Kollywood is all set for fruitful and healthy movies lined up for the immense joy of fans and audience. Continuing the successes of 2024, this year opens up with some of the best movies to watch in the big screens from Romantic Dramas to Chilling Crime Thrillers. Apart from the upcoming Pongal movie releases, here’s the full list of Tamil Movie Releases in January 2025.
January 3 Tamil Movie Releases
Bioscope
A determined and aspiring filmmaker turns his entire village into his film studio, making characters out of the villagers, using the resources in the village without a budget and tries to make his debut film in 2011.
Cast: Sankagiri Rajkumar, Manickam, Vellayammal, Muththayi.
Director: Sankagiri Rajkumar
Production House: 25 Dots Creations
Kalan
Based on a rural setting, Kalan is a dramatic, action film revolving around societal causes and the lethargy of government powers such as police.
Cast: Deepa Shankar, Appukutty, Sampath Ram.
Director: Veera Murugan
Production House: Ramalakshmi Productions
Lara
A suspense drama that revolves around a crime and several other related illegal activities of assault, police custody investigation loopholes. The movie uncovers the suspects behind all the crimes.
Cast: Ashok Kumar, M. Kathiresan, Anusreya Rajan, Varshini Venkat, Venmathi, Mathew Varghese
Director: Manimoorthi
Production House: MK Film Media Works
Seesaw
A lovely married couple goes missing after a series of suspenseful happenings and the police uncovers that it is all due to the husband’s Bipolar Affective Disorder that leads to periods of unknown and extreme mood swings.
Cast: Natty Subramaniam, Nishanth Russo, Padine Kumar, Nizhalgal Ravi.
Director: Guna Subramaniam
Production House: Vidiyal Studios
Xtreme
Following a sexual abuse murder, police officer Shruthi solves the case with showcases of involvement of drug addicts, a lovers scandel and many other contrasting evidences leading to the death of a teenage girl.
Cast: Rachitha Mahalakshmi, Abi Nakshatra, Amritha Halder, Ananth Nag
Director: Rajavel Krishna
Production House: Sieger Pictures
January 10 Tamil Movie Releases
Madraskaaran
Two Men are involved in an entanglement that further tangles with the involvement of police, a crime, and local goons. In Spite of having a marriage and a pregnancy, the two young men have to find a way to curb their anger issues and sort out the issues.
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Cast: Shane Nigam, Kalaiyarasan, Niharika Konidela, Aishwarya Dutta
Director: Vaali Mohan Das
Production House: SR Productions
Vanangaan
One of the most highly anticipated movies of this year, Vanangaan is a crime thriller drama surrounding the investigation of a suspected perpetrator and the unfairness of the societal norms infused with emotional underline.
Cast: Arun Vijay, Roshini Prakash, Samuthirakani, Mysskin
Director: Bala
Production House: B Studios, V House Productions
January 12 Tamil Movie Release
Madha Gaja Raja
A full blown commercial entertainer that is finally hitting the theatres after 12 long years, the story is a simple action dominated love story with the protagonist going against the system.
Cast: Vishal, Anjali, Varalxmi Sarathkumar, Santhanam
Director: Sundar C
Production House: Gemini Film Circuit
January 14 Tamil Movie Releases
Kadhalikka Neramillai
A story about modern relationship, love and personal emotions, ‘Kadhalikka Neramillai’ follows the story of a woman who finds out that she is pregnant after an unknown One night stand and follows her quest for love amidst her questions filled future.
Cast: Jayam Ravi, Nithya Menen, Yogi Babu, TJ Bhanu, Vinay Rai.
Director: Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi
Production House: Red Giant Movies
Nesippaya
The tale of two lovers who fall in love, have their hearts broken and find themselves interlocked in an unfortunate situation after several years. Will the lovers reunite breaking their personal hurdles along with legal ones.
Cast: Aditi Shankar, Akash Murali, Khushboo, Jayaram, Prabhu, Kalki Koechlin.
Director: Vishnuvaradhan
Production House: XB Film Creators
Tharunam
A young man falls in love with his marriage prospect and has a good relationship with her until her decision about marrying him changes and she takes the help of her friend for deceiving him.
Cast: Kishen Das, Smruthi Venkat, Raj Ayyappa, Bala Saravanan.
Director: Arvindh Srinivasan
Production House: Zhen Studios
January 24 Tamil Movie Release
Bottle Radha
A comical and emotional discussion of alcoholism and addiction in families and how the protagonist Radha’s life changes and shifts because of his addiction.
Cast: Guru Somasundaram, Sanchana Natarjan, John Vijay, Lollu Sabha Maaran
Director: Dhinakaran Sivalingam
Production House: Neelam Productions, Balloon Pictures
January 31 Tamil Movie Releases
Aghathiyaa
Modern day couple and somehow linked to a mysterious old bungalow from the British Colonial Period that stored suspicious secrets in the bunker under the bungalow. The protagonist has to find a way to uncover the mystery and his connection with the place.
Cast: Jiiva, Raashii Khanna, Arjun Sarja, Edward Sonnenblick
Director: Pa. Vijay
Production House: Vels Film International, Wam India
