Thambi Vettothi Sundaram is set in Kaliyikkavila, a town set on the state border. This place has a unique distinction; almost everyone here is educated and quite peculiarly, almost every second person is involved in some kind of illegal business ranging from smuggling to the brewing of illegal liquor and other such activities. This place is certainly an antithesis for all those who believe that education is the one solution to all social evils. Here, people seem to be corrupt in spite of education. Sundaram (Karan) is one from the town, well educated, but not yet initiated into any subversive acts.

Gokulan sees an attractive girl in his dream and is determined to find her. However, his father gets him engaged to another girl. Complications arise when he meets the woman of his dream soon after.

An anthology, telling the story of four different people, each story revolving around four different elements: Earth, Fire, Wind and Water.

Baasha dies just few days before the assembly by-Election for Mylapore constituency while the election campaign by the political parties are in full swing. Various obstacles faced to bury the deceased are revealed.

Though he works as a hostel warden, there is more to Kaali than meets the eye. Things take an interesting turn when Kaali’s path crosses with a group of dreaded gangsters.

Civil engineer Saravanan raises funds to buy land and start his own venture. But when he realises that the title is not in his name he also realises that the broker who sold the land is absconding.

The plot of the film explores the reasoning behind an alleged feud between the people of two districts in Tamil Nadu. The film aims at portraying the aggressive behaviour of certain miscreants, that leads to the death of a woman.

Jaya, a young woman gets married. Her intention is to complete the education but her partner mockingly asks her to try for Public Service Commission exams. Jaya tries to find right balance managing her in-laws as she strives for her goal.

A story of a private investigator that accidently becomes a vigilante and he tries to save his friend and his family that was abducted by a dangerous militant group that was going to release a chemical bomb. Did he manage to save everyone in the end?

An intrepid and good-hearted son fights to make his arrogant father pay the price for his sins, which includes his mother’s death, and save his brothers from the man’s grip.

The film begins with Angela Kathamuthu (Rohini), a civil Rights activist and her cameraman in Madras Central Prison interviewing prisoners serving life imprisonment and awaiting the death sentence, for her PhD thesis in law, against the death penalty. When she enters the prison for the second day, there is a sit-in protest, demanding the reason for the sudden death of Death penalty convict Narayanan, who secretly told Angela, the previous day, about immoral practices of Deputy-Jailor. She meets Kothala Thevar (Pasupathy) who is serving a life sentence, for assisting in the murder of 24 people in District of Theni. He tells his version of the story that led to his conviction.
According to him the root cause of the problem is Virumaandi Thevar (Kamal Haasan), a happy-go-lucky rogue. Virumaandi has a large part of the land in CK Patti, their village, and has high underground water levels, which is eyed by every other farmer. Virumaandi lost his mother at 4, and was taken to Chennai, and later to Singapore by his dad Thavasi thevar. Even after his dad dies he lived there, but at age of 25 Virumaandi was convicted for a small crime,whipped and exiled back to India.

The movie is directed by Kalyaan Dev and featured Yogi Babu, Dileepan, George Vijay Nelson and Reddin Kingsley as lead characters. Other popular actor who was roped in for Repeat Shoe is Semmalar Annam.