List of Tamil films of 1978

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, Gross jumped to 140 per cent of Nett ^[1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹18.17 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[2]

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1978, in alphabetical order.

1978[]

Title	Director	Production	Music	Cast
Achchani	Devaraj–Mohan		Ilaiyaraaja	R. Muthuraman, Lakshmi, Shoba
			M. S. Viswanathan	Nagesh, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, V. K. Ramasamy, A. Sakunthala, Sukumari
	K. Narayanan		M. S. Viswanathan	Srikanth, [[Padmapriya (actress)\|
Alli Darbar	K. M. Balakrishnan		Shankar–Ganesh	Vijayakumar, Manjula, Kavitha, Cho
				Ravichandran, K. R. Vijaya, Jayadevi
Andaman Kadhali	V. Srinivasan	Muktha Films	M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Chandra Mohan, Kavitha
	Krishnan–Panju		V. Kumar	R. Muthuraman, K. R. Vijaya
			Shankar–Ganesh	Sivakumar, , Jai Ganesh, , S. V. Subbaiah
Aval Appadithan	C. Rudhraiya		Ilaiyaraaja	Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Sripriya
			Vijaya Bhaskar	Jaishankar, Y. Vijaya
			Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakumar, Bhavani
	Durai		M. S. Viswanathan	R. Muthuraman, Sharada
Aayiram Jenmangal	Durai		M. S. Viswanathan	Padmapriya, Latha, Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth
Bairavi	M. Bhaskar		Ilaiyaraaja	Rajinikanth, Sripriya, Geetha
Chittu Kuruvi	Devaraj–Mohan		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivakumar, Sumithra, Meera
En Kelvikku Enna Bathil	P. Madhavan		M. S. Viswanathan	Rajinikanth, Vijayakumar, Sripriya,
Ennai Pol Oruvan	T. R. Ramanna		M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, Sharada, Ushanandini
	K. Sornam		M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Sridevi, Nanditha Bose, Kavitha
General Chakravarthi	D. Yoganand		M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Kavitha
Ilamai Oonjal Aadukirathu	C. V. Sridhar		Ilaiyaraaja	Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Jayachitra, Sripriya
			M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Srividya, Sridevi
Iraivan Kodutha Varam	A. Bhimsingh		M. S. Viswanathan	Rajinikanth, Vijayakumar, Sumithra, Fatafat Jayalaxmi
			Shankar–Ganesh	Ravichandran, Rajasree
			Ilaiyaraaja	Jaishankar, Sridevi, Thengai Srinivasan
	A. Jagannathan		V. Kumar	Vijayakumar, Sumithra, Srikanth, Y. Vijaya, Sathyapriya
Justice Gopinath	D. Yoganand		M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Rajinikanth, Thengai Srinivasan, A. Sakunthala
Kaatrinile Varum Geetham	S. P. Muthuraman		Ilaiyaraaja	R. Muthuraman, Kavitha, Srikanth, Thengai Srinivasan
	A. Bhim Singh		Shankar–Ganesh	Sivakumar, Sujatha, Thengai Srinivasan
	K. Narayanan		Shankar–Ganesh	Srikanth, Manorama
Kannamoochi			V. Kumar	Sivakumar, Latha, Sumithra
Kannan Oru Kai Kuzhandhai		Vivekanandha Pictures	Ilaiyaraaja	Sivakumar, Sumithra, Sowcar Janaki, Jai Ganesh, Sathyapriya, Jayamalini
			Shankar–Ganesh	Jayamalini, Srikanth
Karunai Ullam	A. Bhim Singh		Shankar–Ganesh	Srikanth, K. R. Vijaya, Vijayakumar
			S. M. Subbaiah Naidu	T. M. Soundararajan, Vennira Aadai Nirmala, V. K. Ramasamy, A. Sakunthala, C. R. Vijayakumari
Kizhakke Pogum Rail	Bharathiraja		Ilaiyaraaja	Sudhakar, Raadhika, Goundamani
	K. Shankar		M. S. Viswanathan	M. G. C. Sukumar, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Hema Chaudhary, Padmapriya, Thengai Srinivasan
			Ilaiyaraaja	Sivakumar, Sujatha
	V. C. Guhanathan		Chandrabose	Sivakumar, Sumithra, Sridevi
Madhuraiyai Meetta Sundharapandiyan	M. G. Ramachandran		M. S. Viswanathan	M. G. Ramachandran, Latha, Padmapriya
			V. Kumar	Jaishankar, Prameela, A. Sakunthala, Thengai Srinivasan
Mangudi Minor	V. C. Guhanathan		Chandrabose	Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth, Sripriya, A. Sakunthala
Manitharil Ithanai Nirangalah!	R. C. Sakthi		Shyam	Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Murali Mohan, Sathyapriya
	K. Narayanan		Shankar–Ganesh	Vijayakumar, Sripriya, Jai Ganesh
	K. Sornam		Ramesh Naidu	Jaishankar, Sripriya, Manorama
			Satyam	Jaishankar, Sridevi, Y. Vijaya, Deepa, Sarath Babu
Mullum Malarum	Mahendran		Ilaiyaraaja	Rajinikanth, Sarath Babu, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Shoba
Nizhal Nijamagiradhu	K. Balachander		M. S. Viswanathan	Kamal Haasan, Sumithra, Shoba, Sarath Babu
Oru Nadigai Natakam Parkiral	A. Bhimsingh		M. S. Viswanathan	Srikanth, Lakshmi, Nagesh
Oru Veedu Oru Ulagam	Durai		M. S. Viswanathan	Srikanth, Shubha, Shoba,
	J. Sasikumar		G. Devarajan	Jaishankar, Sangeeta, M. R. Radha
Paruva Mazhai	N. Sankaran Nair		Salil Chowdhury	Kamal Haasan, Zarina Wahab, Meena
Paavathin Sambalam	Durai		Shankar–Ganesh	R. Muthuraman, Sumithra, Prameela
	Krishnan–Panju		Vijaya Bhaskar	R. Muthuraman, Srikanth, C. R. Vijayakumari, Sripriya
Pilot Premnath	A. C. Tirulokchandar		M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, Malini Fonseka, Vijayakumar, Jai Ganesh, Jayachitra, Sridevi, Thengai Srinivasan
Priya	S. P. Muthuraman		Ilaiyaraaja	Rajinikanth, Sridevi, Ashna, Ambareesh, Thengai Srinivasan
Punniya Boomi	K. Vijayan		M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri, Sangeetha, Y. Vijaya, Bhavani
	R. Krishnamurthy		K. V. Mahadevan	Sivakumar, Srividya, Srilatha
			Vijaya Bhaskar	Jaishankar, Sridevi, Srikanth, Sathyapriya
Rudhra Thaandavam	K. Vijayan		M. S. Viswanathan	Vijayakumar, Sumithra, V. K. Ramaswamy, Nagesh, Thengai Srinivasan, Manorama
Sadhurangam	Durai		V. Kumar	Rajinikanth, Srikanth, Jayachitra, Prameela, Thengai Srinivasan
Sakka Podu Podu Raja	S. P. Muthuraman		Shankar–Ganesh	Jaishankar, Jayachitra, Cho, Manorama
Sattam En Kaiyil	T. N. Balu		Ilaiyaraaja	Kamal Haasan, Sripriya, Thengai Srinivasan
Shankar Salim Simon	P. Madhavan		M. S. Viswanathan	Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth, Manjula, Latha, Jai Ganesh
Sigappu Rojakkal	Bharathiraja	K. R. G. Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Kamal Haasan, Sridevi
Sonnadhu Nee Thanaa			Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakumar, Sumithra, Thengai Srinivasan, Jai Ganesh
Shri Kanchi Kamakshi	K. S. Gopalakrishnan			Gemini Ganesan, Sujatha, Srividya, Sripriya, R. Muthuraman, Prameela, Srikanth, Y. Vijaya, Thengai Srinivasan, P. R. Varalakshmi
Taxi Driver			M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Sridevi, M. R. Radha, Srikanth
Thai Meethu Sathiyam	R. Thyagarajan	Dhandayudhapani Films	Shankar–Ganesh	Rajinikanth, Sripriya, Major Sundarrajan
Thanga Rangan			M. S. Viswanathan	Vijayakumar, Shubha, Thengai Srinivasan, Srividya
Thappu Thalangal	K. Balachander		Vijaya Bhaskar	Rajinikanth, Saritha
Thirukkalyanam			Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakumar, Srividya, Shubha
Tripura Sundari			Ilaiyaraaja	Srikanth, Jayaprabha, Manju Bhargavi
Thyagam	K. Vijayan	Sujatha Cine Arts	Ilaiyaraaja	Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi, K. Balaji, Thengai Srinivasan, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Manorama
Ullathil Kuzhanthaiyadi	K. S. Gopalakrishnan		Shankar–Ganesh	Jaishankar, Sripriya, Thengai Srinivasan
	G. Srinivasan		V. Kumar	R. Muthuraman, Sripriya
			Shankar–Ganesh	R. Muthuraman, Srividya, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Major Sundarrajan
Vaazhkai Alaigal	G. C. Sekhar		K. Chakravarthy	Sivaji, Vanisri, Jayasudha
Vanakkatukuriya Kathaliye	A. C. Tirulokchandar		M. S. Viswanathan	Rajinikanth, Vijayakumar, Sridevi, Jayachitra
	Amirtham		M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Jayachitra, Roja Ramani
Varuvan Vadivelan	K. Shankar		M. S. Viswanathan	R. Muthuraman, Latha, Vijayakumar, Jayachitra, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Chandrakala, Padmapriya, Jai Ganesh, Nagesh
Vatathukkul Chadhuram	S. P. Muthuraman		Ilaiyaraaja	Latha, Sumithra, Srikanth, Sarath Babu
Vayasu Ponnu	K. Shankar		M. S. Viswanathan	R. Muthuraman, Latha, Roja Ramani, Jai Ganesh, M. N. Nambiar, Thengai Srinivasan
	Devaraj–Mohan		Ilaiyaraaja	Jaishankar, Sripriya, , Thengai Srinivasan
	C. V. Rajendran		L. Vaidyanathan	R. Muthuraman, Chandrakala, Pandari Bai
			C. N. Pandurangan	T. R. Mahalingam, Madhuri Devi

References[]

[1] Government raised entertainment tax to 40% (from 33%) in 1958

[2] CTD reports ₹18.17 crore ET collection in 1978-79

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