Category: Kollywood

Pottu (English: Vermillion / Bindi) is a 2019 Indian Tamil horror comedy film written and directed by Vadivudaiyan. The film features Bharath in the lead role, while Namitha, Srushti Dange and Ineya are in the female leads. With music composed by Amresh Ganesh, the film is produced by John Max for Shalom Studios. Pottu is a movie, following along the lines of this producer-director combo’s earlier movie Sowkarpettai (2016).^[1] The film was launched in January 2016 and released on 8 March 2019.^[2] It is dubbed in Telugu and released on 8 March 2019 as Bottu^[3] and in Hindi as Bindi. Hindi dubbed version rights is owned by Dimension Pictures.^[4] The film opened to negative reviews.^[5]

Vilambaram (transl.?Publicity) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Suriyanithi and produced by Joseph Stalin. It stars Abhinay Vaddi, Haira and Aishwarya Rajesh. Featuring music composed by J. Vimal, the film began production in mid-2012 was released in March 2019.

Thirumanam Sila Thiruthangaludan (transl.?Marriage, but with a few corrections), also simply known as Thirumanam (transl.?Marriage), is an 2019 Indian Tamil family romantic drama film written and directed by Cheran and produced by Premnath Chandran.^[1] The film stars Umapathy Ramaiah and Kavya Suresh in the lead roles while Cheran himself along with Sukanya, Thambi Ramaiah, M. S. Bhaskar, Jayaprakash, Manobala, and Bala Saravanan play supportive roles. The music was composed by Siddharth Vipin with cinematography by Rajesh Yadav and editing by Ponnuvel Damodaran. The film released on 1 March 2019.

Dha Dha 87 is a 2019 Indian Tamil action romantic drama film written and directed by Vijay Sri G.^[1] The film stars Charuhasan and Saroja in the lead roles. The film is a spiritual successor to Sathya (1988), which starred Charuhasan’s younger brother Kamal Haasan.^[2] Janagaraj reprises his role from the original. The film was released on 1 March 2019 and received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and audiences.^[3][4]

90 ML is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language adult comedy film written and directed by Anita Udeep. The film stars Oviya in the lead role, while Anson Paul, Masoom Shankar, Monisha Ram, Shree Gopika, and Bommu Lakshmi play supporting roles. The film is produced by Udeep under Nviz Entertainment.^[1] The film’s soundtrack was composed by Silambarasan^[2] with editing done by Anthony and cinematography by Aravind Krishna. The film released on 1 March 2019.^[3]

Pettikadai Indru Vidumurai (lit. Petty shop on holiday today) also simply known as Pettikadai (lit. Petty shop) is a 2019 Indian Tamil sports drama film written and directed by Esakki Karvannan. The film stars Veera, Samuthirakani, Chandini Tamilarasan and Varsha Bollamma in the lead roles.^[1][2][3] The film released on 22 February 2019 alongside LKG and Kanne Kalaimaane.^[4][5]

LKG (also interpreted as Lalgudi Karuppiah Gandhi) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language political satire film produced by Ishari K. Ganesh under the banner Vels Film International, directed by K. R. Prabhu on his directorial debut.^[2][3] The film stars RJ Balaji and Priya Anand in the main lead roles while Nanjil Sampath, J. K. Rithesh, Ramkumar Ganesan, and Mayilsamy play supporting roles.^[4] Leon James has been roped into score music for the film, while Vidhu Ayyanna and Anthony were handled for the cinematography and editing respectively.^[5][6] The film released on 22 February 2019 to positive reviews and became a super hit.

Kanne Kalaimaane (transl.?My Dear Gorgeous!) is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by Seenu Ramasamy. The film stars Udhayanidhi Stalin and Tamannaah in the lead roles.^[2] The film is produced by Udhayanidhi under his Red Giant Movies. The music was composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, and the film released on 22 February 2019.

Dev is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language romantic action-adventure film written and directed by Rajath Ravishankar on his directorial debut.^[3][4]

The film stars Karthi and Rakul Preet Singh in the main lead prominent roles, while Prakash Raj and Ramya Krishnan play supportive and pivotal roles in the film.^[5][6] Harris Jayaraj has been roped into score music for the film while cinematography is handled by R. Velraj and editing is done by Anthony L. Ruben.^[7] The film marks the first collaboration between Karthi and music director Harris Jayaraj.^[8] The film was earlier scheduled to have its theatrical release on the eve of Christmas, and later scheduled to post Thai Pongal but was postponed due to tight race at the box office.^[9]

The film was scheduled to have its theatrical release on 14 February 2019 on the eve of Valentine’s Day.^[10][11] It was premiered exclusively in USA, a day before the original release. The film received negative reviews from critics, due to which it was trimmed by 15 minutes.^[1]

Kalavu (transl.?Theft) is a 2019 Indian Tamil thriller film written and directed by Murali Karthick. The film stars Kalaiyarasan and Karunakaran in the leading roles, with Vatsan Chakravarthy and Abhirami Iyer in a supporting roles. The film features music composed by Sundaramurthy.^[1] The film was released on ZEE5 on 9 February 2019.

Debutant director Murali Karthick created a 37-minute pilot film to show producers before getting an opportunity to make the film. Kalaiyarasan, Karunakaran and Venkat Prabhu were selected to play the lead roles, while model Abhirami Iyer was signed to play a lead actress.^[2][3]