Vishal
starrer
Malaikottai
has
toppled
Arjun's
Maruthamalai
at
the
box
office
this
week.
The
film,
in
which
young
action
hero
Vishal
tries
both
comedy
and
action,
has
got
a
good
opening.
The
actor's
last
two
films
were
duds
at
the
box
office
but
it
looks
like
the
Action
King
may
recapture
the
top
slot
soon.
The
top
five
Tamil
films
of
the
week
are:
1.
Malaikottai
-
Director:
Bhoopathy
Pandiyan.
Though
the
film
got
a
decent
opening
and
tops
this
list
for
now,
almost
all
critics
have
panned
it.
Vishal
has
done
well
playing
his
first
comedy
role.
Priyamani,
after
her
excellent
performance
in
Paruthiveeran,
is
just
a
glamour
doll
here.
2.
Maruthamalai
-
Director:
Suraj.
Maruthamalai
is
another
mass
masala
film
that
is
doing
well
at
the
box
office.
Compared
to
Vishal,
Action
King
Arjun
has
proved
his
superiority
and
experience
in
both
action
and
comedy
scenes.
3.
Shivaji-The
Boss
-
Director:
Shankar.
The
Rajinikanth-starrer
has
crossed
the
100-day
mark
and
now
filmmakers
are
just
waiting
for
it
to
cross
the
next
milestone.
Still
the
film
is
running
in
7
screens
in
the
City
and
5
screens
in
the
suburban
areas.
4.
Nam
Naadu
-
Director:
Suresh.
The
Malayalam
remake
of
Dileep
starred
Lion
has
a
long
star
cast
including
Sarath
Kumar,
Nasser
and
Karthika.
Sarath
made
this
film
so
that
it
will
be
the
perfect
launch
pad
for
his
new
political
party.
But
the
film
didn"t
make
profits
at
th
Box
Office.
5.
Udambu
Eppadi
Irukku?
-
Director:
Jeevitha
Rajashekar.
This
is
also
a
remake
of
Dileep's
Lion.
But
the
film
was
first
remade
in
Telugu
and
later
dubbed
into
Tamil.
But
the
director
has
changed
few
scenes
intelligently
as
per
the
taste
of
Tamils
and
got
a
separate
censor
certificate
too.
In
few
scenes
the
film
does
better
than
Nam
Naadu,
the
other
remake
of
Lion!