Movies: Periya Karuppu Thevar

Creepy happenings in an abandoned mansion are attributed to the ghost of an ancient courtesan, back for revenge....

Angela, a civil advocate interviewing inmates at the Madras Central Prison for a documentary on the death penalty meets Virumaandi and Kothaala, who are sentenced to death and life respectively for their roles in perpetrating the massacre of 24 peopl...

Pettaikaaran is famous in his town for an impeccable track record of successes in rooster fights. When one of his aides, Karuppu, goes against his word in a fight, it leads to an enmity between them....

After receiving severe punishment from his father, the eldest son of a family runs away. Several years later, he returns back home with a feeling of remorse....

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Siva lives with his father Soundarapandian, a police officer, and his little sister Geetha. Geetha gets engaged and Siva notes that his father will not invite his family to the wedding. Hence, Siva finds out his family's village and goes there. At hi...

Lakshmi and Raja fall in love and decide to get married. But on the day of the marriage, Raja is accused of murdering a woman....

A decorated military officer avenges his wife's suicide prompted by the heinous acts of several very bad guys....

A man comes to Chennai with a mission to find his brother, who had run away from his house about two decades ago. But a series of events make them both a part of unexpected happenings....

Thayama gets money from a landlord in order to save her husband and promises to give her child in return. Things turn for the worst when the rich man wants to marry off his daughter to Thayama's son....

Solaiyamma is a mother-less woman who is looked after by her father. She has been promised in marriage with her relative Balraj and they are in love. Vairavan is a heartless muscular man who spreads terror among the villagers and rapes the village gi...

Based in Mumbai, Raja (Arjun) lives a violent yet poor lifestyle along with his father, Banwarilal. He meets with and comes to the rescue of Madurai/Mahendrapur-based belle, Mahalakshmi/Madhumita (Jyotika), and both fall in love with each other. When...

Kulasekaran is a liquor shop owner and he likes to spend the time in college. Kulasekaran is also a modern Don Juan : a seducer of women. During a wedding function, Kulasekaran falls under the spell of the shy young woman Sangita. He talks to Sangit...

In the past, the young Seethalakshmi became pregnant but she didn't reveal the father's identity. To punish her, the village chief Periya Ayya ordered her to live alone in a small hut and after the childbirth, he took her newborn son. Whereas, Dharm...

Maasilamani, a dreaded don, spreads terror around him: triggering riots, smuggling illicit liquor and drugs. The police are exasperated by Maasilamani and send Abhimanyu to cope with Maasilamani. Abhimanyu is an incorruptible and strict Assistant Com...

January 1 is a 1984 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Manivannan, starring Vijayakanth, Sulakshana and Sathyaraj in lead roles....

A man and a woman fall in love with each other; his mother does not approve of her as she is from a different religion and her brother is a gangster. But they decide to withstand religious differences to be with each other....

Sivaraman belongs to a low caste and is a cobbler by profession. He was orphaned as a little boy and has since been brought up by a couple belonging to the lower caste. A trip to the 'agraharam' brings back memories of his childhood and he realises t...

Sundarapandian, an orphan and angry man, is the henchman of a rich man Manivannan and he often went to jail for minor offenses. Karthikeyan enters his house as a maid and he falls with his daughter Kalyani. In the meantime, Mallaria, an orphan, tries...

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....