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- DirectorMani RatnamStarsKeerthana ParthiepanSimranMadhavanA little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her real mother, she begs to be taken to Sri Lanka, where her mother works with a militant group of activists.
- DirectorBalaStarsAryaPooja UmashankarMotta RajendranAfter Rudran's father leaves him in Kashi, he grows up to be an Aghori. However, when his family gets him back home, he faces problems adjusting to the city lifestyle.
- DirectorSantosh SivanStarsAyesha DharkerK. KrishnaSonu SisupalA young female terrorist goes on a suicide assassination mission, but her resolve to complete it is put to the test.
- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsArchanaM.A. Chokkalinga BhagavatharBhanuchanderA dramatic-story depicting the difficulties of a lower middle class family trying to build a new house.
- DirectorBalu MahendraStarsChokkalinga BhagavatharM.A. Chokkalinga BhagavatharThe movie revolves around an old man "protagonist" and his journey from a village to a metro city searching for his nephew with a hope that his nephew will take care of him in his agedness.
- DirectorRamStarsRamSadhanaShelly KishoreA poor man wants his daughter to be happy, no matter what comes through.
- DirectorSantosh SivanStarsShwetaSwetaA tribal girl searches for a magical blue stone that will cure her best friend's muteness.
- DirectorJ. MahendranStarsAshwiniSarath BabuSunderA hedonist/sadist makes life hell for everyone around him.
- DirectorJ. MahendranStarsRajinikanthSarath BabuJayalakshmiA boorish villager butts heads with a newly appointed engineer from the city.
- DirectorJ. MahendranStarsRajinikanthSrideviUnni MaryA parsimonious Barbar must flee from the Police after meeting with a look-alike gangster.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsMohanlalAishwarya Rai BachchanPrakash RajA struggling actor and a writer-politician become friends as young men and rise to great heights in cinema and politics respectively. But when both become contenders for the top political post in the state, a rift develops between them.
- DirectorAmbiliMani RatnamStarsRevathiMohanKarthikDivya, a woman grieving over the death of her lover, is convinced into an arranged marriage with Chandra Kumar. Over a year the couple attempt to adjust to each other's presence and live with each other.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsMadhavanShaliniSwarnamalyaAfter a difficult romance in a class-divided society, the love birds find out marriage is not what they thought it would be.
- DirectorMani RatnamStarsVikramAishwarya Rai BachchanPrithviraj SukumaranA bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister, but later falls in love with her.
- DirectorBalaStarsAtharvaa MuraliVedhikaDhansikaBefore independence during the 1940's depicts the lives of poor carefree villagers who are lured to work in Tea plantation farms and how they are forced to live rest of their lives as slaves with no traces of hope and freedom.
- DirectorGnana RajasekaranStarsNedumudi VenuVivek
- DirectorVasanthabalanStarsPasupathyBharath SrinivasanBhavanaStory of two brothers told from the perspective of older brother who recalls his childhood memories where he runs away from home and returns after 20 years. The rest of the film is all about mental turmoil, as he is caught between the deep love showered by his younger brother who runs a successful advertising agency and his guilt of not being a responsible son or elder brother.
- DirectorVasanthabalanStarsAngadi Theru MaheshAnjaliA. VenkateshThe story on the lives of a salesgirl and sales boy of a popular Saree store in Chennai.
- DirectorVasanthabalanStarsAadhiPasupathyDhansikaA murder causes severe enmity between two villages and spells the doom for an innocent young man.
- DirectorBalaji SakthivelStarsSriUrmila MahantaMithun MuraliA girl gets in trouble when her boyfriend films her private moments on his mobile phone without her knowledge.
- DirectorA. SarkunamStarsVimalIniyaBhagyarajVimal was sent by his father to do social service in a village. But later, he gets a good job.
- DirectorSundar C.StarsKamal HaasanMadhavanKiran RathodTwo men, one young and arrogant, the other damaged - physically but not spiritually - by life, are thrown together by circumstances, and find that they are in some ways bound together by fate.