequently cast him in his feature film debut Soodhu Kavvum, for which Karunakaran won rave reviews. His appearance in the "Kasu Panam Thuttu" song also was well received and prompted several further offers for the actor. His performance in Yaamirukka Bayamey was appreciated by critics.
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Kasethan Kadavulada
Act like Murali
event2023 star_border 3.7
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Ramu schemes a devious plan when an affluent & dominating stepmother refuses him financial aid. Does he succeed in his plot to loot her high-security vault along with his cousin & friend?
Karungaapiyam
Act like Pastor David
event2023 star_border 4
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Set during the lockdown, Umayal Karthika deciding to spend time at a 100-year-old unkempt library in a bid to divert and heal from a heartbreak. From the sea of books, she picks up Karungaapiyam and with her reading different chapters, and her imagination about the stories comes to life.
Yaanai Mugathaan
Act like Michael
event2023 star_border 7
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Ganesha, an autorickshaw driver is an ardent devotee of Lord Ganesha. While he is an extremely religious person, he is unscrupulous in his day-to-day life. One day he finds he can't see his favourite God anymore and starts experiencing strange things after the disappearance of an idol at his place.
Soodhu Kavvum 2: Nadum Naatu Makkalum...
Act like G Arumai Pragasam
event2024 star_border 5
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A gang of kidnappers find they have bitten off more than they can chew.
Jiivi 2
Act like Mani
event2022 star_border 6.2
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Saravanan restarts his life by marrying Kavitha, the daughter of his house owner, and takes up the job of a share-auto driver. As Mani, his friend, comes back into his life, the cycle of events start again putting Saravanan's life in a challenging situation.
Manmatha Leelai
event2022 star_border 4.6
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Two one-night stands in the life of a man that happen 10 years apart seem to mirror each other. Is there something more to them than what meets our eyes?
Payanigal Gavanikkavum
Act like Antony
event2022 star_border 6
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After spending two sleepless nights taking care of his sick daughter, Ezhilan, a person with hearing and speech disability falls asleep in a metro. A Social Media Addict captures this moment and uploads it on social media with a caption saying 'Drunkard On A Public Transport'.
Soodhu Kavvum
Act like Arumai Pragasam
event2013 star_border 7.1
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Dass specialises in small time kidnapping and has his own set of rules. The primary and most important among them is not to get involved with influential people. Three jobless youngsters meet Dass and the four take up an assignment for a hefty sum that throws away this primary rule and end up being chased by a dreaded policeman.
Kutrachaattu
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An underprivileged innocent father ventures out to seek justice for his brutally killed daughter, when the culprit is acquitted in the court.
Yaamirukka Bayamey
Act like Sharath
event2014 star_border 6.5
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Kiran gets his dad's property and decides to turn it into a hotel. Intriguingly, all the customers who come to stay there, dies inexplicably. What's happening?
Red and Follow
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Film is under shooting
Jigarthanda
Act like Oorani
event2014 star_border 7.4
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A budding director endeavors to research a merciless gangster for making a film on gangsterism. But his secret attempts to conduct the research fail when he gets caught for snooping.
Aindhaam Thalaimurai Sidha Vaidhiya Sigamani
Act like Paalpandi
event2014 star_border 1.8
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An uneducated and naive young man from a family of Siddha doctors wants to marry an educated woman so that he won't be cheated in life. He marries a girl lying that he is a doctor but the girl has her own secrets...
Yaan
Act like Shaji
event2014 star_border 5.2
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Yaan is a 2014 Tamil film directed by Ravi K. Chandran. The film stars Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in lead roles.
Aadama Jaichomada
Act like Panneer
event2014 star_border 3.2
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Panneer, a taxi driver unknowingly gets friendly with a cricket bookie during a trip. The next day, when the bookie is murdered under mysterious circumstances, Panneer is accused of killing him.
Kalakalappu
Act like Kumar
event2012 star_border 6.2
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A man struggles to save his family-owned restaurant as it is running in loses. He soon falls for a health inspector keen on shutting down the place. When his brother enters the scene, things get worse.
Pizza
Act like Raghavan
event2012 star_border 6.9
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Michael, a pizza delivery boy, lives with Anu, an aspiring horror fiction writer. One day, on a delivery run, he goes to a bungalow, where mysterious events begin to unfold.
Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey
Act like Sampath
event2012 star_border 7
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The budding romance of a wannabe filmmaker, disturbed marital life of a techie, business troubles of the manager of the coffee shop are dealt with in detail.
Mahabalipuram
Act like Kumar
event2015 star_border 5
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The life of Panja, an orphan and a sculptor, revolves around Sathish, Othavada, Kuppan and Sammy, all of whom reside in Mahabalipuram and are close to each other. The only other person Panja considers himself close is Durai, a politician and criminal, who saved him from death when he was a boy. Panja shows his gratitude to Durai by occasionally helping him with his anti-social activities. When Sathish chooses to marry the love of his life, Sangeetha , much against the wishes of their parents, his four friends help him do so. Life is pleasant for a while with Panja too falling in love with Mahalakshmi a college student who moves into the area. However, their lives take a tumultuous turn when the friends chance upon a sleaze video which shocks them out of their wits and results in the death of the newly wed couple. Soon, more dark deeds and disturbing developments follow...
Lingaa
Act like Kothandam
event2014 star_border 5.1
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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.
Soppana Sundari
Act like Durai
event2023 star_border 5.6
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A young woman from a lower-middle class family wins a car in a lucky draw unaware of the trouble it's going to bring her.
Kappal
event2014 star_border 4.4
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Vaibhav has four close friends and he is pressured to make a promise that they should not marry until their death as marriage will break friendship. But Vaibhav is very keen with having affair with girls but all his love flops due to his friends acts.He goes to Madras to find a girl to love. He finds Sonam and they both like each other. Vaibhav's friends finally come to Madras and knowing his affair with Sonam try to separate them, successfully doing so.Later their friends come to know that Vaibhav is very invested in his love and his friends try to make them rejoin again. The film ends with the success of love.
Rajni
Act like Selvam Arumugam
event2023 star_border 5.7
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Siblings Naveen and Gowri find themselves entangled in a web of chaos and danger with a looming life threat, the story unravels a mysterious quest to uncover the enigmatic identity of Rajni.
Nannbenda
Act like Thangadurai
event2015 star_border 4.2
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Sathya falls in love with Ramya at first sight and starts wooing her. But how will he take the revelations of his girlfriend's past?
Indru Netru Naalai
Act like Pulivetti Arumugam
event2015 star_border 7.7
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Elango and his astrologer friend Pulivetti Arumugam come in possession of a time machine and start profiting from it. However, their meddling with time prevents the death of a gangster, who begins to wreck havoc in their lives.
What Happened
Act like Self
event2010
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Nalan's first short film comedy based on his college memories
Nenjuku Neethi
Act like Self
event2010
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Nalan Kumarasamy's first short film project for Naalaiya Iyakunar
Uppu Karuvadu
Act like Chandran
event2015 star_border 5.9
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A struggling filmmaker agrees to make a film for a big shot, accepting the latter's condition that he cast his daughter as the heroine.
Vasuvum Saravananum Onna Padichavanga
Act like Gautham
event2015 star_border 5
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Childhood friends Vasu and Saravanan are thick as thieves but Vasu's newly-wed wife, Seema doesn't approve of Saravanan and wants her husband to break ties with him. So, Vasu tries to set up Saravanan with Aishwarya. But, can these friends really drift apart?
Double Tuckerr
Act like Moorthy
event2024 star_border 5
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Aravind has been gifted with two angels in his life ever since his birth namely Right and Left, one of them accidentally takes Aravind’s life much before his time on Earth ends. By the time they realize their mistake, his body is taken away by Rocket and Murder Mani. Chaos ensues as the dominoes keep tumbling as one untoward incident follows another .
Gethu
Act like Kanagu
event2016 star_border 4
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A hitman comes to a hill town to plot the murder of a top scientist. A young man and his righteous father stand in his way.
Hello Naan Pei Pesuren
Act like Dr. Saravanan
event2016 star_border 4.9
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A thief steals the mobile phone of an accident victim not realising that her ghost now resides in the device.
Orange Mittai
Act like Kailasam's Son
event2015 star_border 5.9
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The journey of an old man and an EMT specialist in an ambulance becomes unexpectedly meaningful for both of them.
Iraivi
Act like Ramesh
event2016 star_border 7.2
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Three men try to overcome the problems in their lives not realising the impact their efforts are having on the women in their lives.
Oru Naal Koothu
Act like Raghavendran
event2016 star_border 7
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A bunch of characters, each with their own set of problems, try to tackle the question of marriage that hangs over their lives.
Kavalai Vendam
event2016 star_border 5
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A chef who is separated from his wife decides to win back her love after she lands up at his doorstep asking for divorce.
Jackson Durai
Act like Veera
event2016 star_border 4.6
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A cop sent to investigate allegedly ghostly affairs in a village agrees to stay in a haunted bungalow for seven days to win the hand of a girl in the place.
Thodari
Act like Vairam
event2016 star_border 4.7
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A pantry boy falls in love with the touch-up girl of an actress travelling on his train, but an incident turns the train into an unstoppable force posing a threat to the passengers, and the romance.
Kanithan
Act like Balaji
event2016 star_border 5.8
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A reporter who gets arrested realises that he is a victim of a fake degree certificate racket, and decides to track down the person responsible for misusing his identity.
Navarasa Thilagam
Act like Alangaram
event2016 star_border 3
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A wastrel tries to get the hand of the girl he is in love with but, convincing her father will be most difficult.
Thiri
Act like Jeeva's Friend
event2017 star_border 5
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An engineering graduate with a loving family and a caring lover, decides to go against a vindictive politician and his son who threaten to hurt his loved ones.
Iru Mugan
Act like Peter
event2016 star_border 5.2
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A disgraced RAW agent Akilan (Vikram) is recalled by the agency to track down a crazy scientist and a cross dresser Love (also Vikram), who has discovered a deadly new drug ‘Speed inhaler’.
Semma Botha Aagatha
Act like Nandhu
event2018 star_border 4.9
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After a night of binge drinking, a youngster decides to invite a call girl home on the advice of his friend. When the girl ends up dead in his apartment in his absence, he has to track down the person who could have murdered her.
Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
Act like Chandran
event2021 star_border 8
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Three women, who belong to different walks of life, go through severe identity crisis because of the patriarchal system in their respective families. Set in three different time periods, the movie throws light on their helplessness and other myriad issues faced by these married women despite them having their life partners by their side.
Vallavanukkum Vallavan
event2023
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Two conmen, who believe that money can solve all their problems, decide to extract money from wrongdoers. Trouble begins when a mad policeman crosses their way.
Parandhu Sella Vaa
event2016 star_border 3
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Tells the story of a young man who is settled in his job and is now going through the exciting journey of finding love.
Enakku Vaaitha Adimaigal
Act like Ramesh
event2017 star_border 6.9
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After his girlfriend breaks up with him, a guy tells his friends that he’s going to commit suicide and goes missing. Thus begins a nightmare for the friends
Veera
Act like Pachamuthu
event2018 star_border 4
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Two friends, who aspire to take control of things in their locality, face a series of issues when they take up an assignment involving kidnapping a politician’s daughter.
Jeyikkira Kuthira
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Jeyikkira Kuthira is an upcoming Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Sakthi Chidambaram. The film features Jeevan in the leading role alongside actresses Dimple Chopade, Ambika Soni and Shravya, with a bevy of supporting actor. While the latest news is that, the movie starts shoot on 4th Jul'2016.
Adhagappattathu Magajanangalay
event2017 star_border 10
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Son of a tabla player loses his guitar while he goes to help his friend, a security guard. A burglary attempt takes place and he is worried that he will be caught since the guitar contains his contact details. The movie is about how the hero along with his friend tries to retrieve the guitar.
Ko 2
Act like Kumaran
event2016 star_border 5.3
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A young man kidnaps the chief minister and sends the state into a tizzy. What is his motive?
Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru
Act like Special Appearance
event2013 star_border 5.5
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A man falls in love with a woman, a new recruit in his company. He seeks guidance from the `Love Guru' to win her heart, but problems arise when the guru learns that the man is in love with his sister.
Hara Hara Mahadevaki
Act like Kumar
event2017 star_border 6.1
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The bags belonging to a young man about to break up with his lover, two bumbling criminals planning a bomb blast, a man circulating counterfeit currency, and a couple paying ransom to save their daughter get mixed up leading to so much confusion.
Grahanam
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This film is directed by Elan and features Kreshna and Nandini in lead roles.
Vivegam
Act like Arumai Prakasam "APS"
event2017 star_border 4.8
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A group of counter-terrorism agents are brought in to track down a man who was once the head of their squad, and is believed to have gone rogue.
Silukkuvarupatti Singam
Act like Bhaskar
event2018 star_border 4.7
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A constable who prefers to mind his own business gets into a situation where he has to hide from a most-wanted gangster.
Kalavu
event2019
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After being attacked by three unidentified men, Shruti is rushed to the hospital. The very same night three drunk friends, Sujith, Ramesh and Stephan, are arrested by police under the suspicion of attacking Shruti. Meanwhile, Shruti passes away in the hospital under mysterious circumstances and the three friends struggle to prove their innocence.
Kadikara Manithargal
Act like Shiva
event2018 star_border 8
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The struggles of a poor family forced to rent a house owned by a cruel landlord.
Shaitan Ka Bachcha
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Shaitan Ka Bachcha is an upcoming Indian Tamil action comedy film written and directed by Karthik G. Krish.
Iruttu Araiyil Murattu Kuthu
Act like Girish Kalyan
event2018 star_border 5
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A sexually-starved spirit traps two couples in a bungalow in Bangkok where they have planned to stay for a week. The spirit wants one of the two men to have sex with her. Can they manage to escape?
Ghajinikanth
Act like Karuna
event2018 star_border 5.8
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A forgetful young man falls in love with a girl whose father hates his condition.
Vidhi Mathi Ultaa
event2018 star_border 4
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A youngster has a nightmare and gets the shock of his life when the events from the dream start happening in his real life.
Nimir
Act like Vigadakavi
event2018 star_border 6.3
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An amiable photographer in a small-town, who is nursing a breakup, unwittingly becomes embroiled in a street brawl that turns him into a man obsessed with revenge.
Kaatteri
Act like Gajaa
event2022 star_border 4
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To escape the wrath of the gangster whom they work for, a gang of treasure-seeking, bumbling criminals go to a hillside village, which, they don't realise is a ghost town, literally!
Lakshmi
Act like Azhagu, Krishna's Cafe Worker
event2018 star_border 7.8
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A school student, who is passionate about dance, sets out to join a national-level competition without her mother’s knowledge.
Nota
event2018 star_border 5.6
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Sitting Chief Minister Vinodhan, who is facing imprisonment in an illegal assets case, makes his son, Varun the temporary CM until his return. The disinterested young man gradually wakes up to the sorry state of affairs and tries to bring in a change.
Ratsasan
Act like Himself (Guest Appearance)
event2018 star_border 7.4
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A serial killer is murdering school girls, and a newbie cop has to track him down before the victim count increases.
Monster
event2019 star_border 6.4
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A compassionate man faces a test of his faith from a rat that shows no sign of leaving his home.
Maha
event2022 star_border 6
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A mother who loses her child to psycho killer's killing spree goes in search for answers
Podhu Nalan Karudhi
event2019 star_border 2
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The lives of a few people get affected when ego clash erupts between a few cut-throat loan sharks
Seethakathi
Act like Advocate
event2018 star_border 7.5
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A veteran theatre artist who lives for his art 'enters' the world of films. Can the film industry hold on to his inimitable artistry?
Ninu Veedani Needanu Nene
Act like Tamil Version
event2019 star_border 6.1
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A young couple gets involved in an accident in the middle of nowhere. When they go out looking for help, they stumble across an old cemetery. They somehow reach home and things seem normal, except when they look into the mirror, they see someone else.
Jiivi
Act like Mani
event2019 star_border 7.6
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Frustrated at his failed romance, Saravanan decides to steal from his landlady’s house. Even as he comes up with clever ways to outsmart the cops, he realises that his actions are echoes from the past.
Panni Kutty
Act like Uthrabathi
event2022 star_border 4
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A down-on-luck man has to run over a piglet that had caused a minor accident to get lucky in life. But the animal belongs to a man who has to keep it safe for his wedding to happen!
Tughlaq Durbar
Act like Vasu
event2021 star_border 6
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A budding politician has devious plans to rise in the ranks — until an unexpected new presence begins to interfere with his every crooked move.
R. K. Nagar
event2019 star_border 3.3
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Things look up for a Chennai man struggling to make ends meet when he falls for a politician's daughter until he gets entangled in a murder case.
Maanaadu
Act like Syed Baasha
event2021 star_border 7.1
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A Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.
Ayalaan
Act like Sugirtharaja
event2024 star_border 5.3
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A lost alien seeks help from four friends to get back to his home planet, while a group of hostile scientists tries to capture it.
Trip
event2021 star_border 4.7
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A group of friends mistake two harmless individuals for murderers during a trip to the forest, leading to series of events that turns serious by the minute, putting them all in danger.
Kutty Story
Act like (voice)
event2021 star_border 5.7
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An anthology of four stories that revolve around man-woman relationships.
Teddy
Act like Karthik
event2021 star_border 6.7
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A youngster with OCD sets out to save a girl from the clutches of an international medical mafia with the help of a teddy bear which behaves like humans.
Malaysia to Amnesia
Act like Prabhu
event2021 star_border 3
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Malaysia To Amnesia revolves around two childhood friends who plan to get married. However, they face complications as they are unable to cope with married life.
Enemy
Act like Babu
event2021 star_border 6.7
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Two childhood friends end up on opposite extremes of morality, and face each other in a good vs evil war.
Jango
Act like Krishnamoorthy
event2021 star_border 4.5
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A neurosurgeon who is stuck in a time loop tries to save his estranged wife from being killed by a mystery man.
Miss You
Act like Bobby
event2024 star_border 6.2
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What happens when a guy falls in love with the girl he thought he hated the most? Why does her simple `no` mean so much more than it seems?.
Retro
new_releases Release: May 01, 2025
In the 1990s, the son of a dreaded gangster attempts to leave his violent life for his true love.
Meiyazhagan
Act like Jagadeesh
event2024 star_border 7.5
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Twenty-two years after losing his home, Arulmozhi Varman returns to his native Thanjavur to attend his cousin's wedding. Amidst the celebrations, Arul is reintroduced to an upbeat man whom he cannot recall. With the help of the unknown man, Arul reconnects with his past.
Thandel
event2025 star_border 6.5
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Fisherman Raju is deeply in love with Satya. However, at one point, she urges him to stop going to the sea and look for other jobs. Ignoring her plea, Raju ventures out and accidentally drifts into Pakistani waters, where he is arrested.
Vaa Vaathiyaar
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A fanatic fan of legendary actor MGR raises his grandson with the principles of his idol. But as he grows up, his actions begin to clash with his grandfather's ideologies.
Paper Rocket
Act like Tiger (7 ep.)
event2022 star_border 5
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Six strangers who belong to diverse age groups and backgrounds embark on a road trip across Tamil Nadu. Each of them wants to fulfil a major wish on their bucket list during the trip.
Time Enna Boss!?
Act like Buggy (10 ep.)
event2020 star_border 5.7
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Bala - an average IT guy, is forced to host 4 random time travellers who land up in his new house until they find their way back. But will they ever leave?
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