Best Tamil action movies to watch on Aha - Rajnikanth’s Sivaji, Dhanush’s Pudhupettai, and more

The Tamil film industry has produced some iconic action movies starring some of its biggest stars, over the decades. Tamil movies also played a big role in reinventing the genre, when it comes to the Indian cinema. Now, let us have a look at the Best Tamil action films that you can watch on popular streaming platforms Aha Tamil and OTTplay Premium.

Best Tamil action films on Aha Tamil and OTTplay Premium

Sivaji: The Boss

Director: Shankar

Cast: Rajinikanth, Vivek, Suman, Shriya Saran, Raghuvaran

The Shankar directorial, which features superstar Rajinikanth in the titular role, is one of the most-loved action films in Tamil cinema. The movie revolves around Sivaji, a brilliant software engineer who returns from the US to invest his money in Tamil Nadu for good causes. But after witnessing his rising popularity, the politicians cheat him and take away his properties.

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Pudhupettai

Director: Selvaraghavan

Cast: Dhanush, Sneha, Sonia Agarwal, Azhagam Perumal

Dhanush played the iconic character ‘Kokki’ Kumar in Pudhupettai, which is helmed by Selvaraghavan. The movie revolves around the life of Kumar, a young boy, who runs away and is later recruited by a gangster after his mother’s untimely demise. He eventually becomes the most-trusted right-hand man of his employer and gets into the bad books of many powerful people in the process.

Ghilli

Director: Dharani

Cast: Thalapathy Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj, Ashish Vidyarthi

This blockbuster movie directed by Dharani narrates the story of Kabbadi player Saravana Velu aka Velu, who is also known as Ghilli among his friends. Velu saves Dhanalakshmi, a helpless young woman from a local gangster named Muthu Paandi, who has been obsessing over her. Thalapathy Vijay played Velu aka Ghilli, while Trisha Krishnan and Prakash Raj appeared as Dhanalakshmi and Muthu Paandi, respectively.

Gemini

Director: Saran

Cast: Vikram, Kalabhavan Mani, Kiran Rathod, Manorama, Murali

This mass action film helmed by Saran revolves around Gemini, the titular character played by Chiyaan Vikram. Gemini, an emerging gangster from Chintadripet falls for Manisha Natwarlal, a North Indian woman. She reciprocates his feelings without knowing his identity. However, after Gemini gets arrested Manisha learns who he is, and the protagonist tries hard to win her back by changing his ways.

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Run

Director: N Linguswamy

Cast: R Madhavan, Meera Jasmine, Atul Kulkarni, Raghuvaran, Anu Haasan

The romantic action movie helmed by N Linguswamy stars R Madhavan and Meera Jasmine in the lead roles. The movie narrates the story of Shiva, a young man from Srirangam, who arrives in Chennai to pursue higher studies. He meets Priya and instantly falls in love with her, without knowing that she is the younger sister of Bhaskar, a dreaded gangster.

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