List of Tamil films of 1979

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1979, in alphabetical order.

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, gross jumped to 140 per cent of net.^[1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹19.82 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[2]

1979[]

Title	Director	Production	Music	Cast
	Amirtham		M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Sangeeta, Sumithra
Aarilirunthu Arubathu Varai	S. P. Muthuraman	P. A. Art Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Rajinikanth, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Jaya Guhanathan, Cho, Sangeetha
	Gopu		M. S. Viswanathan	R. Muthuraman, K. R. Vijaya
				Delhi Ganesh, Jamila
	K. S. Gopalakrishnan		Shankar–Ganesh	Vijayakumar, Sujatha, Vanitha, Thengai Srinivasan
Agal Vilakku			Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakanth, Shoba
Allaudinaum Arputha Vilakkum	I. V. Sasi		G. Devarajan	Kamal Haasan, Gemini Ganesan, Rajinikanth, Jayabharathi, Sripriya, Savitri
	Gopu		Vijaya Bhaskar	Suruli Rajan, Manorama
	K. Narayanan		Ilaiyaraaja	Jai Ganesh, Sumithra, Raadhika, Thengai Srinivasan
			A. T. Ummer	Master Sekhar,
Annai Oru Aalayam	R. Thyagarajan	Devar Films	Ilaiyaraaja	Rajinikanth, Sripriya, Anjali Devi
			Jaya Vijaya	Sathyapriya
Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren	C. V. Sridhar		Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakumar, Latha, Jai Ganesh, Nagesh
Azhiyatha Kolangal	Balu Mahendra		Salil Chowdhury	Shoba, Pratap K. Pothen
Chakkalathi	Devaraj Mohan		Ilaiyaraaja	Sudhakar, Shoba, Ambika
	K. M. Balakrishnan		M. S. Viswanathan	Vijayakumar, Sumithra, Sripriya
			M. S. Viswanathan
	P. N. Menon		Shyam	Sivakumar, Jai Ganesh, Jayanthi, Lavanya
	Gopu		G. K. Venkatesh	Jaishankar, Lakshmi, Srikanth
Dharma Yuddham	R. C. Sakthi		Ilaiyaraaja	Rajinikanth, Sridevi, Thengai Srinivasan
Enippadigal	P. Madhavan		K. V. Mahadevan	Sivakumar, Shoba
	K. Narayanan		Shankar–Ganesh	Sivakumar, Sripriya
Gnana Kuzhandhai	K. Kameshwara Rao		K. V. Mahadevan	Gemini Ganesan, Latha, Jai Ganesh, Jayachitra, Sujatha, Vennira Aadai Nirmala, Nagesh, Thengai Srinivasan, Manorama, Tambaram Lalitha
Imayam	V. Srinivasan	Muktha Films	M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, Srividya, A. Sakunthala, Thengai Srinivasan
Inikkum Ilamai			Shankar–Ganesh	Sudhakar, Raadhika, Vijayakanth
	A. Jagannathan		Ilaiyaraaja	Srikanth, Major Sundarrajan, Prameela, Kanchana
	Durai		Shankar–Ganesh	Jaishankar, Srividya
Kadavul Amaitha Medai	S. P. Muthuraman		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivakumar, Sumithra, Major Sundarrajan
Kalyanaraman	G. N. Rangarajan	P. A. Art Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Thengai Srinivasan
			M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Seema
			Kunnakudi Vaidyanathan	Thangavelu, V.K. Ramasamy
Kanni Paruvathile			Shankar–Ganesh	Rajesh, K. Bhagyaraj, Vadivukkarasi
			Gangai Amaran	Sudhakar,
Kavari Maan	S. P. Muthuraman		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivaji Ganesan, Vijayakumar, Sridevi, Prameela
			M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Simple Kapadia, Fatafat Jayalaxmi
	Jayabharathi
Kuppathu Raja	T. R. Ramanna		M. S. Viswanathan	Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth, Manjula, Padmapriya
			M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Anuradha
			Ilaiyaraaja	Sridevi, Jai Ganesh, Master Sridhar, Jamila
			M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Sangeetha
	Durai		G. K. Venkatesh	Latha, Malini Fonseka
	R. C. Sakthi		Shankar–Ganesh	Jai Ganesh, Sathyapriya, Sarath Babu
Mangala Vaathiyam	K. Shankar		M. S. Viswanathan	Kamal Haasan, Sripriya
Manthoppu Killiye			Shankar–Ganesh	Sudhakar, Deepa, Major Sundarrajan, Ganthimathi, Suruli Rajan
			M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, Jayachitra, A. Sakunthala
	A. Jagannathan		Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakumar, Sumithra, Raadhika
	A. Jagannathan	Kay Cee Films	Ilaiyaraaja	Sivakumar, Sumithra, Sathyapriya, Sathyaraj
			Shyam	Jamuna
	K. Sornam		Shankar–Ganesh	Jaishankar, Sridevi
Naan Vazhavaippen	D. Yoganand		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Rajinikanth, Thengai Srinivasan
	Krishnan–Panju		V. Kumar	K. R. Vijaya, Sarath Babu, Mohan Babu, Cho
Nallathoru Kudumbam	K. Vijayan	Sujatha Cine Arts	Ilaiyaraaja	Sivaji Ganesan, Vanisri, Deepa
Nangooram			V. Kumar & Premasiri Khemadasa	Lakshmi, R. Muthuraman, Fareena Lye, Vijaya Kumaranatunga, V. S. Raghavan, Suruli Rajan, Ceylon Manohar
	V. Rajagopal		Shyam	Srikanth, Sivachandran, Sumithra, Jaya Prabha
	T. R. Ramanna			Suman, Lavanya
	Durai		M. S. Viswanathan	Vijayakumar, Latha
	K. Shankar		M. S. Viswanathan	Gamini Fonseka, Sripriya, Radha Saluja
Neela Malargal	Krishnan–Panju		M. S. Viswanathan	Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, K. R. Vijaya
Neeya?	Durai		Shankar–Ganesh	Kamal Haasan, Vijayakumar, Sripriya, Ravichandran, Latha, Manjula, Deepa, Jai Ganesh, Srikanth,
	Amirtham		Shankar–Ganesh	Jaishankar, Sangeeta
Ninaithale Inikkum	K. Balachander		M. S. Viswanathan	Kamalahasan, Jaya Prada, Rajinikanth, Geetha
Niram Maaratha Pookkal	Bharathiraja		Ilaiyaraaja	Sudhakar, Raadhika, Vijayan, Rathi
Nool Veli	K. Balachander		M. S. Viswanathan	Sarath Babu, Saritha, Sujatha

Ore Vaanam Ore Bhoomi	I. V. Sasi		M. S. Viswanathan	Jaishankar, K. R. Vijaya, Seema
	S. P. Muthuraman		V. Dakshinamoorthy	Vijay Babu
Oru Vidukadhai Oru Thodarkadhai			Gangai Amaran	Vijayan, Shoba, Vijay Babu, Abarna
	Durai		Shankar–Ganesh	Vikram, Seema, Sarath Babu, Vanitha
Pagalil Oru Iravu	I. V. Sasi		Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakumar, Sridevi, Seema
			Shankar–Ganesh	M. R. Radha, Srikanth, Sangeetha
			Shyam	Sivachandran, Vasanthi
			Shankar–Ganesh	Jai Ganesh, Rathi
Pasi	Durai		Shankar–Ganesh	Shoba, Delhi Ganesh, Vijayan
Pattakkathi Bhairavan	V. B. Rajendra Prasad		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivaji Ganesan, Jayasudha, Sridevi
Ponnu Oorukku Pudhusu			Ilaiyaraaja	Sudhakar, Vijayan, Saritha
Poonthalir	Devaraj–Mohan		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivakumar, Sujatha, Suruli Rajan
			M. S. Viswanathan	Thengai Srinivasan, Vadivukkarasi
Puthiya Vaarpugal	Bharathiraja		Ilaiyaraaja	K. Bhagyaraj, Rathi, Goundamani
			Shankar–Ganesh	R. Muthuraman, Sujatha, Srikanth, Abarna
Rosappu Ravikkaikari	Devaraj–Mohan	Vivekanandha Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Sivakumar, Deepa, Sivachandran
Sigappukkal Mookkuthi	Valampuri Somanathan		M. S. Viswanathan	Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Vijayakumar, Roja Ramani
			Shankar–Ganesh	Vijayakumar, Padmapriya,
	V. Srinivasan		M. S. Viswanathan	Thengai Srinivasan, Sujatha, Abarna
	K. Shankar		M. S. Viswanathan	R. Muthuraman, K. R. Vijaya, Jai Ganesh, Sripriya
Suvarilladha Chiththirangal	K. Bhagyaraj		Gangai Amaran	Sudhakar, Sumathi, K. Bhagyaraj
Thaayillamal Naan Illai	R. Thyagarajan	Devar Films	Shankar–Ganesh	Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Jai Ganesh
			Shyam	Jai Ganesh, Sumithra
Thirisoolam	K. Vijayan	Sivaji Productions	M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Sripriya
Thisai Maariya Paravaigal		P. S. V. Pictures	M. S. Viswanathan	Sarath Babu, Sumalatha, Major Sundarrajan
Uthiripookkal	Mahendran		Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayan, Ashwini
			Shankar–Ganesh	Delhi Ganesh, Rajani
		Modern Theatres	Rajesh	Reena, Ramakrishna, Ceylon Manohar, Jayakala, Aarathi, Venniradai Moorthy
	P. Madhavan	Arun Prasad Movies	Rajan–Nagendra	Vijayakumar, Suman, Shoba, Rathi
	Krishnan–Panju		M. S. Viswanathan	Vijayakumar, Manjula, Jamila
Velum Mayilum Thunai	Ra. Sankaran		Shankar–Ganesh	M. R. Radha, Vijayakumar, Major Sundarrajan, Sripriya, Raadhika, Cho, Manorama
Vetrikku Oruvan	S. P. Muthuraman		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivaji Ganesan, Sripriya, Mohan Babu
			K. J. Joy	Sivakumar, Sripriya, Srikanth, Jayasri

References[]

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

[2] CTD reports ₹19.82 crore ET collection in 1979-80

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