Best Tamil Drama Movies of 2006

K. Selvaraghavan · 168 min · Lakshmi Movie Makers

A slum dweller, Kokki Kumar (Dhanush) returns from a movie to find his mother murdered by his own father. As his father deranged advances towards him he runs away and starts begging on the streets until he is arrested on false charges. Prison exposes him to a whole new culture and a set of people who train him in a life of crime and violence, until Kumar becomes a consummate gangster. Delving further into the dark world, he murders many to become a powerful mob kingpin and joins hands with crooked politicians in his thirst for more power. As he continues to earn enemies everywhere, Kumar's life is threatened from all directions. Can he survive the wrath of his enemies?

Cast: Dhanush, Sneha, Sonia Agarwal

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K. S. Ravikumar · NIC Arts

A wealthy businessman sends his spoiled son to live among the poor in a rural village as a form of punishment. The son and his friends mistakenly believe the villagers are prostitutes and try to woo them, leading to chaos. However, when they discover their mistake, they learn a valuable lesson about respect and responsibility. The son's newfound maturity leads to an unexpected romance with one of the villagers.

Cast: Ajith Kumar, Asin, Kanika

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M. Raja

A young man leaves his luxurious life to prove his lover's brother that he is not a spoilt rich brat. Once agreed to he works hard, lives like a farmer till the next harvest and wins everyone's heart.

Cast: Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Prabhu

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Sasi

Risk Bhaskar (Jiiva), a stuntman in films, comes across Cinthya (Sandhya), a college student. A couple of meetings help them to get acquainted with each other. Through Baskar she comes to know of the difficulties stuntman face in their everyday work. Life is a daily risk for them, she understands. Cinthya's care and affection makes Baskar develop love towards her. However coming to know that she is not interested in reciprocating his love, he wants to leave from her life. Missing his company, Cinthya calls on him and urges him to be himself and continue their friendship. Not wanting to miss his company, Cinthya promises to marry Baskar in case if she develops a love towards him in future or if not they would part as friends after sometime. Baskar, a happy-go-lucky youngster, tries all means to impress Cinthya. However, Malar (Anee Malavika), Cinthya's mother, coming to know of their relationship opposes it. Meanwhile, she loses her husband Jayachandran (Nassar), a fire and rescue personnel, while he is dousing a major blaze. She immediately decides to get her daughter married and even arranges her wedding. The rest is about interesting turn of events and an answer to the question whether Baskar and Cinthya reunite.

Cast: Jiiva, Sandhya, Ajay Kumar

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Revathy S. Varma · Ideawold 1 Celluloid

June, an orphan, forms a bond with Raniammal, a widow, after saving her life. As they spend more time together, June finds solace in Raniammal's motherly love, which she has longed for since childhood. However, their happiness is short-lived as Arun returns to take Raniammal away, leading to a dramatic confrontation. In the end, June loses Raniammal but finds comfort with Raja, a wealthy client who had grown close to her.

Cast: Jyothika, Kushboo, Saritha

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Vikraman · V Creations

A college drop-out and the daughter of a mobster fall in love but must evade the girl's father, who disapproves of the union.

Cast: Bharath, Genelia D'Souza, Radha Ravi

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Chandrayan · Nanneri Padaippagam

The film begins with the old man Thamizharasan (Vishnu Priyan) remembering about his past. In the past, Thamizharasan was an idealist and respectful young man who was fond of literature and he wanted to change society for the better. He left his native place Viluppuram to work as a journalist in Chennai and joined a magazine as a journalist. He was well liked by his colleagues and impressed by his work, his superiors promoted him as an assistant editor. In the meantime, Thamizharasan's family found him a bride: Kayalvizhi (Uma). For his work, Thamizharasan had to write an article about a gang leader turned politician Manikkam who was also Thamizharasan's old friend. Thamizharasan met him and asked him to stop his illegal activities but Manikkam refused. One day, he was arrested for misbehaving with a woman at the bus stand. Kayalvizhi witnessed the whole scene and started to hate Thamizharasan. It was Manikkam's plan to teach him a lesson and Thamizharasan was then released by the police. Despite this, her family arranged her wedding with Thamizharasan. After the marriage, Kayalvizhi realized that Thamizharasan was a perfect gentleman. The couple had a girl and lived happily. During an outing with his family, a riot broke out following the death of a politician. Kayalvizhi was hit by a stone and rushed to the hospital where she entered the coma stage. Thereafter, she was declared brain death by doctors. In a twist of fate, the wife of the person who threw the stone which hit Kayalvizhi was in the hospital awaiting a heart transplant and Thamizharasan agreed to donate his wife's heart. Thamizharasan then raised his daughter Panimalar on his own and she is now a district collector.

Cast: Uma, Vishnupriyan, Vinu Chakravarthy

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Mahendran

Muthiah and Visalakshi lead a happy life. When Saroji, a young woman, seeks refuge in their house, Muthiah develops a soft corner for Saroji, which invites plenty of trouble in their family.

Cast: Arvind Swamy, Gouthami, Ranjitha

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K. Thennarasu

A man falls in love with a girl after he sees her rescue a puppy. Soon, he goes to her hostel and expresses his love for her, but she rejects his proposal.

Cast: Githan Ramesh, Priyamani, Vivek

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Nandhakumar · ESK Frames / Rajalakshmi Kalaikudam

A young man's life is turned upside down when he discovers he's not who he thought he was, leading him on a quest for revenge against those responsible for his family's death. He adopts a new identity as Jambhavan and sets out to take down the notorious gangster Deva. After suffering an injury that erases his past, he must complete what he started when he's adopted by a kind-hearted landlord.

Cast: Prashanth, Nila, Meghna Naidu

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S. A. Chandrasekhar

Ganesan(Narain) is an auto driver and Bhuvana(Deepa), the daughter of a rich businessman, falls for him. Her father(Mahadevan) disowns her but Naren's loving family accepts her as their own and they become one large happy family

Cast: Narain, Poonam Bajwa, Livingston

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Susi Ganesan

Jeevan is sent to the city by his parents unable to put up with his arrogance. In Chennai, he comes across Malavika, wife of a rich young entrepreneur (Manoj K Jayan). She has a clandestine affair with Abbas, his husband's friend.

Cast: Jeevan, Abbas, Sonia Agarwal

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Arjun

A man is hunting down his parents' assassins and befriends another convict, who is helping him in this mission. But destiny turns them against each other when they find out that they work for each other's rivals.

Cast: Arjun, Vedhika, Jagapathi Babu

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Mysskin · Dreambridge Productions

A henchman changes character for the love of his life but is later involved in a controversy that changes everything. Will he win her back or will he have to live with it entails the rest of the story!

Cast: Narain, Bhavana, Dhandapandi

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Sarath Kumar

An honest journalist battles corruption in the local police force and government. This film marked Sarath Kumar's directorial debut and for whom the film was also his 100th starrer.

Cast: Sarath Kumar, Nayanthara, Vadivelu

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Perarasu

A doctor's dereliction of duties at a hospital leads to the death of a pregnant woman, prompting her brother's vengeance.

Cast: Ajith Kumar, Sadha, Laila

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P. Vasu

Siva is in jail, awaiting the death sentence for killing corrupt and evil members of the police force who had killed his father and sister.A police officer decides to employ Siva to assist him in fighting terrorism, renaming him as Paramasivan.

Cast: Ajith Kumar, Vivek, Prakash Raj

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Sundar C

Shakti (Madhavan) is a young man from a village, with no job but much ambition and dreams. As he sees his life pass him by, stuck in a rut in his hometown, he decides that he will try his fortunes elsewhere.

Cast: Madhavan, Reema Sen, Anushka Shetty

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