Charle

Charle

Birth : 1960-03-06, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu, India

History

Charle sometimes credited as Charlie (born Manohar Velmurugan Thangasamy; born 6 March 1960) is an Indian actor who has acted in more than 550 Tamil films as a comedian and supporting actor. He completed his undergraduate degree in chemistry from G. V. N. College in Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu. Even during those days when he was at college, he was known for his histrionics, and had the uncanny ability to imitate Tamil actors like Sivaji Ganeshan, Muthuraman, and Nagesh. He was an avid entertainer, and a popular stage artist, while at this college. He started his career as a Staff Artist – Actor in Song & Drama Division of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and moved on to perform more than 1000 dramas in Six years. He was named as Charle and introduced in the film "Poikal Kuthirai" in the year 1982 by the eminent director Padma Sri Dr.K.Balachandar. He has proved as a versatile actor in comedy as well as character roles in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films; he has dubbed his own voice in his role in Malayalam film "Hijack". He has more than 550 films to his credit and has played a vital role in many films, including films produced by National Film Development Corporation of India. He is highly talented in miming, mono acting and anchoring in stage shows and he has performed in various countries. He holds a Master of Arts degree from Madurai Kamaraj University and Master of Philosophy degree from Karaikudi Alagappa University. He submitted his dissertation for M.Phil in the title, "Contributions of Comedians in the growth of Tamil cinema – 1937 to 1967".

Profile

Charle
Charle

Movies

Iraivan
Arjun, a tough cop along with his friend Andrew embark on a mission to track down a truly gruesome psychopathic killer called Bhramma a.k.a The Smiley Man. They eventually manage to apprehend Bhramma at the cost of losing Andrew makes Arjun resign from the police force. However, tragedy hits home when Bhramma escapes from prison and resumes his killing spree.
Kondraal Paavam
A fortune teller tells a poverty-stricken family that their fate will change overnight when a mysterious traveler visits there home to stay overnight.
Udanpaal
Vinayagam
Paraman and his sister Kanmani, who are in dire financial straits, angrily refuse to advise their father Vinayakam to sell their house. When the news comes that Vinayakam has died in an unexpected tragedy, even in that grief-stricken state, the family gets greedy for the compensation that the government is going to provide. But fate twists again as the situation becomes funny yet tragic all at once.
Aattral
A mechanical engineer has an aim of inventing unmanned car and his father manages to get money required for project, but dies in a road accident. A robbery attempt stopped by him leads him to the suspicion about his father's death.He sets out to find the truth with his unmanned car named Roger.
Bro Daddy
Venkayya
John Kattady and his wife Annamma think about marrying off their son Eesho to Anna, who is the daughter of their long-time family friend Kurien. Eesho and Anna don’t act too impressed with each other, despite their parents’ interest in the alliance. Little do the families know what is going on behind the curtains in their lives.
Theerpugal Virkkapadum
Kishore's Father
Honest, Virtuous and hardworking Nalan Kumar, chief gynecologist of Govt. hospital is shattered by the violence inflicted upon his dear one's. His pleas and appeals is mocked off by authority, but he has his own plan for justice.
Walter
Paneerselvam
ASP Walter IPS, who plays the titular role as a cop, gets the mandatory, yet routine hero introduction scene when a protest turns violent in Kumbakonam. Later, he takes up the case of a couple who seeks his help to find their newborn baby. Walter suspects foul play when he comes across similar cases, and sets out to investigate the crimes, accompanied by his subordinate Paneerselvam. Meanwhile, the ego clash between Eshwaramoorthi, a leading politician in the town, and Bala, who is considered to be his successor, intensifies. Their ego clash brings Balu's friend Arjun, who is linked to the kids who have gone missing, into the picture. How Walter faces several odds in his attempt to nab a criminal syndicate forms the rest of the story.
Pizhai
Three naughty kids hailing from poor families feel earning money is more important than studying. Time makes them realize the importance of education in life.
Dhanusu Raasi Neyargalae
Ramasamy
An young man struggling to get a girl to marry against his tough horoscope rules and finding a matching girl without any conflict on same.
Mei
The missing case of a young girl unfolds several hidden crimes related to a medical racket as investigation progresses.
Bodhai Yeri Budhi Maari
A man visits his friends a day before his wedding and ends up taking a potent drug. How does this change his life?
Gurkha
The security guard of a mall, who belongs to the Gurkha community, becomes the saviour of several people who have been kept under siege by some terrorists.
Vellai Pookal
Bharatidasan "Bharati"
A retired cop goes to the US to live with his son and becomes involved with a kidnapping case. Even as he is trying to track down the kidnapper, the case becomes too personal.
Velaikkaran
Murugesan
An enterprising youngster in a slum wants his people to lead a life of dignity, but has to take on an ambitious capitalist, who only wants to dominate his field.
Pattinapakkam
When his plans go terribly wrong, an engineering graduate ends up becoming a target for powerful people which begins to affect the lives of the people around him in unimaginable ways.
Kadhal Kasakuthaiya
Diya, a twelfth standard school girl, due to peer pressure and her surroundings, is in quest of her love. She finds a twenty-five-year-old Arjun, who is a software engineer by profession, as her perfect match and tries to impress him. How Diya wins her love overcoming all the social stigma forms the main part of the story.
Paambhu Sattai
Kannan
A young man in desperate need of money to solve his problems, gets entangled in a fraudulent money laundering racket.
Maanagaram
Nataraj
A handful of diverse characters find themselves in extraordinary situations that are interlinked with one another.
Yaman
Thiyagarajan
In a malicious world of ruthless politicians and gangsters, a common man develops a dream to make it big in politics and takes on a few big shots.
Enakku Innoru Per Irukku
Subbiah
The film is an action entertainer where G V Prakash will be seen in the role of an auto rickshaw driver named Johnny.
Oru Naal Koothu
A bunch of characters, each with their own set of problems, try to tackle the question of marriage that hangs over their lives.
24
Chettiyar
A scientist invents a time machine but his evil twin brother is after it and will go to any lengths to get the device in his hands.
Aarathu Sinam
Arokiya Raj
An alcoholic cop accepts to investigate a case involving a couple of gruesome murders. Will the case be the redemption that he was waiting for?
Kirumi
Prabhakar
Kathir, a carefree young man, becomes a police informer like his neighbour Prabhakar, and begins to get too close with inspector Soundarapandian, despite the warnings of the latter. It is only when he tries to ride on an ego clash between Soundarapandian and Mathiarasu, a rival inspector, that he realizes he's become a pawn in a dangerous game.
Thakka Thakka
Karthi's lover Indu is kidnapped by her uncle, who works as an underling to Paraman, a gangster. Meanwhile, Shiva, his friend, murders Paraman's brother, Bala, with whom he has a history. Now, the gangster is baying for blood...
Idhu Enna Maayam
RJ Balaji 's Father
Arun past catches up with his present when he and his friends start a company to bring together those in love by setting them up in pre-planned scenes. What happens when he is forced to set up his true love to fall for another guy?
Papanasam
Bus Conductor
A cinephile tries to protect his family by hiding a heat-of-the-moment murder committed by his daughter by taking cues from the films he has watched. With the victim the son of a cop, can he get away with it?
Jeeva
Jeeva is the story about an ardent cricket fan and his dream to play international matches. How he manages to balance his love life and achieve his cricketing dreams forms the plot of the movie.
Angusam
Angusam is an tamil dramtic movie direction & produced by Manu Kannan. The movie starring with new face Sooraj & Jayathi Guha.
Damaal Dumeel
A young man fired from his job finds bundles of cash at his doorstep. He decides to keep it but two gangs, to whom the money belongs, come after him. Can he dodge them and getaway with the cash?
Desingu Raja
Idhayakkani and Thamarai fall in love but their villages, Pulipatti and Kilipatti, have been at each other’s throats for 50 years. Kani hopes to bring peace with their marriage but unfortunately, Thamarai’s dad is killed by his villagers. And, now, she and her uncle Veerasamy want revenge.
Neram
Mayilsamy
Mathew is a graduate in software engineering, but is now jobless. He is waiting for his good time to get a good job. Mathew has borrowed some money as loan. Now he cannot give it back as he has no job. Mathew's childhood friend Jeena Johnykkutty is ready to help him as she could. She has a job. Her father Johnykkutty does not like Mathew and he always tries to trouble Mathew whenever he gets a chance. At this time Mathew's good time arrives; but along with it many problems too. The gripping events that follow plot the rest of 'Neram'.
Venghai
Murugesan
A young man supports his father in opposing a local MLA, who often gives them trouble.
Naalai Namathe
Nalai Namathe is about the man who struggles to raise the standards of the society he lives in. The film is based on the concept that government should make Rs. 500 crores the maximum limit for property that could be owned by anyone and should confiscate any excess, to be distributed to the poor and needy.
Mathiya Chennai
Mathiya Chennai movie revolves around an assistant film director’s life. The premise of the film is that any one with a positive outlook to life can never fail.
Ananda Thandavam
Introvert Raghu finds love and support in the innocent Madhu, and he proposes to her, but she gets married to an NRI. Later, when she is betrayed by her husband, she realizes her love for Raghu.
Velli Thirai
Cameo Appearance
Kannaiyan, a struggling actor, steals a script written by Saravanan and gains fame. Saravanan decides to make another movie but faces a lot of challenges when he is forced to cast Kannaiyan.
Sadhu Miranda
The movie starts of with a robbery of 20 crores in Pondicherry DID Bank where a college girl is killed by one of the thieves. The same night as the robbery, the manager of the bank (Manivannan) commits suicide.After this the story opens up in Chennai where Shiva Sundaram (Prasanna) a visible foolish person comes in search of David Raj (Manoj K. Jayan) where he saves a girl from being raped by one of David Raj's men.
Vel
Moorthy, Vasu's friend
Two sons that are separated as children grow up in drastically different environments.
Thirumagan
A man has to chose between three women, His lady love, his uncle's daughter and the daughter of his father's friend for marriage.
Thiruttu Payale
Thiruttu Payale movie revolves around Manickam (Jeevan) who belongs to a poor family in a village. He does not respect any of his family members, except for his uncle (Vinod Raj) who lives in Chennai. He decides to come and stay with his uncle at Chennai.Once while he is watching people playing golf, he notices Roopini (Malavika) And Santosh (Abbas) having an illegal relationship. He manages to capture the same in his video camera. Roopini is the wife of a rich businessman (Manoj K Jayan).Manickam blackmails Roopini and extracts money from her whenever he needs. Once...
Oru Kalluriyin Kathai
After graduating, a young man and a girl, who are in love with each other, promise to meet again after five years in their college campus. When he does show up on the set day, his friends are shocked to see that he has completely changed.
Mazhai
Arjun, an unemployed youngster and Deva a powerful don both fall in love with Sailaja, a middle-class beauty, at the same time on a rainy day at a railway station. Arjun keeps bumping into Sailaja coincidentally every time it rains. This makes them both feel that it is perhaps the rain that keeps bringing them together, and they start to fall in love. Deva, on the other hand, takes the back-door route to get the girl, with the help of her good-for-nothing father.
Anniyan
Wastrel
Unable to bear the growing corruption in society and rejection from his love interest, a meek lawyer becomes diagnosed with multiple personality disorder due to which the personalities of a vigilante killer and a supermodel start existing within him.
Girivalam
Girivalam is the remake of  Hindi Humraaz. Shaam and Tanu Rai are newly married. Shaam is a aspiring leader of a small dance group who wants to make it big and quick. Richard is a young rich businessman who is looking for a dance group to perform in his ship's star cruise. Shaam kills a guy who is the rival dance group leader in order to get the star cruise contract.Richard meets Tanu in the ship and falls for her.  He being rich and handsome, Tanu also slowly reciprocates her love.
Ayya
Ayyadurai's house-worker
A honest and peace loving village man turns into a politician but his past haunts him till he seeks redemption by surrendering himself to law. On pursuing this he calms down him avenger as well.
Birth
An Angry Young Man Is Deeply Affected By The Sufferings Of His Friends Who Struggle To Find A Job. This Leads Him To Lash Out Against The Corrupt Society.
Manathil
Manathil movie revolves around Shiva, Agni (Both are Karthik) and
Kovil
Shaktivel and Angel, who belong to rival villages, fall in love with each other. However, as Angel's father is unhappy with her choice of groom, he forces her to become a nun.
Jay Jay
Politician
Jagan and Jamuna spend all day chatting on their first meeting. Jamuna puts down her details on a 100 rupee note declaring that if the note comes back to Jagan, then they are destined to meet.
Alaudin
A slum boy, who steals from the rich to help the poor, keeps scheming against a powerful man. After he finds a magical lamp, which the man had been seeking, he thwarts the man's attempts to abduct him.
Punnagai Poove
Sudhakar
Outgoing Meera and shy Nithya are best friends since childhood. They share an apartment together in an expansive complex. One day, handsome Venkat moves in with his grandparents, and Meera is smitten She starts to make anonymous calls to him, and he finds himself falling in love with her. A friend suggests that he use caller ID to locate her, which he does. At that time, Meera hands the phone to Nithya to run an errand. Nithya is the face he sees holding the phone, and despite being engaged to Shakti, she likes him too.....
Sena
There is a war between Mastan Bhai's gang and Naaga's gang. Sena (Sathyaraj) is a local rowdy who works for Mastan Bhai (Anandaraj). Naaga (Vagai Chandrasekhar), the former right-hand of Mastan Bhai, tries to kill him. Sena has a little brother called Vikram (Aravind Akash) who hates rowdyism. Vikram loves Janu, sister of a police officer, Sathya. Sathya is killed by Naaga's henchmen and Vikram wants to punish the culprit.
Nanba Nanba
Nanba Nanba ( transl. Friend, my dear friend) is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by Jayabharathi, starring Charle and Chandrasekhar. The film was released on 27 December 2002 and received critical acclaim, winning Chandrasekhar the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Ezhumalai
A young woman falls in love with a man and wishes to marry him. However, everything changes when she learns about her father's involvement in his first wife's death.
Thenkasi Pattanam
Unnai Ninaithu
Mei Meiyappan
A young man tries to explain to his lover that her fiance is a crook. She refuses to believe him. Later, she realizes her mistake and comes back to him. But the man now loves another woman.
Junior Senior
Shakthi and Santhosh live together in Malaysia. They both fall in love with the same girl Lena. Eventually, Lena has to choose between them and she chooses Santhosh as he is wealthy. Mammootty comes to know of this and breaks off his engagement to her and walks away, feeling all good.
Gemini
Gemini, a gangster, falls for Manisha who reciprocates his love without knowing his truth. After getting arrested and completing his term, he tries to convince his lover that he is a changed man.
Alli Arjuna
Oomaiyan
Rebellious Arivu (Manoj) -- who's incessantly at odds with his father -- shocks his family with his gallantry in this unconventional romantic drama. Forced to attend a wedding with his parents, Arivu graciously offers to marry Savitri (Richa Pallod) when the groom is a no-show. Though the jilted bride rejects the startling proposal, she later turns to Arivu after losing a cherished friend to suicide.
Pammal K. Sambandam
When Sambandham gets hurt, Dr Janaki performs a surgery in order to heal him. However, during the surgery, Janaki accidentally leaves her wrist watch in Sambandham's stomach.
Kasi
Sodala
Kasi is a 2001 Tamil drama film directed Vinayan which is the remake of the director's 1999 Malayalam film Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum. The film features Vikram in the title role of a blind young villager with Malayali actresses Kavya Madhavan and Kaveri, reprising her role she played in the original, portraying supporting roles. The film featured music composed by Ilaiyaraaja and was produced by Aroma Mani. The film was released on 14 December 2001 and won positive reviews from critics upon release
Pandavar Bhoomi
Pandavar Bhoomi is a 2001 Indian Tamil film, written and directed by Cheran. The film has Arun Vijay, Shamitha and Rajkiran playing the lead roles. While Vinu Chakravarthy and Mukesh Tiwari played the antagonists, Chandrasekhar, Ranjith, Manorama and Charle played supporting roles. The film met with critical acclaim and went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Tamil.
Veettoda Mappillai
Ganga
A hard working man who has three daughters owns and manages a restaurant. Impressed by the sincerity of his newly appointed hotel manager, he decides to get his youngest daughter married to him, but the other two sons-in-law do not like him.
Chocolate
Sasi
Chocolate is a 2001 Tamil film directed by A. Venkatesh featuring Prashanth and Jaya Re in the lead roles. Livingston, Suhasini, Mumtaj and Nagendra Prasad play supporting roles, while the film's score and soundtrack are composed by Deva.
Sonnal Thaan Kaadhala
Roja, a part-time singer, works at a finance company where her colleague, Murali, is madly in love with her. However, Roja rejects his proposal as she is the sole breadwinner of her large family.
Piriyadha Varam Vendum
Sanjay (Prashanth) and Nithi (Shalini) are best friends right from their childhood days. They are neighbours, have grown up together, attend the same college and spend every minute of their waking hours together. Both have their admirers in college with Sneha (Jomol) wooing Sanjay and Praveen (Krishna) revealing his love for Nithi. Nithi's week-long trip to Bangalore, along with some prodding by his housemaid, makes Sanjay realise how much he misses Nithi and that he is in love with her. But respect for their friendship and her makes him hide his feelings. Meanwhile, Nithi accepts Praveen's proposal and things quickly move towards their marriage. But when things come together Nithi realises that she cannot stay without Sanjay and at that time he reveals that he too loves her.
Friends
Gopal
A man values his best friend more than anything else in the world. One day he confesses a dark secret from their childhood to his wife, which is overheard by another. Once the secret gets out, the friendship is destroyed.
Ennavale
Ganeshan
When a man and his friends start a music troupe that performs at weddings, he is highly motivated by his landlord's daughter.
Thenali
Kanthaswamy
Thenali suffers from panophobia and seeks doctor Kailash's help but the latter denies his request. Later, when Kailash goes on a vacation with his family, Thenali joins them and charms his sister.
Parthen Rasithen
Shankar(Prashanth) is a graduate of BSC nautical science, waiting for a job in the shipping industry. He is a tenant in the house of Banu(Simran), who is his good friend and confidante. They spend almost all their time together and she seeks him out as a refuge from her step brother Panneer(Raghuvaran), whom she dislikes but is forced to live together with. Shankar falls in love with Sarika(Laila). She reciprocates but problems and misunderstandings plague their romance.
Vetri Kodi Kattu
Pazhani
Vetri Kodi Kattu is a Tamil film directed by Cheran starring Murali, Parthiban, Meena, Manorama and Malavika. It is about 2 men who find the way to prosperity with their effort in their own country after being cheated by a man who promised them a lucrative job in Dubai.
Unnai Kodu Ennai Tharuven
Surya (Ajith) has been brought up in the army barracks in Ooty, ever since his mother(Sukanya) handed him over as a baby to a brigadier (Nasser). She tells the officer the reason for her action but the audience is not allowed to hear it at this point. Surya grows up to be a patriotic youth and the best soldier in his class. He falls in love with Indu (Simran), the daughter of an army officer. Indu's parents accept her choice of husband but soon after, her father dies in a bomb blast while her mother loses her life on seeing her husband's body. Not wishing to lose her husband too in war, Indu asks Surya to choose between her and the army.
Kaadhal Rojave
A spoilt, rich girl who happens to be in love with a playboy, runs away from home and meets a 'poor' and irritating reporter of a small-time newspaper; after some initial hiccups love blossoms. Then misunderstandings crop up between the couple, What transpires later forms the crux of the story.
Kannukkul Nilavu
Surya
Gautham meets Dr Rajasekhar, a psychologist, to learn about his memories pertaining to a girl named Gayathri. Rajasekhar learns that he is looking for Shanmugam, who he thinks has killed Gayathri.
Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham
Kartik (Prashant) on his way to attend a close friend Anand's (Anand), marriage sets eyes on Lakshmi (Kausalya) at a bus stop and falls for her. He with his friends reach the village and Kartik to his delight finds Lakshmi there. He sends her a love letter (as in the title) and then to his horror discovers that Lakshmi was the intended bride of Anand. The matter becomes public, with the whole village going in search of the anonymous letter writer. The scenes where Kartik's friends (Vivek, Damu, Vyapuri) ae mistaken for the senders of the letter and get a sound thrashing in turn, gives some comic relief. The marriage is meanwhile over and it is time to leave. And then Kartik comes out with his confession and makes a public apology to his friend and the family. His gesture is appreciated, the matter settled and the newly weds return to the city.
Time
Time is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Geetha Krishna. The film stars Prabhu Deva, Simran, Radhika Chaudhry and Nassar in lead roles.
Hello
Amarkalam
Thomas
Vasu is a tough street crook who lives at a movie theater. One day while transporting the reels of a new film, he clashes with a music student Mohana. Mohana is the daughter of the Police Commissioner, who Tulsidas an ex-gang leader released from jail has an old grudge against. He tells Vasu to kidnap Mohana for two days in order to ruin the family's honor. While being held captive by Vasu, Mohana falls in love with him after hearing him sing. Vasu rejects her love, but on learning of it, Tulsidas pays him to pretend to be in love with her. By the time Tulsidas learns that his enmity with the police commissioner is false and tells Vasu to stay away from Mohana it is too late, Vasu's love has become real.
Kanave Kalaiyadhe
Kanave Kalaiyadhe is a 1999 Tamil film directed by V. Gowthaman. The film stars Murali, Simran, Shakti Kumar and Chinni Jayanth in lead roles.
Sangamam
Shanmugam
Sangamam is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Suresh Krishna. The film stars Rahman, Vindhya, Manivannan and Vijayakumar in lead roles.
Kadhal Kavithai
Vishwa spends his time hanging out with Anandham to avoid his mother, who always quarrels with his dad. To find peace, he plays tricks on others. Among the victims is Jothi. The story moves to London, where Vishva visits Princess Diana's grave and leaves a beautiful poem behind. At the same time, Jothi too visits the grave and leaves a note after reading the poem. Then begins a warm relationship between Jothi and Vishwa without seeing each other. Whether the two are united form the rest of the story.
Pooveli
Four characters have different opinion about love. What would happen if their lives are intertwined? Can friends became lovable marriage partners?
Pudhumai Pithan
Pudhumai Pithan is a 1998 Tamil film directed by Jeeva. The film stars Parthiban, Roja, Devayani and Priya Raman in lead roles.
Ellame En Pondattithaan
Ramki moves to the city to stay at his aunty Radhika's house. Radhika is married to Manivannan, a politician, who forces Radhika to nominate herself for the regional MLA position. Radhika initially refuses the chance but later gets convinced by her nephew to stand in the elections. She later becomes a MLA and wants to help and serve the people. On the other hand, her husband wants to take bribes, misuse power and become rich.
Thaayin Manikodi
Arjun is a sincere CBI officer. He rescues a kidnapped lady (Tabu) from the clutches terrorists. But in the process Rani loses her parents. Arjun takes Rani to his house. With the help of Rani, he makes a sketch of the kingpin and publishes it in major newspapers. The kingpin summons a local don to eliminate Arjun.
Nilaave Vaa
Kilipas
Nilaave Vaa starring by vijay and suvalakshmi. Siluvai (Vijay) is the son of Vinu Chakravarthy. They are Christians living in a fishing village. In another town, Perumaal (Jaiganesh) is the father to Sangeetha (Suvalakshmi) and Gauri. Suvluksmi comes to the small fishing village. Raghuvaran is proposed (and later engaged) to marry her.However, Gauri, falls in love with Siluvai's friend and after hearing that their father Jaiganesh doesn't want to accept the Hindu-Christian marriage, she decides to elope with her lover. This leads to the break up of Sangeetha and Siluvai's love...
Ninaithen Vandhai
Ninaithen Vandhai story is about Gokula Krishnan (Vijay) has a dream in which a girl comes, dances, and Vijay falls in love with her. Finally love triumphs and the hero wins back his love...
Velai
Ponmanam
Kadhalukku Mariyaadai
Kesavan
Jeevanandhan meets Mini in a book shop and their eyes meet leading to sparks of love in their hearts. Mini has a loving mother and three brothers, James, Thomas and Stephen and she is the apple of their eye. Mini is hesitant to reciprocate her love for Jeeva who steadily makes an inroad into her heart, the love affair incensing her family members who give him a thrashing each time he meets her. Jeeva's parents are under the impression that their son is pursuing his MBA studies until his father receives an SOS from Jeeva, injured in one such beatings. His father Chandrasekhar is stunned by the developments and Jeeva's mother is also shocked. Jeeva refuses to part company with Mini when his father arrives with his henchmen to take him back.
Adimai Changili
Adimai Changili is a 1997 Tamil language film directed by R. K. Selvamani. The film features Arjun and Roja in lead roles whilst Rambha, Anandaraj and M. N. Nambiar play supporting roles. The film fared poorly at the box office after it opened in September 1997
Raman Abdullah
A comedy tale of two thick friends, one Musilm and the other a Hindu, their misadventures to save their face from a strict Haji.
Pongalo Pongal
Arumugam
Subramani, Vellaisamy, Arumugam and Ponrasu are four friends from poor family; they are graduate but they cannot find a job. Their fathers feel that they are good-for-nothing and decide to corrupt the politician Anja Nenjam to find them a decent job. Anja Nenjam is linked to Pannaiyar, a ruthless landlord who exploited the villagers. Pannaiyar orders him to flee with their money, otherwise, nobody will respect him. Their friend Pazhanisamy, who is supposed to be a supervisor in the city, is back to his village and was also cheated by Anja Nenjam. The five friends decide to become milk suppliers in their village.
Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga
Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga is a 1997 Tamil language film directed by Balu and produced by Sivasakthi Pandian. The film featured Murali, Kausalya, Gemini Ganesan and Manivannan in lead roles.
Karuppu Roja
Vinodh manipulates Thulasi into marrying him. Later, he takes away their firstborn child to please Satan by sacrificing it, however, Vijay, a kind man, saves the baby.
Gopala Gopala
Gopal causes much angst among his male neighbours as he is friendly with their spouses. They are relieved when he marries Usha. But Usha leaves him after learning that he was married once before.
Thuraimugam
Poove Unakkaga
Gopi
Raja learns that the girl he loves is in love with another man. When he comes to know about the long-standing dispute between both their families, he goes to their village to unite them.
Karuvelam Pookkal
Mariappan
Nallamuthu and Vadivu face several hardships due to the rising poverty and are forced to send their three children to work as child laborers.
Gandhi Pirantha Mann
Oru Oorla Oru Rajakumari
Oru Oorla oru Rajakumari (A princess in a town) is a Tamil film written and directed by K. Bhagyaraj. The film, produced by C. H. Venu, had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja and was released on 15 January 1995.
Duet
Vellaiyan
Two musical brothers look for love, only to have their quest end in tragedy for one.
Vaa Magale Vaa
Raman
Lawyer Uma takes up the case of Raman, a mechanic who has been framed for murder. She soon learns that the prime suspect is her own father, Vishwanath, whom she has always held in high esteem.
Sakthivel
Sakthivel, an honest police officer, beats up the son of a politician. Following this, he is promoted and transferred to a village, but his promotion only lands him in trouble.
Veera
The hero falls in love with a girl and learns music for her. The girl's house is destroyed in a cyclone and the hero believes the girl is dead. He goes to the city and marries another woman. When his first love is alive and comes searching for him, fun ensues.
Subramaniya Swamy
Velayudham leaves his village in hopes of finding a job to return and marry his lover. However, things get complicated when the daughter of the man who gives him a job falls in love with Velayudham.
Thendral Varum Theru
Thendral Varum Theru is a 1994 Indian Tamil film, directed by N.G.Gowri Manohar and produced by S Sikkander Batcha and B Anandhi. The film stars Ramesh Arvind, Kasthuri and Keerthana in lead roles. The film had musical score by Ilaiyaraaja.
Purusha Lakshanam
Abhirami, a lively girl, falls in love with Nandagopal, a successful manager. Unfortunately, Abhirami's classmate, Raja, gets consumed with jealousy as he loves her and attempts to break their bond.
Kilipetchu Ketkava
Chidambaram, a newly appointed school teacher, stays in an allegedly haunted house. He comes to an agreement living with the ghost of the house, Shivakami, who actually pretends as a ghost to him. The relationship builds on and both end up in love.
Uzhaippali
Tamilarasan's Friend
Rajini is working as a coolie in a factory. He is asked by three brothers to act as a foreign-returned rich man the heir of a property. Rajini acts but always escapes as he doesn't want to face consequences. But then he comes to know that he is the heir to the property, his father was killed by three brothers to take away the property and mother became a mental patient. He avenges the death of his father by killing the villains. At last, he says he doesn't want to be an heir to money and always remains as a coolie.
Chinna Kannamma
Amaravathi
Amravathi, a naive girl, runs away from home and finds shelter in Arjun's house, who takes good care of her. However, when Arjun falls in love with Amravathi, her life takes a turn.
Vedan
The film starts begins with a politician's murder by a henchman of the local don Boopathy (Charan Raj). The police commissioner Ganesh (Sarath Babu) appoints the Scotland Yard trainee Vijay (R. Sarathkumar) to arrest Boopathy. Vijay finally infiltrates Boopathy's gang under the name Ranjith Kumar as an ex-jailbird. Vijay later arranges kidnap of Boopathy's sister Usha and he rescues her (Kushboo). Vijay slowly becomes Boopathy's right hand. In the meantime, Vijay and Usha fall in love with each other. Thereafter, Ganesh gets killed and Vijay gets stuck in Boopathy's gang. In addition to this, Boopathy begins to suspect Vijay. What transpires next forms the rest of the story.
Dasarathan
Dasarathan is a 1993 Tamil language film directed by Kitty. The film features Sarathkumar and Heera in lead roles whilst Sivakumar, Saranya and Gandhimathi play supporting roles.
Maamiyar Veedu
Aravind and Parthasarathy become friends in jail and continue to follow the path of crime after their release. When Aravind decides to change his lifestyle, his friend refuses to mend his ways.
Chinna Pasanga Naanga
Manikkam
Chinna Pasanga Naanga is a 1992 Tamil drama film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film features Murali, Revathi and Saradha Preetha in lead roles.
Kaaviya Thalaivan
Manikkam saves a rich man's life who, in return, offers him a job. However, problems ensue when the man's granddaughter, who hates Manikkam, accuses him of misbehaving with her.
Endrum Anbudan
Thyagu, a singer and music instructor, lives as a tenant where a young woman is a co-tenant. Their lives change when Thyagu shares shocking information about his past.
Mudhal Kural
Mudhal Kural
Vaaname Ellai
Sabu
The story involves five characters from different background, who got vexed with their lives, jointly decide to end their lives together, but begin a short journey of 100 days to live together happily before dying. After a series of events, arrival of orphan baby into their life & gaining inspiration from many of the disabled persons who had achieved things and also from the advice they give them, the four youths decide to life a long and brave life.
Nadodi Paattukkaran
Uyarndhavan
A Tamil romantic action entertainer.
Singaravelan
Flute Ramasamy
Singaravelan film revolves around a young man (Kamal Hassan) living in a village with his mother. He gets to know that his mother was estranged from her brother's family owing to her marriage with his father.She tells him that while her brother and his wife met with a fatal car accident soon after, they have a daughter (Khushboo) who since grew up in the city of Chennai. She hands him a photo of a baby Khushboo and asks him to track her down and marry her.Accordingly, Kamal sets out for the big city and heads for his friend Mano's house who is living with his 3...
Kaaval Geetham
David
Pondatti Sonna Kettukanum
In a middle-class family, three daughters-in-law try their best to adjust with their overbearing mother-in-law and misogynist husbands. Soon, they decide to teach them a lesson.
Azhagan
Television Anchor
Azhagappan, a handsome widower with four children, gets caught in a dilemma where three different women are in love with him. Soon, the children devise a plan so that he gets married to one of them.
Gopura Vasalile
Gopura Vaasalile Starring by Karthik and Bhanupriya. A young man (Karthik) leads an unexciting life. His unemployed friends (Nasser and two others) pile up on him. Nasser and his friends see a pretty office going girl (Bhanupriya) and start following her. When Bhanupriya's father (V K Ramaswamy) notices this he abuses the guys and gets them jailed for eve teasing. Out of jail, Nasser and his friends hatch a plot to teach Bhanupriya and her father a lesson.They get hold of the Bhanupriya's office peon (Janakaraj) and start exchanging love letters written by Karthik to Bhanupriya...
Veetla Eli Veliyila Puli
Purushottaman, a manager in a firm, acts bold and tough outside but in reality is a chicken and a henpecked man totally under control of his dictatorial wife, Deivanayaki, and is stifled by her tyrannical nature. Surprised at seeing his subordinate Sivaraman's wife, completely under his control, he shares his woeful tale with Sivaraman, and Sivaraman agrees to help him out. But, Deivanayaki comes to know of this and in turn poison's Sivaraman's wife Lakshmi, against him. Life turns topsy turvy for Sivaraman. Will he be able to lead a peaceful life with his wife again?
Gnana Paravai
Amma Pillai
Amma Pillai is a 1990 Tamil Indian feature film directed by R.C.Shakthi and produced by M.K.Raju. It stars Ramki and Seetha in the lead roles. It is remake of Malayalam film Mortuary (1983 Indian film).
Sigaram
Madhavan
Sigaram is a 1991 Tamil drama film directed by Ananthu. The film features S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Rekha and Radha in lead roles. The film, produced by Rajam Balachander and Pushpa Kandaswamy.
Raja Kaiya Vacha
Guest Appearance
Raja (Prabhu) is a thief who falls in love with Vijaya (Gouthami). First, she thinks that he was a police officer, she asks him to find lost stuffs and he steals to fulfill her wishes. One day, the police arrests him front of Vijaya and he's sent to jail, he's welcome like a king in jail. Vijaya leaves the town with her father. When, he's released, he decides to find Vijaya.
Vaigasi Poranthachu
A woman helps her daughter elope with her lover after she finds out about their affair. But soon, her father, the village chief, sends his henchmen to find them and bring them back home.
Inaindha Kaigal
Dr. Chandralekha, a grieving mother, asks an ex-army man David Kumar to rescue her son Gunasekaran who is locked-up in a military prison. But at the same time, the hideous criminal P. K. Roy appoints the fugitive Pratap to kidnap Gunasekharan from the prison. Both leave for their missions respectively, not knowing what surrender holds in his past and the fugitive takes this personal.
Sirayil Pootha Chinna Malar
An evil landlord holds hostage his sister and her husband, Muthappa, as he is unhappy with their union. Years later, he goes berserk when he sees a young man who resembles Muthappa.
Mounam Sammadham
Mani
The plot revolves around the wrong conviction of a business man and the efforts taken by the protagonist, a lawyer, to find the truth. The portrayal of the characters is similar in many ways to Malayalam cinema's investigative thrillers. The suspense is well maintained until the climax with little clue to the audience on the identity of the real culprit. The arguments in court were mostly inspired from 12 Angry Men (1957).
Ulagam Pirandhadhu Enakkaga
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.
Pudhu Vasantham
Manohar
Gowri, a woman in search of her lover Suresh, joins a group of struggling roadside singers. Friendship grows between them as they achieve success, but things change when Suresh returns.
Jagathalaprathapan
Sri
Unnai Solli Kutramillai
Durai
Balu (Karthik) is a graduate youth who came from his village to town, who wants to become rich. He works as a police informer and falls in love with Janaki (Sithara), the daughter of Inspector Veerapandian. Veerapandian asks Balu to watch his daughter closely, to see if she had a boyfriend.
En Uyir Thozhan
Sittu is a young village girl who is betrayed by a con man who cheats her and runs away with all her jewellery. The girl is unable to find the way forward as she is stranded in a new place. How can she go back to her village? She is spotted by Dharman, a political worker, who gives her shelter in his home. A bond develops between the two. The girl’s lover has now become a politician and Dharman starts owing allegiance to him. Blinded by his affection towards the politician, Dharman refuses to see reason despite Sittu’s pleas.
Idhaya Thamarai
Indrudu Chandrudu
Mental Patient 1
A corrupt assistant of an equally corrupt mayor murders his boss and hides the body in a freezer. He finds a look-alike and forces him to pretend to be the mayor. The young man has a different agenda.
Nyaya Tharasu
Bose
A remarkable tale of a remarkable woman, who puts her commitment to social activism above everything else, including her own love for an adoring man.
Manidhan Marivittan
A naive man who is new in town gets entrapped in a crisis due to his resemblance with a gangster. The revelation gets shocking when the criminal turns out to be his own twin brother.
Yogam Rajayogam
Siva (Ramki) is a happy-go-lucky, good natured guy who goes out of his way to help people. He and his friend Kumar (Senthil) are on the look out for a job when they come across the rich and spoilt girl Usha (Pallavi). The first meeting itself sets off sparks and Siva and Usha have a clash. Usha goes out of her way to insult Siva but during a time of danger, it is Siva who comes to her rescue. The bitter rivalry, soon turns into a budding love. However, Usha's rich father will have none of this and decides to do away with Siva. Watch what happens next forms the crux of the story
Thangamani Rangamani
Thangamani Rangamani is a Tamil film.
Siva
Siva and John, two best friends, get separated due to the atrocities of a gangster. Siva becomes Tiger and fights injustice, while John is hired by a mafia leader to kill Siva.
Varusham Padhinaaru
Kannan, a teenager, falls in love with his uncle's daughter, Radhika, but things turn upside down when her grandmother disapproves of their relationship.
Paasa Mazhai
No Overview
Pudhiya Vaanam
Pandidurai adopts military officer Jeevadurai's son, Rajaratnam, after Govindan, a criminal, kills him. Years later, Rajaratnam becomes a policeman and must take down Govindan and his henchman.
Uzhaithu Vaazha Vendum
Dharmathin Thalaivan
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.
Senthoora Poove
Story about how a young girl is ill-treated by her step-mother and how her brother's friend saves her and her husband.
Nallavan
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
Kai Naattu
Ullathil Nalla Ullam
A 1988 Indian Tamil action drama film
Solla Thudikkuthu Manasu
Anna Nagar Mudhal Theru
The film was a remake of the 1986 Malayalam film Gandhinagar 2nd Street starring Mohanlal and Karthika directed by Sathyan Anthikad. The film is a mixture of comedy, romance, sentiments and affection. It was a profitable venture for Vivekananda Film Circuit K.Padmavathi.
Thaaippasam
Ore Oru Gramathiley
Shankara fakes a lower-caste certificate for his daughter Gayathri, as he worries that she might not get entrance to university otherwise. Trouble begins when people discover her real identity.
Thangachi
A tale that shows the bonding between Brother and younger sister and the events happen in the siblings lives.
Thulasi
Khan
Thulasi is a 1987 Tamil film directed by Ameerjaan. The film stars Murali, Seetha, Chandrasekhar and Major Sundarrajan in lead roles.
Manathil Uruthi Vendum
Suhasini, a divorced nurse, is the sole wage earner of her large family and navigates various struggles in her life. One day, she meets a novelist who encourages her to get a new start in life.
Jallikkattu
The story begins with Arjun being arrest for multiples crimes. In the past, Arjun was an happy-go-lucky young man. His brother , a factory's union leader, clashed with his superiors for bonus. In the meantime, Arjun fell in love with Radha. To help the labourer, Arjun cheated the factory's owners as a fake income tax officer, he managed to take all their black money and he gave it to the labourers. Later, Arjun's brother, sister-in-law and his niece was killed. In angry, he tried to kill the culprit and failed. Siva Prasad , r, advised him to surrender but, as an innocent, he refused. However, Siva Prasad arrested him by surprise. Arjun was tortured and his head was shaved. Therefore, a bald Arjun comes at the court. Despite everything was against Arjun, the judge Ram Prakash feels that he is innocent. So Ram Prakash sentences that Arjun will be under house arrest in his isolated island.
Vanna Kanavugal
Vanna Kanavugal is a 1987 Indian Tamil film directed by Ameerjan and produced by Rajam Balachander and Pushpa Kandaswamy. The film features Karthik, Murali, Jayashree, Charle and Nassar in lead roles. The film, had musical score by V. S. Narasimhan. The film is a remake of Malayalam film Adiyozhukkukal.
Ananda Aradhanai
Mohan-a dance master loves Kavitha and their marriage is fixed. However, Mohan meets with an accident and gets paralyses. Kavitha leaves Mohan because of her mother and so Stella takes care of him.
Solvadhellam Unmai
Thazhuvatha Kaigal
Gopal and Rajeswari live a happy married life with their children. However, things start to change when he finds out that his wife suffers from blood cancer.
Vidinja Kalyanam
A death sentence inmate escapes prison and seeks asylum in a rich widow's house where she is living with her only daughter. Whether the marriage of her daughter will happen as planned forms the crux of the story.
Mella Thirandhadhu Kadhavu
Subramani's Friend
A village girl loves her distant cousin, but he loves someone else and rejects her marriage proposal. When an accident kills the girl he loves, he is forced to reconsider his decision.
Aayiram Pookkal Malarattum
Chakravarthy is a conman who marries women for their money and jewels and later kills them. Seetha falls in love with him and looks forward to marrying him. But then she learns the truth about him.
Yaaro Ezhuthiya Kavithai
Yaaro Ezhuthiya Kavithai (English : Poem that was written by someone) is a 1986 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by C. V. Sridhar, starring Sivakumar, Jayashree in lead roles.
Dharma Pathni
Uyire Unakkaaga
Murugesan Mudeliyar's assistant
Nirmala is from a royal family. She has everything but yearns for family love and attention. She soon runs into Balu and his family and is delighted to witness what a genuine happy family is like.
Idhaya Kovil
Shankar, a budding singer loses his love, Gowri, who commits suicide. When Shankar turns famous, he eventually develops friendship with Surya, a college girl, who falls in love with him.
Poove Poochudava
An elderly woman who is rich lives alone in a town. However, her life changes for the better when her granddaughter comes to live with her.
Udhaya Geetham
Arun, a popular singer and a death convict, helps raise money for the poor through his concert. However, his wife Shanthi has other plans and tries to kill him.
Kalyana Agathigal
Kalyana Agathigal is a 1985 Tamil language drama film directed by K. Balachander. The film features Saritha in lead role. The film was released on April 12, 1985. The film marked the acting debut of Nassar. The movie begins with a group of six women who live together as friends after their attempt at living a successful married life is thwarted due to various reasons, majorly because of men, sexual abuse, dowry harassment and the backward society. They also form a music band called "kalyana agathigal" to raise funds for charity to the underprivileged. Ammulu, a young runaway girl, joins the gang of girls and becomes a part of the household. The story is about how their lives make wild twists and turns as they cope with the society and try to find true love.
Naam Iruvar
Naam Iruvar is a 1985 Indian Tamil film, directed by R. Krishnamoorthy and produced by A. V. M. Kumaran.
Enakkul Oruvan
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.
Achamillai Achamillai
Achamillai Achamillai is a 1984 Indian Tamil language political satire film directed by K. Balachander. It stars Rajesh and Saritha in the lead with Pavithra, Delhi Ganesh and Charle in other prominent roles. The film deals with party switching and depicts its influence on the lives of small-time politicians. The film met with critical acclaim, winning three awards at the 32nd Filmfare Awards South, as well as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.
Poovilangu
A young man falls in love with a woman and the two get involved in a deeply passionate relationship. However, complications arise as the woman's father does not approve of their relationship.
Poikkal Kudhirai
Paramasivam
Poikkal Kudhirai is a 1983 Tamil-language Indian comedy feature film directed by K. Balachander and produced by Kalaivani. Starring Viji and Raveendran, the film had Ramakrishna and lyricist Vaali making their acting debuts. Kamal Haasan appeared in a guest role. Poikkal Kudhirai was based on Crazy Mohan's play Marriage Made in Saloon. Poikkal Kuthirai is an hilarious depiction of how Sambandam (Vaali) — who bets on each and every small thing and wins — and Indu (Ramakrishnan) enter into a bet at a saloon owned by Muthu (Ravindar). The bet is that Indu will win Sambadam's daughter Janaki's (Viji) heart and marry her. If Muthu is successful in his mission, Sambandam will shave half of his moustache for their marriage. If he fails, Muthu will shave his head. Who wins the bet is the film's narrative.
Thanneer Thanneer
A small village in Tamil Nadu faces water scarcity. The film highlights the plight of the villagers and the sufferings they endure at the hands of bureaucrats when they try to resolve their problem.
D3
On a fine day, one murder, one missing case and an accident case happens on the same day involving inspector Vikram who starts investigating all the three goes clueless with no evidence left behind. What happens next? Does he solves the mystery and succeed in his mission?