Best Tamil Action Movies of 2005

S. Shankar · 181 min · Oscar Films

Ambi is a meek lawyer, who wishes to change the society. But, because of his oft-repeated concern, people don't take him seriously. Besides, Nandini, the girl whom he loves, also rejects her because of this. This makes Ambi shattered, not before he encounters a website Aparichit.com, visiting which creates an alter ego inside Ambi's mind. For the girl he loves, he becomes a supermodel named Remo, and for the entire nation, to reform it, he becomes a vigilante named Aparichit, who not only teaches people the importance of following the rules, but also punishes them if they don't follow.

Cast: Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.3/10 on IMDb (22,482 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

A. R. Murugadoss · Sri Saravanaa Creations

Spunky and compassionate Kalpana rents an apartment and works as an ad-model. Her life changes when she invents a love affair between herself and wealthy Sanjay Ramaswamy. When Sanjay finds out, he decides to confront her to end this facade, but ends up falling in love with her. He pretends to be poor, proposes to her, and she subsequently accepts. Before they could get married, she gets killed, Sanjay gets assaulted, resulting in memory loss, and he is unable to remember anything beyond 15 minutes. During those 15 minutes, Sanjay manages to put together bit by bit through tattoos, Polaroid photos, notes, and maps on the wall of his apartment whatever he is able to recollect, as he sets out to avenge Kalpana's death. Sanjay does not know that the elusive killer knows about his agenda, and has already made plans to finish him off once and for all.

Cast: Asin, Nayanthara, Pradeep Rawat

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P. Vasu · 166 min · Sivaji Productions

Senthil and Ganga marry against the wishes of their extended family, and move into a mansion right next to where the cousin intended as Senthil's bride Shweta lives. Several members of Shweta's family are miffed at Senthil's "unauthorized" wedding, and his mother start's fearing for the newlyweds' safety when they move next-doors to their cousins. Soon after moving into their new house, strange things start happening, whether these are caused by the apparent ghost of a former occupant, Chandramukhi, or any one of the suspicious members of the extended family, will be looked into by "psychiatrist extraordinaire" Dr. Sarvanan.

Cast: Rajinikanth, Jyotika, Prabhu

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AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (7.2/10 on IMDb (7,474 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.

Hari · Gemini Productions

A young orphan grows up under the mentorship of a wealthy real estate businessman, who has many illegal dealings and does his bidding, legal and illegal. However, when his mentor betrays him, he decides to break his vow of fealty and exact revenge against his master for backstabbing him. How will his future unfold?

Cast: Trisha, Vadivelu, Ashish Vidyarthi

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Selva · Vasan Visual Ventures

Vijay (Arjun) is an ex-cop who was framed up after he cleaned the city of the scum of the earth including nine encounter killings of dreaded gangsters. Now out of work, he is persuaded by his former boss to be the bodyguard of 8-year-old Priya whose parents (Manoj K. Jayan and Sanghavi) are millionaires. He is hired to protect the little girl from kidnappers who are on the prowl. The kidnappers are led by a loony militant called 'Ahmed Khan' who manages to kidnap Priya and humiliate Vijay. The rest of the film is how Vijay assisted by two glam girls (Namitha and Keerthi Chawla) mete out vigilante justice in a cat-and-mouse game with the kidnappers.

Cast: Arjun Sarja, Namitha, Keerthi Chawla

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Sundar C · Sri Sri Chitra

Chinna is a 2005 Tamil romantic action thriller film directed by Sundar C. It stars Arjun and Sneha in the lead roles. It did reasonable business at the box-office. The second half is partially inspired by the Hindi film Darr (1993) which has Sunny Deol, Shahrukh Khan, and Juhi Chawla in lead roles. It was dubbed in Telugu as Koti. It was remade in Odia as Criminal .

Cast: Arjun, Sneha, Livingston

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Ameer Sultan

The story revolves around the relationship between a mother and her son. The movie commences with Rama Krishna and his mother Saradha lying in a pool of blood; The police find Raam is still alive and arrest him on charges of murdering his mother.

Cast: Jiiva, Rahman, Gajala

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M. A. Murugesh · Mars Entertainment Group / Motion Pictures Partners International

Siva, a medical college student, falls in love with his classmate Mahalakshmi. Trouble begins when he fights against a gangster who also falls in love with Mahalakshmi.

Cast: Prashanth, Sneha, Subbaraju

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S. A. Chandrasekhar

Actor Vijay played Guest role.Ravi Shankar (Ravi Krishna) and Sandhya (Natassha), students of a college in Dindigul Tamil Nadu, are love birds. But Sandhya faces problem in her home as her uncle has false eye on her.

Cast: Vijay, Ravi Krishna, Sreeman

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Babu Yogeswaran · Lakshmi Movie Makers

Antony falls in love with Rajeswari who belongs to an upper caste family. When her father kills her sister for marrying a man from the lower caste, she decides to elope with Antony.

Cast: Jayam Ravi, Renuka Menon, Vadivelu

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K. S. Adiyaman

The film is a contemporary Indian take on life and pregnancy topics, and was also made in Hindi as Shaadi Karke Phas Gaya Yaar with Salman Khan and Shilpa Shetty in the lead.

Cast: Madhavan, Sadha, Ramesh Khanna

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Shafi

The story is about Govindan (Manivannan) and his two foster sons Aadi (Pasupathy) and Mathi (Vikram). All three are petty thieves who decide to reform and settle down in a new place.

Cast: Vikram, Asin, Pasupathy

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N. Linguswamy

A college student who goes on vacation to his friend's home gets involved with the local goon who terrorizes the town.

Cast: Vishal, Meera Jasmine, Rajkiran

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Perarasu

An affectionate brother gets his sister married off to a man in the city as he feels that villages do not have the facilities to support a decent lifestyle, but little does he realize that the city poses greater risks.

Cast: Vijay, Trisha, Pasupathy

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Perarasu

A man discovers his brother's sinister behavior when he returns to his hometown; he tries to help his mother and sister regain their old lives.

Cast: Vijay, Asin, Prakash Raj

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