Ranked by IMDb rating — 12 Tamil drama films released in 2000.
Mani Ratnam · Madras Talkies
Karthik (Madhavan) is frantic after the disappearance of his wife Shakti (Shalini). Told in flashbacks, the film traces their brief marriage as the couple's dreamy romance runs through the usual gamut of highs and lows.
Cast: R. Madhavan, Shalini, Vivek
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Kamal Haasan · 186 min · Raaj Kamal Films International
The film starts with Saketh Ram as a very old man and almost immediately goes into flashback. As a young man he is among his friends, in conviviality. He has taken a Bengali wife, Aparna, and everything is wonderful in his life, However the year is 1946, and the imminent independence of India from British suzerainty is complicated by religious antagonism between the Hindu majority and the large Muslim minority, who demand their own independent state. Saketh and Aparna visit Calcutta; rioting is reported, but Saketh goes out to get some food, and he soon encounters a Hindu woman being chased by Muslim rioters. He rescues her, but the rioters later come to his house, and brutally rape and then kill his wife. Saketh is devastated and takes to the streets, determined personally to kill as many Muslims as he can find. He meets up with Sriram Abhiyankar, who is leading a group of Hindu extremists, and Saketh becomes temporarily taken with the cause himself. At the same time, he is persuaded to take a new wife, Mythili, and life begins to stabilize for Saketh after all. However he then falls in with an eminent Maharajah who is leading an underground group with the intention of assassination. Travelling with the Maharajah, Saketh meets one of his old friends from younger days, who has fallen on hard times. Reminiscing, and getting his old friend back on his feet deflect the process of recruiting Saketh, but only temporarily, and soon he is manipulated into committing himself to renouncing his family and his new wife, in the interests of the cause which now is disclosed as the assassination of Gandhi. Although a fellow Hindu, Gandhi was felt by some to be too conciliatory to Muslims and in the logic of extremists, Gandhi became the prime target. Soon Saketh is informed that Gandhi will be in Delhi for some weeks, and that Saketh is to take the opportunity to do "his duty". However, hiding from a snap search by the police, he has to hide his pistol on a delivery lorry, and it is driven away to a factory owned by Muslims. Going there hoping to retrieve the gun, he becomes engulfed in a shoot-out between some Hindu attackers and the Muslims, and finds that his loyalties are not so clear cut as he had imagined. Finally he escapes after the death of another of his old friends in the crossfire. The next day, January 30th 1948, he contrives to be near Gandhi in a public prayer ground, his appointment with destiny. But the film still has 20 minutes to run, and the ending is not what you expect.
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji
AI verdict: Based on aggregated scores (8.0/10 on IMDb (14,570 votes)), this is a data-driven snapshot rather than an editorial take.
Gnana Rajasekaran · Media Dreams
Based on a true story of Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, who struggled hard for the freedom of India.
Cast: Sayaji Shinde, Devayani, Nizhalgal Ravi
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Rajiv Menon · V Creations
A film director, Manohar, is pressured by his parents to marry their sister, Swetha, but falls for a school principal, Sowmya. Meanwhile, an Indian peacekeeper, Bala, loses a leg in Sri Lanka and finds love with Meenakshi, who also has romantic interests elsewhere. As family dynamics unfold, unexpected inheritances and marriages lead to surprising consequences. Love, loyalty, and legacy are tested in this drama.
Cast: Ajith Kumar, Mammootty, Tabu
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Pandiarajan · K. R. P. Production
Prabhu, a toy shop owner, falls in love with Meena and gets married to her. Meena's friend sets out to prove that Prabhu revels in debauchery and is not the man he pretends to be.
Cast: Prabhu Deva, Vivek, Sangeetha
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
S. Ezhil
A heart surgeon is loved by everyone in his family. A woman and a kid with a heart problem arrive at his house, but when she learns the identity of the doctor, she refuses to let the child have an operation performed by him.
Cast: Prabhu Deva, Sarath Kumar, Aishwarya Rai
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Cheran
Sekar lives in a village near Tenkasi along with his mother Deivanai and two sisters. Drought hits their village and agriculture does not prove to be profitable which prompts Sekar to seek out an opportunity to leave to Dubai for work.
Cast: Murali, Parthiban, Meena
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Subhash · Sudha Lakshmi Pictures
Kousalya slowly falls for Ganesan, a bus driver, working for her father. However, she is shocked when a woman with special needs accuses Ganesan of destroying her life.
Cast: Prabhu Deva, Kausalya, Roja
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
J. Suresh · Sri Saideva Productions
A music troupe of friends finds success with the help of Lakshmi, a kind-hearted woman who encourages James' singing career. However, their newfound fame doesn't change their circumstances, and James proposes to Lakshmi despite her past heartbreak. She eventually makes amends and reconciles with James, leading to a happy ending.
Cast: Madhavan, Sneha, Manivannan
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
S. J. Suryah
The story of how two people fall in love but their ego prevents them from confessing this to each other.
Cast: Vijay, Jyothika, Nagendra Prasad
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
A man is beset by a variety of phobias. Frustrated, his doctor asks him to consult another psychiatrist, who he soon ends up driving crazy.
Cast: Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Jyothika
AI verdict: Not enough ratings data yet for an AI verdict.
Our top-ranked Tamil drama movie of 2000 is Alaipayuthey, based on its IMDb rating (TMDb as a fallback where OMDb hasn't rated it yet).
We've catalogued 12 Tamil drama movies released in 2000.
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