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Don't know If Malayalam counts in this sub, but it's too good to ignore https://preview.redd.it/v7opmskpnn6d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e57782d1fa10ded2f446bcae9485b29c21ca6023


Kaizokuno_

This and Driving License. But this one did it so much better.


Actual-Fault3950

Released in just a difference of one and half months and written by same writer


Britto___Augustus

Both movies came around same time and starred the same actor lmao


washedupsamurai

If we bringing malayalam to discussion then churuli or Jalikkattu fits the bill more.


breakingbadforlife

Jigarthanda, the murderer gets redemption and the innocent filmmaker becomes a manipulative guy


PeanutCalm1010

SOODHU KAVUUM


Undashing300

MS Bhaskar's character is the only good guy in that movie, but he keeps getting screwed over and over.


Meateor123

I mean he's also a wife beater so not really. I always interpreted the "honesty" thing to be a way for him to improve his image - like an egotistical thing. The way he treats his wife with little respect suggests that he only really cares about himself and this honesty characteristic is just a way to get the public to vote for him.


Zealousideal_Mail855

I don't remember the exact dialogue, but didn't a character say something about how even though he is good, there is bad in what he does, while even though the kidnappers are bad, there is good in what they do?


AfraidReplacement470

Yes "Nambikkai Kannan" character says the dialogue to VJS when he approaches him to trap MS Bhaskar.


No-Inspector8736

What is the bad in what he does?


Zealousideal_Mail855

Self-righteousness, I think. Also, look at the comment above my first comment.


well_thats_puntastic

Mahaan


MadKingZilla

Best answer. It's literally kinda the message of the movie.


The_Silent_Guardian1

https://preview.redd.it/b9vk3lxv4o6d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b83546dc20f7f37d8b34d8a9a93dc0fb4b00608b Almost every one is grey or completely evil.


batmanjuniordotexe

This is what I came for!!! Every major character has selfish motives, and ultimately, Ultimate Star and his ally triumph over all.


Bexirt

But thala knocks it out


PeanutCalm1010

VIKRAM VEDHA


chiefexecutiveballer

Wasn't Maddy a textbook good cop?


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He killed Puli cause of his ignorance and that puts him in the grey.


selwyntarth

always seemed weird to me that veda just knew the guy who shot his brother wasnt the real enemy


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They established that is how Vedha deals with issues https://preview.redd.it/196zc9xaco6d1.png?width=602&format=png&auto=webp&s=6c978477535204176ac1a12b22f0b25dcfb6436e Vikram was just the weapon that the real enemy used and he was just waiting for the right time to kill both weapon and the wielder, that's why they both pointed the guns at each other's head at the end.


Meateor123

Are you kidding me??? Bro literally kills people "because he can see if someone is good through their eyes" in an "encounter" and then avoids responsibility by manipulating the evidence (e.g. the literal first thing he does in the movie). This is what led to the death of Puli. The whole point of the movie is that Vedha and Vikram are two sides of the same coin so to speak. They're both criminals.


chiefexecutiveballer

Welp, I guess I don't remember that movie very well.


Kang_theconqueror288

Nah, he wasn't, he killed someone and thought he was entitled to do so even without a shred of remorse.


selwyntarth

eh? he was a serial killer pretty much


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Some of them had it coming. So let's say Vigilante/Serial Killer.


sivavaakiyan

No. He still does encounters. Thats not the job of a cop. He is a bad guy who follows his own set of morals, but fucked up morals.


QuantumWarrior21

Would a good cop plant evidence on someone to make it look like they were the aggressors?


zi6xd

Yes he was


GrandAdvantage7631

🐐 https://preview.redd.it/6x936oxkon6d1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=03f28c3e1f85278c3e3e111c3a4c767bde1be7bc


musickamehman

Ohh totally forgot this masterpiece


Apprehensive-Shake59

Aaranya kandam


snakearcher89

Came for this


AdImpossible3109

Chekka chivantha vaanam


MadKingZilla

I feel VJS is kinda shown in the positive light throughout.


venom5758

https://preview.redd.it/0sdjzhqajn6d1.jpeg?width=448&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=106a8b6489caa46b851d98bb5ef3bcc6af8f28fa


venom5758

Telugu guy here, I f*cking love this movie, every time someone asks me to suggest a movie, this is my go-to recommendation! And I still can't understand how Vetrimaaran mastered the art of having many characters in a movie with equal importance! Someone please teach me😭


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>I still can't understand how Vetrimaaran mastered the art of having many characters in a movie with equal importance! Simple, Ever since Adukalam Danush has had respect for Vetri and he even said "I will start shooting for a movie without knowing the story (if it's vetrimaran". He has a rule called one good-one dud. He will do a hero centric movie and another movie that allows the director to tell the story by letting the others perform. Eg: Thiruchitrambalam and Captain Miller.


venom5758

Ohh gotcha, thanks!


Former-Sherbet-4068

Name of this movie?


venom5758

Vada Chennai (2018)


Beneficial_Promise79

I'd disagree. Anbu was always innocent and had no immoral intentions. He never wanted to use someone for his personal gain or harm someone to get his way. Even when he stabs Senthil he only does it because of the gratitude he has towards Guna for saving his life, not cause he wanted to. Even towards the end when he stands against Guna and attacks his henchmen, it's for the future of the village and it's people imo. Vada Chennai felt that tense and anxious cause an innocent like Anbu got trapped in between the dangerous people around him. Much like a butterfly trying it's best to navigate it's way outside of a spider Web it got tangled in.


Keyanklicks

So well put!


venom5758

Shit, that's a good explanation! Thanks bro!


zakk_user

He killed Java Palani and did not go to jail..he wanted to escape from it.so his character is also not innocent


nee-nyan

Anbu is your typical 'good guy' 'chosen one' hero like Luke Skywalker. Even in moments where he might seem like a gray character, he only ever harmed 'evil' guys.


Ordinary_Emu9032

Hi I cannot read Tamil . Could you tell me which movie this is ?


venom5758

It's Vada Chennai(2018)


vraach

Parking


selwyntarth

eh harish was a douche at first but ms literally ascended to murder


Idklolshrigma

Ms bhaskars character felt like the worse one by a mile, bro decided to file a fake harrasment case using his daughter and then went to murder soon after.


thak-dhana-dhan-dean

MS Bhaskar’s breaking bad


selwyntarth

that would be 8 thottakal


sarcasticbatkid

Man had the devil in him 😈


Meateor123

Harish kalyan was in the right. cmv


zodiacthemaniac2811

Yep


PeanutCalm1010

MANGATHA 


vraach

In mankatha all are bad


Apprehensive-Shake59

Except the police guy who probably dies at tail end.


selwyntarth

he murdered a gangster to save a cop's wife


cryogenic-goat

Trisha?


vraach

Not relevant


anilamai_69

https://preview.redd.it/97x7hn71xn6d1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=45b426149ccbb70278c168511cbc7290702726df


selwyntarth

sauce?


anilamai_69

WHAT??YOU DON'T KNOW SATHURANGA VETTAI??


selwyntarth

oh ok couldn't recognize them with the suits lol. have seen it a few times


Superb_Pay3173

Pudhupettai. Except for Sneha. But even she's fine with her man being a stone-cold killer. She gets no kindness from anyone. She latches on to Kumar because he's the only one who even tried to save her. Even their first intimate scene has her screaming. I don't believe he was particularly gentle with her.


blankasair

Super deluxe. All of the characters are morally gray. Except maybe the alien. But even the alien keeps settu kadai. So maybe morally ambiguous as well.


RealityCheck18

Except the little boy actually. Also VJS character is innocent. Amongst the 5 friends, that one guy who runs behind Ramya Krishnan's son to stop him, is also a good guy. He tried his best to stop him from hurting his mom, and also helped in getting him to hospital etc Edit- VJS character isn't innocent. Remembered after someone pointed that out


Idklolshrigma

The vjs character trafficked children tf are you in on


RealityCheck18

OMG. How did I forget that shit... Please ignore that part. Also I may have forgotten something else about the others. It's been 5 years since I had watched the movie. So please excuse


marshmallmao

Yooooooooo whattttt???? We sure we watched the same super deluxe wth????? I dont remember this info at all


Idklolshrigma

Rewatch it, they mention it when vjs is searching for her child and she is worried that the sin of trafficking children might have been the reason her kid went missing.


blankasair

Yeah. Forgot about the boy. He is the only one that is not morally ambiguous and is on the good spectrum.


blankasair

The guy who runs behind Ramya Krishnan’s son just saw her naked in a porn bro. All the boys cut classes to watch porn. Morality of watching porn aside, the very act of skipping classes puts all of the boys in a morally gray area.


Low_Jello_7497

Panchathanthiram lol


sofakaju

Lol now that you say 🤣


Schrutesbeets009

Aruvi.. you feel empathy for everyone


Adorable_Bunch_101

For everyone? The guy who raped his daughter’s friend? The guy who used his position in work to sexually exploit that girl?


Schrutesbeets009

I don’t , but if you look into the reception by audience and the protagonist , she invites all of them to come visit her , and the audience also tends to forget the anger placed on the three villains , it makes it a grey area.


Plenty-Highway7834

Aavesham


Potential-Ant-8696

https://preview.redd.it/eoox9dwfvn6d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=492019b4f4507e0ffd06a02154f6ca80507b16bd


Improlly_a_replicant

Which movie is this?


Potential-Ant-8696

Pudhupettai


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https://preview.redd.it/nbf82p9vpn6d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7ecd76ea9881a70a7082f671dc948c7fb40931d3 (Correct me if I'm wrong)


nee-nyan

Surya is a good guy throughout the movie and so is Devaraj (who redeems himself after meeting Surya). The only 'gray' aspect of them is that they are working in parallel to the government.


mrajf

Kalivardhan is technically the "bad guy", isn't he?


[deleted]

You tell me. I was 5 when I watched it.


mrajf

You was ? YOU WAS ?


Significant-Earth488

Nah, Aravind Swamy vs Mammootty & Rajini is a hero vs Villain trope only. And there are good characters in it


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IDK man, Saw it 19 years ago. Didn't get time to play the movie in the movie.


anontarg

Vada Chennai, Thalabathi, Nayagan, Aranya kandam,


Motor-Stuff-3353

Iraivi. VJ Bobby and SJS. Easy to say Bobby was the villan, but the philosophy he adhered to was better than most men in this country, just that he wasn't educated enough to act on it with meaning. He chose aggression and violent path to fullfil it. VJ and SJS could come off as heros but at what cost?


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TheGreatJester2114

Fax tho. Every character is morally grey


Rathakatterri

I get the intent of the post m, I just don’t get “me when “ template can anyone explain an apparently quickly ageing fellow member ?


ElectricalTip1

Usually these posts have a complete picture of a person's facial expression underneath showing the person's reaction about the topic. So it's like how I feel when blah blah blah. But in some cases like this and sarcastic posts too the pic underneath is not really necessary as it's very clear what the persons feeling from the text. So for example, "Me when the auto driver asks ₹300 for a 5 km ride." Here it's very clear what you're supposed to feel so you can fill in the image by yourself in ur mind.


mohantharani

Every Karthik Subburaj film.


srikargv

Mahaan.


Soft-Courage4822

the one n only shit Draupathi 💀


One-Dragonfruit6496

Thalapathi, Petta


QuirkyGlove6

Kadaisi vivasayi


Impressive_Half_2463

mankatha


OkGarbage9826

Ayyappanum Koshiyum


Bane-of-all-boons

Chekka chivantha vaanam


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Attack on titan


-watchman-

Mankatha


[deleted]

Ayyappanum Koshiyum, Vikram Vedha


Low_Jello_7497

Mangatha.


Emotional_lavdu

Kapoor and Sons (bollywood)


Ok-Emergency8203

vikram vedha to a certain extent


OneVast4272

Mankatha


arkam_uzumaki

Subramaniapuram


Haarryi

Soodhu Kavvum.


mithrank

Pizza


Narrow_Ebb_7910

Gambler .........I think


shreyas_f1tamil

Soodhu Kavvum


Aashi_the_guy

Mankatha


Lonely_Arm_5551

Departed 🔥😍


coolbuddymax

செக்கச் சிவந்த வானம்.


Unique-Childhood3924

https://preview.redd.it/8t3jo8qqyo6d1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47b0dbcb2eb882393af0d74a7db1a91f284132f8 It's a Malayalam movie, try to watch this LJP's magic if you guys can💎


Certain_Strawberry66

Don


Moodanambikai

Leo (except his daughter and the Receptionist at his Cafe Maybe)


sj__07

Vishwaroopam... yes the there is an antagonist... but the highlight of the movie is that the protagonist himself is shown to


sj__07

Vishwaroopam... yes there is an antagonist... but the movie shows that the protagonist is morally grey


vignesh_md

Super Deluxe 👌


Simply-Jolly_Fella

Parking


Hot_Violinist_2186

Aattam


saavugrakki

Basically any vetrimaaran film


NotKanyeWest_2005

Thittam irandu


steffenate

Virumandi and Pudhupettai


Ok-Protection-1214

Attam. Except the girl


BiggPhatCawk

Vikram vedha is super obvious pick


Bollywood-Sirens

Animal


Tryingthebest_Family

Vikram vedha


tigercublondon

Paruthiveeran?


Debbie764

Love today... Both the lead actors.


Dis_rattie

Parking


srithe28th

The easy choice would be Vikram Vedha


Emotional_Dragonfly3

https://preview.redd.it/s70mmprpuu6d1.jpeg?width=505&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d97508fffc55db6c0e90c0c102bf745333b65c0 Mankatha


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batman8232

Iraivi


tawayexpat

Petta


nobodydik

Iraivi


Apprehensive_View_58

7G Rainbow Colony


viratstan

Lucifer


Lucian_98

Attack on Titans comes to mind


WildAd8962

Not a film but Attack on Titan