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A text-first record of South Indian cinema, year by year. It carries no posters, no stills and no photographs of anyone — by design, not by omission. Typography is the poster.

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Film data is drawn from Wikipedia’s curated year-by-language film lists and from Wikidata, through their public APIs. Wikipedia content is used under CC BY-SA 4.0; Wikidata is CC0. Every film page lists the sources it was built from.

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Tamil Cinema

125releases

Tollywood140 Mollywood143 Sandalwood150

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Arasan

Lead: Silambarasan, Vijay Sethupathi
Director: Vetrimaaran

06 NOV 2026View film ↗

Om

Action · Thriller

Lead: Dhanush, Mammootty
Director: Rajkumar Periasamy
Music: Sai Abhyankkar

16 OCT 2026View film ↗

Jailer 2

Action · Comedy

Lead: Rajinikanth, S. J. Suryah
Director: Nelson Dilipkumar
Music: Anirudh Ravichander

15 OCT 2026View film ↗

Sigma

Lead: Sundeep Kishan, Raju Sundaram
Director: Jason Sanjay

02 OCT 2026View film ↗

Baththa

Lead: Vijay Sethupathi, Lijomol Jose
Director: Balaji Tharaneetharan

01 OCT 2026View film ↗

Mr. Bhaarath

Lead: Bala Saravanan, Samyuktha Viswanathan
Director: Niranjan Niranch
Music: Pranav Muniraj

01 OCT 2026View film ↗

Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai

Psychological · Romance · Thriller

Lead: Nivin Pauly, Soori
Director: Ram
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja

01 OCT 2026View film ↗

Dorothy

Lead: Sananth, Keerthy Suresh
Director: Karthik Subburaj
Music: Ilaiyaraaja

25 SEP 2026View film ↗

Lenin Pandiyan

Lead: Gangai Amaran, George Maryan
Director: D.D. Balachandran

25 SEP 2026View film ↗

Meesaya Murukku 2

Lead: Yogi Babu, Chaithra J. Achar
Director: Hiphop Tamizha Aadhi

25 SEP 2026View film ↗

Demonte Colony 3

Horror · Supernatural · Thriller

Lead: Arulnithi, Priya Bhavani Shankar
Director: R. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Music: Sam C. S

10 SEP 2026View film ↗

Mandaadi

Action · Drama · Sports

Lead: Soori, Suhas
Director: Mathimaran Pugazhendhi
Music: G. V. Prakash Kumar

10 SEP 2026View film ↗

Sardar 2

Action · Spy · Thriller

Lead: Karthi, S. J. Suryah
Director: P. S. Mithran
Music: Sam C. S

10 SEP 2026View film ↗

Immortal

Horror · Romance

Lead: G. V. Prakash Kumar, T. M. Karthik
Director: Mariyappan Chinna
Music: Sam C. S

04 SEP 2026View film ↗

Hi

Drama · Romantic Comedy

Lead: Kavin, Prabhu
Director: Vishnu Edavan
Music: Jen Martin

28 AUG 2026View film ↗

Once More

Musical · Romance

Lead: Arjun Das, Aditi Shankar
Director: Vignesh Srikanth
Music: Hesham Abdul Wahab

28 AUG 2026View film ↗

Modha Rathri

Comedy · Drama

Lead: Chetan, Bagavathi Perumal
Director: Raja Karuppasamy
Music: Bharath Sankar

21 AUG 2026View film ↗

Pyaar Prema Kalyanam

Romantic Comedy

Lead: Yogi Babu, M. S. Bhaskar
Director: Elan
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja

21 AUG 2026View film ↗

Ram and Leela

Romantic Comedy · Science Fiction

Lead: Rio Raj, Munishkanth
Director: Ramachandrran Kannan
Music: Ankit Menon

21 AUG 2026View film ↗

Magudam

Action · Drama

Lead: Thambi Ramaiah, Arjai
Director: Vishal
Music: G. V. Prakash Kumar

14 AUG 2026View film ↗

Vishwanath & Sons

Drama · Family · Romance

Lead: Suriya, Mamitha Baiju
Director: Venky Atluri
Music: G. V. Prakash Kumar

14 AUG 2026View film ↗

DC

Action · Romance

Lead: Lokesh Kanagaraj, Wamiqa Gabbi
Director: Arun Matheswaran
Music: Anirudh Ravichander

07 AUG 2026View film ↗

G.D.N

Biographical · Drama

Lead: R. Madhavan, Sathyaraj
Director: Krishnakumar Ramakumar
Music: Govind Vasantha

07 AUG 2026View film ↗

Photographer

Fantasy · Mystery

Lead: Karunakaran, Ashraf Ali
Director: Ashraf Ali
Music: Rajkumar Chandrasekaran

07 AUG 2026View film ↗