Thambi Ramaiah

Acting

Thambi Ramaiah

Born

1963-06-19 (63)

Place of birth

Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India

Known for

Acting

Credits

65 titles

Thambi Ramaiah is an Indian film actor and director who works in the Tamil film industry.

Known for

G.D.N poster
6.3

G.D. Naidu overcomes challenges and defies a repressive colonial regime to become one of India's greatest innovators.

G.D.N

2026

Sweety Naughty Crazy poster
5.0

Shiva, a charming college student juggling three different relationships. As he tries to keep them secret, love, lust, and chaos collide in a playful mix of adult humor, romance, and comedy.

Sweety Naughty Crazy

2026

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance poster
3.1

As corruption becomes rampant in the country, a group of idealistic youngsters attract attention of freedom fighter-turned-vigilante Senapathy through social media, who returns to his homeland to finish what he started.

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance

2024

Chinna Chinna Aasai poster
7.0

On the enchanting shores of Varanasi, two souls meet by chance. Somewhere within this unfolding chaos, an unspoken bond begins to form, slowly slipping beyond friendship.

Chinna Chinna Aasai

2026

TN 2026 poster
NR

Set in Pollachi, the story follows a powerful landlord, Sivalingam Mandradiyar, who becomes obsessed with a rising actor, Kukanth Kumar, believing he is the next M.G.R. He pours his wealth into shaping the actor's career and political future. But as ambition and fame grow, so does the risk of downfall. Will it lead to power or ruin?

TN 2026

2026

Neram poster
7.2

Mathew is a graduate in software engineering, but is now jobless. He is waiting for his good time to get a good job. Mathew has borrowed some money as loan. Now he cannot give it back as he has no job. Mathew's childhood friend Jeena Johnykkutty is ready to help him as she could. She has a job. Her father Johnykkutty does not like Mathew and he always tries to trouble Mathew whenever he gets a chance. At this time Mathew's good time arrives; but along with it many problems too. The gripping events that follow plot the rest of 'Neram'.

Neram

2013

Film credits

2020s · 19 titles

G.D.N poster
6.3

G.D. Naidu overcomes challenges and defies a repressive colonial regime to become one of India's greatest innovators.

G.D.N

2026

Sweety Naughty Crazy poster
5.0

Shiva, a charming college student juggling three different relationships. As he tries to keep them secret, love, lust, and chaos collide in a playful mix of adult humor, romance, and comedy.

Sweety Naughty Crazy

2026

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance poster
3.1

As corruption becomes rampant in the country, a group of idealistic youngsters attract attention of freedom fighter-turned-vigilante Senapathy through social media, who returns to his homeland to finish what he started.

Indian 2: Zero Tolerance

2024

Chinna Chinna Aasai poster
7.0

On the enchanting shores of Varanasi, two souls meet by chance. Somewhere within this unfolding chaos, an unspoken bond begins to form, slowly slipping beyond friendship.

Chinna Chinna Aasai

2026

TN 2026 poster
NR

Set in Pollachi, the story follows a powerful landlord, Sivalingam Mandradiyar, who becomes obsessed with a rising actor, Kukanth Kumar, believing he is the next M.G.R. He pours his wealth into shaping the actor's career and political future. But as ambition and fame grow, so does the risk of downfall. Will it lead to power or ruin?

TN 2026

2026

Con City poster
5.4

Saravana, Mithra, Jacky, and Janaki, are skilled con artists hiding out as an ordinary family in Mulki, Karnataka. Their quiet life shatters when a young boy in their care is kidnapped, forcing them to use their old hustles one last time.

Con City

2026

Murugesan +2 poster
NR

Murugesan+2 is a darkly comic tale about Murugesan, a truck driver leading a secret double life with two families. When he is presumed dead after a severe accident, a promised settlement sparks a bitter feud between his wives and their families, each scheming for control of the money. Just as the battle turns vicious, Murugesan returns alive, only to become a burden to those who once mourned him. Faced with betrayal and greed, Murugesan and his disillusioned sons walk away, leaving behind a biting satire on family, loyalty, and the corrupting power of money.

Murugesan +2

2025

Hotspot 2 Much poster
3.0

The film is about an aspiring Director, who pitches her three different stories, that depict some pressing ideological and social issues in the society, to a producer with whom she also has an hidden agenda.

Hotspot 2 Much

2026

Thalaivii poster
4.7

The biopic charts the life of actor-turned-chief minister J. Jayalalitha and the relationship paving her rapid yet complicated path to power, who served five terms as the Chief Minister for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Thalaivii

2021

The Legend poster
2.6

A scientist is spurred by the death of his friend to find a cure for diabetes, but can he take on the might of the pharma mafia and succeed in his mission?

The Legend

2022

Enemy poster
6.0

Two childhood friends end up on opposite extremes of morality, and face each other in a good vs evil war.

Enemy

2021

Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil poster
6.5

A village official attending a wedding becomes entangled in an escalating family dispute over power and old resentments, testing his leadership as he tries to contain the situation.

Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil

2026

Maragatha Malai poster
NR

Set in the 18th century, Maragatha Malai follows a zamindar, Parthiban, who protects his ancestral treasure from a ruthless gang led by Kabala Vendan. During the conflict, his family gets separated when his young son goes missing in the forest. Years later, through struggle, fate, and divine grace, the family reunites and safeguards their legacy in this period fantasy adventure.

Maragatha Malai

2026

Galatta Family poster
NR

The plot follows a struggling man who swaps identities with his gangster lookalike, resulting in chaotic consequences

Galatta Family

2025

Magudam poster
NR

Peaceful medical representative and shipping harbor worker Linga's life changes because of betrayal and conflict in a coastal community.

Magudam

2026

Sembi poster
7.1

Ten-year-old Sembi and her grandmother Veerayi, an apiarist, live peacefully amidst nature in the hilly regions of Kodaikanal. They lead a beautiful life until three influential miscreants shatter all their dreams. After a tragedy the two escape and board a bus, whose Passengers from different walks of life try to help bringing justice to the duo.

Sembi

2022

Vinodhaya Sitham poster
5.4

A 50-something man, who dies following an accident, gets a chance to fulfil his wishes when Time lets him have 90 more days to live.

Vinodhaya Sitham

2021

Maha poster
6.0

A mother who loses her child to psycho killer's killing spree goes in search for answers

Maha

2022

Lal Salaam poster
2.3

When a cricket game between two brothers goes wrong, a group of Indian villages are torn apart in the process. With tensions exacerbated by a scheming politician, the two brothers and their father must reconcile their differences to revitalize the locals’ Hindu and Muslim unity.

Lal Salaam

2024

2010s · 32 titles

Neram poster
7.2

Mathew is a graduate in software engineering, but is now jobless. He is waiting for his good time to get a good job. Mathew has borrowed some money as loan. Now he cannot give it back as he has no job. Mathew's childhood friend Jeena Johnykkutty is ready to help him as she could. She has a job. Her father Johnykkutty does not like Mathew and he always tries to trouble Mathew whenever he gets a chance. At this time Mathew's good time arrives; but along with it many problems too. The gripping events that follow plot the rest of 'Neram'.

Neram

2013

Velaikkaran poster
6.9

An enterprising youngster in a slum wants his people to lead a life of dignity, but has to take on an ambitious capitalist, who only wants to dominate his field.

Velaikkaran

2017

Thani Oruvan poster
7.4

An idealistic cop and an ambitious scientist-businessman indulge in a high-stake battle of wits.

Thani Oruvan

2015

Jilla poster
5.7

A cop decides to take on his godfather, who raised him from childhood, and make him realize the error of his ways.

Jilla

2014

Neerparavai poster
6.0

A skeleton is found at the home of Esther (Nandita Das), whose fisherman husband Arulappasamy (Vishnu) has been missing for the past 25 years. Esther confesses that it was she who murdered her husband but when Agnes (Varsha), the cop assigned to the case, lends a sympathetic ear, she narrates a heart wrenching tale of a loving family ruined by the politics of territorial waters.

Neerparavai

2012

Iru Mugan poster
5.4

A disgraced RAW agent Akilan (Vikram) is recalled by the agency to track down a crazy scientist and a cross dresser Love (also Vikram), who has discovered a deadly new drug ‘Speed inhaler’.

Iru Mugan

2016

Mr. Local poster
4.6

A happy-go-lucky guy lands in trouble after he locks horns with an egoistic lady.

Mr. Local

2019

No artwork available
3.0

Ganesh, an assistant director, must win a challenge against his former roommates, who try to stop him from directing his first film, with an oddball set of assistant directors.

Vu

2014

Puli poster
4.1

A virtuous soldier Magadheera aka Puli (Tiger) vows to save his people from the rule of a cruel queen and her treacherous Marshal. Does good triumph over evil?

Puli

2015

Viswasam poster
6.2

A village ruffian, who settles disputes in his native, takes on a big shot when he tries to sort out the rough patch in his marriage after several years.

Viswasam

2019

Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva poster
4.1

A corrupt cop who has a heartbreaking childhood realises his mistakes and turns into a sincere officer to take on a dreaded criminal and his son.

Motta Shiva Ketta Shiva

2017

Kuttram 23 poster
7.0

A case involving the disappearance of a pregnant woman turns into a personal one for the cop who is tasked with investigating it.​

Kuttram 23

2017

Appa poster
7.1

A do-gooder who views everything in a different perspective, inspires others by being a doting father, and tries to bring in a few changes in the society.

Appa

2016

Kaaviya Thalaivan poster
7.0

Two rival artists at Sivadas Swamigal's drama troupe compete in everything they do. While one of them goes on to become successful, the other fails in life.

Kaaviya Thalaivan

2014

Bairavaa poster
5.5

A loan recovery agent takes on a corrupt head of an educational institution to save his girlfriend.​

Bairavaa

2017

Osthe poster
4.0

A man hates his stepfather and his half-brother. Later as a police officer, he makes an enemy in a local politician, who uses the hostility between the stepbrothers to fulfill his own nefarious plans.

Osthe

2011

Nanjupuram poster
5.0

Velu, a forward thinking youngster of Nanjupuram, an isolated, snake infested village located in the interior of South India, must win an internal battle between rationale and paranoia to unite with Malar, the girl he loves.

Nanjupuram

2011

Thaanaa Serndha Koottam poster
5.5

Angered by the corruption that stopped him from becoming a CBI officer, a young man forms a gang who pose as CBI officers and raids the corrupt.

Thaanaa Serndha Koottam

2018

Strawberry poster
2.5

A taxi driver is befriended by a medium who tells him that a spirit is trying to communicate with him. Who is this spirit and what does it want?

Strawberry

2015

Vedalam poster
5.9

Ganesh, a cab driver and a doting brother to his sister Tamizh, is hunting down three notorious criminals in Kolkata. Who is he actually and what's his motive?

Vedalam

2015

Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae poster
4.7

A young man who wants to own a house buys a mansion and moves into it with his extended family not knowing that there is a ghost in the place.

Sangili Bungili Kadhava Thorae

2017

No artwork available
3.7

An NRI comes to Chennai and starts a real estate business. Even as his venture picks up, he learns that he is being cheated by a person he trusts the most and is jailed for fraud. How does he get out the web of deceit?

Adhibar

2015

Veeram poster
5.3

A straightforward man, who uses violence to settle disputes, decides to mend his ways for the sake of his lover, but when he learns that her family is in danger, he decides to save them at all cost.

Veeram

2014

Inimey Ippadithan poster
5.5

Seenu is in love with Maha but his parents fix up his marriage with Akhila. However, circumstances force him to stay silent every time he tries to reveal his love affair.

Inimey Ippadithan

2015

Yaan poster
5.0

Yaan is a 2014 Tamil film directed by Ravi K. Chandran. The film stars Jiiva and Thulasi Nair in lead roles.

Yaan

2014

Vetrivel poster
5.0

A brother attempts to get his younger brother married to the girl he loves by kidnapping her, but the plan goes so wrong and results in messy situations...

Vetrivel

2016

Komban poster
5.1

An angry young man tries to give up his violent ways after his marriage runs into trouble. But his nemesis will not rest until he is killed.

Komban

2015

Yatchan poster
6.3

A small-time hooligan hired to kill a girl and an aspiring movie actor find themselves in the wrong place due to a mix-up. Now, the gangster who ordered the hit is after all the three of them.

Yatchan

2015

Virumandikum Sivanandikum poster
NR

A jobless youngster and his friend borrow money from a goon to start a business and fall into a trap of a filmmaker in disguise. A few unexpected incidents turn their life topsy-turvy.

Virumandikum Sivanandikum

2016

Aghavan poster
NR

A group of criminals hatch a plan to loot the wealth of a huge temple for their selfish needs.

Aghavan

2019

100% Kaadhal poster
5.3

Balu and Mahalakshmi fall for each other but separate due to ego problems. Years later, when their grandmother falls ill, they are forced to confront each other resulting in chaos for both their families.

100% Kaadhal

2019

No artwork available
5.0

Konaar, the in-charge at a construction, takes in Sri Lankan refugees who have escaped from their welfare camp. Pandiyan, a worker, falls in love with Parvathy, a refugee. The couple elopes and Konaar seeks the help of a minister to unite them. But, the politician sees this incident as his only chance to win an election

Sivappu

2015

2000s · 5 titles

Manu Needhi poster
2.0

Muthazhagu, a true patriot, had fought against the British, had gone to jail, and is a man much honoured and respected by the villagers. So when he commits an indiscrete act the whole village is shocked. But they forgive him, for it was an act committed under the influence of liquor. The only disgruntled element in this scenario is the village girl's uncle Vellaiyan (Nasser) who would have married her but for this misfortune. The man vows revenge and gets his chance twenty years later . The nephew (Murali) ignorant of his uncle's motives finds out the truth later. His admiration for Muthazhagu, love for the girl, and attachment to his uncle makes him attempt to bring about a re-conciliation between the two warring factions, which were threatening to turn into a fight between the two villages.

Manu Needhi

2000

Aaru poster
6.1

A thug, with his partners, is chosen to work for a criminal gang and he becomes the left-hand man of the leader. The leader declares a war against another criminal and the thug has to protect him despite losing his friends.

Aaru

2005

Kodambakkam poster
NR

Kodambakkam in this movie Sugavannan (Nandha), who is staying in village. Later he settles down in Chennai with the dream of becoming a director one-day. In his native, he falls in love with Dhanam (Diya), she motivates him in all the ways to achieve his dreams

Kodambakkam

2006

Thottal Poo Malarum poster
4.8

A happy-go-lucky youngster falls in love with his wealthy classmate. However, the girl's mother is opposed to their relationship and arranges her wedding with a gangster's son.

Thottal Poo Malarum

2007

Thalaimagan poster
4.0

Thaimagan is a story of an investigative journalist Dheeran (Sarathkumar) who is intent on exposing corrupt minister Shanmugavadivelu (Mukesh Tiwari) and his stooge, the state director general of police (DGP) Alangaram (Seema Biswas).The story revolves around a bottled water plant in a village sanctioned by the minister for a quid pro quo. Dheeran is against the project as it would deplete the ground water resources and warns the people and government about its dangers. The minister sends his goons to silence the newspaper owner (Vijayakumar) permanently. But the...

Thalaimagan

2006

Undated · 3 titles

Series credits

Behind the camera

Manu Needhi poster
2.0

Muthazhagu, a true patriot, had fought against the British, had gone to jail, and is a man much honoured and respected by the villagers. So when he commits an indiscrete act the whole village is shocked. But they forgive him, for it was an act committed under the influence of liquor. The only disgruntled element in this scenario is the village girl's uncle Vellaiyan (Nasser) who would have married her but for this misfortune. The man vows revenge and gets his chance twenty years later . The nephew (Murali) ignorant of his uncle's motives finds out the truth later. His admiration for Muthazhagu, love for the girl, and attachment to his uncle makes him attempt to bring about a re-conciliation between the two warring factions, which were threatening to turn into a fight between the two villages.

Manu Needhi

2000

Maniyaar Kudumbam poster
3.0

A father and son, who hail from a respectable family, borrow huge sum from villagers to start a business. They face the wrath of villagers when they lose the money

Maniyaar Kudumbam

2018

Maniyaar Kudumbam poster
3.0

A father and son, who hail from a respectable family, borrow huge sum from villagers to start a business. They face the wrath of villagers when they lose the money

Maniyaar Kudumbam

2018

Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan poster
4.5

Azhagappan (Vadivelu) is a member of a theatre group. One fine day an unlikely visitor from the heavens stumbles upon him and almost falls for him. The beautiful trio of the heaven – Ramba, Thilothama, and Urvashi – comes to the earth to enjoy its “beauty”. While the others get back to where they belong to at the right time, Ramba (plays by Suja) loses her track and gets into trouble. Vadivelu accidentally helps her to go back to the heaven. She gets him to the heaven during the night and sends him back to the earth early in the morning.

Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan

2008