List of Tamil films of 1987

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 ₹61 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 1987, in alphabetical order.

Title	Director	Producer	Music	Cast
Aalappirandhavan			Ilaiyaraaja	Sathyaraj, Ambika, Silk Smitha, Master Tinku
Aankalai Nambathey			Devendran	Pandiyan, Rekha, Ramya Krishnan, Senthil, V. K. Ramasamy, S. S. Chandran
Aayusu Nooru			T. Rajendar	Pandiyan, Pandiarajan, Ranjini, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
Anand	C. V. Rajendran	Sivaji Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Prabhu, Radha, Jayashree, Chinni Jayanth
Ananda Aradhanai	Dinesh Baboo		Manoj Gyan	Mohan, Suhasini, Lizy, Srividya, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
Anbulla Appa	A. C. Tirulokchandar	AVM Productions	Shankar–Ganesh	Sivaji Ganesan, Nadhiya, Rahman, V. K. Ramasamy, Y. G. Mahendra, Manorama, Sangeetha, Baby Sujitha
Anjatha Singam			Shankar–Ganesh	Prabhu, Sathyaraj, Nalini, Jaishankar, Silk Smitha, Anuradha, Senthil, Vanitha
				Pandiyan, , Rekha, Raghuvaran, Senthil
	K. Natraj	Dhandayudhapani Films	Gangai Amaran	Suresh, Jayashree, Sarath Babu, Sujatha
Chinna Kuyil Paaduthu	P. Madhavan		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivakumar, Ambika, Ilavarasi, Cho, Senthil, Manorama, Kovai Sarala, Master Tinku
Chinna Poove Mella Pesu			S. A. Rajkumar	Prabhu, Ramki, , Shubha, Sudha Chandran, Sabitha Anand, Chinni Jayanth
Chinna Thambi Periya Thambi	Manivannan		Gangai Amaran	Sathyaraj, Prabhu, Nadhiya, Nizhalgal Ravi, Sudha Chandran
Chinnamanikkuyile	Priyadarshan	Sajan Vargheese	Saj Productions	Karthik,
Cooliekkaran	Rajasekhar	Kalaippuli International	T. Rajendar	Vijayakanth, Jaishankar, Srividya, Rupini, Radha Ravi, Silk Smitha, Nagesh, S. S. Chandran
Dhoorathu Pachai	Manobala		Ilaiyaraaja	Karthik, Suhasini, Thulasi
	T. R. Ramanna		M. S. Viswanathan	K. R. Vijaya, Rajesh, Revathi, Srividya, Sripriya
			Shankar–Ganesh	Saritha, Rajesh, Radha Ravi
Enga Chinna Rasa	K. Bhagyaraj		Shankar–Ganesh	K. Bhagyaraj, Radha,
Enga Ooru Pattukaran	Gangai Amaran	Meenakshi Arts	Ilaiyaraaja	Ramarajan, Rekha, Nishanthi, S. S. Chandran, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
			Shankar–Ganesh	Karthik, S. Ve. Shekher, Ilavarasi, Mahalakshmi, S. S. Chandran, Vanitha
			Gangai Amaran	Pandiarajan, Saritha, , Rajeev
Evargal Indiyargal			Manoj Gyan	Ramarajan, Madhuri, Lakshmi, Senthil
Gramatthu Minnal	K. Rangaraj		Ilaiyaraaja	Ramarajan, Revathi, Raja, Goundamani
Idhu Oru Thodar Kathai	Anu Mohan		Gangai Amaran	Mohan, Amala, Rekha, Goundamani, Senthil
Ini Oru Sudhanthiram	Manivannan		Gangai Amaran	Sivakumar, Nalini, Chandrasekhar, Pandiyan, Rekha, Raja, Jeevitha, Sulakshana, Janagaraj, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
Iniya Uravu Poothathu	C. V. Sridhar		Ilaiyaraaja	Suresh, Nadhiya, S. Ve. Shekher, Babita, Cho
			T. K. Ramamoorthy	Raveendran, Seetha, ,
Ivargal Varungala Thoongal			T. Rajendar	Prabhu, Ambika, Raghuvaran, Jaishankar, Jayachitra, Nagesh, Disco Shanti
Jaathi Pookkal	A. P. Rathinam			Shanavas, Nalini
Jallikattu	Manivannan		Ilaiyaraaja	Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj, Radha, Janagaraj
				Kalairani, Nassar, Delhi Ganesh
Kadamai Kanniyam Kattupaadu	Santhana Bharathi	Raaj Kamal Films International	Ilaiyaraaja	Sathyaraj, Nalini, Jeevitha, Geetha
Kadhal Parisu	A. Jagannathan	Sathya Movies	Ilaiyaraaja	Kamal Haasan, Ambika, Radha, Jaishankar, Janagaraj, Kovai Sarala
	Manivannan		Ilaiyaraaja	Arjun, Ilavarasi, Senthil, Anuradha, Chinni Jayanth
	Y. G. Mahendra		M. S. Viswanathan	Y. G. Mahendra, Pallavi, Jaishankar, Visu, Manorama
Kavalan Avan Kovalan	Visu	K. R. G. Film Circuit		Prabhu, Rekha, Madhuri, Visu, Prameela, Kalaranjini
Kavithai Paada Neramillai	Yugi Sethu		L. Vaidyanathan	Amala, Raghuvaran, Yugi Sethu, Nassar
Kizhakku Africavil Sheela	Dwarakish		Bappi Lahiri	Suresh, Shakeela, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
Kootu Puzhukkal	R. C. Sakthi		M. S. Viswanathan	Raghuvaran, Amala, Chandrasekhar, Y. Vijaya
Krishnan Vandhaan	K. Vijayan	S. L. S. Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Sivaji Ganesan, Mohan, Rekha, Thengai Srinivasan
Kudumbam Oru Kovil	A. C. Tirulokchandar			Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi
Makkal En Pakkam		Suresh Arts	Chandrabose	Sathyaraj, Ambika, Rajesh, Nagesh, Janagaraj, Manorama, Anuradha
Manaivi Ready	Pandiarajan		Ilaiyaraaja	Pandiarajan, Debashree Roy, K. A. Thangavelu, R. S. Manohar, Manorama
Manathil Urudhi Vendum	K. Balachandar	Kavithalayaa Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Suhasini, Sridhar, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Ramesh Aravind
Mangai Oru Gangai	Hariharan		Laxmikant–Pyarelal	Saritha, Suresh, Nadhiya
Manithan	S. P. Muthuraman	AVM Productions	Chandrabose	Rajinikanth, Rupini, Srividya, Raghuvaran, Madhuri, Cho, Senthil
			V. Kumar	Pandiarajan, Murali, Rahman, Rekha, Madhuri, S. Ve. Shekher, Aruna
Megam Karuththirukku	Rama Narayanan	Sri Thenandal Films	Manoj Gyan	Prabhu, Rekha, S. S. Chandran
Michael Raj	V. C. Guhanathan	Suresh Productions	Chandrabose	Raghuvaran, Madhuri, Sarath Babu, Sumithra, Senthil, Viji, Baby Shalini
Mupperum Deviyar	K. Shankar		M. S. Viswanathan	K. R. Vijaya, Sujatha, Lakshmi, Prabhu, Ambika, Senthil
Muthukkal Moondru	A. Jagannathan		T. Rajendar	Sivaji Ganesan, Sathyaraj, Pandiarajan, Ranjini, Thengai Srinivasan, Manorama, Baby Sujitha
My Dear Lisa	Baby		Reghu Kumar	Nizhalgal Ravi, Sadhana, , Manorama
	Rama Narayanan		Shankar–Ganesh	Karthik, Ambika, Madhuri, S. S. Chandran, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
Nayakan	Mani Ratnam	Muktha Films	Ilaiyaraaja	Kamal Haasan, Saranya, Karthika, Janagaraj, Nassar, Nizhalgal Ravi, Thara
Neethikku Thandanai	S. A. Chandrasekhar		M. S. Viswanathan	Raadhika, Ravichandran, Srividya, Nizhalgal Ravi, Charan Raj, Senthil, S. S. Chandran, Kovai Sarala
	Manoj Kumar		M. S. Viswanathan	Ramarajan, Nishanthi, Janagaraj, Senthil, Vidya Venugopal, Deepa
	Rama Narayanan		Shankar–Ganesh	Chandrasekhar, Seetha
			Ilaiyaraaja	Mohan, Rupini, Chandrasekhar
Ninaive Oru Sangeetham	K. Rangaraj		Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakanth, Radha, Srividya, Rekha, Goundamani, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
	Ramarajan		Gangai Amaran	Ramarajan, Nishanthi, Ravichandran, Sulakshana, Senthil, S. S. Chandran
			Gangai Amaran	Arun Pandian, Srividya, Madhavi
Oorkavalan	Manobala	Sathya Movies	Shankar–Ganesh	Rajinikanth, Raadhika, Pandiyan, Y. G. Mahendra, Chithra
Ore Raththam	K. Sornam		Devendran	Karthik, Pandiyan, Seetha, Madhuri, M. K. Stalin, , Manorama
Oru Thayin Sabhatham	T. Rajendar	Chimbu Cine Arts	T. Rajendar	T. Rajendar, Srividya, Nizhalgal Ravi, S. S. Chandran
Paadu Nilave	K. Rangaraj		Ilaiyaraaja	Mohan, Nadhiya, Ravichandran, Senthil
	Jayadevi	Liberty Films	Shyam	Ranjini, Madhuri, Disco Shanti, Vinu Chakravarthy, Nassar, Thyagu
Parisam Pottachu			Manoj Gyan	Karthik, Pandiyan, Ranjini, Madhuri, Senthil, S. S. Chandran
Paruva Ragam	V. Ravichandran	Sri Eswari Productions	Hamsalekha	V. Ravichandran, Juhi Chawla, Jaishankar, Manorama
Per Sollum Pillai	S. P. Muthuraman	AVM Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Kamal Haasan, Raadhika, K. R. Vijaya, Goundamani, Manorama, Raveendran, Ramya Krishnan
Pesum Padam	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao		L. Vaidyanathan	Kamal Haasan, Amala, Tinnu Anand, P. L. Narayana, Pratap K. Pothen, Farida Jalal
Poo Mazhai Pozhiyuthu	V. Azhagappan		R. D. Burman	Vijayakanth, Nadhiya, Suresh
Poo Poova Poothirukku	V. Azhagappan		T. Rajendar	Prabhu, Saritha, Amala, Rajeev, Senthil, Manorama
	Sreedhar Rajan		T. Rajendar	T. Rajendar, Monisha Unni, Harish
			Ilaiyaraaja	Suresh, Nadhiya, Jaishankar, S. S. Chandran, Senthil, Sumithra
Poovizhi Vasalile	Fazil		Ilaiyaraaja	Sathyaraj, Karthika, Baby Sujitha
	Manivannan		Ilaiyaraaja	Raghuvaran, Raadhika
Raja Mariyadhai			Shankar–Ganesh	Sivaji Ganesan, Karthik, Jeevitha, Janagaraj, Senthil, Sadhana
				Ilavarasan, Sandhya
Rettai Vaal Kuruvi	Balu Mahendra		Ilaiyaraaja	Mohan, Raadhika, Archana, V. K. Ramasamy, Thengai Srinivasan
Sattam Oru Vilayaattu	S. A. Chandrasekhar	V. V. Creations	Shankar–Ganesh	Vijayakanth, Radha, Ravichandran, Srividya, S. S. Chandran
Shankar Guru	L. Raja	AVM Productions	Chandrabose	Arjun, Seetha, Sasikala, Baby Shalini, Senthil, Manorama, Y. G. Mahendra
Sirai Paravai	Manobala		Ilaiyaraaja	Vijayakanth, Raadhika, Baby Shalini, Senthil, Y. Vijaya
Solvathellam Unmai				Vijayakanth, Rekha, Jaishankar
	R. C. Sakthi		M. S. Viswanathan	Rajesh, Lakshmi, Jayashree, Y. G. Mahendra
Thambathyam	K. Vijayan		Manoj Gyan	Sivaji Ganesan, Ambika, Radha, V. K. Ramasamy, Thulasi,
Thangachi	R. Krishnamurthy		S. A. Rajkumar	Ramki, Seetha, Pallavi, Radha Ravi, Nizhalgal Ravi, Senthil, S. S. Chandran, Anuradha
Thaye Neeye Thunai			Shankar–Ganesh	K. R. Vijaya, Karthik, Pandiyan, Sudha Chandran, Senthil, S. S. Chandran
Theertha Karaiyinile	Manivannan		Ilayaraja	Mohan, Rupini, Senthil, Janagaraj, Kovai Sarala
Thirumathi Oru Vegumathi	Visu	Kavithalayaa Productions	Shankar–Ganesh	Pandiyan, Visu, Jayashree, Kalpana, S. Ve. Shekher, Nizhalgal Ravi,
Thulasi	Ameerjan			Murali, Seetha, Chandrasekhar, Senthil, Charle, Thara
	Ashok Kumar		Ilaiyaraaja	Pandiarajan, Rekha, Nizhalgal Ravi, V. K. Ramasamy, Manorama, Kovai Sarala, Master Tinku
Uzhavan Magan	R. Aravindraj		Manoj Gyan	Vijayakanth, Raadhika, Radha, Senthil, S. S. Chandran, Kovai Sarala
Vairagyam	K. Vijayan	Sujatha Cine Arts	Manoj Gyan	Prabhu, Radha, Sowcar Janaki, Jaishankar, Manorama, Janagaraj
Valayal Satham			M. S. Viswanathan	Murali, , Raja, Madhuri, Chandrasekhar, M. N. Nambiar, Manorama, Janagaraj, Senthil
Vanna Kanavugal	Ameerjan	Kavithalayaa Productions		Karthik, Murali, Jayashree, Charle
			Ilaiyaraaja	Pandiarajan, Radha Ravi, Saritha, Deepa, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
Vedham Pudhithu	Bharathiraja		Devendran	Sathyaraj, Amala, Saritha, Raja, Janagaraj
Veerapandiyan			Shankar–Ganesh	Sivaji Ganesan, Vijayakanth, Raadhika, Jaishankar, Sumithra, V. K. Ramasamy, Anuradha
Veeran Veluthambi	Rama Narayanan	Sri Thenandal Films	S. A. Rajkumar	Radha Ravi, Ambika, Chandrasekhar, Rekha, Senthil, S. S. Chandran
Velaikaran	S. P. Muthuraman	Kavithalayaa Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	Rajinikanth, Amala, K. R. Vijaya, Sarath Babu, Pallavi, V. K. Ramasamy, Senthil
Velicham	Sundar K. Vijayan		Manoj Gyan	Karthik, Ranjini, Nizhalgal Ravi, Sumithra, Senthil, Kovai Sarala
Velundu Vinaiyillai	K. Shankar		M. S. Viswanathan	Vijayakanth, Ambika, M. N. Nambiar, Senthil, Vadivukkarasi
Vilangu	P. Jayadevi		Shyam	Jaishankar, Nizhalgal Ravi, Nalini, Arun Pandian, Ramya Krishnan, Sulakshana, Janagaraj

References[]

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

[2] CTD reports ₹61 crore ET collection in 1987-88

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