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The Best 10 Tamil Comedy movies to stream this weekend on OTT!

Tamil cinema is frequently compared to the likes of the film industry, which is limited to producing well-defined mass-action films starring big names, rendering it a source of enjoyable, commercially enriched films. Tamil cinema has always made a name for itself in comedy films, despite the abundance of commercial films with intense action and dialogue being released. Actors such as Kamal Haasan, Thalapathy Vijay, and many others have made some memorable Tamil Comedy movies in their filmography.

With so many hilarious gems in Tamil cinema, it ought to be a lot of fun to check them out and marvel at the acting and gag-filled screenplay that they can produce. These are a few of the top comedic movies available in Tamil theatres that people can enjoy with their families or just to decompress after a long weekend.

Best Tamil Comedy movies:

1. Michael Madana Kama Rajan:

Year of release: 1990

Cast: Kamal Haasan, Urvasi, Rupini, Khushbu, Manorama, Delhi Ganesh, Nassar, Nagesh

Director: Singeetam Srinivasa Rao

IMDb rating: 8.5/10

Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

2. Friends:

Year of release: 2001

Cast: Thalapathy Vijay, Suriya, Ramesh Khanna, Devayani, Vijayalakshmi, Abhinayashree, Sriman, Vadivelu

Director: Siddique

IMDb rating: 7.9/10

Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar, Jio Cinema

3. Pammal K. Sambandam:

Year of release: 2002

Cast: Kamal Haasan, Simran, Abbas, Sneha, Manivannan

Director: Moulee

IMDb rating: 7.2/10

Where to watch: Sun NXT

4. Soodhu Kavvum:

Year of release: 2013

Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Bobby Simha, Ashok Selvan, Ramesh Thilak, Karunakaran, Sanchita Shetty

Director: Nalan Kumarasamy

IMDb rating: 8.3/10

Where to watch: Zee 5

5. Thenali:

Year of release: 2000

Kamal Haasan, Jayaram, Devayani, Jyothika, Delhi Ganesh, Charle, Ramesh Khanna

Director: KS Ravikumar

IMDb rating: 7.5/10

Where to watch: Amazon Prime Video

6. Chennai 600028:

Year of release: 2007

Cast: Jai, Shiva, Premji, Aravind Akash, Nithin Sathya, Ajay Raj, Vijay Vasanth, Prasanna, Inigo Prabakaran

Director: Venkat Prabhu

IMDb rating: 7.9/10

Where to watch: Sun NXT

7. Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom:

Year of release: 2012

Cast: Vijay Sethupathi, Gayathrie, Vigneshwaran Palanisamy, Bagavathi Perumal, Rajkumar

Director: Balaji Tharaneetharan

IMDb rating: 8.2/10

Where to watch: Sun NXT

8. Oh My Kadavule:

Year of release: 2020

Cast: Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh, Vani Bhojan, Sha Ra, MS Bhaskar, Vijay Sethupathi, Ramesh Thilak

Director: Ashwath Marimuthu

IMDb rating: 8.1/10

Where to watch: Zee 5

9. Panchatanthiram:

Year of release: 2002

Cast: Kamal Haasan, Ramesh Aravind, Jayaram, Sriman, Yugi Sethu, Ramya Krishnan, Simran, Nagesh

Director: KS Ravikumar

IMDb rating: 8.2/10

Where to watch: Sun NXT

10. Nanban:

Year of release: 2012

Cast: Thalapathy Vijay, Jiiva, Srikanth, Ileana D’Cruz, Sathyaraj, Sathyan

Director: S Shankar

IMDb rating: 7.8/10

Where to watch: Disney+ Hotstar