Best Tamil Thriller Movies of 2005

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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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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Shivraj · Variety Frames

Arjun (Shaam) heads a dance troupe and Priya (Roshini), one of the dancers in the troupe is in love with him. Their aim is to be the permanent fixture at the hotel of Giriprasad (Richard), a millionaire. They lose the competition ...

Cast: Shaam, Richard Rishi, Tanu Roy

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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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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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