Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows With Dhanush

1. The Gray Man (2022)

PG-13 | 122 min | Action, Thriller

When the CIA's most skilled operative, whose true identity is known to none, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.

Directors: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Billy Bob Thornton

Votes: 240,286

2. Captain Miller (2024)

Not Rated | 157 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A man leaves and turns against the British-led Indian military after witnessing atrocity.

Director: Arun Matheswaran | Stars: Dhanush, Aditi Balan, Shivarajkumar, Sundeep Kishan

Votes: 6,914

3. The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir (2018)

PG-13 | 92 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Ajatashatru Lavash Patel has lived all his life in a small Mumbai neighborhood tricking people with street magic and fakir stunts. He sets out on a journey to find his estranged father but instead gets dragged on a never-ending adventure.

Director: Ken Scott | Stars: Dhanush, Bérénice Bejo, Erin Moriarty, Barkhad Abdi

Votes: 8,558

4. Asuran (2019)

Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Drama

The teenage son of a farmer from an underprivileged caste kills a rich, upper caste landlord. How the pacifist farmer saves his hot-blooded son is the rest of the story.

Director: Vetrimaaran | Stars: Dhanush, Manju Warrier, Prakash Raj, Pasupathy

Votes: 33,552

5. Thiruchitrambalam (2022)

131 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

Thiruchitrambalam lives with his father and grandfather. He blames the former for the loss of his mother and sister and is not on good terms with the latter. Meanwhile, his love life is not so successful.

Director: Mithran Jawahar | Stars: Dhanush, Nithya Menen, Bharathiraja, Prakash Raj

Votes: 15,219

6. Raayan (2024)

Action, Drama | Post-production

After his family is killed, a young man trains to avenge their murders. Seeking those responsible, his quest leads him through the criminal underworld.

Director: Dhanush | Stars: Dhanush, Amala Paul, Nithya Menen, Aparna Balamurali

7. Atrangi Re (2021)

138 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A Tamil boy meets a girl from Bihar, what follows is a love story for the ages. A non-linear narrative of two romances running in parallel from different timelines.

Director: Aanand L. Rai | Stars: Dhanush, Sara Ali Khan, Akshay Kumar, Seema Biswas

Votes: 28,004

8. Vada Chennai (2018)

Not Rated | 164 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A young carrom player in north Chennai becomes a reluctant participant in a war between two warring gangsters.

Director: Vetrimaaran | Stars: Dhanush, Ameer Sultan, Radha Ravi, Daniel Balaji

Votes: 19,721

9. Karnan (2021)

158 min | Action, Drama

Karnan, a fearless village youth, must fight for the rights of the conservative people of his village, due to the torture given by a police officer.

Director: Mari Selvaraj | Stars: Dhanush, Lal, Rajisha Vijayan, Yogi Babu

Votes: 23,721

10. Kaala (2018)

Not Rated | 162 min | Action, Drama

Kaala is about the life of Nellai / Tirunelveli based Tamils who live in large number in Mumbai.

Director: Pa. Ranjith | Stars: Rajinikanth, Nana Patekar, Samuthirakani, Easwari Rao

Votes: 10,357

11. Raanjhanaa (2013)

Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Romance

Kundan, the son of a Hindu pundit, discovers that his childhood sweetheart Zoya loves city-bred Akram and wants to marry him. However, he persistently seeks to win her heart.

Director: Aanand L. Rai | Stars: Dhanush, Sonam Kapoor, Mohd. Zeeshan Ayyub, Swara Bhasker

Votes: 34,637 | Gross: $0.88M

12. Vaathi (2023)

Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Drama

When a private school teacher is assigned to a neglected public school, he must overcome personal and political strife in his fight for education.

Director: Venky Atluri | Stars: Dhanush, Samyuktha Menon, Sai Kumar, Tanikella Bharani

Votes: 10,336

13. Visaaranai (2015)

Not Rated | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Four labourers are tortured by the police to confess to a theft they have not committed.

Director: Vetrimaaran | Stars: Dinesh, Samuthirakani, Anandhi, Murugadass

Votes: 12,112

14. Velaiilla Pattadhari 2 (2017)

Not Rated | 128 min | Action, Comedy

A cool-headed crusader for the struggling engineers, Raghuvaran faces the powerful and arrogant owner of a construction company Vasundhara Parameswaran, as they engage in a battle to win the corporate game.

Director: Soundarya Rajinikanth Vishagan | Stars: Dhanush, Kajol, Amala Paul, Vivek

Votes: 3,124

15. Polladhavan (2007)

Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A contemporary action drama revolving around a young man's love for his bike, including the trials and travails he is forced to undergo when it goes missing.

Director: Vetrimaaran | Stars: Dhanush, Ramya, Kishore Kumar G., Karunas

Votes: 2,535

16. Petta (2019)

Not Rated | 171 min | Action, Drama

A hostel warden becomes the target of a dreaded politician and his gangster son, but little do they realize that it is they who should fear him.

Director: Karthik Subbaraj | Stars: Rajinikanth, Vijay Sethupathi, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, M. Sasikumar

Votes: 11,955

17. The Crow's Egg (2014)

109 min | Comedy, Drama

Two slum kids yearn to taste a pizza after being enticed by the pizza shop that has opened near their locality. What happens when they manage to find the money to buy one?

Director: M. Manikandan | Stars: Ramesh Thilaganathan, J. Vignesh, Aishwarya Rajesh, Ramesh Thilak

Votes: 7,731

18. Thulluvadho Ilamai (2002)

Not Rated | 144 min | Drama

The story of six high-school classmates, coming from different strata of society, who have each their own problems in their respective families and they deciding to live together on their own the help of an older friend of theirs.

Director: Kasthuri Raja | Stars: Dhanush, Gangeshwari, Ramesh Khanna, Abhinay Kinger

Votes: 601

19. 3 (I) (2012)

Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

Ram and Janani are high school sweethearts who eventually get married. However, Janani is mystified when Ram commits suicide all of a sudden and she tries to find out the truth behind his death.

Director: Aishwarya Dhanush | Stars: Dhanush, Shruti Haasan, Prabhu, Bhanupriya

Votes: 6,376

20. Nenjam Marappathillai (2021)

150 min | Horror, Thriller

A god-fearing young woman who takes up the job of a caretaker in a rich household tries to take revenge on her lustful employer.

Director: K. Selvaraghavan | Stars: S.J. Suryah, Nandita Shwetha, Regina Cassandra, T. Sivakumar

Votes: 2,082

21. Jigarthanda (2014)

Not Rated | 171 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

An aspiring director targets a ruthless gangster because he wants to make a violent gangster film. His discreet attempts to research the gangster fail miserably. Finally when he gets caught snooping, things hit the fan.

Director: Karthik Subbaraj | Stars: Siddharth, Bobby Simha, Lakshmi Menon, Nassar

Votes: 13,570

22. Maari (2015)

Not Rated | 138 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

Maari, a goon with a love for pigeon racing, must challenge the police corruption in his town.

Director: Balaji Mohan | Stars: Dhanush, Kajal Aggarwal, Vijay Yesudas, Robo Shankar

Votes: 5,030

23. Power Paandi (2017)

125 min | Action, Drama, Musical

A 65 years old man starting a journey to find his first love who broke up 40 years ago.

Director: Dhanush | Stars: Dhanush, Dheena, Divyadarshini, Delhi Ganesh

Votes: 2,079

24. Velaiyilla Pattathari (2014)

Not Rated | 133 min | Action, Comedy, Drama

A jobless young man gets to redeem himself.

Director: Velraj | Stars: Dhanush, Saranya Ponvannan, Amala Paul, Samuthirakani

Votes: 8,416

25. Miss Shetty Mr Polishetty (2023)

Not Rated | 149 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Miss Shetty is a feminist living in London and wants to be single forever. Mr. Polishetty from Hyderabad in Telangana, India, wants to be in a committed relationship. The two appear to be in different stages of life but somehow connect.

Director: Mahesh Babu P. | Stars: Anushka Shetty, Naveen Polishetty, Jayasudha, Nassar

Votes: 4,226

26. Naanum Rowdy Thaan (2015)

Not Rated | 139 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A wannabe rowdy who falls for a hearing-impaired girl faces a dilemma when the girl makes a shocking request.

Director: Vignesh Shivan | Stars: Vijay Sethupathi, Nayanthara, Parthiban Radhakrishnan, Radhika Sarathkumar

Votes: 5,060

27. Shamitabh (2015)

Not Rated | 155 min | Drama

An aspiring actor with the inability to speak, joins forces with a man who has a powerful voice. Together they take the film industry by storm, but will their egos get in the way?

Director: R. Balki | Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan, Abhinaya

Votes: 7,895 | Gross: $0.24M

28. Maari 2 (2018)

Not Rated | 143 min | Action, Comedy

Gangster Maari squares off against Beeja, a hardened criminal who considers himself to be the God of death.

Director: Balaji Mohan | Stars: Dhanush, Kreshna, Sai Pallavi, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar

Votes: 3,484

29. Maryan (2013)

Not Rated | 150 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A contract worker in Sudan is abducted by mercenaries and his lover in India awaits his return.

Director: Bharat Bala | Stars: Dhanush, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Salim Kumar, Appukutty

Votes: 3,688

30. Maaran (2022)

130 min | Action, Thriller

An investigative journalist is in trouble when he publishes an article that exposes bitter truths about a corrupt politician.

Director: Karthick Naren | Stars: Dhanush, Malavika Mohanan, Samuthirakani, Smruthi Venkat

Votes: 2,659

31. Pudhu Pettai (2006)

Not Rated | 168 min | Action, Crime, Drama

After running away from his home, Kumar falls in with a gang and slowly rises through the ranks of the criminal underworld.

Director: K. Selvaraghavan | Stars: Dhanush, Sneha, Sonia Agarwal, Azhagam Perumal

Votes: 7,944

32. Pattas (2020)

Not Rated | 141 min | Action, Drama

Sakthi is a petty thief in a Chennai slum, who learns the Adimurai, the ancient and oldest form of martial arts. Meanwhile, an evil man and his son challenge Sakthi for a kickboxing tournament, and Sakthi agrees to participate in it.

Director: R.S. Durai Senthilkumar | Stars: Dhanush, Sneha, Mehreen Pirzada, Naveen Chandra

Votes: 1,869

33. Ayirathil Oruvan (2010)

Not Rated | 183 min | Action, Adventure

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.

Director: K. Selvaraghavan | Stars: Karthi, Reema Sen, Andrea Jeremiah, Parthiban Radhakrishnan

Votes: 7,634

34. Kaadhal Konden (2003)

Not Rated | 150 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

Exploring into the mind of a youth who is mentally and physically abused in his childhood, the film shows how he slowly turns into a psychopath who kills anyone who comes in the way of the girl for whom he has an obsessive love!

Director: K. Selvaraghavan | Stars: Dhanush, Sonia Agarwal, Sudip, Daniel Balaji

Votes: 2,454

35. Enai Noki Paayum Thota (2019)

Not Rated | 153 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Raghu, a normal college guy gets dragged into trouble when he falls in love with Lekha and their whirlwind romance changes the course of his life.

Director: Gautham Vasudev Menon | Stars: Dhanush, Megha Akash, M. Sasikumar, Senthil Veeraasamy

Votes: 2,048

36. Ilaiyaraaja

Pre-production

The Official Biopic of the life and journey of the world's finest 'Isaignani'/'Maestro' Ilaiyaraaja.

Director: Arun Matheswaran | Star: Dhanush

37. Jagame Thandhiram (2021)

TV-MA | 158 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A nomadic gangster finds himself caught between good and evil in a fight for a place to call home. Starring Dhanush, Aishwarya Lekshmi and James Cosmo.

Director: Karthik Subbaraj | Stars: Dhanush, James Cosmo, Aishwarya Lekshmi, Joju George

Votes: 12,458

38. Thodari (2016)

Not Rated | 168 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

A train pantry worker and a young woman passenger fall in love aboard a runaway train and struggle to survive.

Director: Prabu Solomon | Stars: Dhanush, Keerthy Suresh, Ganesh Venkatraman, Imman Annachi

Votes: 1,357

39. Naiyaandi (2013)

158 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A boy finds his brothers in love with his girl.

Director: A. Sarkunam | Stars: Dhanush, Nazriya Nazim, Vamsi Krishna, Sathyan

Votes: 766

40. Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013–2016)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Talk-Show

Every episode starts with stage act of Kapil Sharma and various characters and then Kapil take one or more celebrity interview with co-actors.

Stars: Kapil Sharma, Kiku Sharda, Navjot Singh Sidhu, Ali Asgar

Votes: 5,723

41. Ethir Neechal (2013)

129 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

A young man opts to run a marathon to prove himself.

Director: R.S. Durai Senthilkumar | Stars: Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand, Nandita Shwetha, Sharath Lohitashwa

Votes: 2,715

42. Naane Varuven (2022)

122 min | Action, Horror, Thriller

Prabhu an average suburban man for whom his family is everything. His life is turned upside down when his daughter Satya is possessed by the ghost of a little boy.

Director: K. Selvaraghavan | Stars: Dhanush, Prabhu, Indhuja Ravichandran, Elli Avrram

Votes: 5,444

43. Indian Premier League (2008– )

Sport

The best cricket players on the planet converge for the epic battle that will transcend all barriers. For die hard cricket fans!

Stars: Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, AB de Villiers

Votes: 2,419

44. Yaaradi Nee Mohini (2008)

Not Rated | 174 min | Drama, Romance

Vasu falls in love with Keerthi, but when he expresses his feelings to her, she rejects him and says that her marriage has been fixed. Later, he learns that she is about to marry his close friend Cheenu.

Director: Mithran Jawahar | Stars: Dhanush, Nayanthara, Karthik Kumar, Saranya Mohan

Votes: 2,577

45. Thanga Magan (2015)

Not Rated | 122 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Tamizh's peaceful life is shattered when his father commits suicide. So, he tries to uncover the reason that prompted his father to kill himself.

Director: Velraj | Stars: Dhanush, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Amy Jackson, K.S. Ravikumar

Votes: 2,547

46. Kaaki Sattai (2015)

Not Rated | 156 min | Action

A young cop needs to show his true potential to catch a gangster and to win his love.

Directors: R.S. Durai Senthilkumar, Harish Ram L.H. | Stars: Sivakarthikeyan, Prabhu, Sri Divya, Vijay Raaz

Votes: 1,735

47. Irandam Ulagam (2013)

Not Rated | 158 min | Action, Fantasy, Romance

Madhu, a mathematician, becomes depressed after the unexpected deaths of his girlfriend and father. However, when he tries to commit suicide, his look-alike takes him to an unnamed exoplanet.

Director: K. Selvaraghavan | Stars: Arya, Anushka Shetty, Jaya Bachchan, Venkatesh Harinathan

Votes: 1,426

48. Aadukalam (2011)

Not Rated | 160 min | Action, Drama, Romance

Falling in love with Irene as well as refusing to obey his boss Pettaikaran in a rooster fight complicates Karuppu's life.

Director: Vetrimaaran | Stars: Dhanush, Taapsee Pannu, Jayabalan, Kishore Kumar G.

Votes: 7,150

49. Venghai (2011)

Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Drama

A young man supports his father in opposing a local MLA, who often gives them trouble.

Director: Hari | Stars: Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Raj Kiran, Prakash Raj

Votes: 896

50. Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam (2006)

Not Rated | 155 min | Action, Drama, Romance

A reckless boy falls for a girl whose disapproving brother is a rich businessman.

Director: Boopathy Pandian | Stars: Dhanush, Shriya Saran, Prakash Raj, Karunas

Votes: 810