Best movies like Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu
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A unique, carefully handpicked, selection of the best movies like Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu Starring Silambarasan, Siddhi Idnani, Neeraj Madhav, Radhika Sarathkumar, and more. If you liked Vendhu Thanindhathu Kaadu then you may also like: Uriyadi, Vedi, Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai, Roja, Run and many more popular movies featured on this list. You can further filter the list even more or get a random selection from the list of similar movies, to make your selection even easier.
A youngster from Tamil Nadu goes to Bombay in search of a better life and gets sucked into the underworld. Will he be able to find a way out of the violence and bloodshed?
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Vedi
Prabhakaran travels all the way from Tamil Nadu to Kolkata for a purpose. He takes up a job in a college and meets Aishwarya. He also comes across Paro in Kolkata and they end up falling head over heels in love with each other. Meanwhile, there is a group in the look out for Prabhakaran at the behest of Eswara Pandian and his son. The ensuing sequence of events results in Prabhakaran revealing his true face through a flashback and there begin the twists and turns, which also unravels a sibling story with underworld background.
Once Upon a Time in Mumbaai
A tale of two gangsters from the eras of past and present, whose lives enter parallel paths as they struggle to survive within Bombay's criminal underworld.
Koodal Nagar
Koodal Nagar movie story is set in a suburb of Madurai. Suryan (Bharath) and Chandran (Bharath) are twins. Suryan, the elder of the two is soft spoken guy who works at a local lending library and he falls in love with Manimekala (Bhavana), daughter of Namasivayam (Mahadevan) the local politician-don and MLA. Chandran, the younger one, works as a mortuary assistant in the local government hospital and he's one among Namasivayam
Baaram
Karuppaswamy, a widowed night watchman, lives in a small town in Tamil Nadu with his sister and three nephews. While returning from his shift one morning, he breaks his hip in an accident. Though his nephews want him to be treated in town, his son Senthil takes him to their ancestral village to be healed by a traditional healer. After a few days, Karuppaswamy dies. At the funeral, one of his nephews hears something that makes their blood run cold...
Pandippada
The story follows Malayali Bhuvana Chandran, an unsuccessful entrepreneur in a lot of debt, who gets involved in a land conflict between two powerful landlords in Tamil Nadu: Pandi Durai and Karuppayya Swami.
Lucky Man
A book that belongs to the Hindu god of death, Yama, accidentally drops to earth. This book can be used to kill or save any human's life by writing his/her name in one of the pages of the book. Gopi, a young man, gets a hold of the book and abuses its powers for his selfish needs. Chitragupta, Yama's assistant, misses a book which contains all the details of human beings. The book falls into a city in Tamil Nadu. Brahmadeva orders Yama to locate the book within one month. Chitragupta fears that if the book is seen by the human beings, chaos will happen.
Bombay Velvet
An ordinary man, who goes against all odds to forge his own destiny and become a star in the glittering sky of 'Bombay,' thriving on jazz and violence.
Kanden Kadhalai
After his encounter with a chirpy girl, Anjali, during their train journey, a depressed Sakthivel's attitude towards life changes. Though he is attracted to her, he agrees to help her unite with her lover.
Aayirathil Oruvan
Anitha, a government official, embarks on a journey to find Chandramouli, an archaeologist, who went to Vietnam to search for any existence of the prince of the Chola dynasty.
Jigarthanda Double X
A notorious gangster is incited to transform into a film hero and opts for a filmmaker and their project descends into a scenario they had never anticipated.
Bengal tiger
In caste and religion laden India there are some people who work together without any bias - they are underworld dons and gangster - and their prime motive is to amass as much money as ...
Ponnar Shankar
Ponnar Shankar is based on historical novel written by Kalangir M. Karunanidhi. Story is about the two warriors, both are brothers named Ponner and Sankar living in Kongu Nadu (present day Coimbatore, Erode etc..). This is a historical movie and these two warriors are even worshipped today at most of the above mentioned part of Tamil Nadu.
Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam
A group of Malayali travellers were returning to Kerala by bus after their visit to Velankanni. They all doze off in a lazy nap after lunch. Like a traveler who forgot his destination, James stops the bus in a village in Tamil Nadu. He starts to speak in Tamil like a native of the place, Sundaram, and behaves like him, confusing all who came with him and the villagers alike. He walks amidst faith, delusion, dream and trance, followed by others.
Romans
Akash and Shibu are two jail birds who escape from a train while they are being transported to a jail. They end up in a village at the Kerala – Tamil Nadu border, where they are mistaken for a pair of priests expected at the local monastery. The duo masquerade as priests, and reopen a church which has been closed for years, thereby winning over the villagers. A series of events that take place after their arrival bring about a change in their outlook towards life and society.
Nenjuku Needhi
An upright city-bred IPS officer investigates a mysterious case of three missing Dalit girls in a rural part of Tamil Nadu. While two are found dead, one is missing without any trace. Can he crack the case and get hold of the culprits?
Tamil Kudimagan
Despite being at a respectable job of Village Administrative Officer (VAO), Chinnasamy, an enterprising youngster from an oppressed class has still been called by the upper caste people to perform the death rituals. However, the problem arises when he refrains to perform the last rites for a village elder.
Merku Thodarchi Malai
Living on the borders of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, Rangasamy, a laborer just like his fellow sons of soils toils, hard-working at the spice plantations owned by landlords. He lives a happy life and wishes to own a piece of land and earn a living through farming. After years of struggle, his dream finally comes true when Chaako, a local politician helps him buy the land, however, he soon faces tougher challenges as he has to deal with corrupt and wealthy politicians.
Appuchi Gramam
A meteorite is bound towards Tamil Nadu and the experts predict it will cause destruction on a large scale. Meanwhile, the people of Appuchi Gramam, where the meteorite is expected to hit, try to come to terms with the fact in their own way.
Blood Money
A journalist from Tamil Nadu goes on a mission to save two men whose lives are at stake in Kuwait prison. Does she succeed?
Chennai Kadhal
Chennai Kadhal movie is a city based love story. Gautham (Bharath) who is a college drop-out and a good-for-nothing guy (like his father always says). Gowtham meets Narmada (Genelia) who is the daughter of a local don Sakthivel (Radha Ravi). He falls in love with Narmada ( Genelia).She lives in a hostel after learning that her dad is a criminal who now wants her to marry his partner Sardar
Ninaivellam Nithya
Ninaivellam Nithya is a 1982 Indian Tamil romance film directed by Tamil C. V. Sridhar.[1] It brings to the limelight the true love that blossoms between two hearts without discriminating against caste and/or creed. The true love even sacrifices itself for the benefit of the beloved. The true love ensures the hearts unite beyond the mundane life without giving into the crazy worldly threats. This film brings out the true love beyond any infatuations and/or physical attractions. The lovers decide that they desist from any physical relationships until united through marriage though they live in the same place together.The life of lovers ended in a sorrow phase
Uriyadi
A group of college students gets entangled in the scheme of a fledgling caste outfit that wants to turn into a political party.