Films based on Tamil novels

Visaranai () is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Vetrimaaran. The film was produced by Dhanush under his banner Wunderbar Films. It is based on the novel Lock Up by M. Chandrakumar. The film stars Dinesh, Anandhi, Samuthirakani, Aadukalam Murugadoss, Kishore, Pradheesh Raj, and Silambarasan Rathnasamy. The film deals with the lives of two men before and after being thrown into a kafkaesque scenario in which they get tortured for confession. Vetrimaaran later told that, in the beating sequences in the film, the actors were really beaten (which was criticized

Aalavandhan () is a 2001 Indian psychological action thriller film directed by Suresh Krissna and produced by Kalaipuli S. Thanu. The film features Kamal Haasan in dual roles, alongside Raveena Tandon, Manisha Koirala, Sarath Babu, Gollapudi Maruti Rao, Madurai G.S. Mani and Milind Gunaji. It is an adaptation of the 1984 novel Dhayam, written by Haasan, and incorporates elements of magical realism. The film was simultaneously shot in Tamil and Hindi, with the latter version titled Abhay (), with three different actors in supporting roles. The Tamil version was dubbed into Telugu and released u

2019 Tamil film directed by Vetrimaaran

1986 Tamil film directed by Rajashekar

1976 Tamil film directed by A. Bhimsingh

1978 Tamil film directed by S. P. Muthuraman

1952 Tamil film directed by T. R. Mahalingam

1981 Tamil film directed by K. Balachander

1976 Tamil film directed by S. P. Muthuraman

2009 Tamil film directed by Gandhi Krishna

1966 Tamil film directed by A. P. Nagarajan

1936 Tamil film directed by Ellis R. Dungan