Best Tamil Action Movies of 2008

Gautham Vasudev Menon · 169 min · Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd

Surya (Surya Sivakumar) is away at war as his father, Krisnan (also Surya) dies of lung cancer. As Surya sits on a plane in combat gear heading into battle, he reminisces about his father's influence in his life. The film opens with the father Krishnan's romance with Malini (Simram), which in turn is contrasted with the son's aggressive courting of an engineering student Meghana (Sameera Reddy) from a train ride in Tamil Nadu to her graduate studies in Berkeley. The romance is swiftly followed by an extended period of professional and personal uncertainty, in which the son turns back to father figures to help him get back on his feet and seek out his true calling. Well made, though overlong film, reportedly autobiographical about the director's own relationship with his father.

Cast: Sameera Reddy, Simran, Divya Spandana

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M. Sasikumar · 145 min

Azhagar and his friend Paraman kill the person who humiliated Kanugu's brother and surrenders themselves to the police. However, they soon learn that Kanugu has betrayed them.

Cast: Jai, M. Sasikumar, Swathi Reddy

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Mysskin · Nemichand Jhabak

Sathya and Kiruba are friends. Sathya is reckless and gets into drinking and violent fights whereas Kiruba studies hard to become a Sub-Inspector. Tables are turned when Sathya becomes a Sub-Inspector.

Cast: Prasanna, Narain, Ajmal Amer

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N. Linguswamy

Shekar is an ardent admirer of Chinna who runs an underworld gang. Once paired up, the two of them single-handedly take on the streets of Chennai. But Shekar falls in love and wants to be reformed.

Cast: Vikram, Trisha, Prakash Raj

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A. Venkatesh · Sri Rajlakshmi Film Pvt Ltd

Raja (Arjun) works with a cook Arusuvai Ambi (Vivek). Raja comes across Anjali (Kirat Bhattal), who catches his interest. She falls for Raja, but he cannot remember anything of his past.

Cast: Arjun, Kirat Bhattal, Suma

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P. V. Prasad

The story focuses on the life of Sabhapathy. He is the football-crazy son of an alcoholic and lives in the slums. He meets Meera after an accident and later develops a liking for her. Sabha returns from his football match to only find out that Meera has died.

Cast: Nakul, Sunaina, Livingston

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Jiiva · Mediaone Global Entertainment / Metro Films Pvt.Ltd

Two weeks before his wedding, a Tamil doctor goes to Moscow for a conference but accidentally becomes involved with drug smuggler Anna. One morning he awakens to find Anna dead. He only has a few days to find the real murderer, prove his innocence, and return home to get married.

Cast: Jayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut, Jayaram

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Raju Sundaram · Ayngaran International

Ajith plays a special task force commander, the kind of squad only used for special tactic operations. A situation arises where he has to get back to his family members. Enthralled with rising emotions and love for his blood brother he decides to stay with that family not revealing his real identity. There he falls in love with a woman of his dreams. He is also a patriotic defender of his motherland. Caught up in a dilemma of romance and emotions he also has to protect his country from the intruders. He is the one and he will succeed but how?

Cast: Ajith Kumar, Nayanthara, Nassar

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Tharun Gopi · NIC Arts

A young man named Jeeva is embroiled in a complex web of identity and revenge when two individuals with the same name, a villain and a police officer, become entangled in his life. His grandmother's past actions have left a lasting impact on the village, where she is both feared and revered. A family feud escalates into violence, threatening to destroy Jeeva's relationships and his own sense of self.

Cast: Simbu, Vedhika, Lal

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Sakthi Chidambaram

Thangalakshmi, a wealthy woman, arranges for her daughter, Abhi, to get married to an NRI in her native village. However, a twist of events leads to Abhi getting married to her bodyguard, Kathiresan.

Cast: Sundar C, Ragini, Nadhiya

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Durai

A Nepali who works in a supermarket kills a few people and suddenly leaves a clue along with the dead bodies. Gautham, the Deputy Commissioner of Police tries to analyze the clues left behind by the murderer to find some solution to the case.

Cast: Bharath, Meera Jasmine, Govind Namdeo

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Thirumurugan

A fun loving college student falls in love with a local bigwig's daughter who gives preference to people belonging to his caste only. The girl's wedding is arranged and she denies that she is in love with him.

Cast: Bharath, Poorna, Vadivelu

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V. V. Kathir

A young man goes to Chennai and takes a job making sickles for a an employer -- who murders people; the young man kills his boss's brother who has behaved inappropriately with his girlfriend.

Cast: Jiiva, Poonam Bajwa, Ravi Kale

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Hari

Seval is a 2008 Tamil period romantic action film written and directed by Hari. It stars Bharath, Vadivelu, Simran Bagga and Poonam Bajwa in the lead roles.

Cast: Bharath, Poonam Bajwa, Vadivelu

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Saravanan

This is the story of Vichu, who is brought up by his maternal grandfather. Vichu has been taught a particular way of living which has resulted in his decreased emotional quotient. However, there is a mystery behind Vichu's character.

Cast: Simbu, Sneha, Sana Khan

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Dharani

Velu is a car racer who lives with his large family. His father had gone to work at a colliery and never returned, prompting Velu and his family to think that he is dead. Velu comes to know that a Malaysia-based don owes his father a huge sum of money.

Cast: Vijay, Trisha, Vivek

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Mithran Jawahar

A remake of the 2007 Telugu hit Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule.Yaaradi Nee Mohini is a Tamil comedy - romance movie, directed by Mithran R Jawahar.

Cast: Dhanush, Nayanthara, Raghuvaran

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