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1. 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: 19,679
2. 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: 33,501
3. 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: 12,089
4. 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: 7,928
5. 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: 7,722
6. 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: 13,556
7.
Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013–2016)
Episode:
Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan and R. Balki
(2015)
TV-PG | Comedy, Talk-Show
Amitabh Bachchan, Dhanush, Akshara Haasan and R. Balki join Kapil Sharma in this week's episode of Comedy Nights with Kapil for the promotion of their film Shamitabh.
Director: Dharampal Thakur | Stars: Kapil Sharma, Sumona Chakravarti, Sunil Grover, Ali Asgar
Votes: 12
8. 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: 7,144
9. 59th Idea Filmfare Awards (2014 TV Special)
Reality-TV
The 59th Filmfare Awards 2013 appreciated talent from the Hindi film industry. The most awaited award ceremony of the country comes out with its list of winners recognizing their talent as they entertained us in the year 2013.
Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone
Votes: 49
10. 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: 7,620
11. 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: 2,450
12. 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: 23,706
13. 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: 15,155
14. 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
15. 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: 2,417
16. 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: 8,404
17. 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: 2,529
18. Mayakkam Enna (2011)
Not Rated | 145 min | Drama, Romance
Karthik and Yamini can't stand each other, but there lies the twist when opposites attract.
Director: K. Selvaraghavan | Stars: Dhanush, Richa Langella, Sunder Ramu, Mathivanan Rajendran
Votes: 4,295
19. 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: 34,614 | Gross: $0.88M
20. Dhanush's Sachin Anthem (2012 Music Video)
Music
A tribute to Sachin tendulakar one of the greatest cricketers of the century
Stars: Dhanush, Anushka Shetty
Votes: 56
21. 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: 6,362
22. 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: 2,076
23. 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: 10,305
24. 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: 2,574
25. 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: 5,052
26. 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: 11,935
27. 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: 3,687
28. 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: 4,194
29. Cinema Veeran (2017)
51 min | Documentary
This Documentary film was inspired and based on the lives of untold stories of stunt choreographers of Tamil cinema.
Director: Aishwarya Dhanush
Votes: 6
30. Amma Kanakku (2016)
109 min | Drama
A woman who works as a house help tries to teach the importance of education to her daughter. However, her efforts go in vain as her daughter believes that she cannot afford her higher education.
Director: Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari | Stars: Amala Paul, Yuvalakshmi, Revathi, Samuthirakani
Votes: 441
31. 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: 8,540
32. 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: 2,711
33. Anegan (2015)
Not Rated | 154 min | Action, Romance, Thriller
Madhu, an animator, gets thoughts about her past life, but her psychiatrist believes it to be a figment of her imagination. Madhu happens to meet Ashwin, the man she was in love with in her past life.
Director: K.V. Anand | Stars: Dhanush, Karthik, Amyra Dastur, Aishwarya Devan
Votes: 3,905
34. Kodi (2016)
Not Rated | 145 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A young politician competes with his ambitious girlfriend in the elections while his twin brother gets forcefully dragged into this battle.
Director: R.S. Durai Senthilkumar | Stars: Dhanush, Trisha Krishnan, Anupama Parameswaran, Saranya Ponvannan
Votes: 3,214
35. 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: 7,887 | Gross: $0.24M
36. 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: 239,343
37. 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, John Kokken, Antony, Sundeep Kishan
Votes: 6,813
38. 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: 10,337
39. 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: 27,972
40. 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: 808
41. 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: 5,019
42. 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: 599
43. Tharangam (2017)
153 min | Action, Comedy
The misadventures of two bumbling cops. Featuring a cast of colorful characters each with their own agenda.
Director: Dominic Arun | Stars: Tovino Thomas, Naji M Baji, Balu Varghese, Santhy Balachandran
Votes: 565
44. 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: 5,438
45. Thiruda Thirudi (2003)
132 min | Comedy, Romance
Vasu, a prankster, whiles away his time teasing girls and getting scolded by his father. But when one of his pranks results in his brother getting jailed, he decides to turn over a new leaf.
Director: Subramaniam Siva | Stars: Dhanush, Chaya Singh, Karunas, Manicka Vinayagam
Votes: 385
46. 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: 2,079
47. 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: 2,543
48. Dreams (2004)
Not Rated | 149 min | Drama
A young man is spoiled to the hilt by his father due to which he leads a wayward life. At one point in time he finds love and reforms, hopefully for the best. But destiny has other plans in store.
Director: Kasthuri Raja | Stars: Brahmanandam, Dhanush, Chandreyi Ghosh, Niraj
Votes: 85
49. Uthama Puthiran (2010)
Not Rated | 169 min | Comedy, Romance
A man is asked to help a friend who is to be married. This does not go as planned.
Director: Mithran Jawahar | Stars: Dhanush, Genelia Deshmukh, Vivek, Ashish Vidyarthi
Votes: 917
50. 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: 12,449