List of Tamil films of 2003

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 12 June 2000, Gross fell to 125 per cent of Nett.^[1]^[2] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹75.07 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[3]

A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2003:

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director
J A N	10	Dhool	Dharani	Vikram, Jyothika, Reemma Sen	Vidyasagar
	15	Anbe Sivam	Sundar C	Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran	Vidyasagar
		Annai Kaligambal	Rama Narayanan	Livingston, Ramya Krishnan, Anu Prabhakar	Deva
		Chokka Thangam	K. Bhagyaraj	Vijayakanth, Soundarya, Prakash Raj	Deva
		Kalatpadai	J. Ramesh	Jai, Vidhu	Bharathwaj
		Ramachandra	Raj Kapoor	Sathyaraj, Vijayalakshmi	Deva
		Vaseegara	K. Selva Bharathy	Vijay, Sneha	S. A. Rajkumar
	30	Pop Corn	Nassar	Mohanlal, Simran	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	31	Aasai Aasaiyai	Ravi Mariya	Jiiva, Sharmilee	Mani Sharma
F E B	6	Anbu	Thalapathy Raj	Bala, Deepu, Vadivelu	Vidyasagar
	14	Anbu Thollai	Hayath	Pandiarajan, Ravali	Soundaryan
		Julie Ganapathi	Balu Mahendra	Jayaram, Saritha, Ramya Krishnan	Ilaiyaraaja
		Kadhaludan	Rajakumaran	Murali, Devayani, Abbas	S. A. Rajkumar
		Student Number 1	Selva	Sibi Raj, Sherin	Maragathamani
	21	Yes Madam	Rajaji	Prabhu, Vijayalakshmi, Vindhya	Bharani
	28	Military	G. Sai Suresh	Sathyaraj, Rambha, Vijayalakshmi	Deva
	28	Pallavan	Padmamagan	Manoj Bharathiraja, Rathi	Vidyasagar
M A R	20	Ilasu Pudhusu Ravusu	L. C. Selva	Deepak Dinkar, Suja Varunee, Vadivelu	Biju
		Manasellam	Santhosh	Srikanth, Trisha	Ilaiyaraaja
		Nilavil Kalangamillai	V. Sabrivel	Agnivesh, Malar, Babilona	Naani
		Pavalakkodi	Ram-CP Saravanan	Vijay Sarathi, Robert, Paval, Shaama, Nirosha	Sirpy
	21	Ennai Thalatta Varuvala	K. S. Ravindran	Ajith Kumar, Vignesh, Reshma	M. Abniram
A P R	11	Magic Magic 3D	Jose	Suraj Balajee, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Pooja Kumar, Tirlok Malik	Sharreth
	13	Dum	A. Venkatesh	Silambarasan, Rakshita	Deva
		Kadhal Sadugudu	V. Z. Durai	Vikram, Priyanka Trivedi	Deva
		Sena	Sujith	Sathyaraj, Aravind Akash, Rakshita	D. Imman
	14	Arasu	Suresh	Sarathkumar, Simran, Roja	Mani Sharma
	14	Banda Paramasivam	T. P. Gajendran	Prabhu, Abbas, Rambha, Monika	Sirpy
	25	Punnagai Poove	S. D. Sabapathy	Nandha, Kaveri, Rekha Vedavyas	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	25	Well Done	Ravindran	Jayanth, Chytra Hallikeri	Vidyasagar
M A Y	1	Anbe Anbe	Mani Bharathi	Shaam, Sharmelee	Bharathwaj
		Indru Mudhal	M. A. Murugesh	Mithun Tejaswi, Daisy Bopanna, Nanditha	Deva
		Saamy	Hari	Vikram, Trisha	Harris Jayaraj
	8	Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu	Sakthi Chidambaram	Jai Akash, Neha, Hamsavardhan, Monica	Devi Sri Prasad
	8	Pudhiya Geethai	K. P. Jagannath	Vijay, Ameesha Patel, Meera Jasmine	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	16	Lesa Lesa	Priyadarshan	Shaam, Trisha	Harris Jayaraj
	16	Parthiban Kanavu	Karu Pazhaniappan	Srikanth, Sneha	Vidyasagar
	30	Parasuram	Arjun	Arjun, Kiran, Gayathri Raguram	A. R. Rahman
J U N	12	Nala Damayanthi	Mouli	R. Madhavan, Geetu Mohandas, Shrutika	Ramesh Vinayakam
	13	Paarai	K. S. Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, Meena, Ramya Krishnan	Sabesh–Murali
	20	Jayam	M. Raja	Jayam Ravi, Sadha	R. P. Patnaik
J U L	4	Ice	Raghuraj	Ashok, Priyanka Trivedi	Devi Sri Prasad
		Kaadhal Kondein	Selvaraghavan	Dhanush, Sonia Agarwal	Yuvan Shankar Raja
		Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi	K. Rajeswar	Simran, Sonu Sood, Sherin
		Whistle	J.D-Jerry	Vikramaditya, Sherin, Gayathri Raguram	D. Imman
	11	Priyamaana Thozhi	Vikraman	R. Madhavan, Jyothika, Sridevi Vijayakumar	S. A. Rajkumar
	18	Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu	Kanmani	Mithun Tejaswi, Charmee	Vidyasagar
		Kadhal Kisu Kisu	P. Vasu	Bala, Charmee	Vidyasagar
		Thayumanavan	Saravanan	Saravanan, Prema	Vaikundavasan
A U G	1	Idhayamae	Raviraja	Ishaq Hussaini, Krishnana, Vadivelu	Pradeep Ravi
		Kaakha Kaakha	Gautham Vasudev Menon	Suriya, Jyothika	Harris Jayaraj
		Thithikudhe	Brinda Sarathy	Jiiva, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Shrutika	Vidyasagar
		Vikadan	Arun Pandian	Harish Raghavendra, Arun Pandian, Gayathri Raguram, Radhika Chaudhari	Jerom Pushparaj
	8	Eera Nilam	Bharathiraja	Manoj Bharathiraja, Nanditha	Sirpy
	15	Alaudin	Ravi Chakravathy	Prabhu Deva, Ashima Bhalla	Mani Sharma
	15	Thennavan	Nandakumaran	Vijayakanth, Kiran Rathod	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	22	Diwan	Surya Prakash	Sarath Kumar, Kiran Rathod	S. A. Rajkumar
	29	Boys	S. Shankar	Siddharth, Genelia, Vivek, Bharath, Nakul, Thaman, Manikandan	A. R. Rahman
S E P	5	Success	Prashanthshekhar	Dushyanth, Sonia Agarwal, Nandana	Deva
	5	Thiruda Thirudi	Subramaniam Siva	Dhanush, Chaya Singh	Dhina
	12	Alai	Vikram Kumar	Silambarasan, Trisha	Vidyasagar
	12	Aalukkoru Aasai	V. Sekhar	Sathyaraj, Meena, Manthra	S. A. Rajkumar
	19	Naam	Saba Kailash	Prakash Raj, Reshmi	Kalyan Malik
		Unnai Charanadaindhen	Samuthirakani	Venkat Prabhu, S. P. B. Charan, Meera Vasudevan, Santhoshi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
		Dhivya Teacher	Kuha Jayaraj	Anand, Vinitha, Jagan	S. P. Bhoopathi
	27	Bheeshmar	Ranjith	Ranjith, Devayani	S. P. Venkatesh
		Galatta Ganapathy	Karthik Kumar	Pandiarajan, Sanghavi	Soundaryan
		Kaiyodu Kai	Rajan Sarma	Aravind Akash, Yugendran, Sona	Banapathra
		Ragasiyamai	Amuthan	Prasanna, Neelan Singh	Karthik Raja
		Three Roses	Parameswar	Rambha, Jyothika, Laila	Karthik Raja
		Winner	Sundar C.	Prashanth, Kiran, Vadivelu	Yuvan Shankar Raja
O C T	10	Vadakku Vaasal	B. M. Sundar	Karthik Kumar, Rithana	S. P. Venkatesh
	24	Anjaneya	N. Maharajan	Ajith Kumar, Meera Jasmine	Mani Sharma
		Ottran	Ilankannan	Arjun, Simran, Tejashree	Pravin Mani
		Pithamagan	Bala	Vikram, Suriya, Laila, Sangeetha	Ilaiyaraaja
		Thirumalai	Ramana	Vijay, Jyothika, Kausalya	Vidyasagar
N O V	14	Jay Jay	Saran	R. Madhavan, Pooja, Amoga	Bharathwaj
	21	Iyarkai	S. P. Jananathan	Shaam, Arun Vijay, Kutti Radhika	Vidyasagar
	21	Kurumbu	Vishnuvardhan	Allari Naresh, Nikita Thukral, Diya	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	28	Nadhi Karaiyinile	Ponvannan	Saranya Ponvannan	Sirpy
D E C	5	Anbe Un Vasam	R. Balu	Ashwin, Rathi Arumugam, Yogan	Dhina
	5	Mullil Roja	Kasthuri Pandian	Vishnu, Lahari, Lakshmi	Amudha Bharathi
	12	Konji Pesalaam	R. Kaleeswaran	Sreeja, Vamsi, C. Mukesh Kumar, Avinash	Ilaiyaraaja
	12	Ooruku Nooruper	B. Lenin	Hans Kaushik, Archana, Kripa	Aravind Jayashankar
	19	Enakku 20 Unakku 18	Jyothi Krishna	Tarun Kumar, Trisha, Shriya	A. R. Rahman
		Joot	Azhagam Perumal	Srikanth, Meera Jasmine	Vidyasagar
		Thathi Thavadhu Manasu	Azhagu Rajusundaram	Mumtaj, Kalabhavan Mani	Deva
		Soori	Shelvan	Vignesh, R. Parthiepan, Uma, Vijayalakshmi	Deva
	25	Indru	Naveen Muthuraman	Karthik, Tanu Roy	Deva
	25	Sindhamal Sitharamal	K. A. Shanmugavel	Abbas, Nanditha	Bharani
	26	Kadhal Kirukkan	Sakthi Chidambaram	R. Parthiepan, Richa Pallod, Vineeth	Deva
	26	Oruththi	Amshan Kumar	Ganesh Babu, Poorvaja, Bala Singh	L. Vaidyanathan

The following films also released in 2003, though the release date remains unknown.^[4]

Title	Director	Cast	Music director
Adhaanda Idhaanda	Karthikeyan	Pandiarajan, Sangeetha	Deva
Bhayam	David
IPC 215	Charuhasan	Ponvannan, Jaishankar
Oru Thadava Sonna	M. Jameenraj	Chinni Jayanth, Swarna, Lavanya	Kumaran
Paththikichu	S. S. Arasan	Devaguru, Manjari, Shakeela, Abhinayashree	Bhoopathy – Ravi Varma^[5]
Rekkai	B. Lenin	Narayana Rao, M. S. Vishalakshi, N. Madankumar	Amarji
Vaanam Vaazhthattum	Raveeshwar	Vimalahasan, Rashmi, Kulkarni	Adithyan
Vani Mahal	Jayram	Vignesh, Suvalakshmi	Deva

Awards[]

Category/Organization	Dinakaran Cinema Awards 10 April 2004	Filmfare Awards South 12 June 2004^[6]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 13 February 2006^[7]
Best Film	Pithamagan	Pithamagan	Eera Nilam
Best Director	Bala Pithamagan	Bala Pithamagan	Karu Pazhaniappan Parthiban Kanavu
Best Actor	Vikram Pithamagan	Vikram Pithamagan	Vikram Pithamagan
Best Actress	Jyothika Kaakha Kaakha Dhool	Laila Pithamagan	Laila Pithamagan
Best Music Director	Dhina Thiruda Thirudi	Harris Jayaraj Kaakha Kaakha	Harris Jayaraj Kaakha Kaakha

References[]

^ Government cuts entertainment tax to 25% (from 30%)
^ Low-budget films gets entertainment tax exemption^{[dead link]}
^ CTD reports ₹75.07 crore ET collection in 2003–04
^ http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2003.asp
^ "Archived copy". www.chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare Award winners - Times of India". The Times of India.
^ "Tamil Nadu state awards announced". Rediff. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

[1] Government cuts entertainment tax to 25% (from 30%)

[2] Low-budget films gets entertainment tax exemption^{[dead link]}

[3] CTD reports ₹75.07 crore ET collection in 2003–04

[4] ttp://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2003.asp

[5] "Archived copy". www.chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare Award winners - Times of India". The Times of India.

[7] "Tamil Nadu state awards announced". Rediff. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

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v t Indian films by year and decade
Highest-grossing Indian films Bengali Bhojpuri Hindi Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Punjabi Tamil Telugu
Bengali	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Bollywood (Hindi)	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Gujarati	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Kannada	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Malayalam	1928–1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Marathi	1910s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Odia	1936 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Tamil	1930s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Telugu	1930s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Other	Assamese Punjabi
Related	Silent films of South India