Kollywood release

Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil

Name: Thalaivar Thambi Thalaimaiyil
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2026-01-15
Duration: 113 min
Cast: Jiiva, Prathana Nathan, Ilavarasu, Thambi Ramaiah, Jenson Dhivakar

Kollywood20261h 53mTamilTop 70% of Kollywood budgets

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100th of 227 in Kollywood

Reported gross: 41
Return on budget: 84
Audience rating: 47
Momentum: 70

Out-grossed 41% of Kollywood releases with reported figures ($5M).
Returned 4× its budget, against an industry median of 1.5×.
Momentum in the 70th percentile.
Audience rating 6.6 from 10 votes, the 47th percentile.

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Cost: $1M
Took: $5M

Against a Kollywood median of 1.5×, so this one returned 2.7 times what a typical release there does.

The money says blockbuster. What do you say?

The picture

A village official attending a wedding becomes entangled in an escalating family dispute over power and old resentments, testing his leadership as he tries to contain the situation.

Released: 15 January 2026
Runtime: 1h 53m
Language: Tamil
Industry: Kollywood

Top billedAll 22 credits

JiivaJeeva Rathnam
Prathana NathanSowmya/Sowmi
IlavarasuIlavarasu
Thambi RamaiahMani
Jenson DhivakarThavidu
V.G. JaiwanthThiyagu

Made by

Director: Nithish Sahadev
Writer: Nithish Sahadev, Sanjo Joesph, Anuraj OB
Original Music Composer: Vishnu Vijay
Director of Photography: Bablu Aju
Producer: Kannan Ravi

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