Thamizh is a 2002 Indian Tamil-language action drama film written and directed by Hari, in his directorial debut and produced by Amudha Durairaj. The film stars Prashanth and Simran in the lead roles, while Vadivelu, Urvashi, Nassar, Ashish Vidyarthi and Livingston portray supporting roles. Featuring music composed by Bharadwaj, the film opened to positive reviews upon release in 14 April 2002 and became a commercial success.

Plot

Anbazhagan returns home from Kuwait after not seeing his family for three years. He reunites with his wife Kalaichelvi, his mother and his two children. He is waiting for his younger brother Thamizh and asked his mother and Kalaichelvi where he is, yet both of them has avoided the question. Meanwhile, outside there was a riot happening outside their house and their neighbour Moorthy happened to be the victim alongside his pregnant sister. This has been stopped by Thamizh who has beaten up his goons. Anbazhagan realised how changed Thamizh was because he has become more violent. This leads to a flashback of how he became who he is.