List of Tamil films of 2016 explained

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainment Tax Act 1939 on 27 September 2011, gross jumped to 130 per cent of net for films with non-Tamil titles and U certificates as well.^[1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed 85.81 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[2] According to the FICCI-EY media and entertainment industry report, the Tamil film segment registered domestic net box office receipts of 946 crore with 12.6 crore admissions.^[3]

Box office collection

The highest-grossing Kollywood films released in 2016, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows.

!Rank!Title!Production company!Distributor!Worldwide gross!Ref.

1	Kabali	V. Creations	Gemini Film Circuit, Maxlab Cinemas and Entertainments, Fox Star Studios, Malik Stream Corporation	₹283 crore	[4]
2	Theri	V. Creations	SPI Cinemas, Sri Venkateswara Creations,		[5] [6]
3	Iru Mugan	Thameens Films	Auraa Cinemas, Thameens Release		[7]
4	24	2D Entertainment	Eros International		[8]
5	K: The Deadly Spirit	Dream Warrior Pictures			[9]
6	Thodari	Sathya Jyothi Films	Ayngaran International
7	Rajini Murugan	Thirupathi Brothers	Escape Artists Motion
8	Aranmanai 2	Avni Cinemax	Sri Thenandal Films		[10]
9	Pichaikkaran	Vijay Antony Film Corporation	KR films		[11]
10	Dharma Durai	Studio 9	Studio 9

Released films

January – July

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Producer	Ref
	J A N	1	Azhagu Kutti Chellam	Charles		Drama	Mercury Film Network
Karai Oram					Mystery	RJ Combines
Maalai Naerathu Mayakkam			Gitanjali Selvaraghavan		Romantic drama
Peigal Jaakkirathai					Horror comedy	Sri Sai Sarvesh Entertainments
Tharkappu			R. P. Ravi		Action	Kinetoscope Production
8		Arithaaram	T. Alexander	Tamizh, Sangeeth, Soniya	Action	JSV Cinemas
		Kurangu Kaila Poo Maalai	G. Krishna	Praveen Kumar Rajendran, Jagadeesh, Gautham, Chandini	Romance	Sai Ameer Productions
		Meenakshi Kadhalan Ilangovan	S. N. Hariram		Romance	Povla Film International
		Thigilodu Vilaiyaadu	V. R. P. Manohar	Ravikumar	Horror	Studio Santhosh
14		Gethu	Thirukumaran		Action thriller
		Kathakali			Action thriller
		Rajinimurugan	Ponram		Comedy
		Tharai Thappattai			Action drama
22		Moondraam Ullaga Por	Sugan Kartthi	Sunil Kumar, Akhila Kishore, Wilson Ng	War drama	Aartin Frames & TRS Studios
29		Aranmanai 2			Horror comedy		[12]
		Irudhi Suttru			Sports drama		[13]
		Naalu Per Naalu Vidhama Pesuvaanga	L. Madhavan		Comedy	Sri Krishna Talkies
		Nanaiyadhe Mazhaiye	Mahendra Ganapathy		Romance	Kabi & Abi Chithirakatchi
	F E B	5	Bangalore Naatkal			Comedy drama
Irandu Manam Vendum			Pradeep Sundar	Saji Surenderan, Chilanga, Saina	Drama	Holyman Films
Naalai Mudhal Kudikka Matten			K. Senthil Raja	Raj, Kantharaj, Samathin, Panimathi	Comedy	Panimathi Film Productions
Saagasam			Arun Raj Varma		Action masala
Sethu Boomi			Kenthiran Muniasami	Thaman Kumar, Samskruthy Shenoy, Kenthiran Muniasami	Action	Royal Moon Entertainments
Visaranai					Crime thriller
12		Anjala	Thangam Saravanan		Drama	Farmer's Master Plan Productions & 1st Copy Pictures
		Jil Jung Juk	Deeraj Vaidy	Siddharth, Sananth Reddy, Avinash Raghudevan	Fantasy comedy
		Vennilavin Arangetram	R. Muthukumar	Samasthi, Dhinesh Kumar, Murthy	Drama	R Productions
		Vil Ambu	Ramesh Subramaniam		Action drama	Star Film Land & Nallusamy Pictures
19		Miruthan			Science fiction
		Navarasa Thilagam	Kamran		Comedy	Square Stone Films
		Sethupathi			Action drama	Vansan Movies
26		Aarathu Sinam			Crime thriller
		Kanithan	T. N. Santhosh		Action thriller
		Nayyapudai	Vijay Kiran		Action drama	6 Face Studios
	M A R	4	Pakki Payaluga	Bharathi	Valli, Lakshmanan, Murugesan, Manikandan	Action	Meenakshi Amman Studios
Pichaikkaran					Action drama
Pokkiri Raja			Ramprakash Rayappa		Comedy
Sowkarpettai					Horror	Shalom Studios
11		Aviyal	Five Directors		Anthology
		Enna Pidichirukka	Subburaj		Romance	Bright Future Moviemakers
		Kadhalum Kadandhu Pogum			Romantic comedy		[14]
		Kathiravanin Kodai Mazhai	Kathiravan		Romance	Yazh Tamil Thirai
		Mapla Singam	N. Rajasekhar		Comedy
		Natpadhigaram 79			Drama	Jayam Cine Entertainment
18		Aagam	Vijay Anand Sriram		Drama	JYO Star Enterprises
		Endru Thaniyum	Bharathi Krishnakumar (writer, director, orator)	Yuvan Mayilsamy (actor), Jeevitha, Chandhana, Rajesh Balachandran (actor)	Romance	Vel Productions
		Pugazh			Action	Film Department	[15]
		Sawaari	Guhan Senniappan		Thriller	Entertainment Brothers
		Vidayutham	Nagamaneci	Ram Saravana, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Nagamaneci	Horror	Sree Nagaraja Sarpayakshi Films
25		Adida Melam	Anbu Stalin		Romantic comedy	B Vision Dado Creations
		Anbudan Anbarasi		Allwyn Amala Prasanna, Dharani, Pandu, Kovai Senthil, Velmurugan, Sivan Srinevasan, Yuvanswang, Advocate Abi, Sabarigiri Mani, Manivel Pandi,	Romantic comedy	Raj Marteen Films, Marteen Durai Raj, Fathima Rani Pilomin,
		Thozha			Drama		[16]
		Vaaliba Raja	Sai Gokul Ramnath		Comedy	Vanks Vision
		Zero	Arun Kumar		Supernatural thriller	Madhav Media Entertainments
	A P R	1	Darling 2	Sathish Chandrasekaran	Kalaiyarasan, Rameez Raja, Maya, Kaali Venkat, Hari	Horror comedy	Rite Media Works Sathish Chandrasekaranin Kadhaigal
Hello Naan Pei Pesuren			S. Bhaskar		Horror comedy
Narathan			Naga Venkatesh		Comedy	Vetrivel Film International
Uyire Uyire			A. Rajasekhar		Romance	Jayaprada Productions Studio 9 Motion Pictures
8		Avan Aval	Ramkrish Mrinali	Vignesh, Devika Madhavan	Drama	Khayan Pictures
		Jithan 2	Rahul		Horror Comedy	SK Entertainment
		Kida Poosari Magudi	J. Jayakumar		Drama	Tamizh Thirai Viruthcham
		Mudhal Thagaval Arikkai	P. Rajaganesan	Rayan, Kalpana Jeyam, Mujieeb	Action	Vellithirai Talkies
		Oyee	Francis Markus		Romantic comedy	Mark Studio India Private Limited	[17]
		Tea Kadai Raja	Raja Subbiah	Raja Subbiah, Neha Gayatri, Yogi Babu, Sharmila Thapa	Comedy	Funtoon Talkies
14		Nijama Nizhala	P. V. Sreenivasan		Romance	Sekar Movies
		Theri	Atlee		Action thriller		[18]
		Yokkiyan Varan Somba Thooki Ulla Vai	Swmayraaja		Comedy	KDFCS Creations
15		Maasi Veedhi	Veeramurugan	Bala, Chandrika, Ganesh	Drama	Aarumuga Films
22		Ennul Aayiram	Krishna Kumar		Suspense Drama	Om Ganesh Creations
		Guhan	Azhagappan		Action	Great Talkies
		Vetrivel	Vasantha Mani		Action drama
29		Kalam	Robert Raaj		Horror	Arul Movies Production	[19]
		Kanden Kadhal Konden	Venkat G. Saamy		Romance	Creative Teamz
		Manithan			Drama
		Saalaiyoram	K Moorthy Kannan		Drama	Smiley Productions
	M A Y	6	24			Science fiction
Edaal			Srijar	Venkat, Yuva	Romance	D Extravaganza	[20]
Naan Yaar			Radha N	Jai Akash, Soniya Sharma	Romantic Drama	Jai Balaji Movie Makers	[21]
13		Inaiya Thalaimurai	P. Elanthirumaran / Su.Ci.Easwar		Political Drama	Maran Creations	[22]
		Jambulingam 3D	Hari & Harish Narayan		Comedy	MPL Films
		Ko 2	Sarath		Political drama
		Pencil	Mani Nagaraj	G. V. Prakash Kumar, Sri Divya, Shariq Hassan	Thriller drama	Kalsan Movies
		Unnodu Ka	RK		Romantic Comedy	Abirami Cinemas
20		Katha Solla Porom	S. Kalyan		Drama	Relax Adds Production	[23]
		Kodeeswaran	Rajesh Patole	Govind Rao, Madhura Munjal, Arul Raj	Drama	Raj Production
		Marudhu	M. Muthaiah		Action	Anna Gopuram Films
27		Idhu Namma Aalu			Romantic comedy		[24]
		Jeniffer Karuppaiya	G. M. Saravanapandi		Drama	Celebrity Cinema
		Meera Jaakirathai	R. G. Keshavan		Horror	White Screen Entertainment
		Sutta Pazham Sudatha Pazham	G. Shiva		Comedy	RR Cine Art
		Uriyadi		Vijay Kumar, Mime Gopi, Henna Bella, Citizen Sivakumar	Political Thriller
	J U N	3	Iraivi			Drama		[25]
Kallathoni			B. Saddam Hussain	Deepika, Edin Alexander, Ramu	Drama	Vishnu Movie Makers
Velainu Vandhutta Vellaikaaran					Comedy
10		Oru Naal Koothu	Nelson		Comedy drama	Kenanya Films	[26]
		Pandiyoda Galatta Thaangala	S. T. Gunasegaran		Comedy	Virokshiya Media
		Vithaiyadi Naanunakku	Ramnathan K. B	Ramnathan K.B, Sowra Syed	Neo Noir Thriller	L9 & ISR Ventures
17		Angali Pangali	S. Balamurugan		Comedy	SYJ Productions
		Enakku Innoru Per Irukku	Sam Anton		Action Comedy		[27]
		Muthina Kathirika	Venkat Raghavan		Comedy		[28]
24		Amma Kanakku	Ashwini Iyer Tiwari		Drama		[29]
		Metro			Action thriller	E5 Entertainments, Metro Productions
		Raja Manthiri	Usha Krishnan		Comedy drama	Etcetera Entertainment

July – December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Producer	Ref
	J U L	1	Appa			Drama
Jackson Durai					Horror comedy	Sri Green Productions	[30]
Oru Melliya Kodu				Arjun, Shaam, Manisha Koirala, Aqsa Bhatt	Drama thriller	Akshaya Creations
Paisa					Comedy	KJR Studios & RK Dream World
7		Adra Machan Visilu	Thiraivannan		Comedy	Arasu Films
		Dhilluku Dhuddu	Rambala		Horror comedy
8		Arthanari	Sundarra Elangovan		Drama	Kiruthikaa Film Company
		Ka Ka Ka Po	P. S. Vijay		Comedy	ONS Movie Productions
15		Kizhakku Chandu	A. Senthil Anandhan		Drama	Karuppai Aandal Cinemas
		Kodambakkam Kokila	C. R. Muthupandi		Drama thriller	SVM Films
		Megamoottam	Vaidyanathan Natarajan	KV Rajan, MR Balan, R Murali	Romance	Kudavarasi Movie Creations
		Onbathilirindhu Pathu Varai	Vijai Shanmugavel Iyyanaar		Drama thriller	Hero Cinemas
		Summave Aaduvom			Drama	Sri Ranga Production
22		Kabali			Action drama	V Creations	[31]
29		Vellikizhamai 13am Thethi	Pugaal Mani		Horror Comedy	Govind Studio
	A U G	5	Sandikuthirai	Anbumani		Romantic drama	Sun Moon Company
Ennama Kadha Vudranunga			V. Francis Raj	Aarvi, Shalu, Alisha Chopra	Comedy drama	Alex Creations
Tamilselvanum Thaniyar Anjalum					Romantic comedy
Thirunaal			P. S. Ramnath		Action	Kodhandapani Films
12		Joker		Guru Somasundaram, Ramya Pandian, Gayathri Krishnaa	Social satire
		Mudinja Ivana Pudi			Action masala	Rambabu Productions
		Wagah			Romanctic drama	Vijay Bhargavi Films
19		Dharma Durai			Romantic drama
		Nambiyaar	Ganeshaa		Comedy
		Yaanai Mel Kuthirai Sawaari	Karuppiah Murugan	Archana Singh, Rajendran, Krishnamoorthy, Swaminathan, Tharika, Mippu	Comedy	Battlers Cinema
25		Bayam Oru Payanam	Manisharma		Horror	Octo Spider Productions
26		54321	Ragavendra Prasad		Drama	MainStream Productions
		Andha Kuyil Needhana	Stanley Jose	Keerthi Krishna, Sagar, Sreya Jose, Salam Kunnath	Drama	Ponnu Films
		Enakku Veru Engum Kilaigal Kidayathu	Ganapathy Balamurugan		Comedy	Jayaram Productions
		Meendum Oru Kadhal Kadhai			Romance	Block Ticket Films
		Vendru Varuvaan	Vijendran		Action	Reality Pictures
	S E P	2	Ilamai Oonjal	Mangai Harirajan		Action	Shree Preyam Creations
Kidaari			Prasath Murugesan		Action
Kuttrame Thandanai					Crime thriller	Don Productions & Tribal Art Productions
Thagadu			M. Thanga Durai	Ajay, Sanam Shetty, Hashika Dutt, Prabha, Priyanka Shukla	Historical drama	Thai Thanthai Movies
8		Iru Mugan			Action	Thameens Films
		Vaaimai	A. Senthil Kumar		Drama	Min Max Movies
9		Pudhusa Naan Poranthen	Majid Abu		Drama	Sahara Entertainments
16		Nayagi			Horror	Giridhar Production House
		Karma	R. Arvind	R. Arvind	Thiller	Creative Criminal
		Pagiri	Esakki Karvannan	Prabhu Ranaveeran, Shravya, Ravi Mariya	Romantic comedy	Lakshmi Creations
		Sadhuram 2	Sumanth Radhakrishnan		Thriller	Knockout Entertainment & Grey Matter Studios
		Uchathula Shiva	Jaypee		Action drama
22		Thodari			Romantic thriller
23		Aandavan Kattalai			Comedy drama	Gopuram Films
		Oruthal	Krishnadasan		Drama	Sayeeleela Productions
30		Aasi	N. P. S. Veerapandiyan		Horror	Shanmuga Pictures
		Kallattam		Nandha, Richard, Sharika, Usha Shree	Action	White Horse Productions
		Kanaga Durga	Chandra Kannaiyan		Devotional	Jothi Vinayagar Cinemas
		Kollidam	Nesam Murali		Action	Vertical Films
		Nunnunarvu	Mathivanan Sakthivel	Mathivanan Sakthivel, Indira	Thriller	Sakthi Screens
		Thirumaal Perumai	Gopal Ram		Devotional	MGS Films
	O C T	7	Devi			Supernatural comedy
Rekka			Rathina Shiva		Action masala	Comman Man Productions
Remo			Bakkiyaraj Kannan		Romantic comedy	24AM Studios
14		Ammani			Drama	Tag Entertainment
21		Kagitha Kappal	S. Sivaraman		Drama	Evergreen Movie International
		Nee Enbathu	A. R. Rahim		Romance	Try Film Productions
		Nenjukkulla Nee Neranjirukka	Sampathkumar–Rajendran	Sivahari, Ameetha	Drama	S. S. Studio Production
28		Kaashmora			Supernatural
		Kodi	R. S. Durai Senthilkumar		Political thriller
		Thiraikku Vaaradha Kadhai			Horror	MJD Production
29		Kadalai	P. Sagayasuresh		Comedy	Udhayam Entertainment
	N O V	4	Ini Avanea	Sampathraj		Action thriller	Tamil Thai Creations & A.N.A Movie Creations
11		Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada			Action thriller
		Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum	Amudheswar		Comedy
18		Anjukku Onnu	Arviyar	Amar, Guru Siddharth, Jerold, Megna, Umasri	Comedy	Parents Pictures
		Kadavul Irukaan Kumaru			Comedy
24		Kavalai Vendam	Deekay		Romantic comedy
25		Ilami	Julian Prakash		Historical	Joe Productions
		Kannula Kaasa Kattappa		Aravind Akash, Chandini Tamilarasan, Ashwathy Warrier	Comedy	Sugar & Spice Entertainment
		Pattathaari	A. R. Sankar Pandi		Comedy	Ges Movies
		Virumandikum Sivanandikum			Comedy	Lakshmi Talkies
	D E C	1	Saithan	Pradeep Krishnamoorthy		Psychological thriller
2		Azhahendra Sollukku Amudha	Nagarajan		Romance	Ralph Productions
		Maaveeran Kittu			Drama	Nallu Samy Pictures & Asian Cine Combines
		Pazhaya Vannarapettai	G. Mohan		Drama	Sri Krishna Talkies
9		Atti	Vijayabhaskar		Comedy
		Chennai 600028 II			Sports Comedy
		Parandhu Sella Vaa	Dhanapal Padmanabhan		Romantic comedy	8 Point Entertainment
16		Andaman	Aadhavan		Romance	Sudha Movie Creations
		Veera Sivaji	Ganesh Vinayak		Action	Madras Enterprises
23		Balle Vellaiyathevaa	Prakash		Comedy
		Kaththi Sandai			Action masala	Madras Enterprises
		Manal Kayiru 2	Madhan Kumar		Comedy drama	Sri Thenandal Films
		Ner Mugam			Action	Hi-Tech Pictures
29		Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru	Karthick Naren		Crime thriller	Knight Nostalgia Filmotainment & Venus Infotainment
30		Achamindri	Rajapandi		Action drama	Triple V Records
		Adhiran	J. V. Mohan	Suresh Kumar, Sanjana, Shreeram, Fathima	Drama	B Movies
		Eganapuram	V. Suresh Natchatra	V. Ravi, Jothisha Ammu, Rithu Rajasimman	Drama	VR Movies International
		Kandadhai Sollugiren		Poo Ram, Anand, Janaki, Karuna, Jeniffer	Drama	Buddha Pictures & JSK Film Corporation
		Meow	Chinnas Palanisamy		Comedy thriller	Global Woods Movies
		Mo	Bhuvan Nallan	Suresh Ravi, Aishwarya Rajesh, Pooja Devariya, Ramesh Thilak, Ramdoss	Horror comedy	Moment Entertainment & Infotainment Ltd
		Thalaiyatti Bommai	Bagavathi Bala		Horror comedy	S Films

Dubbed films

Opening	Title	Director(s)	Original film		Cast
			Title	Language
5 August	Namadhu	Chandrasekhar Yeleti	Manamantha	Telugu	Mohanlal, Gauthami
14 October	Sivanaagam	Kodi Ramakrishna	Nagarahavu	Kannada	Vishnuvardhan, Ramya, Diganth, Saikumar

Awards

Category/organization	Filmfare Awards South 17 June 2017[32]	IIFA Awards 28 March 2017[33]	SIIMA Awards 30 June 2017[34]
Best Film	Joker	Irudhi Suttru	Irudhi Suttru
Best Director	Sudha Kongara Irudhi Suttru	Atlee Theri	Atlee Theri
Best Actor	R. Madhavan Irudhi Suttru	R. Madhavan Irudhi Suttru	Sivakarthikeyan Remo
Best Actress	Ritika Singh Irudhi Suttru	Ritika Singh Irudhi Suttru	Nayanthara Iru Mugan
Best Music Director	A. R. Rahman Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada	A. R. Rahman Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada	A. R. Rahman Achcham Yenbadhu Madamaiyada

Notable deaths

• J.Jayalalitha — 5 December
• Cho Ramaswamy - 7 December

Notes and References

1. http://www.stationeryprinting.tn.gov.in/extraordinary/2011/368-Ex-IV-2.pdf Entertainment tax doubled to 30% (from 15%) for non-Tamil titles and U certificates
2. https://ctd.tn.gov.in/documents/10184/20741/ADMINISTRATIVE+REPORT+2017-2018/748773c3-2f25-4192-a416-268eb4931cd9?version=1.1 CTD reports 85.81 crore ET collection in 2016–17
3. http://www.ufomoviez.com/images/Articles/Mint%20-11th%20April%202018.pdf Kollywood admissions total 12.6 crore in India in 2016
4. Web site: Forbes ₹286—499 crore.
5. Web site: Iyengar . Anusha . 2018-11-10 . Vijay's Sarkar beats lifetime collections of Theri crosses Rs. 150 crores worldwide in 4 days . 2019-09-25 . timesnownews.com . en.
6. Web site: Upadhyaya . Prakash . 2016-06-27 . 'Theri' box office collection: Vijay-starrer collects over Rs. 150 crore worldwide . 2019-08-19 . International Business Times, India Edition . en.
7. Web site: 'Iru Mugan' aka 'Inkokkadu' box office collection: Vikram-starrer crosses Rs. 70crore mark in its 1st weekend. Upadhyaya. Prakash. 2016-09-13. International Business Times, India Edition. en. 2020-01-17.
8. Web site: '24' worldwide box office collection: Suriya-starrer grosses Rs. 150 crore. Upadhyaya. Prakash. 2016-05-24. International Business Times, India Edition. en. 2020-01-21.
9. Web site: Karthi's Kaashmora beats Dhanush's Kodi at worldwide box office. 2016-11-01. The Indian Express. en-US. 2020-01-17.
10. Web site: Sivakarthikeyan's Rajini Murugan set for massive release: Advance booking gets good response . www.ibtimes.co.in . en . 12 January 2016.
11. Web site: 'Bichagadu' box office collection: Vijay Antony starrer inches closer to Rs. 20-crore mark. Hooli. Shekhar H.. 2016-06-28. International Business Times, India Edition. en. 2020-01-17.
12. Web site: Sri Thenandal Films and Ayngaran line up two films apiece for Pongal. Only Kollywood. Only Kollywood. 24 November 2015. 29 January 2016.
13. Web site: Madhavan's 'Irudhi Suttru' on January 29!. https://web.archive.org/web/20151120060955/http://www.sify.com/movies/madhavan%E2%80%99s-irudhi-suttru-on-january-29-news-tamil-pltn1Tafgjeeg.html. dead. 20 November 2015. Sify. 20 January 2016.
14. Web site: Nalan's 'Kadhalum Kadanthu Pogum' for February 14?. https://web.archive.org/web/20151125030811/http://www.sify.com/movies/nalan%E2%80%99s-kadhalum-kadanthu-pogum-for-february-14-news-tamil-plyqKDefejjde.html. dead. 25 November 2015. Sify. 20 January 2016.
15. Web site: Jai to have two films released in March. 20 February 2016.
16. Web site: Karthi-Nagarjuna bilingual to release on March 25. https://web.archive.org/web/20160420053509/http://www.sify.com/movies/karthi-nagarjuna-bilingual-to-release-on-march-25-news-tamil-qbtqgcjeebgij.html. dead. 20 April 2016. Sify. 20 January 2016.
17. Web site: Oyee (aka) Oyeee trailer . 10 January 2016 . Behindwoods.com . 2017-09-20.
18. Web site: Kabali and Theri to release on April 14th?. Avinash Pandian. Behindwoods. 28 November 2015. 20 January 2016.
19. Web site: Friday Fury – April 29. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506062502/http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-april-29-news-tamil-qe3ij1hejdaci.html. dead. 6 May 2016. Sify. 29 April 2016.
20. Web site: Friday Fury – May 06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190503111614/http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-may-06-news-tamil-qfniqwhgebdbf.html. dead. 3 May 2019. Sify. 6 May 2016.
21. Web site: Naan Yaar Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes . .
22. Web site: Friday Fury – May 13. Sify. 13 May 2016.
23. Web site: Friday Fury – May 20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160506062502/http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-april-29-news-tamil-qe3ij1hejdaci.html. dead. 6 May 2016. Sify. 20 May 2016.
24. Web site: Friday Fury – May 27. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530080004/http://www.sify.com/movies/friday-fury-%E2%80%93-may-27-news-tamil-qf1j3Fhgdcfde.html. dead. 30 May 2016. Sify. 27 May 2016.
25. Web site: 'Iraivi' Tamil Movie Database. tamilcineainfo.com. 18 June 2016.
26. Web site: 'Oru Naal Koothu' Tamil Movie Database. tamilcineainfo.com. 18 June 2016.
27. Web site: 'Enakku Innoru Per Irukku' Tamil Movie Database. tamilcineainfo.com. 18 June 2016.
28. Web site: 'Muthina Katirikai' Tamil Movie Database. tamilcineainfo.com. 18 June 2016.
29. Web site: 'Amma Kanakkuu' Tamil Movie Database. tamilcineainfo.com. 18 June 2016.
30. Web site: 'Jackson Durai' Tamil Movie Database. tamilcineainfo.com. 18 June 2016.
31. Web site: 'Kabali' Tamil Movie Database. tamilcineainfo.com. 18 June 2016.
32. Web site: Winners: 64th Jio Filmfare Awards 2017 (South). .
33. News: IIFA awards event from today. The Hindu. 28 March 2017.
34. Web site: SIIMA awards 2017 nominations announced. https://web.archive.org/web/20170703235835/http://www.sify.com/movies/siima-awards-2017-nominations-announced-news-malayalam-rgbjE9ecgbbif.html. dead. 3 July 2017.