Best Tamil Drama Movies of 2002
Ranked by IMDb rating — 20 Tamil drama films released in 2002.
Kannathil Muthamittal
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, she begs to be taken to a country, where her mother works with a militant group of activists.
Thulluvadho Ilamai
Six friends run away to escape from the niggling issues at home. Although they are supported by an older friend, they face many problems such as earning, facing goons and the wrath of their parents.
Ezhumalai
A young woman falls in love with a man and wishes to marry him. However, everything changes when she learns about her father's involvement in his first wife's death.
Dhaya
Dhaya is a hit film which story is about rowdy who hires his services to the highest bidder. Who in the midst of indulging in arson, murder, and poisoning an entire ashram of orphans, also gets to do the song and dance routine.
Arputham
A young jobless man falls in love with a beautiful girl and threatens her with suicide if she rejects his love. She promises to marry him if he makes a name for himself.
Kadhal Virus
Deepak is a budding filmmaker trying to get his first production out. He meets and falls in love with Geetha, and decides to take his relationship with her further once his first film is made. Misunderstandings lead to their separation.
Azhagi
A successful veterinarian hires his lost love as a housemaid, which does not bode well for his marriage.
Varushamellam Vasantham
An unemployed young man sacrifices his love for a girl who is engaged to marry his brother, but ends up earning the affection of his grandfather.
Devan
When the movie opens, Devan is seen murdering photographer Jeeva in cold blood in his house. Jeeva strategically positions a video camera to capture the impending murder, but Devan never shows his face to it.
Junior Senior
Junior Senior is a 2002 Indian Tamil film, directed by J. Suresh starring Mammootty, Hamsavardhan and former Miss Malaysia Leena in lead roles.
Sundhara Travels
A remake of their Malayalam film Ee Parakkum Thalika (2001).Gopikrishna owns an old bus, received as a compensation for his father's road accident, and he is facing lots of consequences due to the pathetic condition of the bus.
Bala
Bala, a reckless hit man, falls in love with the daughter of a rival gang's don.
Red
An orphan named Red has a heart of gold, but he resorts to violence against bad men in order to protect the people of his town.
Five Star
The story focuses on five friends Prabu, Elango, Sundar, Indra and Priya at the Madras Institute of Technology, who want to remain friends throughout their lifespan and hope to join the same company after graduation.
Kadhal Azhivathillai
A young man and a woman fall in love with each other. But soon her father gets to know about their affair and goes to extremes to separate the couple.
King
Raja is the only son of Shanmugam and they both live in Hong Kong. One day while traveling, their car meets with an accident . Then, Shanmugam is infected with multiple sclerosis, a disease for which therapy is only at the primitive stage.
Punnagai Desam
A man who goes to the city to marry his childhood sweetheart is rejected by her family; he meets 3 ambitious men who are down on luck and becomes their friend.
Raja
Ajith is paranoid about getting married. Jyothika arrives at his place and begins to compel him to get married to her. The reason: Ajith was pouring his love out to someone else thinking that she was Jyothika.
Thamizh
Thamizh (Prashanth) leads a happy life with his mother (Manorama) and sister-in-law Kalaichelvi (Urvasi). His brother is working in Kuwait, and Thamizh too dreams of joining him there. Meenakshi (Simran), their tenant, and Thamizh fall in love.
Unnai Ninaithu
Surya works as a receptionist in a lodge in Chennai. He along with his friend Krishnamoorthy manages the entire lodge. Actually, the lodge is owned by Surya’s father but has been leased due to financial troubles.