Love stories have always been accorded a warm welcome in Tamil Nadu. Here comes another love-story in 'Karthik Anitha', directed by Srihari, a debutant. Srihari was earlier working along with Sundar C.

'Karthik Anitha', produced under the banner of King Magic, has a totally urban setting and is tagged 'a neighbourhood love-story'. The hero and the heroine live in an apartment complex and the film focuses on how love develops between them and what all happens then on. Lots of things that concern urban life and lifestyle are being discussed in the film and it also discusses the issue of relationship from an urban angle. Rathan, a debutant, plays the hero while Manju, hailing from Kerala, is the heroine.

The highlight of 'Karthik Anitha', targeted at the youth, is that it's a clean film, with no space for double meaning dialogues, obscenities etc. The film will be reaching the theatres shortly.

Cast: Rathan, Manju

Makkal Thalapathi is a dubbing version of malayalam movie Prajapathi. Devar madom Narayanan is accused to kill is father, for being cruel to his mother, at the age of 13 and serves sentence in a juvenile home. When he returns, he becomes leader of the people of Perumalpuram village. He ensures the village devoid of all wrong doers by absenting them from the village. His enemies are his uncle Kunjambu Nair and wife Indrani.

Kunjambu Nair hated Narayanan for killing his brother. Although Kunjambu Nair and his son Giri tried in many ways to kill Narayanan. At one point Giri almost succeeded in killing Devar madom Narayanan. But Narayanan again didn’t react. He was in good terms with Kunjambu Nair’s daughter Sandhya and his Murapennu. Giri tries to sell his land in Perumalpuram to some outsider whose arrival, Narayanan knew, would destroy the harmony of the village. That is when Narayanan decides to react.

Finally it turns out that Kunjambu Nair was the one who actually killed his father for their wealth. Narayanan helps Ali Raghavan, the real son of Kunjambu Nair, to gain his birth right. When Giri finds that he is the stepson of Kunjambu Nair, he kills his stepfather. But the family drives him away from home with the help of Narayanan. Rest of the film is about how and if Giri take revenge on Narayanan.

Cast: Mammootty, Sandhya, Ponnambalam, Aditi Rao Hydari, Nedumudi Venu, Seema

Muthirai is a drama Tamil film written by Aneez Tanveer Jeeva, wife of late director Jeeva, who also produces this film, and directed by actor Srinath, starring Nithin Sathya, Daniel Balaji, Lakshmi Rai and newcomer Manjari Phadnis in the lead roles, whilst Kishore of Polladhavan fame plays an important role and Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant akes a special appearance. The film, which has musical score by noted film composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, was launched in early 2008, and was released on June 19, 2009.

Cast: Nithin Sathya, Lakshmi Rai, Daniel Balaji, Manjari Phadnis

Guru En Aalu is a Tamil comedy and romance film directed by Selva and inspired by the storyline of Aziz Mirza's Yes Boss, which in turn was a remake of the 1993 Hollywood movie, For Love or Money starring Michael J. Fox and Gabrielle Anwar. Madhavan acts in the lead role, whilst Mamta Mohandas, Abbas, Brinda Parekh and Vivek also play roles in the film. The film, which had been under production since late 2007, released in April 2009 to mixed reviews.

Cast: Madhavan, Mamta Mohandas, Abbas, Brinda Parekh, Vivek

Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum is a Indian Tamil film, which stars newcomers Ramakrishnan and Thananya in lead roles, is directed by debutante Rajamohan, who earlier worked under renowned directors like A. Venkatesh and S.D. Vijay Milton, produced by SPB Charan under his banner Capital Film Works and has musical score by acclaimed music director Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Cast: Ramakrishna, Dakshana

Pasanga is a Tamil film directed by debutant Pandiraj, who worked as an erstwhile assistant to Cheran, and starring newcomer Vimal and Vega Tamotia of Saroja fame in lead roles. The film, produced by Sasikumar and scored by James Vasanthan, who both rose to fame with the 2008 hit film Subramaniyapuram, it released on May 1, 2009.
 

Cast: Vimal, Vega Tamotia, Jeyaprakash

Maasilamani is a Tamil film released in 2009, distributed by Sun Pictures. It stars Nakul, Sunaina, Santhanam, Srinath, M.S.Baskar, Karunas, Delhi Ganesh, and others. The film is a tribute to yesteryear movies, as it follows an old kind of plot. However, it is maintaining a good run in the box office. The songs composed by Imman were well-received.
 

Cast: Nakul, Sunaiana, Pavan, Santhanam, M.S.Bhaskar, Raj kapoor, Santhana bharathi, Delhi Ganesh, Meera Krishnan