Banner:    Moser Baer Entertainment, Blue Ocean Entertainment
Cast:    Jai, Nandagi, Theodre Baskaran, Veerasanthanam, Rama, S S Kumaran
Direction:    Meera Kathiravan
Music:    Vijay Antony

Films celebrating empowerment of women are rare in Tamil cinema. ‘Aval Peyar Thamizharasi’ is one such flick that is more heroine-centric with a strong storyline. Debutant filmmaker Meera Kadhiravan deserves a pat for trying something away from regular commercial films.

A love story in rural milieu might be a common thing in Kollywood. But Meera Kadhiravan narrating it with Thol Pavai (an ancient form of entertainment in Tamil culture) as the backdrop sustains interest. The director manages to narrate the story in visuals. A major portion of the first half mesmerises the audience with his straightforward and simple handling of the screenplay.

Cast:    Silambarasan, Trisha
Direction:    Gowtham Menon
Production:    Escape Artists Motion Pictures & R.S Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
Music:    A R Rahman

‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’, (VTV) and you know what its like to cross the sky and get into another dimension called love. ‘Vinnaithandi Varuvaya’ is a popular lyric from the ‘Vennilave Vennilave’ song from ‘Minsara Kanavu’ directed by Rajeev Menon and all of you know that. So director Goutham Vasudev Menon has rightly acknowledged Rajeev Menon in the first card of the Titles. How humble!

Cast:    Jayam Ravi, Tamannah, Shaam, Prabhu, Suhasini, Vadivelu, Santhanam
Direction:    Raja
Production:    Editor Mohan
Music:    Yuvan Shankar Raja

‘Jayam’ Ravi is the one actor who often proves a hero need not utter punch dialogues or bash 10 baddies in one minute to deliver a hit. After a string of blockbusters to his credit, the actor is now gearing up for the release of 'Thillalangadi', a remake of Telugu hit 'Kick'.

Interestingly, the movie brings together the triumphant trio- ‘Jayam’ Ravi, his brother and director Raja, and his father and producer 'Editor' Mohan after a handful of super hits like 'Jayam', 'M Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi' and 'Unakkum Enakkum'.

Banner:    PSSR Films
Cast:    Harish, Alex, Gopal, Visak, Shammu
Direction:    Nandha Periyasamy
Production:    P S Sekar Reddy
Music:    Guru Kalyan

‘Mathiyosi’ is one of the expected low profile film this year to do well. It is touted to be a movie that blends sensibility and actions in right proportions.

As the intriguing title suggests, ‘Mathiyosi’ is a very different film. It’s an interesting tale of four vagrants from a rustic village in Madurai, Onaan, Manga, Mari and Pandi who start their crook business from stealing a hen and then escape to the city to be happy until a girl comes into their lives changes all their plans.