This is the only Tamil film festival held throughout the world. 15 Tamil films have been selected for screening in this festival. This festival is organized by Vaseeharan Sivalingam, Director, NTFF. The best film will be decided on the basis of viewers voting system. The films that are to be screened are as follows:
Endhiran which has Rajnikanth and Aishwarya Rai in the lead roles. This high budgeted film is directed by Shankar.
Angaadi Theru which has Mahesh and Anjali in the lead roles. This film is directed by Vasanthabalan.
Vinnai Thaandi Varuvaaya has Simbhu and Trisha in the lead roles. The film is directed by Gowtham Menon.
Kalavani has Vimal and Oviya in the lead roles. This film is directed by Sargunam
Aadukalam which is recently released has Dhanush and Taapsee in the lead roles. This film is directed by Vetrimaaran.
Madrasapattinam is a period film and has Arya and Emmy Jackson, a British based model in the lead roles. This film is directed by Vijay
Boss Engira Baskaran is a comical film which has Arya and Nayanthara in the lead roles. This film is directed by Rajesh
Myna is a hit film directed by Prabhu Solomon. This film had Vikrant and Amala Paul in the lead roles.
En Swasame
Yuddham Sei is a film which has Cheran in the lead role and directed by Mysskin.
Payanam is a story about a plane hijack. The film has Nagarjuna and Prakash Raj and directed by Radha Mohan
Tha is a film which has Sri Hari and Nisha and is directed by R K Surya Prabhakar
Thenmerku Paruvakatru has Sethu, Vasunthara, Saranya and Ponvannan in the cast. The film is directed by Seenu Ramasamy.
Special category
Sengadal the Dead Sea, a film by Leena Manimeghalai, produced by Janaki Sivakumar, is an experiment in participatory film-making which incorporates stories recounted by widows of fishermen killed by Lankan Navy.
Ellalan is also a film on Tamilians fighting for the freedom in Sri Lanka. More details about this film can be had on the website http://www.operation-ellalan.com/
Evergreen classics
M G R ‘s Enga Veetu Pillai
Shivaji Ganeshan’s Kappal Otiya Tamizhalan
