Mani Ratnam — Playwright (15)
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Taj Mahal (1999) WikiData IMDb TMDB
தாஜ்மகால்
director: Bharathiraja actor: Manoj Bharathiraja / Riya Sen …
other title: தாஜ்மகால்
Even though Maayan and Machakanni are deeply in love with each other, her brother decides to get her married to someone else. So, Maayan's friends resolve to unite the couple.
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Thiruda Thiruda (1993) WikiData IMDb TMDB
திருடா திருடா
director: Mani Ratnam actor: Prashanth / Anand …
other title: திருடா திருடா / Millionenraub auf indisch
An Inspector is assigned to track down a large sum of stolen money. His investigations lead him to a couple of small time crooks, a village belle, a murder, an absconding suspect, and an international drug dealer.
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Agni Natchathiram (1988) WikiData IMDb TMDB
அக்னி நட்சத்திரம்
director: Mani Ratnam actor: Karthik Muthuraman / Prabhu …
other title: அக்னி நட்சத்திரம்
Two step sons of an honest noble man choose different professions. One becomes a police office and the other turns into a goon. The rest of the film revolves around how the two confront each other.
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Putham Pudhu Kaalai (2020) WikiData IMDb TMDB
புத்தம் புதுக் காலை
director: 苏达・孔加拉 / Suhasini Maniratnam … actor: Jayaram / Urvashi …
other title: 崭新的一天 / புத்தம் புதுக் காலை
Putham Pudhu Kaalai brings together 5 of the most celebrated directors in Tamil cinema - Sudha Kongara, Gautham Menon, Suhasini Mani Ratman, Rajiv Menon, and Karthik Subbaraj to create Amazon Prime Video's first Indian anthology film.
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Indira (1995) TMDB
இந்திரா
director: Suhasini Maniratnam actor: Anu Hasan / Arvind Swamy …
other title: இந்திரா
A group of villagers from Maranur, India, and their clash with a neighbouring village leader as their community begins to prosper. Soon, money and greed threaten a will for peaceful coexistence between the two rivalling communities.
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Kaatru Veliyidai (2017) WikiData IMDb TMDB
காற்று வெளியிடை
director: Mani Ratnam actor: Karthi / 阿娣提·拉奥·希达里 …
other title: காற்று வெளியிடை
Romance is in the air as the lives of Fighter Pilot Varun & Medical Doctor Leela collide amidst the scenic beauty of Kashmir. While Leela yearns for Varun’s affection in the delicate of ways, Varun’s idea of love is all give-give, not give-take. Just as the avalanche of built-up emotions sets rolling, Varun becomes a PoW post the Kargil episode. Do their paths cross later?
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Thalapathi (1991) WikiData IMDb TMDB
தளபதி
director: Mani Ratnam actor: 拉吉尼坎塔 / 玛摩缇 …
other title: 指挥官 / தளபதி …
Surya, a courageous man who was raised in the slums, fights for the rights of the poor and befriends Deva, who hires him as his commander and changes his life completely.
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Aayitha Ezhuthu (2004) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ஆயுத எழுத்து
director: Mani Ratnam actor: 苏利耶 / 马达范 R …
other title: ஆயுத எழுத்து / Aayutha Ezhuthu …
A goon, who dreams of making it big in life, a student leader, who strives to keep politicians away from college election and a third guy who wants to settle abroad. Their lives change after an incident on a bridge.
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Ok Jaanu (2017) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Ok Jaanu
director: Shaad Ali actor: 阿迪亚·罗伊·卡普尔 / 施拉达·卡普尔 …
other title: OK 亲爱的 / OK Jaanu …
Adi and Tara move to Bombay to pursue their dreams. A chance meeting sparks off a heady, no strings attached romance until their careers pull them apart. Will ambition prevail over matters of the heart?
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Roja (1992) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
ரோஜா
director: Mani Ratnam actor: Arvind Swamy / Madhoo …
other title: ரோஜா / 罗娅 …
Roja lives in a Tamil village, and her sister is about to marry a man from the city, who decides to marry Roja instead and gets a job assignment in Kashmir, where some militants decide to kidnap them.
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Kannathil Muthamittal (2002)
கன்னத்தில் முத்தமிட்டாள்
director: Mani Ratnam actor: P·S·基尔塔纳 / 马达范 R …
other title: 엄마 뺨에 뽀뽀를 / 頬にキス …
A little girl is told by her parents that she is adopted. Determined to find her birth mother, her family eventually agrees to take her to Sri Lanka, where they encounter the militant group known as the Tamil Tigers.
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O Kadhal Kanmani (2015) WikiData IMDb TMDB
ஓ காதல் கண்மணி
director: Mani Ratnam actor: Dulquer Salmaan / 内森·梅农 …
other title: 소중한 내 사랑 / OKダーリン …
Adhi and Tara are in a live-in relationship but they are both unwilling to get married. How do they realize that marriage is just a natural progression of their relationship?
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Ponniyin Selvan: Part II (2023) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
பொன்னியின் செல்வன்: பாகம் 2
director: Mani Ratnam actor: Vikram / Aishwarya Rai Bachchan …
other title: பொன்னியின் செல்வன்: பாகம் 2 / 포니인 셀반: 파트 2 …
968 AD. The Pandyan assassins gather once again to destroy the Chola dynasty. Now the mighty Chola princes must fight the Pandyas, the Rashtrakutas and other Chola enemies who have joined forces. Also, at play are the rumours of Ponniyin Selvan’s death at sea, the powerful Pazhuvettarayar’s betrayal, and the tragic destiny of Aditha Karikalan, whose heart was long lost to the vengeful Nandini.
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Iruvar (1997) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Iruvar
director: Mani Ratnam actor: Mohanlal / Aishwarya Rai …
other title: 冤家对头 / 搭档 …
A fictionalized account of the lives of 1980s Tamil Nadu political icons M. G. Ramachandran and M. Karunanidhi, continuing the tryst between Tamil cinema and Dravidian politics.