Here are five best Tamil courtroom dramas to watch right now: From Jai Bhim to Gargi

Courtroom and legal dramas are a sub-genre in Indian cinema, which typically follows the template of aftermath of a crime, and the legal proceedings that take place. For years, Indian cinema has used court sequences as substantial portions in its films. But courtroom dramas have also been taken as full-fledged films, in the recent times.

Even the recently released Telugu film Court: State Vs A Nobody took the courtroom drama route to tell a pressing story. If you liked the film and want to watch more of it, here are few Tamil courtroom and legal dramas you can stream. Most of them are available on OTTplay Premium at discounted prices. 

5 Tamil courtroom dramas to watch now

Nerkonda Paarvai - ZEE5/OTTplay Premium

A remake of Hindi film Pink, Nerkonda Paarvai stars Ajith Kumar in the lead role and is directed by H Vinoth. The film has Shraddha Srinath, Abhirami Venkatachalam, Andrea Tariang, Arjun Chidambaram, Adhik Ravichandran, Aswin Rao, Rangaraj Pandey, Sujith Shankar, Delhi Ganesh, and Jayaprakash in pivotal roles. Nerkonda Paarvai is about three young women who must face a court case after they are harassed by rich and exploited boys. The film extensively talks about the women harassment that plagues the society, and propagates the message ‘no means no’.

Gargi – SonyLIV/ OTTplay Premium

Led by Sai Pallavi, Gargi is directed by Gautham Ramachandran and features RS Sivaji, Saravanan, Livingston, Jayaprakash and Kavithalaya Krishnan among others. The film revolves around a woman’s legal battle to save her father after he is alleged of sexually abusing a minor girl at the apartment where he works as watchman. Gargi explores the POCSO Act of India, and the moral stands that the titular character has to take in such a sensitive issue.

Jai Bhim - Prime Video

Jai Bhim is based on a 1993 Cuddalore incident that involves a legal case fought by Justice K. Chandru after members of Irular tribe go through custodial torture. Headlined by Suriya who also backed the film, it is directed by TJ Gnanavel. It also stars Lijomol Jose, Manikandan, and others.

Also read: Best legal dramas to binge-watch on JioCinema 

Thamizhan – SunNXT/ OTTplay Premium

Thamizhan stars Vijay, Priyanka Chopra in her only Tamil film so far, Revathi, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Vivek and others. Vijay plays the role of a lawyer in the film who takes up solving corruption cases, and also has the motive to make sure law is accessible to every common person. It is directed by Majith.

Naan Avanillai – SunNXT/ OTTplay Premium

Naan Avanillai is a courtroom drama which follows a man who is alleged by many women to have married and deceived them under the guise of different identities. With Jeevan playing the lead role, Sneha, Namitha, Malavika, Jyothirmayi and Keerthi Chawla play the women who are cheated by the man and testify at the court, bringing their own story. The film revolves around the courtroom drama on how the man keeps proving his innocence even as we know there is something that he is hiding.