India makes films in distinct languages but the audience is mainly aware of Hindi films. The Indian film industry has been like Bollywood to many. However, in terms of movies produced and contributing to the overall box collection, Tamil films play a major role. Also, they have contributed a lot to home theatre and Bollywood. Therefore we bring to you the top Tamil romantic movie list of all time.
Best Tamil Romantic Movie List
Alai Payuthey
Alai Payuthey is one of the best romantic Tamil movies of all time. Madras Talkies had produced it and is also popular as Sakhi. The genre of the movie is romantic, drama and musical. The all-around director Mr Mani Ratnam had directed and also written the dialogues and screenplay for the movie. Madhavan and Shalini played the lead roles and Swarnamalya, V Natarajan, KPAC Lalitha, Ravi Prakash and Jayasudha were the other actors in the movie.
The release date was April 14, 2000, and it earned a whopping 35 crore INR at the box office. It also won 3 national awards. The aspect ratio is 2.35:1 and is 2 hours 36 mins long. The story revolves around Karthik (Madhavan) who is frantic after the disappearance of his wife Shakti (Shalini). Told in flashbacks, the film traces their brief marriage as the couple’s dreamy romance runs through the usual gamut of highs and lows.
Mouna Ragam
Another masterpiece by Mr Mani Ratnam who directed the movie and wrote the script as well. Sujatha Films has produced it and is also popular as Mouna Raagam. It was released on August 15, 1986, and includes Manohar, Chandra Kumar and Divya in the lead role. The story revolves around Revathi who is forced to marry Mohan in an arranged marriage. She lives in the memory of her lost love Karthik and asks for a divorce. The law requires them to stay together for a year before granting them the divorce. That gives time for a lot of incidents in their lives and things change. Not many people know that this movie became Ratnam’s first film to make excessive use of staccato dialogues, which became his trademark.
Moondram Pirai
Moondram Pirai is one of the oldest romantic Tamil Movies. Balu Mahendra has directed it and also wrote the movie’s screenplay. It is also popular as Vasantha Kokila and Sathya Jyothi Films had produced it. The movie was given the A certificate by the Film Censor Board and was released on February 19, 1982. It was a 2 hour 23 minute long, mono sound mix movie that had the legendary actor Kamal Hassan and the evergreen beauty Sridevi in the lead role. This masterfully crafted, the offbeat romantic drama follows the twists and turns in the life of a schoolteacher, Cheenu (Kamalahasan) who rescues a mentally deranged woman Viji (Sridevi) from a brothel and looks after her in his hillside home.
While the crazed woman, regressing into a childlike state, becomes devoted to him, he struggles to keep his sexual desire in check. While Viji is leading a blissful existence with Cheenu, with no memory of her past at all, Viji’s father Vedachalam (Veeraraghavan), has been desperately seeking her, even posting a newspaper advertisement about his lost daughter. A co-passenger who had travelled with Cheenu and Viji from Chennai to Ooty by train gives him a lead. When Cheenu takes Viji to an Ayurvedic medical practitioner for treatment, the police converge on the location forcing Cheenu to stay away for fear of action against him. Will Viji’s treatment be successful? Will Cheenu be able to convince Viji’s father and the police of his good intentions, and will vouch for him? The answer to all these questions lies in the movie itself. This is a must-watch for a romantic Tamil movie lover.
Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya
Vinnaithandi Varuvaaya is yet another masterpiece that must be added to the best Tamil romantic movie list. Gautam Vasudev Menon had directed and written it. Produced by Escape Artist Motion Pictures, RS Infotainment and Two 95 productions, this movie had TR Silambarasan and Trishna Krishnan in the lead role. The Censor Board had given it a UA certificate and it comes under the genre romance and drama. The movie has 17 nominations and has won 14 awards to date. The release date was February 26, 2010, and has earned around $300,000.
The storyline is that at a Keralite Christian wedding, a young man in the audience watches mournfully as the woman of his dreams walks down the aisle. Flashback, a young wannabe filmmaker Kartik (Simbu) shares a house with a Keralite family, whose daughter Jessie (Trisha) he instantly falls in love with. After a few minor spurns, Kartik chases Jessie to her hometown and gradually begin a relationship. Trouble brews when her family finds out, leading to fist-cuffs, and Jessie’s father fixing her marriage with a boy within the community. The couple continues to meet, but as his filmmaking career starts to take off, there is new friction in their relationship and a drastic step from Jessie.
Roja
Another beautiful creation by Mr Mani Ratnam. He was also the writer of the movie. The Censor Board had given it a U certificate. The movie had Arvind Swamy and Madhoo in the lead role along with Pankaj Kapur and Nassar. It comes under the romance, drama and thriller genres. Also, Roja’ made Time magazine’s ’10 Best Soundtracks’ list – December 2007. Madras Talkies, Hansa Pictures and Kavithalayaa Productions had produced it.
Its release date was August 15, 1992. The aspect ratio is 2.35: 1 and is 2 hours 17 minutes long. The summary of this movie is the threat of terrorists in India meshed with mild romance. Roja(the rose) the heroine is an innocent girl whose newlywed husband gets kidnapped by Pakistani terrorists. The story revolves around how she runs from pillar to post to get her husband freed. The movie is quite intense in the later parts. It was rated 8.2 out of 10 by IMDB.
Sethu
Sethu is an extraordinary movie in Tamil romantic movie list. Mr Bala had directed and written the movie. Sharmadha Productions had produced it. It is also popular as Cety and the release date is December 10, 1999. The movie comes under the genres Action, romance and drama. The Film Censor Board had given it a U certificate. The movie is 2 hours 10 minutes long and has Vikram and Abitha in the lead role along with Sivakumar and Sriman. Tere Naam, the famous Bollywood movie is the remake of Sethu.
This movie will definitely leave tears rolling down your eyes at the end. The way the characters are depicted in the movie is excellent. The story, characters and the feeling they give to the viewers is something you can’t forget easily. The story revolves around A violent youngster and a shy Brahmin girl. The girl falls in love but tragedy intervenes when the youngster is brain-damaged following a fight. The movie Sketch had also featured the film in 2018.
Thulladha manamum thullum
Thulladha Manamum Thullum is a 1999 film. The debutant Ezhil had directed the movie. The film stars Vijay and Simran, while Manivannan, Dhamu and Vaiyapuri among others play supporting roles. The film, produced by R. B. Choudary, has its score and soundtrack composed by S. A. Rajkumar and cinematography performed by R. Selva. The film won two awards at the Tamil Nadu State Film Awards with Simran winning Best Actress and Vijay winning the MGR honorary award. This movie is evergreen, such an awesome film to watch with family.
Musically, action and emotional scenes every scene in the movie is heart touching. Kutty is a good-hearted soul, but unfortunate incidents tend to portray his ruffian side whenever he encounters the girl he loves. A bizarre incident brings them closer and yet keeps them apart.
Minnale
Minnale is a 2001 film. Gautham Menon had directed it. The story was written with the aid of Gautham Menon and Vipul D. Shah. The casts include Madhavan, Abbas, Reema, Vivek and Nagesh. The movie tells the story of a love-struck man stealing the identity of his former college foe to pursue his woman love and the eventual repercussions he has to stand while his cover is blown before he could come clean.
The film’s authentic soundtrack composed by debutant tune composer Harris Jayaraj became popular prior to the movie’s launch. R. D. Rajasekhar had handled the cinematography of the film and Suresh Urs had edited it. The release date was February 2, 2001. The film received high-quality reviews from critics and loved commercial fulfilment on the container office. Menon remade the film the equal year in Hindi as Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein, which featured Madhavan reprising his position.
Paruthiveeran
Paruthiveeran is a romantic drama film and one of the best on the Tamil romantic movie list. Ameer has written and directed in 2007. The film stars Karthi in his feature movie debut because of the named person, Priyamani because the woman leads Ponvannan, Saravanan, Ganja Karuppu, Sampath Raj, and Sujatha Sivakumar gambling supporting roles. Produced by Studio green, it functions as a soundtrack and rating composed with the aid of Yuvan Shankar Raja, cinematography by using Ramji and enhanced with the aid of Raja Mohammad. A village subsequently succumbs to the unconditional love of his angelic cousin, but his romance faces insurmountable challenges, such as a circle of relatives’ opposition and his own antisocial character.
Kaadhal
Kaadhal is a 2004 Tamil romantic drama movie based totally on a real tale, directed by Balaji Rainbow Sakthivel, starring Bharath and Sandhya in her characteristic film debut. It became produced by using S. Shankar and featured a song composed by means of Joshua Sridhar. The film opened to crucial acclaim and changed into a high business achievement.
Upon release, the film turned dubbed into Telugu as Premisthe (released in 2005). It became remade in Kannada as Cheluvina Chittara in 2007, in Bengali as Chirodini Tumi Je Amar in 2008, in Bengali Bangladesh as Nogor Mastan in 2015, in Marathi as Ved Laavi Jeeva in 2010, in Nepali as Manjari in 2013 and in Punjabi as Ramta Jogi in 2015. Aishwarya, a convent-girl from a wealthy family within the town of Madurai (Tamil Nadu) falls in love with a young motor-mechanic, Murugan whom she encounters on the road. faced with the approaching chance of an arranged marriage with an “American groom” she persuades Murugan to elope together with her to Chennai where they take safe haven together with his former college pal in a guys’ hostel.
Raja Rani
Raja Rani is a 2013 Indian Tamil romantic drama movie. Atlee has directed it in his directorial debut. Produced by AR Murugadoss,[1] the film stars Arya, Nayanthara, Nazriya Nazim and Jai in the lead roles, while Sathyaraj, Santhanam and Sathyan appear in supporting roles. The core plot of the movie was heavily stimulated through the 1986 Tamil film Mouna Ragam and the 2007 Kannada movie Milana. The movie launched on 27 September 2013, and acquired fine reviews upon release.
The Telugu dubbed model has an identical identity and its release date was 14 March 2014. There was a remake in Bengali as Shudhu Tomari Jonyo in 2015. Its Odia remake was Tu Je Sei in 2016. John (Arya) and Regina (Nayanthara) are pressured into wedlock towards their needs. each goes through a rough patch. Prior to their marriage, Regina fell in love with Surya (Jai), even as John romanced Keerthana (Nazriya). What leads to the Arya-Nayanthara wedding? How they forget about their romantic past and finally come together forms the rest of the tale
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai is a 1997 Indian Tamil musical romantic drama movie. Fazil has directed the movie. it is the Tamil remake of Fazil’s own Malayalam film Aniyathipravu (1997). The film stars Vijay and Shalini (reprising her function from the original) with Sivakumar, Srividya, Manivannan, Charle, and Radha Ravi gambling assisting roles. Kadhalukku Mariyadhai covers Theeeva loves Mini but her three brothers end up beating him every time he meets her. The couple decides to elope against their parents’ wishes. story of a couple of differing backgrounds and beliefs and how they unite amidst the competition in their families. Ilaiyaraaja with cinematography with the aid of Anandakuttan had composed the music. The release date was on 19 December 1997. It obtained an advantageous reception, praising the performances of the lead couple, Vijay and Shalini.
Bombay
Another masterpiece by the legendary Mr Mani Ratnam in the Tamil romantic movie list is Bombay. The movie release date is March 10, 1995, and Aalayam Productions, Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Limited and Jhamu Sughand productions had produced it. The movie has won 12 awards and has Arvind Swami and Manisha Koirala as the lead artists and Nassar and kitty as the supporting actors. This movie is often compared to Spielberg’s “Schindler’s List”. It is the only movie that actually works in this context and how Spielberg could have made it to express his strong pathetic and political emotions.
Storyline
The true-life epos tells us the story of the Muslim-Hindu conflict 1995 in Bombay from the viewpoint of a young Muslim-Hindu couple doomed to leave their home town and families. This movie was made in the south, in Madras, shortly after the riots. It was immediately synchronized in Bombay to Hindi for the big audience. During the next three hours (the typical Hindi movie length) everything works out fine, until the last thirty minutes where the Bombay riots suddenly break up everything.
Mani Ratnam is the one and only director how dares to bring a song (every Hindi movie is a musical) during the very realistic war scenes, where such a scene actually works. Scenes where you are immediately reminded of how you would have shaken your head or laughed if this was just “Schindler’s List”. Imagine the jews singing in the last 30 minutes. Or the Trier train dance scene (for which you have to see “Dil Se”) cut to the end. Not so here. They sing about the cruelty of war. Stop fighting. Crying, laughing, singing, dying, very close together. Where Trier sinks into unbelievable and childish anti-dead sentence pathos, Ratnam is still with the people, full of positive power. Incredible. A must-see from one of the most popular directors worldwide.
Vaaranam Aayiram
Vaaranam Aayiram is another romantic Tamil movie. Gautham Vasudev Menon has directed and written it. The movie is also popular as Surya S/o Krishnan. Aascar Film P. and Photon Factory had produced it. The movie had Suriya and Simran in the lead role along with Ramy and Sameera Reddy. The release date was November 14, 2008, and has earned $921007. The story revolves around Surya (Surya Sivakumar) who is away at war as his father, Krisnan dies of lung cancer. As Surya sits on a plane in combat gear heading into battle, he reminisces about his father’s influence in his life.
The film opens with the father Krishnan’s romance with Malini (Simram). This in turn is contrasted with the son’s aggressive courting of an engineering student Meghana (Sameera Reddy) from a train ride in Tamil Nadu to her graduate studies in Berkeley. The romance is swiftly followed by an extended period of professional and personal uncertainty, in which the son turns back to father figures to help him get back on his feet and seek out his true calling. Well made, though the overlong film, reportedly autobiographical about the director’s own relationship with his father.
Madrasapattinam
Madrasapattinam is a brilliant movie in the Tamil romantic movie list. AL Vijay had and written by Mike Prakash. The release date was July 9, 2010. The story of the movie is that After the death of her husband, Amy Smith, an elderly English woman, decides to return to India. She had to search for her long lost lover and to return a necklace she was given. Through memory flashbacks, we see how Amy as a young girl first arrived in Madrasapattinam, India in 1945. She came to join her father who was the governor of the city.
Through some events of fate, she meets Paritihi, a young Indian boy. Amy, feeling drawn towards Paritihi and intrigued by Indian culture, asks him to be her guide around the town. Soon a tender romance develops between them. However, Amy is married to a cruel man officer Robert Ellis. This forces Amy and Paritihi to fight for their love.
Conclusion
So this was the top Tamil Romantic Movie list that has always had a huge fanbase in southern India. Bollywood makes remakes of a lot of Kollywood movies every year and still, Tamil Film Industry doesn’t get much recognition. We hope you enjoy the movies. You can also read about the best Tamil web series to binge-watch here.
