A kind-hearted politician meets with a
fatal accident but survives. Many years later, his son who is a police officer, vows revenge against those who conspired against his father. Cast: Mahesh Babu, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Kota Srinivasa Rao and Sonu Sood.
Director: Sreenu Vaitla
Aadukalam (tamil)
Instead of the traditional Jallikattu (bull fight), audiences were treated to a rooster fight in the film. A turn of events leads to the ward (Dhanush) overruling his mentor’s (V I S Jayabalan) decision, only to come out successful in the end. The mentor now begins to plot against his ward and much later, the ward takes revenge against his guru.
Cast: Dhanush, Taapsee Pannu,
V L S Jayabalan and Kishore
Director: Vetrimaran
Aptha (Kannada)
The heroine, a village belle, goes to the city to study medicine, only to be bullied by her classmates (all girls) and in the process gets killed. Her lover swearing revenge kills all four, one by one.
Cast: Pooja Gandhi, Neeraj Sham
Director: Sanjeev Kumar
URUMI (MALYALAM)
A historical-fantasy film, Urmi recounts the tale of warrior clans of northern Kerala in the 16th century. One of the warriors, Kelu Nayanar, leads the epic mission against Vasco da Gama, who appears to have caused the death of innocent women and children.
Cast: Prithviraj, Prabhu Deva, Genelia, Vidya Balan
Director: Santosh Sivan