Padaippalan is an Indian horror film written by Thian Prabhu and directed by Thian Prabhu with Ramesh, Ashmitha in the lead roles

The film starts with a tough debate in the new Andhra Pradesh state assembly about the long pending murder case of Visakhapatnam City Police Commissioner Ramakrishna IPS (Jayaprakash). The Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh, K. Sathyanarayana Reddy (Sarath Babu) proposes to bring DCP Durai Singam (Suriya) from Tamil Nadu police to solve the long pending case. Durai Singam learns about Madhusudhana Reddy (Sharat Saxena), a don ruling Andhra Pradesh and gives a casual impression under a disguise after facing some attacks, while he secretly investigates the case from all aspects. Meanwhile, Durai Singam is being followed by Vidya (Shruti Haasan) who is a journalist under cover, tracking Durai Singam in a disguise as IPS student named Vidhya. Durai Singam states he has divorced his wife, Kavya (Anushka Shetty), but secretly contacts her. Later, after suspicions about this were made by his colleague, Subba Rao, who is an Inspector of Police and seen Durai Singam with Kavya, he discloses the divorce cover up as an intent to keep Kavya away from his enemies.

A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.

Sathyam is hired by the National Investigation Agency to help catch Padmanabham, the master of disguise, by following a suit which he is assumed to have an obsession with.

An encounter specialist in the police force must square the demands of his job with the demands of his heart.

Kodi and Anbu are look-alike twins born to in staunch political worker who immolates himself in protest for a good cause. Kodi dedicates himself to carry over the work of his late father to take his party to greater heights, while Anbu puts family first. When Kodi’s love for Rudra, a fierce speaker from the rival party begins to impede his political career, he also stumbles upon a scam that shakes his beliefs to unveil a flurry of events that brings Anbu into the mix of unexpected events!

The film is set in a village near Madurai. Pugazhendi (RK) spends all his time drinking and is ridiculed by everyone. In contrast, his elder brother Pandithurai (Napoleon) is respected and admired by everyone. Pandithurai showers love and affection on Pugazh. He even tries to arrange for his wedding hoping =he would reform. But knowing about Pugazh and his habits, nobody comes forward to give their daughter to him. Pugazh, who spends all his time with his maternal uncle Kaththamuthu (Vadivelu), comes across Janani (Muktha). It’s love at first sight for him. Meanwhile, the family of Rathnavelu (Lal), another powerful man in the village, is hellbent on revenging Pandithurai and his family due to previous enmity. They hatch a conspiracy and try to halt Pughazh and Janani’s wedding. Cut to flashback and the reason for ill-feeling between two families is revealed. It is now up to Pugazh to bump off Rathnavelu and restore peace in his family.

A man arrives in Chennai with a simple wish of buying gold bangles for his mother. However, an event changes his life completely and he becomes famous as the most dreaded criminal in the city.

The film opens two years after the events of the first film, with Anitha Constructions Civil Engineer, Raghuvaran (Dhanush) winning the Civil Engineer of the Year 2016 Award and is an executive member of his company now, along with a parking spot. His wife, Dr. Shalini (Amala Paul) becomes an authoritative, nagging wife, who controls him. She has resigned her job to take care of the household, after marriage. Raghuvaran is also dismissive about his wife getting another job. Raghuvaran efficiently completes construction projects assigned to him, with the help of about 200 unemployed young Civil, Mechanical and Electrical engineers, who are his friends. Vasundhara (Kajol), a chairman of a big construction company in South India, Vasundhara Constructions, witness the announcement of Raghuvaran’s victory at the Engineer of the Year 2016 Awards and finds out about him. She makes Raghuvaran a job offer, but he humbly refuses, having been interested in creating his own construction company, VIP Constructions.

Aegan’s story is based around Shiva (Ajith Kumar), a CB-CID officer, and his efforts to foil the terrorist John Chinnappa (Suman). Shiva is simultaneously attempting to mend relations with his father’s estranged first wife and his half-brother Narain (Navdeep). Complications ensue.
John is a scientist who had created tablets by operating on human guinea pigs. His ploys have always been controversial but inconclusive due to lack of witnesses. However, an ex-gang member General Ram Prasad (Devan) became a police approver and is on the verge of revealing John’s ploys to the police. However, he is on the run to avoid charges. The case falls to Commissioner Karthikeyan (Nassar), Shiva’s father, who assigns his son to go and help solve the mission.

Anand (Jai) is a young, carefree man from Salem who comes to Chennai to stay with his TV journalist friend Chandru (Santhanam) to pursue his dream to become an actor with the help of his girlfriend Divya (Priya Anand) and Chandru. Meanwhile, Minister Viduthalai (Delhi Ganesh), who was touted to become the next chief minister, is killed by Minister Anbu Chezhiyan (Sampath Raj), which gets recorded on tape of an ad film director Vinoth. Anand befriends a famous model Pooja (Lakshmi Rai). They both see the video and inform Commissioner Kailasam (Thalaivasal Vijay). Kailasam sends goons to get the tape, and Vinoth evades. After a long chase, Vinoth gets killed in the train where Anand and Divya were travelling. Anand places the tape into Divya’s bag and develops a friendship with her. In an urge to become an actor, he observes the character of people with a strange attitude, and one such person is John Vijay (Rahman). Anand joins John, and he promises to make him an actor. John takes Anand to a stranger’s home and does things as if they were thieves. One such house was that of Pooja, where they go and get information regarding her. On that eve, Anand befriends Pooja when he saves her when she was laid in a pool of blood after being attacked by goons. She helps him become an actor and asks some photos of his to get him a chance. When Anand goes to Pooja’s home, he finds her dead and is put to blame. Anand goes underground, mistaken by Divya and her mother (Urvashi).

Rishi, a millionaire businessman, returns to his homeland, where he becomes the champion of poor and downtrodden farmers.