Directing
Selva
Acting credits
Behind the camera
Suyamvaram is directed by a host of directors.Kuselan (Vijayakumar) and Suseela (Manjula) have 9 children: 3 boys (Satyaraj, Prabhu and Abbas) and 6 girls (Rambha, Roja, Kasturi, Maheswari, Preitha and Suvalakshmi). Parthiban is the family's loyal servant but he is treated as one of their own and Napolean is the family doctor.The movie opens with Kuselan's 60th birthday celebrations and Kuselan gets a heart attack. At the hospital, the family is informed that Kuselan will not live long and to keep him comfortable in his last days. From the devastated family, Kuselan asks for one...
Suyamvaram
1999
6.7Madhu steals the map to a treasure during an archaelogical expedition and couriers it to the baddies in the movie. Kodiswaran begins work in this courier firm owned by Tiruchitrambalam. He rents a room in a house where Vijayakumari, Goundamani & Senthil, and Sundari stay. Captain Vishwanath, Vijayakumari's son is Aamni's murai maapillai, but refuses to marry her because of his loyalty to the country. By chance Arvind, who is pursued by Swapna, gets hold of the treasure map and goes hunting - during a crossfire between the army and the baddies.
Pudhayal
1997
6.7Madhu steals the map to a treasure during an archaelogical expedition and couriers it to the baddies in the movie. Kodiswaran begins work in this courier firm owned by Tiruchitrambalam. He rents a room in a house where Vijayakumari, Goundamani & Senthil, and Sundari stay. Captain Vishwanath, Vijayakumari's son is Aamni's murai maapillai, but refuses to marry her because of his loyalty to the country. By chance Arvind, who is pursued by Swapna, gets hold of the treasure map and goes hunting - during a crossfire between the army and the baddies.
Pudhayal
1997
NRWhen Devi regains consciousness after being in a coma for long, her friends from college come together to get her back with her lover Babu, who is in prison. As they go about the task, each one revisits his/her life, which was hugely influenced by their time in college in the 1980s.
Naanga
2012
NRWhen Devi regains consciousness after being in a coma for long, her friends from college come together to get her back with her lover Babu, who is in prison. As they go about the task, each one revisits his/her life, which was hugely influenced by their time in college in the 1980s.
Naanga
2012
NRJames Pandu is a 2000 Tamil film directed by Selva. The film stars Parthiban, Prabhu Deva, Kausalya and Renu Desai in lead roles.
James Pandu
2000
5.2Naan Avanillai 2 (English: I am Not Him) is a 2009 Tamil romantic mystery film directed by Selva. It is the sequel to the Naan Avanillai (2007). Jeevan reprises the lead role, while the female roles are enacted by Sangeetha, Lakshmi Rai, Shweta Menon and Sruthi Prakash and Rachana Maurya. D. Imman, who did the film score for the first part of the film, replaced Vijay Antony as the music director. The film was released on 27 November 2009 to extremely negative reviews
Naan Avan Illai 2
2009
5.2Naan Avanillai 2 (English: I am Not Him) is a 2009 Tamil romantic mystery film directed by Selva. It is the sequel to the Naan Avanillai (2007). Jeevan reprises the lead role, while the female roles are enacted by Sangeetha, Lakshmi Rai, Shweta Menon and Sruthi Prakash and Rachana Maurya. D. Imman, who did the film score for the first part of the film, replaced Vijay Antony as the music director. The film was released on 27 November 2009 to extremely negative reviews
Naan Avan Illai 2
2009
NRPooja, the daughter of a minister, flees to Chennai from Delhi where she falls in love with a guy. But fate separates the couple when the CBI finds her and sends her back to Delhi.
Sishya
1997
4.5Vijay is an ex-cop who was framed up after he cleaned the city of the scum of the earth including nine encounter killings of dreaded gangsters. Now out of work, he is persuaded by his former boss to be the bodyguard of 8-year-old Priya whose parents are millionaires. He is hired to protect the little girl from kidnappers who are on the prowl. The kidnappers are led by a loony militant called 'Ahmed Khan' who manages to kidnap Priya and humiliate Vijay. The rest of the film is how Vijay assisted by two glam girls mete out vigilante justice in a cat-and-mouse game with the kidnappers.
Aanai
2005
NRVanangamudi is an upcoming Indian Tamil action drama film written and directed by Selva. The film features Arvind Swamy, Ritika Singh, Chandini Tamilarasan and Nandita Swetha in the lead roles, while Ganesh Venkatraman and Simran play supporting roles. Featuring music composed by D. Imman.
Vanangamudi
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NRVanangamudi is an upcoming Indian Tamil action drama film written and directed by Selva. The film features Arvind Swamy, Ritika Singh, Chandini Tamilarasan and Nandita Swetha in the lead roles, while Ganesh Venkatraman and Simran play supporting roles. Featuring music composed by D. Imman.
Vanangamudi
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NRA boy joins a college that is full of rowdies. He transforms the students but his own past is shrouded in mystery. It is soon revealed that he is a prisoner attending college by special permission.
Student Number 1
2003
6.0Four characters have different opinion about love. What would happen if their lives are intertwined? Can friends became lovable marriage partners?
Pooveli
1998
6.0Four characters have different opinion about love. What would happen if their lives are intertwined? Can friends became lovable marriage partners?
Pooveli
1998
6.5R. Parthiban plays a die hard fan of Rambha and a self-interest governed taxi driver whose name is never revealed throughout the movie. Meena plays Mahalakshimi, the daughter of a "zamindar" who has lost all his money due to financial troubles; his death leaves Mahalakshimi with a lot of debts (over two lakhs worth). Parthipan is the taxi driver that drives Meena's dead father's corpse back to her hometown. There, the people that Mahalakshimi is now indebted to by Anand Raj who torture Mahalakshimi with cruel words for being unable to pay the debt. Later Parthiban helps her out by giving his taxi in replace to Meena's debt to save her at the point of time.
Unnaruge Naan Irundhal
1999
6.8Naan Avanillai (English: I'm not him) (2007) is a Tamil film directed by Selva. It is a remake of K. Balachander's classic of the same title, starring matinee idol Gemini Ganesan, which was a remake of 1962 Marathi language film To Mee Navhech (English: I Am Not Him), written by Pralhad K. Atre and acted by Prabhakar Panashikar. The thriller movie has Jeevan in the lead role and Sneha, Namitha, Malavika, Jyorthirmayi and Keerti Chawla as his five heroines. This movie created great expectations in the industry, because it was a hit when it was originally made in 1974. Shooting began in December 2006 and it was released in April 2007. The film became a success upon release.
Naan Avan Illai
2007
6.0Vijay, a carefree and frolicsome youth, is sent by his father Deenadayalan in Ooty to work and becoming a responsible businessman. There, he falls in love with the college student Anjali. Her brothers are dangerous criminals and they are against their love because Vijay's father is a police officer. Thereafter, Devaraj is sent to jail so his brother appoints the lawyer Karnaa who is disabled and a sensitive person. Later, Karnaa falls in love with the school teacher Amudha, after few quarrels between both. One day, Deenadayalan saw Karnaa at the court who looks like his son Vijay. In the past, he had twin boys, but abandoned one of the twin baby because he was disabled. Karnaa is upset when he knew the truth and is now determined to win the case in front of his father.
Karnaa
1995
Kartik (Prashant) on his way to attend a close friend Anand's (Anand), marriage sets eyes on Lakshmi (Kausalya) at a bus stop and falls for her. He with his friends reach the village and Kartik to his delight finds Lakshmi there. He sends her a love letter (as in the title) and then to his horror discovers that Lakshmi was the intended bride of Anand. The matter becomes public, with the whole village going in search of the anonymous letter writer. The scenes where Kartik's friends (Vivek, Damu, Vyapuri) ae mistaken for the senders of the letter and get a sound thrashing in turn, gives some comic relief. The marriage is meanwhile over and it is time to leave. And then Kartik comes out with his confession and makes a public apology to his friend and the family. His gesture is appreciated, the matter settled and the newly weds return to the city.
Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham
1999
4.0Muthu, an orphan, works at an old age home and loves Roja, the daughter of the owner. But she is in a dilemma as she has to marry the son of her father's friend to save the home.
Rojavanam
1999
Nachiappan College is considered to be one of the worst college of Chennai; everyday violence erupts between two final-year groups. The students are influenced by the local bigwig Beeda Settu, who sells ganja to the students and basically rules the college from outside. The first group is led by Sudhakar whereas the other one is led by Kalaiarasan. The college management and the police get tired of that situation. They decide that they need to change the principal. The vice-president, Chandran, dies to sit in that post but the college management asks the successful Shanmugasundaram to take the post. His daughter Shobana will study in the same college. The rest of the story is how Shanmugasundaram succeeds in his mission.
Thalaivasal
1992
Nachiappan College is considered to be one of the worst college of Chennai; everyday violence erupts between two final-year groups. The students are influenced by the local bigwig Beeda Settu, who sells ganja to the students and basically rules the college from outside. The first group is led by Sudhakar whereas the other one is led by Kalaiarasan. The college management and the police get tired of that situation. They decide that they need to change the principal. The vice-president, Chandran, dies to sit in that post but the college management asks the successful Shanmugasundaram to take the post. His daughter Shobana will study in the same college. The rest of the story is how Shanmugasundaram succeeds in his mission.
Thalaivasal
1992
6.0Sabapathy (Sathyaraj) is a widower cinema theatre owner and a school owner, he treats his son Sakthi (Sibiraj) like his friend. Sakthi falls in love with Shalini (Gajala) the daughter of, a corrupt politician, Lingam (Kota Srinivasa Rao). Vijay (Ramana) clashes against Sakthi at the college election and Sakthi wins it. Lingam, Vijay's father, enters in the conflict. After some fights, Sakthi kills Lingam and Vijay.
Jore
2004
6.0Sabapathy (Sathyaraj) is a widower cinema theatre owner and a school owner, he treats his son Sakthi (Sibiraj) like his friend. Sakthi falls in love with Shalini (Gajala) the daughter of, a corrupt politician, Lingam (Kota Srinivasa Rao). Vijay (Ramana) clashes against Sakthi at the college election and Sakthi wins it. Lingam, Vijay's father, enters in the conflict. After some fights, Sakthi kills Lingam and Vijay.
Jore
2004
