Most Anticipated Tamil Movies of 2024

Captain Miller

Release date: 12 January 2024
Director: Arun Matheswaran
Starring: Dhanush, Shiva Rajkumar, Priyanka Arul Mohan, Aditi Balan, Sundeep Kishan, Edward Sonnenblick, John Kokken
Sypnosis: Set in the 1930s, during the British Raj, it follows a former British Army soldier trying to save his home village from destruction by the British Army.

Ayalaan

Release date: 12 January 2024
Director: R. Ravikumar
Starring: Sivakarthikeyan, Rakul Preet Singh, Sharad Kelkar, Isha Koppikar, Karunakaran, Yogi Babu, David Broughton-Davies, Bhanupriya, Bala Saravanan
Sypnosis: It follows a man who teams up with an alien to stop a rogue scientist from making a deadly Nova gas, which would endanger the Earth.

Merry Christmas

Release date: 12 January 2024
Director: Sriram Raghavan
Starring: Katrina Kaif, Vijay Sethupathi
Sypnosis: Based on Frédéric Dard’s French novel Le Monte-charge (Bird in a Cage). It was filmed simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil.

Mission: Chapter 1

Release date: 12 January 2024
Director: A. L. Vijay
Starring: Arun Vijay, Amy Jackson, Nimisha Sajayan, Abi Hassan, Bharat Bopana, Iyal
Sypnosis: Gunasekhar alias Guna leaves for London in order to get the higher level of treatment for his daughter Sana, who is suffering from a serious medical condition. However, fate plays with Guna’s life as he gets stuck in Wandsworth prison, one of the most secured prisons, where Sandra James is the jailer. Can Guna escape from prison and reunite with Sana forms the rest of the plot.

Lal Salaam

Release date: 9 February 2024
Director: Aishwarya Rajinikanth
Starring: Rajinikanth (cameo appearance), Vishnu Vishal and Vikranth
Sypnosis: A reckless townman tries to mend his thug ways ends up resurrecting himself and proves to be worthy of the world, in the eyes of the same people who chased him away.

Siren

Release date: 16 February 2024
Director: Antony Bhagyaraj
Starring: Jayam Ravi, Anupama Parameswaran, Keerthy Suresh, Yogi Babu, Samuthirakani
Sypnosis: An Ambulance driver turned criminal, who awaits the day of his release from prison. However, the man gets to go out of jail after 14 years on parole.

Romeo

Release date: 11 April 2024
Director: Vinayak Vaithianathan
Starring: Vijay Antony, Mirnalini Ravi, Yogi Babu, VTV Ganesh
Sypnosis: A husband tries to win the love of his wife, who marries him because of familial obligation.

Rathnam

Release date: 26 April 2024
Director: Hari
Starring: Vishal, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Ramachandra Raju, Samuthirakani, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Yogi Babu
Sypnosis: Rathnam works as a henchman under MLA Panner Selvam. A girl travels to Vellore for an interview and a few rowdies try to kill her but Rathnam saves her and becomes her guardian angel. How long can he protect her?

Pagalariyaan

Release date: 24 May 2024
Director: Murugan
Starring: Vetri, Akshaya Kandamuthan, Chaplin Babu, Sai Dheena
Sypnosis: Wolf elope with a girl, and a gangster named Silent searches for his sister, while trying to find his sister, he finds some traces of their presence and finds out that the boy is not a good guy and tries to sell her. On the way to Bangalore Wolf meets some illegal underground guys and has a doubt about Wolf and his activities, another side Wolf friend Baskar tries to find Wolf regarding of the girl.

Raayan

Release date: June 13, 2024
Director: Dhanush
Starring: Dhanush, S. J. Suryah, Sundeep Kishan, Kalidas Jayaram, Selvaraghavan, Prakash Raj
Sypnosis: After his family is killed, a young man trains to avenge their murders. Seeking those responsible, his quest leads him through the criminal underworld.

Thangalaan

Release date: June 2024 (expected)
Director: Pa. Ranjith
Starring: Vikram, Pasupathy, Parvathy Thiruvothu, Malavika Mohanan, Daniel Caltagirone, and Harikrishnan Anbudurai.
Sypnosis: Set during the British rule in India, Thangalaan, a tribal leader, goes on a valiant struggle against the British, after they plot to seize his land for gold mining

Indian 2

Release date: July 12, 2024
Director: S. Shankar
Starring: Kamal Haasan, S. J. Suryah, Kajal Aggarwal, Siddharth, Rakul Preet Singh, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Nedumudi Venu, Vivek, Kalidas Jayaram, Gulshan Grover, Samuthirakani, Bobby Simha, Brahmanandam, Zakir Hussain, Piyush Mishra.
Sypnosis: Senapathy returns to India from Hong Kong after learning about the ongoing corruption and injustice in the country through social media.

The Greatest of All Time

Release date: September 5, 2024
Director: Venkat Prabhu
Starring: Vijay, Prashanth, Prabhu Deva, Vaibhav, Ajmal Ameer, Meenakshi Chaudhary, Sneha
Sypnosis: An explosive thriller inspired by the 2004 Moscow Metro bombing, where a suicide bomber detonated in a crowded subway, killing dozens. It delves into the aftermath and pursuit of those responsible.

Vettaiyan

Release date: October 2024
Directed: T. J. Gnanavel
Starring: Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Fahadh Faasil, Rana Daggubati, Manju Warrier
Sypnosis: The film follows a retired police officer as he fights against the system.

Viduthalai Part 2

Release date: Expected in 2024
Director: Vetrimaaran
Starring: Soori, Vijay Sethupathi, Bhavani Sre, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon
Sypnosis: It is a direct sequel to Viduthalai Part 1 (2023), which is adapted from Jeyamohan’s short story Thunaivan. The film follows Kumaresan, a constable, who is recruited to arrest Perumal, a teacher, and leader of a separatist group.

Kanguva

Release date: Expected in 2024
Director: Siva
Starring: Suriya, Bobby Deol, Disha Patani, Natarajan Subramaniam, Jagapathi Babu, Yogi Babu, Redin Kingsley, Kovai Sarala, Anandaraj, Ravi Raghavendra, K. S. Ravikumar, B. S. Avinash
Sypnosis: A warrior in the 1678 dies due to a disease, in the present a girl does research on the disease which killed the warrior in 1678.

Dhruva Natchathiram: Chapter One – Yuddha Kaandam

Release date: 2024 (expected)
Directed by: Gautham Vasudev Menon
Starring: Vikram, Ritu Varma, R. Parthiban, Radhika Sarathkumar, Simran, Vinayakan
Sypnosis: John, a covert operative, leads a team of elite professionals called “The Basement”, which has the sole intention of taking down terrorist organisations secretly without being bound by law and order.

Vidaa Muyarchi

Release date: 2024 (expected)
Language: Tamil
Directed by: Magizh Thirumeni
Starring: Ajith Kumar, Trisha, Arjun Sarja, Regina Cassandra, Arav
Sypnosis: A married couple’s trip takes an unsettling turn when the wife goes missing, prompting the husband’s frantic search while an unknown villain creates obstacles.

Demonte Colony 2

Release date: 2024 (expected)
Directed by: R. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Starring: Arulnithi, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Antti Jaaskelainen, Tsering Dorjee
Sypnosis: It is a direct sequel to the 2015 film Demonte Colony.

Brother

Release date: 2024 (expected)
Directed by: M. Rajesh
Starring: Jayam Ravi, Priyanka Mohan, Bhumika Chawla, Saranya Ponvannan, Natarajan Subramaniam, Rao Ramesh, Yogi Babu
Sypnosis: TBA