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 Jeeva ( Hip Hop Adhi ) lives with dad, Siva (Baba Bhaskar) who is a single dad, and works as a bus driver. Jeeva dreams of bringing gaana music to the world.  One day he discovers that his dad is actually an artiste  in his young days known as Tiger Siva(Hip Hop Adhi) who had a love marriage with his college mate ( Ramya Ranganathan ) who dies tragically. Jeeva due to a turn of events,realises his father's sacrifice and his grandfather Das ( Karunas) contribution to gaana genre. He more takes on the responsibility of running the house with odd jobs. He gives up his dream realising the reality of its being  near impossible to get into film music for the ordinary man. Does Jeeva ever achieve his dream of making it big in the music industry and bringing gaana to the world stage? The film is a hip hop Adhi show all the way new in acting ( 3 roles), singing, as music director, writing or direction and he hits the ball out of the park. He excels in all three versions of h...

 Vellayi ( Abarnathi) is a conservancy worker whose young son loves chess. But due to caste politics he is not allowed to play the game in the government school by a cruelteacher who also tortures him and slanders him.  His mother is distraught by his struggle and passion for the game as she wants him to be a lawyer and study well. But seeing his unwavering passion she decides to teach him the game, revealing her own story behind learning the game in a peculiar set of circumstances, threatened by the president of the chess federation Narayanan  (Suresh Menon) a casteist elite who killed her husband, in a bid to ensure she never plays chess again.  Now,  years later,  the same villain re-enters her life, this time a threat to her son. What happens next? Does he succeed ? What does Vellayi do to save her son and his passion for the game and dream to be a Grandmaster? The film deals with an unusual subject, with Chess at the centre of the story and uses the sp...

 Dorairaj (Gangai Amaran) and his wife ( Roja ) are a rural childless aged couple who get caught up in the cross hairs of a sand mafia gang, due to a series of circmstances. To give them security from the deadly gang, the judge (George Maryan)  sends them a constable Maaravarman Pandiyan ( Dharshaan Ganesan ) for their protection. As the troubles in their lives keep piling up due to corrupt cops and the mafia gang out to get rid of them,  Pandiyan, finds it a challenge to keep up with it all.  Things get out of hand further when his wife Priya ( Shrita Rao) needs a crucial surgery and he has no funds.  Do the corrupt sand mafia manage to bribe Pandiyan or does he stay true to his duty? What happens to Dorairaj and his wife? Who wins on this deadly battle against corruption? The film is beautifully narrated  in a soulful manner that touches emotional chords in the viewer. The screenplay takes time to build up the suspense and present each of the various char...

Produced by Suresh Kamatchi under the banner of V House Productions, Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai is the latest offering from acclaimed filmmaker Ram, whose films have consistently connected with audiences through deeply emotional and thought-provoking storytelling. After a brief gap, Malayalam star Nivin Pauly returns to Tamil cinema as the lead, with a role that marks his reunion with the Tamil film industry. Soori, who has increasingly taken on substantial and challenging lead roles, plays another pivotal character alongside Nivin Pauly, while Anjali plays the female lead. Interestingly, a rat also plays a significant character in the film. Featuring music by Yuvan Shankar Raja, who has been an integral part of director Ram’s cinematic journey and has continually brought his films alive through evocative music, Yezhu Kadal Yezhu Malai is set to release worldwide in theatres on October 1. The film’s pre-release event was held at the MGR Film Institute campus in Taramani, Chennai, in the p...