Acting

Vinu Chakravarthy

Born December 15, 1945 · Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India

Died April 27, 2017 · aged 71

Vinu Chakravarthee was a Tamil actor, script writer and director who is known for acting in more than 1000 movies in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Badaga and Malayalam mostly as a comedian, supporting actor or in a villainous role. The 2007 released Tamil movie Muni was his landmark 1000th movie. On completion of his education, Chakravarthy worked as a Reserve Sub-Inspector at the Ice House police stat…

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Unnai Thedi

Unnai Thedi · 1999

Unnai Thedi (Tamil: உன்னை தேடி) is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Sundar C. The film features Ajith Kumar and Malavika in the lead roles, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Karan, Vivek, Sivakumar, and Srividya.

Ingeyum Oru Gangai

Ingeyum Oru Gangai · 1984

Ingeyum Oru Gangai

MovieRomanceDrama

Arunachalam

Arunachalam · 1997

MovieActionDrama

Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

Veera

MovieComedyFamily

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.

Manithan

Manithan · 1987

MovieDramaAction

The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.

Paarai

Thamizhan

Thamizhan · 2002

MovieDramaAction

Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals. But Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights and how he does so forms the crux of the story.

Chinna Mappillai

Chinna Mappillai · 1993

Chinna Mappillai

MovieRomanceComedy

Thangavelu, A poor bus-stand coolie is talked into faking his identity as a wealthy Singaporean engineer to marry a rich girl (Janaki). When her father catches on, every lie only digs the hole deeper.

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Unnai Thedi

Unnai Thedi · 1999

Unnai Thedi (Tamil: உன்னை தேடி) is a 1999 Tamil film directed by Sundar C. The film features Ajith Kumar and Malavika in the lead roles, while an ensemble supporting cast includes Karan, Vivek, Sivakumar, and Srividya.

Ingeyum Oru Gangai

Ingeyum Oru Gangai · 1984

Ingeyum Oru Gangai

MovieRomanceDrama

Arunachalam

Arunachalam · 1997

MovieActionDrama

Arunachalam, the son of a prominent village elder, discovers the truth about his past.

Chokkalingam

Veera

MovieComedyFamily

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.

Rajamanikkam

Manithan

Manithan · 1987

MovieDramaAction

The Story of a young man who returns from jail after imprisonment on crime he commits for justice during young age. He comes out and again fights for justice in everyway. This film released along with Kamal hassan starred and Mani Ratnam directed Nayakan,Sathyaraj starred Brahma and Vijayakant starred Uzhavan Magan for the Deepavali season. Collection wise, reportedly this was a hit.

Paarai

Thamizhan

Thamizhan · 2002

MovieDramaAction

Surya is a lawyer with right values, who tries to redress things the legal way. He falls in love with Priya. His brother-in-law Shakthivel, also an upright lawyer, is killed in the process of upholding justice. Surya's sister also meets a pitiful end at the hands of criminals. But Surya refuses to give up. His mission is to make the layman understand his legal rights and how he does so forms the crux of the story.

MLA

Chinna Mappillai

Chinna Mappillai · 1993

Chinna Mappillai

MovieRomanceComedy

Thangavelu, A poor bus-stand coolie is talked into faking his identity as a wealthy Singaporean engineer to marry a rich girl (Janaki). When her father catches on, every lie only digs the hole deeper.

Galatta Ganapathi

Galatta Ganapathi · 2003

Galatta Ganapathi

Being a cop Ganapathi has troubles getting married. He eventually falls for Nandhini, but his mom demands dowry which results into conflicts. Will Nandhini stand by Ganapathi?

Ellame En Thangachi

Ellame En Thangachi · 1989

Ellame En Thangachi

MovieComedyRomance

A Family entertainer about the brother and sister

Rajadhani

Rajadhani · 1994

Nadar, a local businessman, tries to demolish an orphanage to start a distillery. Pillai, who runs the orphanage, attempts to stop Nadar from doing so.

Rajamanyam Nadar

Malabar Police

Malabar Police · 1999

MovieComedyCrime

A couple witnesses the murder of a high-profile politician and flees to save their lives. While they get separated, a diligent police officer sets out to find them and nab the culprit.

Meganathan

Neranja Manasu

Neranja Manasu · 2004

MovieDramaAction

The villagers of Suriyakudi believe that young Ayyanar will be their saviour. He soon gets Sivanandi imprisoned for killing his own father, and years later, Sivanandi returns to kill him.

Parasuram

Parasuram · 2003

MovieActionDrama

ACP Parasuram helps Siva's mother, a widow, in recouping their wealth. Brainwashed by Akash, a terrorist, Siva works against the police and the government and believes they killed his brother.

Kader Mohammed

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga · 1999

Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga

MovieRomanceComedy

Sakthi tries to sabotage his marriage arranged by his father but gets a huge shock when the girl turns out to be the one he loves.

Veeramuthu

Ilakkanam

Ilakkanam · 2006

Story of Thamizharasan (Vishnu Priyan) who goes into a coma.

Mann Vasanai

Mann Vasanai · 1983

MovieRomanceDrama

Love, village feud and circumstances lead a young man to abandon his village and lover and head to the armed forces. Upon his return, his lover realizes that things are never going to be the same again.

Malaichamy

Sangham

Sangham · 1988

MovieDramaAction

A spoilt rich man Kuttapayi befriends a group of four college students. Kuttapayi uses them to do a lot of his dirty work. When things go awry they take refuge in Kuttapayi's remote estate; where his past catches up with him.

Thevar

Anbu Kattalai

Anbu Kattalai · 1989

Shakthivel is determined to kill Balakrishnan and Rajamanikam for killing his brother and his family. He succeeds in killing Balakrishnan but his own son is hunting for him to kill him.

Desingu Raja

Desingu Raja · 2013

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.

Idhayakani's Grandfather

Enga Ooru Pattukaran

Enga Ooru Pattukaran · 1987

Enga Ooru Pattukaran

MovieRomanceDrama

Seethan, a poor milkman, and Shenbagam, the daughter of a landlord, love each other despite their social differences. Problems arise when her father fixes her marriage with a rich man.

Maruthamuthu

Uyire Unakkaga

Uyire Unakkaga · 1986

MovieDramaFamily

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.

Punnagai Desam

Punnagai Desam · 2002

Ganesh comes from village to meet his uncle and his daughter Ammu. His uncle refuses to acknowledge his presence and does not want his daughter to get married with him. He meets his friends who are living in bad condition to achieve their dreams.

Manidhan Marivittan

Manidhan Marivittan · 1989

Manidhan Marivittan

MovieCrimeDrama

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.