S. P. Muthuraman

S. P. Muthuraman

SP. Muthuraman is an Indian film director who works in the Tamil film industry. He has directed nearly 75 films in Tamil. He was one of the most successful commercial directors in Tamil cinema. Initially he worked mainly with Sivaji Ganesan, Jaishankar and Kamal Haasan. In the late 1970s, his association with Rajinikanth proved to be extremely successful, as they went on work together in 25 films. Muthuraman was mainly responsible for moulding Rajini's career and turning him into a commercial star. He has received two South Filmfare Awards and a Best Director award from the Tamil Nadu State Government. He was also the associate producer of the Rajinikanth starrer Sivaji.

  • Title: S. P. Muthuraman
  • Popularity: 0.5523
  • Known For: Directing
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  • Place of Birth: Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India
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  • Also Known As: எஸ். பி. முத்துராமன், SP. Muthuraman, S.P. Muthuraman
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S. P. Muthuraman Movies

  • 1983
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    Oru Kai Pappoam

    Oru Kai Pappoam

    1 1983 HD

    Jayaraman, a petty thief, changes his ways when he meets a rich lady who is mentally ill and decides to work as her bodyguard.

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  • 1983
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    Oru Kai Pappoam

    Oru Kai Pappoam

    1 1983 HD

    Jayaraman, a petty thief, changes his ways when he meets a rich lady who is mentally ill and decides to work as her bodyguard.

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  • 1988
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    Dharmathin Thalaivan

    Dharmathin Thalaivan

    6.7 1988 HD

    When Raju loses his soft-spoken, loving elder brother Balu in a fight, he gives up his violent ways. However, his life changes for the better when he meets his brother's lookalike, who is a criminal.

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  • 1987
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    Velaikkaran

    Velaikkaran

    6.3 1987 HD

    Ragupathy leaves his village for the city and finds a job at a 5-star hotel owned by a man in a relationship with his mother. When his life is threatened, Ragupathy decides to ensure his safety.

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  • 1989
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    Raja Chinna Roja

    Raja Chinna Roja

    6.6 1989 HD

    Raja, an aspiring actor from a village, relocates to a big city to follow his dream. There, he meets his childhood friend who promises him an acting job but later learns about his evil intentions.

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  • 1986
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    Mr. Bharath

    Mr. Bharath

    7.1 1986 HD

    Businessman Gopinath abandons Shanti, his first love, to marry a rich heiress. Later, Bharath, Gopinath and Shanti's illegitimate son, seeks revenge from him for the injustice meted out to his mother.

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  • 1987
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    Manithan

    Manithan

    5.5 1987 HD

    The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.

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  • 1984
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    Nallavanukku Nallavan

    Nallavanukku Nallavan

    6.2 1984 HD

    Manickam, a youngster, gets reformed by Gangadharan, a kind man, who eventually appoints him in charge of his business. Irked by his father's actions, Gangadharan's son seeks revenge against Manickam.

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  • 1981
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    Kazhugu

    Kazhugu

    5.6 1981 HD

    Raja, an atheist, is constantly at a war of wits with his brother who is a firm devotee of a god man. When tragedy strikes, disturbing facts are revealed, leaving everyone shocked.

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  • 1985
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    Sri Raghavendrar

    Sri Raghavendrar

    5.5 1985 HD

    The story of the great Indian saint Raghavendra Swami. Born as Venkatanatha, he proved to be a very brilliant scholar from a very young age. After enduring a series of profound life challenges, he embraced sannyasa following his master and the divine.

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  • 1983
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    Adutha Varisu

    Adutha Varisu

    5 1983 HD

    When the sole person to inherit the family wealth is missing, her grandmother desperately searches for her. A conniving relative, who also killed the girl's parents, finds a look-alike to help him gain the wealth.

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  • 1981
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    Netrikan

    Netrikan

    4.813 1981 HD

    The story revolves around Chakravarthy (Older Rajini) who is a successful textile businessman in Coimbatore. He is a great womaniser (perhaps his only weakness) and picks up any women he wants. He has wife Meenakshi (Lakshmi), his son Santosh (also Rajini) and his daughter Sangeetha (Vijayashanthi). It doesn't take long for Santosh to find his father's provocative behavior and tries to mend his father's ways. Radha (Saritha) gets introduced as a candidate for PRO (Public Relations Officer) interview and eventually gets selected and is sent to Hong Kong for training. Chakravarthy unable to tolerate his son's growing menace also sets off to Hong Kong for a vacation. Here he meets Radha and at one point ends up raping her. Chakravarthy flies back to India where he is met with a number of changes which all points out to the new General Manager.

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  • 1983
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    Paayum Puli

    Paayum Puli

    5.3 1983 HD

    When a smuggler kills his sister, a mentally impaired man vows to deliver justice and joins a martial arts school.

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  • 1982
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    Enkeyo Ketta Kural

    Enkeyo Ketta Kural

    6 1982 HD

    Ponni wants to live a lavish life but gets married to her cousin Kumaran. Her love for worldly pleasures makes her abandon Kumaran and her daughter for a richer man.

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  • 1982
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    Puthu Kavithai

    Puthu Kavithai

    6 1982 HD

    Anand is a motocycle champion for six years in a row. Winning the championship brings him the introduction of Uma, the daughter of Thilakavathy - a haughty, rich woman. Uma thinks Anand has a too dark complexion, but soon it turns into love. However, Thilakavathy deceives Anand and Uma into thinking that she agrees to their wedding while secretly planning to get Uma married to someone else. What transpires later forms the crux of the story.

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  • 1979
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    Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai

    Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai

    7.7 1979 HD

    Santhanam gives the best education to his siblings and takes care of all their basic needs. However, when they become financially stable they ill-treat and ignore him.

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  • 1980
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    Murattu Kaalai

    Murattu Kaalai

    6.4 1980 HD

    Although Kaalaiyan and his brothers can afford a luxurious lifestyle, they choose to live modestly. However, Sundaravelu is a devious man who tries to grab their land.

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  • 1977
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    Aadu Puli Attam

    Aadu Puli Attam

    4.5 1977 HD

    Madan dreams of joining the police force but falls into bad company with Rajni. Eventually, he realises that his associates need to be caught, so he joins the police force to nab them.

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  • 1978
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    Priya

    Priya

    5.7 1978 HD

    A leading film actress is controlled by her producer who even refuses to let her get married. Therefore, she seeks the help of a lawyer to get rid of her producer.

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  • 1982
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    Sagalakala Vallavan

    Sagalakala Vallavan

    6.6 1982 HD

    A young agriculturalist goes to extremes to attain revenge against his devious landlord and his family.

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  • 1983
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    Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey

    Thoongadhey Thambi Thoongadhey

    6.5 1983 HD

    The film had Kamal Haasan playing dual roles; An unemployed guy from a middle class society and a guy from a rich society returning from abroad after his father's death. In order to claim the property of the Kamal Haasan, Vinuchakravarthy with his mob guys assaults him and make him a drug addict by repeated injections of some harmful sedatives. Radha's father (Danaal Thangavelu) who is a family friend of the rich-one's father with Radha who is also a lover of the another Kamal comes as an excursion. Due to her curiousness she sees the rich-one and finds out that he is in a dangerous state of his health due to the drug addiction. With the help of the house's servant Radha replaces the other Kamal to this house and saves him and his properties from the hands of Vinuchakravarthy and Senthamarai.

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  • 1984
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    Enakkul Oruvan

    Enakkul Oruvan

    1 1984 HD

    Madan, a disco dancer, finds his life partner in Kalpana, a classical dancer. When Madan starts getting strange visions, he is advised to go on a trip where he learns about his tormented past.

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  • 1987
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    Per Sollum Pillai

    Per Sollum Pillai

    6 1987 HD

    Rajalakshmi raises Ramu, an orphan, as her own son who in turn always protects his foster family. However, he must stop his malicious foster brothers from marrying off their real sister to a gangster.

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  • 1985
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    Japanil Kalyanaraman

    Japanil Kalyanaraman

    6 1985 HD

    Raman, a journalist who plans to expose Narendra's smuggling racket, is attacked but manages to survive. He then travels to Japan to buy printing equipment to open his own company.

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  • 1985
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    Uyarndha Ullam

    Uyarndha Ullam

    6.5 1985 HD

    Anand(Kamal Haasan) is a spoilt young man whose parents have died leaving behind a huge inheritance. He spends all his waking hours boozing and gambling with his buddies. One such night, he ends up in a brawl with some rowdies, but a stranger Selvam(Radharavi) comes to his rescue. Selvam beats up the rowdies and takes Anand back to his bungalow. A drunk Anand forces Selvam to spend the night in his house. However, the next day, he has no recollection of the previous night's events. His servant Mani(Janagaraj) and accountant Nagapillai(V. K. Ramasamy) come to Selvam's aid. In appreciation, Anand appoints Selvam as his Personal Assistant.

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  • 1992
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    Pandiyan

    Pandiyan

    5.3 1992 HD

    Pandiyan, a police officer, is enraged when his sister's husband dies. In order to find and catch the culprits, he goes undercover.

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  • 1972
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    Kanimuthu Paappa

    Kanimuthu Paappa

    1 1972 HD

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  • 1986
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    Dharma Devathai

    Dharma Devathai

    1 1986 HD

    A union leader of a factory is killed by his evil employer for provoking the workers to fight for their rights. However, the former's brother decides to avenge the wrong done to his brother.

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  • 1988
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    Nallavan

    Nallavan

    1 1988 HD

    Guru and Raja are twin brothers. Guru is set to marry a collector. On the day of the marriage, Raja is kidnapped and shown a photo where he is stabbing a girl. Raja realises it is Guru in the photo. What transpires later forms the crux of the story

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  • 1985
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    Nalla Thambi

    Nalla Thambi

    1 1985 HD

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  • 1984
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    Naan Mahaan Alla

    Naan Mahaan Alla

    4.7 1984 HD

    Viswanath (Rajnikanth), a famous lawyer, stays with his widowed mother (Vijayakumari) and physically handicapped sister (Uma). He sends Jegan, a rich magnate's son (Sathyaraj) and Lokaiya, two criminals to jail on the charge of rape and murder of an innocent girl. Jagan’s father, GMK (M N Nambiar) uses his influence and starts creating trouble in Viswanath’s life. GMK succeeds in getting Viswanath imprisoned on a trumped up charge. His heartbroken mother dies. Once out of jail, Viswanath sets out to punish the culprits when he temporarily loses his eyesight.

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  • 1980
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    Rishi Moolam

    Rishi Moolam

    7 1980 HD

    Shivaji and Vijaya are husband and wife. Vijaya is a woman of principles and holds high moral values. One day, she comes to know that Shivaji is a thief, which is why she parts with him.

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  • 1979
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    Kavari Maan

    Kavari Maan

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Vetrikku Oruvan

    Vetrikku Oruvan

    1 1979 HD

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  • 2012
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    Murattu Kaalai

    Murattu Kaalai

    4.8 2012 HD

    Kaalaiyan is a simple person and the best Jallikattu (Bullfight) player in his village. His world revolves around his four younger brothers. The antagonist is Varadharajan, a Zamindar from the neighbouring village who lives an extravagant lifestyle. His close aide is a transgender Saroja. Varadharajan's sister falls for the macho Kaalaiyan when he wins a Jallikattu. In the meantime, Bhuvana, on the run, after Varadharajan falls for her charm and tries to molest her, takes refuge in Kaalaiyan's house. However, Varadharajan decides to marry his sister to Kaalaiyan with an eye on his land. On the day of marriage, when Kaalaiyan comes to know that the bride wants to split the bond between the brothers, he calls off the marriage.

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  • 1992
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    Kaaval Geetham

    Kaaval Geetham

    1 1992 HD

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  • 1990
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    Ulagam Pirandhadhu Enakkaga

    Ulagam Pirandhadhu Enakkaga

    1 1990 HD

    Raja is a rich person who returns from America to India. He gets surprised when most of them call him with different name and later he sees another look alike , Quarter Govindan, jobless guy and wanted to earn money for his Sister's life. Raja requests another Govindan to pretend like him, so that he will be able to find his enemies.

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  • 1977
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    Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri

    Bhuvana Oru Kelvikkuri

    5.5 1977 HD

    Two pals, Nagaraj and Sampath, live life on their own terms. Nagaraj, being careless, lives without committing to anyone, but Sampath, who does, loses his partner.

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  • 1988
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    Guru Sishyan

    Guru Sishyan

    7.4 1988 HD

    Guru and Babu meet a man who has been framed for murder. To help him and find the real culprit, Guru fractures his hand so that his death sentence can be delayed.

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  • 1982
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    Pokkiri Raja

    Pokkiri Raja

    6.3 1982 HD

    Ramesh joins a businessman's factory to eradicate irregularity and corruption, but gets dismissed due to personal reasons. To make matters worse, he is framed for murder when the industrialist dies.

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  • 1990
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    Extraordinary Being

    Extraordinary Being

    7.1 1990 HD

    Kalicharan is killed by goons. In heaven, he opposes and gets sent back in the body of Balwant, who has enemies in the form of greedy relatives. Now, he has to fix Balwant's life as well as his own.

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  • 1984
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    Oorukku Upadesam

    Oorukku Upadesam

    1 1984 HD

    Janaki tries to prove her innocence when her brother-in-law accuses her of being a sex worker. Meanwhile, Janaki's uncle discovers that she has a lookalike.

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  • 1989
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    Zulm Ki Zanjeer

    Zulm Ki Zanjeer

    1 1989 HD

    Two estranged childhood friends, Raghu and Suresh, find themselves at loggerheads when Raghu joins the army and Suresh becomes a gangster.

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  • 1987
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    Manithan

    Manithan

    5.5 1987 HD

    The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.

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  • 1987
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    Samsaram Oka Chadarangam

    Samsaram Oka Chadarangam

    8 1987 HD

    When her joint family breaks apart, daughter-in-law Uma solves everyone's problems and unites the family again.

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  • 1987
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    Samsaram Oka Chadarangam

    Samsaram Oka Chadarangam

    8 1987 HD

    When her joint family breaks apart, daughter-in-law Uma solves everyone's problems and unites the family again.

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  • 1978
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    Priya

    Priya

    5.7 1978 HD

    A leading film actress is controlled by her producer who even refuses to let her get married. Therefore, she seeks the help of a lawyer to get rid of her producer.

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  • 1995
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    Thottil Kuzhandhai

    Thottil Kuzhandhai

    1 1995 HD

    Rani, an orphan, meets Pichai in college and falls in love with him. Rani becomes a top cop and Pichai, a collector. But soon Pichai becomes the target of smuggler Rajarathnam, an influential, ruthless crook and his son Murali.

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  • 1978
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    Vattathukkul Chathuram

    Vattathukkul Chathuram

    1 1978 HD

    When orphaned Anu decides to help her childhood friend Malathi escape a forced marriage and finance Malathi's education, Anu finds herself making unexpected decisions

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  • 1992
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    Pandiyan

    Pandiyan

    5.3 1992 HD

    Pandiyan, a police officer, is enraged when his sister's husband dies. In order to find and catch the culprits, he goes undercover.

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  • 2007
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    Sivaji: The Boss

    Sivaji: The Boss

    7.037 2007 HD

    A wealthy engineer arrives in India with the mission of serving the nation and investing in the country's welfare but is met with strong opposition from corrupt officials and politicians. After being faced with insurmountable hardships, he decides to take drastic measures.

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  • 2009
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    Ayan

    Ayan

    7 2009 HD

    Deva works for Arumugam, a smuggler, who has taken care of him for many years. However, when his best friend gets killed, Deva decides to help the police to nab a dangerous drug lord.

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  • 1976
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    Thunive Thunai

    Thunive Thunai

    1 1976 HD

    An undercover cop sets off to investigate a mysterious village after the death of his police officer brother who dies of seemingly unnatural causes while on a mission to the village.

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  • 1990
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    Thiyagu

    Thiyagu

    1 1990 HD

    A middle class man relives his childhood trauma to overcome his addiction to alcohol.

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  • 1981
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    Kudumbam Oru Kadambam

    Kudumbam Oru Kadambam

    6 1981 HD

    Three middle-class families living in Chennai face several difficulties in their everyday lives and tackle the challenges that come their way.

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  • 1976
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    Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu

    Oru Oodhappu Kan Simittugiradhu

    1 1976 HD

    Ravi is arrested when he accidentally kills his friend who tries to molest his lover, Radha. Years later, when he is released from the jail, he tries to meet Radha but she avoids him.

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  • 1976
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    Mogam Muppadhu Varusham

    Mogam Muppadhu Varusham

    1 1976 HD

    A young man, Ramesh (Kamal Haasan), returns from overseas. He arranges a marriage with Kasthuri (Sumithra), and marries her. In a sub-plot, Ramesh's secretary Menaka (Fatafat Jayalakshmi) marries Ravisankar (Vijayakumar), an artist, at nearly the same time. The spouses in each pairing are very different from each other, and have great problems understanding each other. This movie explores whether either pair can make a good marriage together.

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  • 1977
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    Aadu Puli Attam

    Aadu Puli Attam

    4.5 1977 HD

    Madan dreams of joining the police force but falls into bad company with Rajni. Eventually, he realises that his associates need to be caught, so he joins the police force to nab them.

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  • 1978
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    Sakka Podu Podu Raja

    Sakka Podu Podu Raja

    1 1978 HD

    Sakka Podu Podu Raja is a 1978 Tamil-language film starring Jaishankar, Jayachitra in the lead roles. Kamal Haasan and Phataphat Jayalaxmi played guest roles.

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  • 1974
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    Anbu Thangai

    Anbu Thangai

    1 1974 HD

    Ramu, a lyricist, struggles to find a job and a husband for his sister Sita. He tries to gain recognition; however, difficulties arise when his friend takes all the credit.

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  • 1975
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    Yarukku Mappillai Yaro

    Yarukku Mappillai Yaro

    1 1975 HD

    Honest Seetharaman covers for his philandering friend Ramesh with the woman he is seeing. What happens when Seetharaman's wife Meena and Ramesh's wife Malathi have suspicions and decide to follow their misadventures?

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