Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu

Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (English : White Moon Kabadi Crew) is a 2009 Indian Tamil drama film written and directed by newcomer Susindran, starring debutant Vishnu Vishal, Kishore and Saranya Mohan along with numerous other newcomers in the lead roles.

It was later remade in Telugu as Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu in the year 2010 with Nani and Saranya Mohan in the lead. And remade in Hindi as Badlapur Boys in the year 2014 with Nishan and Saranya Mohan in the lead.

The story unfolds in a remote village near Palani called Kanakkanpatti with a poor goat-herd, Marimuthu (Vishnu Vishal) as its protagonist who lost education as his father died @ his age of 13, he also plays kabbadi very well. Marimuthu along with his childhood friends Ayyappan (Vairavan), Sekar (Nithish), Murthy (Sundar), Appu Kutty (Appu Kutty), Suri (Parota Suri) and Pandi (Pandi) are kabbadi players who dream of winning a local tournament.

Sekar is a rich short tempered rice mill owner and always captain of the team. Appu Kutty is a short, tea shop owner who often gets a heavy scolding from his old mother-in-law. Suri is a very newly wed man who has only 3 hobbies: eating thrice as normal man, kabbadi, making love. Pandi is a big fat local stores owner who is a son of an ex-army man. Marimuthu, who lost his father when he was young, works in a farm and can stay in his house only during holiday. Their kabbadi team, Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu (Full Moon Kabbadi Team), is infamous for never winning a match in their history. In a sub-plot, Marimuthu meets and flirts with an unnamed beautiful young lady who comes visiting to his village's annual festival. They organize a friendly kabbadi match with the neighbouring village team for the festival and (Souada muthu, coach of the state's best kabbadi team is the chief guest) in which an outbreak in the game occurs. Then they go to Madurai for a non-detail known match where Saouda Muthu is one of the chief conductors and a coach. He tells it is a state-level pre-qualified tournament in which no local teams may participate. As they prepare to leave, they learn that suddenly their district team has forfeited and hence they join unopposed as Dindigul district team.