Tamil Movies - 2020

It was supposed to be the year of the kings. In January, the air in Chennai was thick with diesel fumes and anticipation. "Thalaivar's film is coming," they whispered. "No, Anna 's first with the young director." The posters were already up, faces larger than life, promising songs shot in Georgia and fights choreographed on cranes.

Yet, by July, Surya sent him a link. The film was called Andhaghaaram —a dark, twisting thriller. Kannan watched it on his tiny mobile screen, squinting. It was good. Different. A week later, a bigger one appeared: Ponmagal Vandhal . A court-room drama. Directly on a streaming app. tamil movies 2020

Kannan, a 55-year-old projectionist at the old Udhayam theatre in T. Nagar, had seen it all. He had threaded the reels for Rajini’s Muthu and Kamal’s Indian . For him, 2020 smelled like fresh popcorn and the roar of a thousand strangers laughing in the dark. On February 14th, Oh My Kadavule was a sweet surprise—a small film that made big money. Kannan smiled. "The machine is humming," he told his assistant. It was supposed to be the year of the kings

But Kannan had a nephew, Surya, who was an assistant director. Surya called him one night. "Mama, the studios are shut. But we have a script. A small one. No fights. Just two families in a house. We’re shooting it on an iPhone." "No, Anna 's first with the young director

The year limped to an end. Soorarai Pottru —a brilliant Suriya film—didn't come to the Udhayam. It flew straight into people's living rooms. Kannan watched it on his nephew's laptop, sipping tea. He clapped at the end, but the clap echoed only in the small room.

He didn't know then that 2021 would bring Master and a tsunami of hope. But for now, in the quiet of that strange year, he simply locked the booth and walked home, the memory of a thousand whistles trailing behind him like a lost melody.

He thought of all the films that were born in 2020— Psycho , Mookuthi Amman , Naan Sirithal . Good films. Brave films. But they had no home. They were like children raised by the internet.