Pongal is a major holiday in Tamil Nadu but movie theaters will continue to function at 50% occupancy with night, Sunday curfews and hence no major productions will grace the big screens. However, the following Tamil films will be releasing this festival season on the mentioned respective release dates

• KombuVatcha Singamda (Sasikumar, Madonna Sebastin) - January 13
• Carbon (Vidharth) - January 13
• Naai Sekar (Comedian Sathish) - January 13
• Enna Solla Pogirai (CWC Ashwin) - January 13
• Marutha (Sabapathi, Radikaa Sarathkumar, Viji) - January 13
• Thael (Prabhu Deva) - January 14
• AGP Schizophrenia (Lakshmi Menon) - January 14
• Pasakkara Paya (Vignesh) - January 14