With Kadaram Kondan getting a release this Friday, we take a look at the Tamil movies that are predominantly set in Malaysia.

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Chiyaan Vikram's Kadaram Kondan: From Thalapathy Vijay's Kuruvi to Thala Ajith's Billa, 12 Tamil movies set in Malaysia

Kadaram Kondan is one of the titles given to Rajendra Cholan, following his conquest of Kadaram, which is modern-day Malaysia. So, a literal translation would mean the conqueror of Kadaram/Malaysia. Rajesh M Selva's crime-thriller, set in Malaysia, features Vikram as a commando double agent.

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Updated:21st Jul, 2019 at 9:15 AM

Superstar Rajinikanth plays Kabaleeswaran, a revolutionary who fights for the betterment of Tamils in Malaysia in Pa Ranjith's 2016 film, Kabali.

Ajith Kumar's 2007 film, Billa, follows Velu, a pickpocket, who gets to impersonate the underworld don, Billa, who is featured on Interpol's criminal list, and is hiding and operating out of Malaysia.

Kuruvi (2008) follows a car-racer (Vijay) who sets out to Malaysia to look for the man responsible for his father's disappearance, where he eventually falls in love with the villain's daughter.

In Iru Mugan (2016), an ex-agent (Vikram) investigates the attack on the Indian Embassy in Malaysia. His investigations lead him to an old foe (also Vikram), who has developed a deadly bioweapon.

in Meen Kuzhambum Mann Paanaiyum (2016), a father and son based in Malaysia, decide to sort out their issues with the help of their family friend in a bizarre way. Kamal Haasan is seen in a cameo.

A passionate boxer sets out to Malaysia in search of his estranged father, on being informed of his existence by his mother on her deathbed, in Jayam Ravi's M Kumaran, S/O Mahalakshmi (2004).

The son of a village chieftain arrives in Malaysia to investigate his father's mysterious past in the 2009 drama, 1977, which stars Sarathkumar as the father-son duo.

A small time thief (played by Vijay Sethupathi) gets into battle gear to rescue his newly-wedded wife, who is kidnapped from her work place in Malaysia by a notorious gang in this year's Sindhubaadh.

A single mom in Malaysia (played by Dhansika) takes her ailing daughter to a hill station, where the girl gets possessed by a spirit in the 2017 horror drama, Enga Amma Rani.

Two friends (played by Mammotty and Hamsavardhan) fall in love with the same woman in Malaysia in the 2002 comedy, Junior Senior. Leena, who plays the female lead, is a former Miss Malaysia.

Vasu's 2013 romcom, Kadhal Kisu Kisu, is about the romance that blooms between two NRI Indians settled in Malaysia. Bala and Charmi Kaur play the leads.

Vegam (2007) follows a youngster (Ashwin Sekhar), who lands in Malaysia to meet his fiancee. On getting a call from a mysterious woman, who's desperate for help, he sets out to find & rescue the woman

In Kadaram Kondan, Vikram plays a double commando agent based in Malaysia