Best Tamil Comedy Movies You Can Stream Right Now

Best Tamil Comedy Movies: As the famous quote goes ‘Comedy is a serious job,’ it’s not easy to make people laugh without physical contact as it is a challenging job to perform comedy both on stage and on-screen. Tamil cinema is not only gifted with exceptional comedians like Nagesh, Goundamani, Senthil, Manorama, Vadivelu, Vivek, Kovai Sarala, and Santhanam but also with directors like P. Vasu, Pandirajan, Bhagyaraj, Sundar C, K. S. Ravikumar who are masters in handling humor. And writers like Visu, Panju Arunachalam, ‘Crazy’ Mohan also cemented their place in the history of Tamil cinema. So, highlighting most of their brilliant works, here are the Best Tamil Comedy Movies you can stream right now.

Last Updated on September 14, 2021

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[Ranked in terms of release date]

12. Imsai Arasan 23 M Pulikesi (2006)

Director – Chimbu Deven
Starring – Vadivelu
Streaming Platform – YouTube

A historical, comedy-drama Imsai Arasan 23 M Pulikesi marks the first time Vadivelu played a lead in a movie. And with his ease, he once again showcased his exceptional ability to act, this time in a dual role. The conversations between Pulikesi and his minister (Ilavarasu) and the activities they do together are the primary highlights of the film. Director Simbudevan’s compelling plot, the comedic timing of Vadivelu, along with the satirically written dialogues made this film an offbeat experience that is not to be missed.

11. Winner (2003)

Director – Sundar C.
Starring – Prashanth & Kiran Rathod
Streaming Platform – Amazon Prime

Director Sundar C. once again maintained his comedy brand powerfully through Winner starring Prashanth, Vadivelu, and Kiran in the lead roles. As usual with a straightforward story of a guy falling in love with the sister of a local goon, Sundar. C tasted success with his comedy back in 2003.

Vadivelu as Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam’s (which later went on to become the title of super-hit comedy movie starring Sivakarthikeyan) Thalaivar Kaipulla with a pencil-drawn mustache, hilarious body language, and dialogue delivery, carried the whole movie on his shoulders. Overall, Winner is a total winner in terms of comedy and is an easy watch on any given day. One of the Best Tamil Comedy Movies.

10. Panchatanthiram (2002)

Director – K. S. Ravikumar
Starring – Kamal Haasan, Ramya Krishnan
Streaming Platform – MX Player

Panchatanthiram is about the problems Ram (Kamal Haasan) face in his love and marriage life, and how his friends supported him through this journey. Kamal is an actor who performs comedy with any of his co-stars without a particular comedian and in Panchatanthiram with Jayaram, Yugi Sethu, Sriman, Ramesh Aravind, Nagesh, Ramya Krishnan and Manivannan by his side, there is no lack of comedy.

The combo of Kamal Haasan and ‘Crazy’ Mohan – well known for writing sensible comedy with intelligent wordplay, hit the jackpot once again and K. S. Ravikumar handled the large ensemble of cast cleverly. This movie is a complete entertainer that will surely cement its place in your comedy movies watchlist.

9. Friends (2001)

Director – Siddique
Starring – Vijay, Suriya
Streaming Platform – MX Player

Siddique’s Friends starring ‘Ilayathalapathy’ Vijay is a perfect fusion of comedy and emotions. And the movie is about the lives of three friends Aravindan (Vijay), Chandru (Suriya), and Krishnamurthy (Ramesh Khanna), and the priceless moments that take place when they go to renovate a bungalow under Contactor Nesamani (‘Vaigaipuyal’ Vadivelu).

Contractor Nesamani is one of the trending hashtags on Twitter last year, and it goes on to show how this film’s comedy still stands the test of time. The supporting actors complement the comedic sequences, alongside Nesamani’s assistant – Gopal (Charlie). And overall, a proper family drama as the base added with Siddique’s fresh amusing episodes make Friends a trademark comedy-drama and one of the Best Tamil Comedy Movies.

8. Kaathala Kaathala (1998)

Director – Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
Starring – Kamal Haasan, Prabhudeva
Streaming Platform – YouTube

Kaathala Kaathala (1998) is a hilarious entertainer showcasing how two young couples – Ramalingam and Sundari, and Sundaralingam and Janaki manage to cross several obstacles that they encounter in their love lives. Kamal Haasan and Prabhudeva who have great comedy timing make this simple story of love more compelling, with the support of fine supporting actors like M. S. Viswanathan, Moulee, Vadivelu, and Kovai Sarala.

The scenes involving Sundaralingam were an attractive part of the humor and the climax of the movie is pure fun, with a happy ending. The success trio of director Singeetham Srinivasa Rao, Kamal Haasan, and writer Crazy Mohan once again delivered a quality comedy product.

7. Pistha (1997)

Director – K. S. Ravikumar
Starring – Karthik, Nagma
Streaming Platform – YouTube

Dharmaraj (Mouli) appoints innocent individual, Manikandan (Karthik) as the manager to regulate and irritate his daughter Vennila (Nagma) and the factory in her control and what happens when we get to understand that Manikandan is the local don is the entertaining story of Pistha directed by K. S. Ravikumar.

The thug of war between Nagma and Karthik was entertaining to watch notably in the second half. Being it comedy, anger, love, revenge, or any emotion, Karthik handles them with ease and increases the believability factor of the character and is appropriate for the title Navarasa Nayagan. Pistha is a great stressbuster.

6. Murai Maaman (1995)

Director – Sundar C.
Starring – Jayaram, Kushboo
Streaming Platform – YouTube

Next on the list of the Best Tamil Comedy Movies, for the past 25 years, Director Sundar C. has been entertaining us with his comedic overload stories, and his debut movie Murai Maaman is no different. The storyline of the movie explores the lives of two brothers – Sirusu (Jayaram) and Perusu (Goundamani), who are irritated with their sister for fleeing the house without notice with her boyfriend. However, things turn upside down when Sirusu falls for her sister’s daughter, and the rest of the film showcases the drama within the family.

The amusing comedy blended with the story, which, in turn, helped the narrative brought success to the movie. The fun combination of Jayaram, Kushboo, Goundamani, Senthil, and Manorama made Murai Maaman an enjoyable family drama.

5. Jai Hind (1994)

Director – Arjun Sarja
Starring – Arjun Sarja
Streaming Platform – YouTube

Best Tamil Comedy Movies: A unique entry in this list of comedy movies is a patriotic film – Jai Hind lead and directed by the ‘Action King’ Arjun. The comedic track of the movie includes Goundamani, who gets into trouble due to Senthil who appears in his dreams. Additionally, the comedy scenes and dialogues were as funny as the concept of the film. It brought relief to this action-packed film and worked out very well. Jai Hind is a passable patriotic film with an enjoyable comedy track.

4. Nadigan (1990)

Director – P. Vasu
Starring – Sathyaraj, Kushboo
Streaming Platform – YouTube

P. Vasu’s Nadigan was yet another gem featuring the victorious Sathyaraj and Goundamani combo. Raja (Sathyaraj) in desperate need of money to save his mother, transforms into an old man Devaraj, and acts as a music teacher in Baby Amma’s (Manorama) estate, and whether he is able to get the money or get caught mistakenly forms the rest of the narrative.

Sathyaraj’s terrific performance excellently suited the title Nadigan, and the romantic scenes between him and Manorama serve as the highlights of the movie. Even though the movie is a remake, Vasu known for his vast comical sense cracked the code with fresh comedy scenes. Nadigan is a clean entertainer and one of the Best Tamil Comedy Movies.

3. Karakattakkaran (1989)

Director – Gangai Amaran
Starring – Ramarajan, Kanaga
Streaming Platform – YouTube

After hearing the word Vaalaipalam (banana) many thoughts could strike your mind, but an ardent Tamil movie buff will immediately remember the Goundamani – Senthil’s comedy scene from Karakattakkaran directed by Gangai Amaran. During a visit to a village for a stage performance with his troop, Muthaiya (Ramarajan) comes across a native Karagam dancer, Kamatchi (Kanaga), and how their ego-filled clash turns into endearing love forms the remainder of the plot.

The overall movie is a compelling entertainer from start to finish with Goundamani and Senthil comedy track alongside Kovai Sarala and a myriad of comedic scenes from Thillanamoganambal’s reference to Soppasundari’s car, and many more. Even after thirty years since its release, the laugh tracks of Karakattakkaran make us all giggle, and cannot and shouldn’t ever be recreated again. One of the Best Tamil Comedy Movies.

2. Guru Sisyan (1988)

Director – Gangai Amaran
Starring – Rajinikanth, Prabhu
Streaming Platform – YouTube

Guru Sisyan is another comedy flick of Rajinikanth with Prabhu, Gauthami, and Seetha, directed by S. P. Muthuraman. The movie is regarding how Raja (Rajinikanth) and Babu (Prabhu) bring out the truth behind a case. Rajinikanth underplays in several scenes leaving Prabhu in front, but his innocence filled broken English throughout the movie is the USP, which even works with this current generation.

Panju Arunachalam’s excellent writing yet again brought back the comical side of Superstar Rajinikanth, and the scenes where Vinu Chakravarthy and Manorama appear along with the lead actors were humorous to watch. Yet another delightful Rajini film, induced with more comedic scenes.

1. Thillu Mullu (1981)

Director – K. Balachandar
Starring – Rajinikanth
Streaming Platform – YouTube

First on the list of the Best Tamil Comedy Movies, Superstar Rajinikanth’s comical talent was tapped for the first time by director K. Balachandar in his out-and-out comedy-drama, Thillu Mullu (1981). How Iyampettai Arivudainambi Kaliyaperumal Indran (Rajinikanth) receives a job and manipulates his boss Sriramachandramurthy (Thengai Srinivasan) through a series of lies is the story of the movie. Rajinikanth’s racy dialogue delivery and his innocent expressions added a new flavor to the comedy.

The sensible and the intelligent comedy scenes written by Visu and Balachander’s classy execution added with energetic music by M. S. Viswanathan made the movie enjoyable without any harmful comedy. Thillu Mullu being one of Superstar’s successful movie without any punch lines, fights, and even a mustache for the first time, is a favorite movie for many, to date.

[Ranked in terms of release date]

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