Best movies like Uyarndha Manidhan

Vaira Nenjam is a 1975 Indian Tamil film, directed and produced by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, Padmapriya, R. Muthuraman and K. Balaji in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan

Naan Avanillai (English: I'm not him) (2007) is a Tamil film directed by Selva. It is a remake of K. Balachander's classic of the same title, starring matinee idol Gemini Ganesan, which was a remake of 1962 Marathi language film To Mee Navhech (English: I Am Not Him), written by Pralhad K. Atre and acted by Prabhakar Panashikar. The thriller movie has Jeevan in the lead role and Sneha, Namitha, Malavika, Jyorthirmayi and Keerti Chawla as his five heroines. This movie created great expectations in the industry, because it was a hit when it was originally made in 1974. Shooting began in December 2006 and it was released in April 2007. The film became a success upon release.

A movie buff befriends a popular actress as he believes that she is leading a happy life. However, one day he sees an unknown man making an attempt on her life.

1967 film starring Shivaji Ganesan, K.R. Vijaya and MuthuramanaNenjirukkum Varai ("As long as we have a heart") is a 1967 Indian Tamil-language film directed and produced by C. V. Sridhar. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, R. Muthuraman and V. Gopalakrishnan in lead roles. The film had musical score by M. S. Viswanathan. C. V. Rajendran who is the brother of C. V. Sridhar, worked as an associate director for this film.

Raghu befriends Ravi, a homeless man, and provides him with shelter and a job. However, when Ravi sees the photograph of the girl Raghu decides to marry, he asks him to stay away from her.

Babu, a young man, falls in love with Kammo. When a thug rapes her, he murders him out of revenge, which leads to his arrest.

The movie is an adaptation of the 1960 French play of the same name and is considered to be a cult comedy classic in Malayalam. It was also one of the first commercial successes of the Mohanlal-Mukesh-Priyadarashan team. Shyam (Mohanlal) is a struggling journalist who gets an opportunity to be the caretaker of a flat in the city. Even while engaged to his childhood sweetheart Sreekutty (Menaka); he uses his charms and resourcefulness to make three air-hostesses (Lissie, Ashwini, Madhuri) fall in love with him. With the help of his maid (Sukumari) and friend (Raju) he carefully manages their schedule in the flat so that none of his girlfriends meet each other. Life is good for Shyam, till his former colleague and friend Anil (Mukesh) comes to visit him.

Visually-challenged Tamizh and Suthanthirakodi fall in love with each other, but her self-centred brother wants to marry her off to his friend, which leads to the lovers' separation. Can their love help them find each other?

After a rich man falls in love with his employee, he learns that she already loves someone else. However, when he tries to get him killed, an unexpected turn of events leads him to make a sacrifice.

Mahakavi Kalidas Directed by R. R. Chandran. Princess Vidyotama vows to marry the man who defeats her in debate, but she wins every time. Through a ruse, her spurned suitors manage to marry the princess to the simpleminded Kalidas. Ashamed of his ignorance, Kalidas becomes a seeker of knowledge and is bestowed with wisdom by the goddess Kali. This moving story of love and enlightenment is based on legends surrounding real-life poet Mahakavi Kalidas.

After Suman's father leaves her in the care of another family while he travels abroad, she falls in love with Prem. However, in order to for them to marry, Prem has to prove to Suman's father that he is not the same as his own dad.

The film is based on two couples – where the first couple Dr. Chandra Shekar (Gemini Ganesan) & Parvathi (Anjali Devi) and the second couple is Ravi (A. Nageswara Rao) & Lakshmi (Savitri). Ravi & Lakshmi are happy lovers. Ravi is summoned and asked to marry another girl forcibly. Since his father's life & honor are at stake, Ravi agrees to the marriage. Simultaneously another marriage takes place in the same village Dr. Chandra Shekar visits his best friend's sister marriage but the marriage cancels in the last moment due to dowry problems to keep up his friend's prestige Shekar marriage's his sister called Parvathi. Due to sudden marriage, the couple doesn't see each other. Thereby because marriage is happening without his wish Ravi also not seen the bride's face. Both the bridal parties traveling on the same train which run into a disastrous accident. In the accident Ravi's parents and wife are dead.

Nirmala (Padmini) is a poor but talented young dancer who falls in love with a rich man's son Sekar (Gemini Ganesan), but he is forced to marry a rich man's daughter Prathiba (Tambaram Lalitha). Nirmala promises to her lover that she will never dance in public. Due to various circumstances, Sekar's house is up for auction, and in order to save him, she performs in public. With the money thus earned, she saves his house, but Sekar is unaware of this. When he learns the truth, he begins searching of her, and in the meantime, Prathiba, who is now reformed, commits suicide. Sekar meets Nirmala, who is on the verge of committing suicide, and they are reunited.

Pachai Vilakku (English: Green Lantern) is a 1964 Indian Tamil film, directed by A. Bhim Singh and produced by Rama. Arangannal, A. R. Hassan Khan and T. S. Aadhi Narayanan. The film stars Sivaji Ganesan, C. R. Vijayakumari, S. S. Rajendran and S. V. Ranga Rao in lead roles. The film had musical score by Viswanathan–Ramamoorthy.

Sathyam is a 1976 Tamil film directed by S. A. Kannan starring Sivaji Ganesan, Jayachitra and Manjula Vijayakumar and Kamal Hassan. The film has Kamal Haasan playing the younger brother of Sivaji Ganesan.

Rajan, a radio engineer, is found dead under suspicious circumstances. CID officer Sivanandham unravels the mystery surrounding the murder and the suspects that include Rajan's wife and his brother.

London-educated Saktivelu returns to India and wants to open a chain of restaurants in Chennai. His father, however, wishes that he would stay back and help the villagers.

Two siblings, Rajasekharan and Radha, become orphans when they lose their mother at a young age. Things take a turn when Rajasekharan's friend Anand falls in love with Radha.

A young girl loves bunking school to watch movies. Unable to distinguish between reel and real life, she insists on marrying her favourite hero. The kind-hearted hero agrees to help the family.

Shortcut Romeo is an Indian romantic thriller film to be directed and produced by Susi Ganeshan, under the banner Susi Ganesh Productions. It is the Hindi remake of the director's own Tamil film Thiruttu Payale (2006), starring Neil Nitin Mukesh in the title role with Puja Gupta as his love interest and Ameesha Patel in a negative character.

Raju is a poor coolie who falls in love with a rich girl. He pretends to be rich and tells one big lie after another to marry her.

Sivaji Ganesan plays the role of a prince who is separated from his parents by his father's foe at a very young age. He grew up as a ferocious and vicious cavemen. Then he meets Jamuna, who by her word of love and affection turns Sivaji for good. Both set out to find the secret of Thangamalai to find and save Sivaji's parents.

In order to marry Lalitha, Madhan sets out to find suitable bachelors to marry her three beautiful sisters as part of a condition set by her father.

Sage Narada instigates Goddesses Saraswati, Lakshmi and Parvathi against each other. The trio set out to answer what is paramount in a man's life, knowledge, wealth or strength.

A poor village boy falls in love with a pretty girl and yearns to marry her. However, the girl turns out to be a wealthy landlord's mistress and faces many restrictions. A remake of the 1990 Tamil hit Kizhakku Vasal.

Gunasekaran leaves Burma in the midst of World War II in order to return to India and attend his sister's wedding. However, tragedy befalls the family and they must find their place in a new Madras.

Two brothers are ousted from their house by their stepbrother's wife. Years later, when one of the brothers is framed for a murder, his stepbrother, who is a judge, returns as a lawyer to save him.

The story focuses on five friends at the Madras Institute of Technology, who want to remain friends and hope to join the same company after graduation. During a vacation, one of the friends, Ilango, goes home, where he is forced to get married to his rustic cousin, While their dream to work together becomes true, Ilango alone gets a transfer to Bombay. The friends force Elango to visit his wife before leaving for Bombay and put him on a train. But Elango manages to get off the train and from there loses touch with his friends and family in the village. The friends part and six years later, two of the five come back to join the two girls in Chennai. On the train in the journey back, Prabhu, one of the friends, and Ilango's wife Eashwari meet each other. Prabhu falls in love with Eashwari without realizing who she is.

After a fight with her father on who her future husband should be, Nalina leaves home on the first night of Navaratri. For the next nine days, she experiences nine types of human behaviour.

Rangadurai borrows money from Somasundaram to sustain his theatre group during a financial crunch. Enmity arises between the two when Rangadurai marries Somasundaram's daughter against his wishes.

Rajaraja Cholan is a 1973 Tamil film about the life of the Chola king Rajaraja Chola.

Believing his wife to be dead, a soldier in the British-Indian army marries another woman and moves on. After few years, he finds out that his ex-wife is still alive and feels miserable.

When a dancer makes a king realise the insignificance of the worldly pleasures, he decides to devote his life to the Almighty and starts reciting tales and songs of His greatness.

Sivandha Mann, also spelt as Sivantha Mann, is a 1969 Indian Tamil language film written, produced and directed by C.V. Sridhar that stars Sivaji Ganesan, Kanchana and M. N. Nambiar in the lead roles, while other actors like R. Muthuraman, Nagesh and S. V. Ranga Rao play supporting roles. It is notably the first Tamil film to be shot extensively in locations outside India, and later Tamil and Telugu films "fell to the French charm" after this. The film was a major success. A Hindi remake titled Dharti starred Rajendra Kumar and Waheeda Rehman in the lead, along with Sivaji Ganesan in a cameo role.

Valluvanar is an upright political leader in Tamil Nadu much respected for his honesty and uprightness. And he refuses to compromise on this trait even when his only son Kamban finds himself in jail for no fault of his. The opposition party takes advantage of the situation and bails out Kamban, who joins this party much to his father's embarrassment. The media laps it up sensationalizing it further. Then Kamban decides to leave the country until things cool down. Only his mother Vasuki with whom he is close is aware of this plan. Kamban arrives at Sri Lanka where he be-friend's Banerjee, a Bengali and stays with him. One day he finds a Tamil book on the beach which he traces to Shilpa the owner of the book, who is a college student preparing for the civil services examination. The film juggles between reality and fiction, where Theepori, the fictitious father image of Kamban advises him to fall in love. The rest of the story is about the emotional conflict between her career and love.