Mokkapadam’s Must-Watch Movies Of 2011

A slew of Tamil movies were released in 2011 – some raised the bar, some took the standards down to rock-bottom. Some movies were raved about, some not so much. Some movies ran for over 200 days (no, we’re not referring to the Power Star flick), some vanished from our memories as soon as they were released. Here’s our selection of the best Tamil movies from 2011. List below the jump.

Payanam

Director: Radha Mohan
Starring: Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj
Music: Pravin Mani
Plot: A plane is hijacked by a group of terrorists who demand the release of their leader, Yusuf Khan. National Security Advisor, Prakash Raj and National Security Guard, Nagarjuna try to save the passengers.

Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai

Director: Suseenthiran
Starring: Appukutty, Saranya Mohan
Music: Ilayaraja
Inspired from: Azhagarsamiyin Kudhirai (Novel) by Bhaskar Sakthi
Plot: A group of villagers who lost their wooden horse used for their temple festival take the protagonist’s horse to finish their prayers for the rain god. At the same time, the villagers refuse to return Appukutty’s horse before his marriage. Will both their wishes be fulfilled?

Vaagai Sooda Vaa

Director: A. Sarkunam
Starring: Vimal, Iniya
Music:  M. Ghibran
Plot: An educated young man goes to work as a teacher in a village which is under the control of a local bureaucrat. Can he convince the villagers to quit their jobs and pursue education?

Ko

Director: K.V. Anand
Starring: Jeeva, Ajmar Ameer, Karthika Nair, Piaa Bajpai
Music: Harris Jayaraj
Plot: A young photojournalist helps his friend become the Chief Minister hoping that he would transform the state but everything doesn’t go as planned.

Vaanam

Director: Krish
Remake of: Telugu blockbuster Vedham
Starring: Silambarasan, Bharath, Anushka Shetty, Prakash Raj, Saranya, Vega Tamotia, Sonia Agarwal
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Plot: Five different stories of five different protagonists who join together in a hospital which terrorists plan to demolish.

Yuddham Sei

Director: Myshkin
Starring: Cheran, Dipa Shah, Y. Gee. Mahendra, Lakshmi Ramakrishnan, Jayaprakash
Music: K.
Plot: A family tries to take revenge by killing the ones who were responsible for their daughter’s death. A CB-CID officer who is worried about his missing sister is called to solve this case.

Deiva Thirumagal

Director: A.L. Vijay
Remake of: Hollywood flick I am Sam
Starring: Vikram, Anushka Shetty, Baby Sarah, Amala Paul, Nassar
Music: G.V. Prakash Kumar
Plot: A mentally retarded father fights for his daughter with the help of a lawyer.

Mankatha

Director: Venkat Prabhu
Starring: Ajith Kumar, Arjun, Trisha Krishnan, Vaibhav Reddy, Premji Amaren, Lakshmi Rai, Anjali, Andrea Jeremiah, Jayaprakash, Subbu Panchu, Ashwin Kakamanu, Mahat Raghavendra
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Plot: A suspended cop Vinayak Mahadev helps a group of four boys to loot a huge sum from a mafia leader. Trouble starts when two of the boys don’t follow the actual plan.

Aadukalam

Director: Vetrimaran
Starring: Dhanush, Taapsee Pannu, V.I.S. Jayabalan, Kishore
Music: G.V. Prakash Kumar
Plot: In a village where rooster fights are common, a teacher who is a legend in rooster fights envies his own student for his talent and plans to destroy him.

Engeyum Eppothum

Director: M. Saravanan
Starring: Jai, Anjali, Sharvanand, Ananya
Music: C. Sathya
Plot: Two love stories which come to a sudden and tragic end because of a bus accident.

Mouna Guru

Director: Santha Kumar
Starring: Arulnithi, Iniya, John Vijay, Uma Riaz Khan
Music: Thaman
Plot: A young college goer who has trouble fitting into society’s norms finds himself in the middle of  four corrupted police officers.

Mayakkam Enna

Director: Selvaraghavan
Starring: Dhanush, Richa Gangopadhyay
Music: G.V. Prakash Kumar
Plot: A freelancer who dreams to become a wildlife photographer is betrayed by his role model. His wife helps him achieve his dream.

Aaranya Kaandam

Director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja
Starring: Jackie Shroff, Ravi Krishna, Sampath Raj, Yasmin Ponnappa, Somasundaram
Music: Yuvan Shankar Raja
Plot: Two rival gangs fight for a bag of cocaine which is stolen by a father and a son. At the same time a boy and a girl who work for one of the gangsters plan to run away with his money.