Though a lot of Hollywood films plan their releases around Christmas, the Tamil industry has not tapped the potential of the holiday period quite yet.
Even the 90s have seen a very few movies planning their release during the vacation season. Having said that, the 20th Century Tamil movies, are more than ready to experiment with their releases. In exception to that, few producers and distributors have been trying out the Christmas release and have churned out some hits too.
The list of films released during the Santa times is as follows:
Sendhoorapandi - 1993
Kadhalukku Mariyadhai (December 19) - 1997
Kaadhal Kavithai - 1998
Poi - 2006
Manmadan Ambu - 2010
Thenmerku Paruvakaatru - 2010
Rajapattai (December 20) - 2011
Biriyani (December 20) - 2013
Endrendrum Punnagai - 2013
Thalaimuraigal (December 20) - 2013
Madha Yaanai Koottam - 2013
Kappal - 2014
Kayal - 2014
Meaghamann - 2014
Vellaikaara Durai - 2014
However, this Chirstmas, Jayam Ravi’s Bhooloham and Suriya’s Pasanga 2 are expected to release on 24th of December’2015. It will be interesting to see how it pans out for producer Suriya and producer Aascar Ravichandran.