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The film received positive reviews and became a box office hit.

The film has received two National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards South and the Nandi Award for Best Feature Film (Bronze). The film is listed among CNN-IBN's list of 100 greatest Indian films of all time.

The film was screened at the International Film Festival of India in 1984, retrospective in 2011 and Celebrating Dance in Indian cinema section in 2014.

The film was dubbed into Russian, and was screened at the Moscow International Film Festival, Asia Pacific Film Festival and AISFM Film Festival.

The film was dubbed into Tamil and Malayalam and released as Salangai Oli and Sagara Sangamam respectively.

It received critical acclaim and completed a 175-day run at the box office.

It was chosen as India's entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 65th Academy Awards but was not nominated.

Thevar Magan won five National Film Awards, including Best Tamil Film, Best Supporting Actress for Revathi, and a Special Jury Award for Sivaji Ganesan, which he declined.

Thevar Magan was later remade in Hindi as Virasat (1997) and in Kannada as Thandege Thakka Maga (2006).

The film was released on 15 January 2003 to positive reviews from critics but underperformed at the box office.

Despite its initial failure, it has gained recognition over the years through re-runs on television channels and is now regarded as a classic of Tamil cinema and a cult film.

Anbe Sivam was screened as part of the Indian Panorama section of the International Film Festival of India in 2003.

At the 51st Filmfare Awards South, it received a Special Jury Award and nominations in the Best Film and Best Actor (Haasan) categories.

Madhavan was awarded Best Actor at the 2003 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards.

Moondram Pirai was released on 19 February 1982 and received critical acclaim.

It was a box office success and had a theatrical run of over a year.

The film won two National Film Awards: Best Actor for Haasan, and Best Cinematography for Mahendra.

It also won the Best Director – Tamil award for Mahendra at the Filmfare Awards South, and five Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, including Best Film (third prize), Best Actor (Haasan) and Best Actress (Sridevi).

Balu Mahendra remade the film in Hindi as Sadma (1983), with Haasan, Sridevi and Smitha reprising their roles.

Nayakan was released on 21 October 1987, Diwali day. It became a critical and commercial success, running for over 175 days in theatres.

Haasan's performance earned him the National Film Award for Best Actor.

The film also earned the National Awards for Best Cinematography (Sreeram) and Best Art Direction (Thota Tharani).

The film was India's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988 at the 60th Academy Awards; however, it was not shortlisted among the final nominees.

It was included in TIME's "All-Time 100 Best Films", and News18's "100 greatest Indian films of all time".

The film was remade in Hindi as Dayavan (1988).

The film was released on 27 November 1987 with different titles for different regions: its original title Pushpaka Vimana in Karnataka, Pushpaka Vimanam in Andhra Pradesh, Pushpak (transl. Flower) in Hindi-speaking regions, Pesum Padam (transl. Talking Picture) in Tamil Nadu, and Pushpakvimanam in Kerala.

It received critical acclaim and became a commercial success, with a 35-week theatrical run in Bangalore.

The film won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment as a Kannada-language entry.

It won in three categories at the 35th Filmfare Awards South in the Kannada branch: Best Film, Best Director (Rao) and Best Actor (Haasan).

Pushpaka Vimana (1987) was featured in the Indian Panorama section at the 12th International Film Festival of India. Retrospectively it was featured in the Shanghai International Film Festival, and Whistling Woods Film Festival.

Filmmaker Satyajit Ray applauded the film and told Rao, "You have created a love scene around a dead body", referring to the scene where the graduate and the magician's daughter walk around the hotel owner's body during his funeral several times just to spend some time together.

The film deals with several issues such as corruption and child trafficking.

Mahanadhi was released in theatres on 14 January 1994, Pongal day, and was both critically and commercially successful.

The film won two National Film Awards: Best Feature Film in Tamil and Best Audiography.

It won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards: Special Prize (Best Film) and Best Stunt Coordinator (Vikram Dharma).

On the centenary of Indian cinema in April 2013, Forbes India included Haasan's performance in the film on its list, "25 Greatest Acting Performances of Indian Cinema"

Alongside the Tamil version, a Telugu-language version titled Drohi (transl. Traitor) was filmed at the same time.

Kuruthipunal was released on 23 October 1995, Diwali day, and Drohi on 7 July 1996. The former was a critical and commercial success.

It won the Cinema Express Award for Best Film – Tamil while Kamal Haasan won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Tamil.

It was India's official entry for the 68th Academy Awards under the category Best Foreign Language Film but was not nominated.

The film attained cult status in Tamil cinema, and has been recognised by many to have set standards for other action films of the period.

Panchu Arunachalam obtained the rights to adapt a Pakistani film written by Kader Kashmiri. Despite retaining that film's core premise of quadruplets, Rao, Haasan and Mohan created an otherwise entirely new story.

Rao described it as a "modern version of the old folk tale of a king, queen and their quadruplets who grow up in different households".

The film was commercially successful and ran for 175 days, thereby becoming a silver jubilee film.

Swathi Muthyam was a box office success.

The film was screened at the Moscow Film Festival, the Asian and African film festival in Tashkent, the 11th International Film Festival of India in the inaugural mainstream section.

The film received the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu.

It won three Nandi Awards and the Filmfare Award for Best Director – Telugu.

The film was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1986, but was not nominated.

The film was later dubbed into Tamil as Sippikkul Muthu, released on October 2, 1986.

Upon its success, the film was later remade in Hindi as Eeshwar (1989) and in Kannada as Swathi Muthu (2003).

The film's narrative is based on the Rashomon effect.

The film won critical acclaim and was a commercial success at the box office. It also marked Rohini’s comeback film after an 8-year hiatus from acting

At the eighth Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival, held in South Korea, Virumaandi won the International Award for Best Asian Film.

The film released on 3 July 2015, and received positive reviews from critics.

Overall Box office collection is ₹105 crore (US$13 million).

The film is a spiritual successor of the 1986 film of the same name.

Vikram was released theatrically on 3 June 2022, and received critical acclaim from critics and audience, and became an box office success grossing over ₹420 crore (US$53 million)–₹500 crore (US$63 million).

It became the highest-grossing Tamil film of all time.

It is a remake of the Tamil film Unarchigal, which also starred Kamal Haasan but got released before the original.

Rasaleela was dubbed and released in both Tamil and Telugu, and ran for 100 days each in their respective language cities.

In 2012, Majeed Marangery remade the film with the same title. However, it failed to repeat the success.

The film was a remake of Mahendra's own 1982 Tamil film Moondram Pirai, which also starred Kamal and Sridevi.

Sadma was widely acclaimed by critics for its direction, screenplay, music and performances. Sridevi's performance as an amnesiac woman was widely praised.

Although a commercial failure upon release, Sadma over the years has gained a cultural following and cult status.

At the 31st Filmfare Awards, Sadma received three nominations : Best Actor (Kamal Haasan) Best Actress (Sridevi) and Best Story.

The Sridevi-Kamal Haasan pair also appeared on the CNN-IBN list of 'Greatest Romantic Couples on Celluloid'.

The climax of Sadma is included in the CNN-IBN list of 'Bollywood's 50 Most Memorable Scenes of All Time'

Apoorva Sagodharargal premiered at the International Film Festival of India.

The film was theatrically released on 14 April 1989 and was a box office success, completing a 200-day run in theatres.

It won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil, and two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards: Best Actor (Haasan) and Best Lyricist (Vaali).

The film was included by Rediff in their list of Kamal Haasan's ten best films.

In 2010, Rediff wrote: "Under Singeetham's very able direction, the movie blended mainstream cinema and emotion very well, [...] and marked the beginning of what was to be a long career, for Kamal Haasan, in getting more into the skin of his character, and setting higher standards for himself with the aid of superior make-up and body language."

Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu noted that Haasan's commitment to playing a dwarf in Apoorva Sagotharargal "helped him scale heights, not many can reach"

It is a highly sensuous film which deals with sexually transmitted diseases, and subsequently the film ran into trouble with the censor board prompting a delay in its release.

The film story written by R. C. Sakthi and Kamal Haasan.

The same film was later remade in Malayalam as Raasaleela and released in 1975, before the original had come out.

The film is a remake of the 1974 Tamil film Aval Oru Thodar Kathai, which was also directed by Balachander.

This is Jaya Prada's first starring role, reprising the role played by Sujatha in the original and is considered to be one of her best films.

This was also Rajinikanth's first major role.

This film was shot in black-and-white.

Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth made their acting debut in Telugu with this film.

It won Nandi Award - Third Best Feature Film - Bronze won by Ram Aranganal (1976).

It won Filmfare Awards South -Special Award – Jaya Prada

Aval Appadithan was the first film made by a graduate of the M.G.R. Government Film and Television Training Institute.

It received the second prize for Best Film at the 1978 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, while Nallusamy and M. N. Gnanashekharan won the Best Cinematographer award.

Additionally, Sripriya received a Special Award for the Best Actress of 1978.

In 2013, News18 included the film in its list, "The 100 greatest Indian films of all time".

Although the film received positive critical reception, it was not a box office success at the time of its release.

However, the film began to develop an audience after directors Bharathiraja and Mrinal Sen commented positively about it.

In May 2007, K. Balamurugan of Rediff included Aval Appadithan in his list of "Rajni's Tamil Top 10", saying, "It was what we would call parallel cinema these days.".

S. Shiva Kumar of The Hindu included the film on his December 2010 list of "Electrifying Rajinikanth-Kamal Haasan films" with Moondru Mudichu (1976), Avargal (1977) and 16 Vayathinile (1977).

It is a remake of Balachander's own Tamil film Avargal (1977).

Jayasudha reprised the role of Sujatha in the original. Kamal Haasan starred in the same role in both languages.

This film also had Chiranjeevi as the villainous husband of Jayasudha (Rajinikanth starred as the husband in Tamil).

The film was shot in Black and white.

Jayasudha won the Nandi Award for Best Actress.

Varumaiyin Niram Sivappu was simultaneously shot in Telugu as Aakali Rajyam (transl. Kingdom of hunger).

It was released on 6 November 1980, and Aakali Rajyam on 9 January 1981. The film was a commercial success.

At the 28th Filmfare Awards South, Varumayin Niram Sivappu won the Filmfare Award for Best Film – Tamil, Balachander won Best Director – Tamil, and Haasan won Best Actor – Telugu for acting in Aakali Rajyam.

Varumayin Niram Sivappu also won the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards for Best Film, Best Director (Balachander) and Best Actor (Haasan).

It was remade in Hindi as Zara Si Zindagi (1983) with Haasan reprising his role, and Balachander again directing.

Gunaa was released on 5 November 1991, Diwali day. It was critically acclaimed for its unique theme and performances, but had an average run at the box office.

The film won a Tamil Nadu State Film Award, a Filmfare Award, and two Cinema Express Awards.

It acquired cult status in Tamil cinema and inspired similar films about mentally obsessed lovers, while Devil's Kitchen became a popular tourist spot after the film's release and later known as "Guna Caves".

Gunaa was released on 5 November 1991, that year's Diwali day, and faced heavy competition from another Diwali release, Thalapathi.

It was critically acclaimed for its unique theme and performances, but had an average run at the box office.

The film was produced by Kamal Haasan, with story by Ananthu adapted loosely from the Hollywood movie, She-Devil, and dialogues by Crazy Mohan.

Sathi Leelavathi was a commercial success and was remade by David Dhawan in Hindi as Biwi No.1 (1999) and by Ramesh Aravind himself in Kannada as Rama Shama Bhama (2005).

The film released on 28 June 2002. It opened to positive reviews from critics.

The film was blockbuster and remained a cult classic in the comedy genre.

Jayaram won Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor – Tamil at the 50th South Filmfare Awards in 2003.

A sequel to the film was planned and Ravikumar had hoped to film scenes on a cruise liner, but the project failed to take off. Ravikumar instead set his 2010 film Manmadan Ambu, which also featured Haasan, on a cruise liner.

Lokesh Kanagaraj also considered making a sequel, but dropped the idea and instead collaborated with Haasan on Vikram (2022).

16 Vayathinile was released on 15 September 1977, and was distributed by Rajkannu himself since no distributor was willing to buy it.

Although written off by the media as an experimental film that would fail, the film received critical praise for Bharathiraja's script, Ilaiyaraaja's music and the performances of Haasan, Sridevi and Rajinikanth.

It was commercially successful, with a 175-day theatrical run.

It won numerous awards, including the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for S. Janaki.

It won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor (Tamil) for Haasan and Special Commendation Award for Performance for Sridevi.

It won four State Awards, including Best Director for Bharathiraja and Best Actor for Haasan.

16 Vayathinile attained cult status in Tamil cinema and is considered to be the bellwether of films depicting realistic portrayals of rural life.

Making stars of its director and lead actors, it was remade in Telugu as Padaharella Vayasu (1978), in Hindi as Solva Sawan (1979), and in Malay as Melati Putih (1984).

Indian was released on 9 May 1996 worldwide and opened to high critical acclaim on the way to becoming a major commercial success in the box office.

It became the highest grossing Tamil film of all time and also the first film from Tamil and South India to gross 50 crore at worldwide box office.

The film was selected by India as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film for the Academy Awards in 1996, but was not nominated.

The film also went on to win three National Film Awards including that of Best Actor for Kamal Haasan's portrayal.

It won Filmfare Awards and the Tamil Nadu film fare award.

It was the highest-grossing Tamil film upon its release, beating the collections of Baashha until surpassed by Padayappa three years later.

Indian was also dubbed into Telugu as 'Bharatheeyudu' and in Hindi as 'Hindustani' . Both Telugu and Hindi dubbed versions also became a major commercial success .

The film was a remake of the 1995 Tamil film, Sathi Leelavathi.

This film marked the directorial debut of actor Ramesh Arvind.

The film was critical and a commercial success, and completed a 16-week run at a theatre in Bangalore.

It also marked the appearance of Kamal Haasan in Kannada films after 17 years.

The film was simultaneously made in Telugu as Eenadu (transl. Today) with Venkatesh playing Mohanlal's role, both remakes of the Hindi film A Wednesday!.

Both Unnaipol Oruvan and Eenadu received positive reviews from the critics and were commercially successful.

Mohanlal won the Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards for Best Supporting Actor.

It received 3 Filmfare Awards South nominations for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

The Tamil version film was dubbed and released in Malayalam as Oru Budhanazhcha.

It mentioned that unlike in the Hindi version where Naseeruddin Shah had an edge over Anupam Kher, here the best dialogues were almost equally given to Mohanlal as well, "what elevates the film to a new high is the crisp presentation and outstanding performances from the lead actors, mainly Kamal and Mohanlal, who simply rock".