Chennai 600028 is a 2007 Indian Tamil-language sports comedy film written and directed by Venkat Prabhu in his directorial debut.

It stars Jai, Shiva, Premji, Aravind Akash, Nithin Sathya and newcomers Ajay Raj, Vijay Vasanth, Prasanna, Inigo Prabakaran, Karthik and Arun in the lead along with Vijayalakshmi Feroz and Kristine Zedek, making their acting debuts as well.

The film is based on street cricket played in India, focusing on various themes such as friendship, love and rivalry in a suburban area.

The success of the film gained the relatively unknown actors – Jai, Shiva, Premji and Nithin Sathya, newcomers Vijayalakshmi and Vijay Vasanth and the director Venkat Prabhu popularity.

[7] The film was initially Enga Area Ulla Varaadha (Do not enter our territory), but lyricist Vaali was critical of the idea, feeling that the title was "negative" sounding.

Subsequently, the film was retitled Chennai 600028, with the idea of including the postal code taken from the title of the American television series Beverly Hills, 90210.

Venkat Prabhu deserves a pat on his back for making a breezy fun movie which highlights the fact that cricket in India which is a religion for many is also won through team spirit and sacrifice.

"[15] Malathi Rangarajan of The Hindu wrote "Every city youngster would have experienced one or the other situation projected in `Chennai ... ' And that's the film's USP.

"[16] Malini Mannath of Chennai Online wrote, "It's an interestingly scripted and narrated tale from producer-director duo of S P B Charan (his third production) and Venkat Prabhu.

The unconventional camera movements and angles (debutant Shakti Saravanan), and the slick editing (Lenin) all add to the effect.

"[17] Lajjavathi of Kalki praised the acting of debutants, Venkat Prabhu's direction, Sakthi saravanan's cinematography and Yuvan Shankar Raja's music and concluded calling it perfect jolly treatment for youth.

[4][3] The film's 100th day celebrations, took place in early August 2007 at Chennai Trade Centre, with Rajinikanth and Kamal Hassan being the chief guest.

It features several cast members from the earlier film including Jai, Shiva, Premji, Aravind Akash and Nithin Sathya.