Manasukkul Mathappu (English: Fireworks In My Heart) is a 1988 Tamil drama film starring Prabhu Ganesan, Saranya Ponvannan and Sarath Babu. The story is very loosely based on the English novel "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest". It is a remake of the blockbuster 1986 Mohanlal starrer Malayalam film "Thalavattam", which was directed by Priyadarshan.

Paravaigal Palavitham is a 1988 Tamil Indian feature film directed by Robert-Rajasekar for producer KR. It stars Ramki and Nirosha in the lead roles.

Raja, a clever student, challenges Rekha, a rich and arrogant girl, to become the number one student. Rekha is the daughter of Michael. She loses but she falls in love with Raja. David, a former student, is now an alcoholic. During his college days, he fell in love with Esther but Shanthi was in love with David. Michael, Esther's father, was against their love. He beat David to death and Esther committed suicide but David survived. David tries to help the young lovers against Michael.

Autorickshaw driver Prabhu, Rich kid Yuvan, aspiring actor Aadhi, shorts-eats maker Ramana and under-used junior lawyer Iniyan are your usual men-on-the-compound wall type, rough hewn but basically good. Their singular aim is to make Priya fall for them. But behind Priya's smiling and cheerful face is a sad tale. She has an irreversible heart condition.