List of Tamil films of 2004

Prior to the amendment of Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 4 October 2004, Gross was 125 per cent of Nett for all films. Post-amendment, Gross fell to 115 per cent of Nett.^[1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹59.09 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[2]

A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2004:

Released films[]

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Music Director
J A N	1	Campus	Sharvi	Sajith Raj, Nitesh, Divya Dwivedi, Sheetal Shah		Rajneesh
	1	Kadhal Saregama	Ameerjan	Kaushik		Dhina
	14	Engal Anna	Siddique	Vijayakanth, Prabhu Deva, Swarnamalya, Namitha, Vadivelu		Deva
		Jai	S. Narayan	Prashanth, Anshu Ambani, Thyagarajan, Rajkiran		Mani Sharma
		Kovil	Hari	Silambarasan, Sonia Agarwal, Rajkiran, Nassar		Harris Jayaraj
		Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan	S. S. Stanley	Dhanush, Aparna Pillai		Yuvan Shankar Raja
		Virumaandi	Kamal Haasan	Kamal Haasan, Abhirami, Napoleon, Pasupathy		Ilaiyaraaja
	26	Ennavo Pudichirukku	Meenakshi Sundaram	Sudeep Sarangi, Bharani, Sindhuri		Subash Jawahar
F E B	6	Thendral	Thangar Bachan	Parthiban, Uma		Vidyasagar
	6	Vayasu Pasanga	Bharathi Kannan	Anush, Jai Arvind, Master Manikandan, Vindhya		R. K. Sundar
	13	Kamaraj	A. Balakrishnan	Richard Mathuram, Vijayan, V. S. Raghavan		Ilaiyaraaja
	13	Varnajalam	Nakulan Ponnusamy	Srikanth, Sadha, Kutty Radhika		Vidyasagar
	20	Autograph	Cheran	Cheran, Sneha, Gopika, Mallika, Kanika		Bharathwaj
	20	Kangalal Kaidhu Sei	Bharathiraja	Vaseegaran, Priyamani		A. R. Rahman
M A R	5	Adi Thadi	Shivraj	Sathyaraj, Napoleon, Abbas, Rathi		Deva
	5	Gambeeram	Suresh	Sarath Kumar, Laila, Pranathi		Mani Sharma
	12	Nee Mattum	Mathi Natesh	Jana, Deepu, Preethi		Thamizh
	19	Aarumugasaamy	Raviraja	Pandiarajan, Preethi Varma		Pradeep Ravi
	26	Pethi Solla Thattathea	Dharma	Pandiarajan, Nanditha		Iyappan
	26	Udhaya	Azhagam Perumal	Vijay, Simran		A. R. Rahman
A P R	2	Kadhal Dot Com	Selvaraj	Prasanna, Anu Sasi, Shruthi Raj		Bharadwaj
	14	Kanavu Meippada Vendum	Janaki Vishwanathan	Ramya Krishnan, Asim Sharma, Karthik Srinivasan		Mahesh Mahadevan
	14	Kuththu	A. Venkatesh	Silambarasan, Divya Spandana, Kalabhavan Mani		Srikanth Deva
	16	Ghilli	Dharani	Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Prakash Raj		Vidyasagar
	23	Aethirree	K. S. Ravikumar	R. Madhavan, Sadha, Kanika, Rahman		Yuvan Shankar Raja
		Vaanam Vasappadum	P. C. Sriram	Karthik Kumar, Poongkothai Chandrahasan		Mahesh Mahadevan
		Kavithai	G. Kicha	Vamsi, Chaya Singh, Sarath Babu		Deva
M A Y	1	Arul	Hari	Vikram, Jyothika, Pasupathy		Harris Jayaraj
	1	Jana	Shaji Kailas	Ajith Kumar, Sneha		Dhina
	7	Perazhagan	Sasi Shanker	Suriya, Jyothika, Vivek		Yuvan Shankar Raja
	14	Settai	Shivan	Pandiarajan, Livingston, Vindhya		German Vijay
	21	Aaytha Ezhuthu	Mani Ratnam	Suriya, R. Madhavan, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, Trisha Krishnan, Esha Deol		A. R. Rahman
J U N	11	Jore	Selva	Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Bhanupriya, Gajala, Ramana		Deva
	11	Maanasthan	Marumalarchi Bharathi	Sarath Kumar, Abbas, Sakshi Sivanand		S. A. Rajkumar
	25	Machi	K. S. Vasanthakumar	Dushyanth Ramkumar, Shubha Poonja, Pasupathy		A. R. Reihana
	25	Super Da	Azhagu Raja Sundaram	Ramki, Kunal, Anusha		Deva
J U L	9	New	S. J. Surya	S. J. Surya, Simran, Devayani, Kiran		A. R. Rahman
	9	Singara Chennai	Suriyan	Abhinay, Rathi, Kalabhavan Mani		Karthik Raja
	16	Saga	Ramesh Krish
	16	Sema Ragalai	Ram	Sathyaraj, Devayani, Kalabhavan Mani		Simmam Kumar
	23	Shock	Thyagarajan	Prashanth, Meena, Abbas		Salim–Sulaiman
	23	Sullan	Ramana	Dhanush, Sindhu Tolani, Pasupathy		Vidyasagar
	30	Azhagiya Theeye	Radha Mohan	Prasanna, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj		Ramesh Vinayagam
		Loves	Jayapandian	Thamizh, Sona Heiden, Sweety		Deva
		Kadhale Jayam	Natarajan	Natarajan, Preethi Varma		Soundaryan
		Uyirosai	Hariram	Bharath, Soni		Aravind Sriram
A U G	6	Sound Party	Aarthi Kumar	Sathyaraj, Prathyusha		Deva
	10	Arivumani	M. K. Kennedy	Murali, Meera Vasudevan		Janakiraj
	15	Vasool Raja MBBS	Saran	Kamal Haasan, Sneha, Prabhu, Prakash Raj		Bharathwaj
	22	Azhagesan	Aarthi Kumar	Sathyaraj, Prema		Deva
	29	Kalamulla Kalam Varai	Udhaya			Vaniraja
	29	Madhurey	Ramana Madhesh	Vijay, Rakshitha, Sonia Agarwal, Tejashree		Vidyasagar
S E P	3	Kudaikul Mazhai	Parthiban	Parthiban, Madhumitha		Karthik Raja
	10	Chellamae	Gandhi Krishna	Vishal, Reemma Sen, Bharath		Harris Jayaraj
	17	Arasatchi	N. Maharajan	Arjun, Lara Dutta, Raghuvaran		Harris Jayaraj
	17	Gajendra	Suresh Krishna	Vijayakanth, Laya, Flora		Deva
O C T	1	Giri	Sundar C	Arjun, Reemma Sen, Divya Spandana, Devayani		D. Imman
		M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi	M. Raja	Jayam Ravi, Asin, Nadhiya, Prakash Raj		Srikanth Deva
		Oru Murai Sollividu	A. Jawahar	Rohit, Janapriya, Yugendran		Bharathwaj
	8	Bose	Senthil Kumar	Srikanth, Sneha, Kalabhavan Mani		Yuvan Shankar Raja
	15	Adhu	Ramesh Balakrishnan	Sneha, Abbas, Aravind, Suha		Yuvan Shankar Raja
	22	7G Rainbow Colony	Selvaraghavan	Ravi Krishna, Sonia Agarwal		Yuvan Shankar Raja
	22	Vishwa Thulasi	Sumathy Ram	Mammooty, Nandita Das
	29	En Purushan Ethir Veetu Ponnu	Barani Kumar	Pandiarajan, Sanghavi, Radhika Chaudhari, Abhinayashree		S. P. Bhoopathy
N O V	5	Neranja Manasu	Samudrakani	Vijayakanth, Susan		Karthik Raja
	12	Attahasam	Saran	Ajith Kumar, Pooja		Bharathwaj
		Chatrapathy	Srimahesh	Sarath Kumar, Nikita Thukral		S. A. Rajkumar
		Dreams	Kasthuri Raja	Dhanush, Diya, Parul Yadav		Bharathwaj
		Manmadhan	A. J. Murugan	Silambarasan, Jyothika, Sindhu Tolani		Yuvan Shankar Raja
D E C	3	Amma Appa Chellam	Suriyan	Bala, Chaya Singh		Bharathwaj
	3	Maha Nadigan	Sakthi Chidambaram	Sathyaraj, Namitha, Mumtaj		Deva
	17	Aai	A. Venkatesh	Sarath Kumar, Namitha		Srikanth Deva
		Jaisurya	Manoj Kumar	Arjun, Laila, Chaya Singh		Deva
		Jananam	Ramesh Selvan	Arun Vijay, Priyanka Trivedi, Raghuvaran		Bharathwaj
		Kaadhal	Balaji Sakthivel	Bharath, Sandhya		Joshua Sridhar
		Meesai Madhavan	S. Ramu	Ramana, Kutty Radhika		Bharani
	26	Gomathi Nayagam	Ponvannan	Ponvannan, Haripriya, Karthika		Jayachandran
		Kadhale Engal Desiya Geetham	Vijay Anand	Sriram Raghavan, Varshini, Ramesh Aravind		D. Imman
		Ramakrishna	Agathiyan	Jai Akash, Sridevika, Vani		Deva
		Remote	Karvannan	Napolean, Anamika		Daleep Varman

Other releases[]

The following films also released in 2004, though the release date remains unknown.^[3]

Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
M. V. Gopalan		Media International Corporation
Alex Pandian	Jaivarma, Abhinayashree	Imayam Enterprises	^[4]
K. K. Muthukumaar	Pandiarajan, Aishwarya	Varshini
D. K. Bose		Poornakala Production
Ilayavan		APN Pictures
N. Manikandan	Ashwathaman, Devan, Priya
S. Rajkumar	Rajkumar, Mangai	Agni Arts & Films
Benjamin	Livingston, Devayani	NS Pictures

Awards[]

Category/Organization	Dinakaran Cine Awards 23 May 2005^[5]	Filmfare Awards South 23 July 2005^[6]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 13 February 2006^[7]
Best Film	Autograph	Autograph	Autograph
Best Director	Cheran Autograph	Cheran Autograph	Cheran Autograph
Best Actor	Vijay Ghilli	Suriya Perazhagan	Jayam Ravi M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi
Best Actress	Jyothika Perazhagan	Sandhya Kaadhal	Jyothika Perazhagan
Best Music Director	Yuvan Shankar Raja Manmadhan	Bharathwaj / Yuvan Shankar Raja Autograph / 7G Rainbow Colony	Srikanth Deva M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi

References[]

^ Government cuts entertainment tax to 15% (from 25%)^{[dead link]}
^ CTD reports ₹59.09 crore ET collection in 2004-05
^ http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2004.asp
^ "Archived copy". www.chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Balaji's Thots: 2004 Dinakaran-Medimix Awards".
^ "Filmfare awards for South India - Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam & Kannada - Telugu Cinema".
^ "Tamil Nadu state awards announced".

[1] Government cuts entertainment tax to 15% (from 25%)^{[dead link]}

[2] CTD reports ₹59.09 crore ET collection in 2004-05

[3] ttp://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2004.asp

[4] "Archived copy". www.chennaionline.com. Archived from the original on 16 October 2006. Retrieved 14 March 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] "Balaji's Thots: 2004 Dinakaran-Medimix Awards".

[6] "Filmfare awards for South India - Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam & Kannada - Telugu Cinema".

[7] "Tamil Nadu state awards announced".

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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