# List of Tamil films of 2020

This is a list of Tamil language films produced in the Tamil cinema in India that were released/scheduled to be released in 2020.

## Box office collection

The highest-grossing Kollywood films released in 2020, by worldwide box office gross revenue, are as follows:
Highest worldwide gross of 2020 :
| Rank | Film | Production company | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Darbar | Lyca Productions | ₹202 crore (equivalent to ₹238 crore or US$27 million in 2023) |
| 2 | Pattas | Sathya Jyothi Films | ₹37.5 crore (equivalent to ₹44 crore or US$5.1 million in 2023) |
| 3 | Psycho | Red Giant Movies | ₹25 crore (equivalent to ₹29 crore or US$3.4 million in 2023) |

## Released films
### January – March

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| J A N | 3 | Anantha Veedu | Sugumaran | Sugumaran, Shivayam, Nagarajan | Nila Movie Makers |
| J A N | 3 | Ayya Ullen Ayya | Erode Soundar | Kabilesh, Prarthana Sandeep, Livingston, Manobala | Veera Sri Santhana Karuparayan |
| J A N | 3 | En Sangathu Aala Adichavan Evanada | Naveen Manikandan | Vikkas, Madhumitha, Delhi Ganesh, Chitra | SH Media Dreams |
| J A N | 3 | Kadhal Vizhigal | Sri Sumathy | Jayabalan, Sri Sumathy | Sri Sumathy |
| J A N | 3 | Pachai Vilakku | Maran | Maran, Theesha, Imman Annachi, Manobala | Digithink Mediawork |
| J A N | 3 | Pizhai | Rajavel Krishnaa | Kakka Muttai Ramesh, Appa Nasath, Mime Gopi, Charle | Turning Point Productions |
| J A N | 3 | Thedu | Suci Easwar | Sanjay, Meghana, Sivakasi Murgesan, Kamaraj | Kishore Cine Arts |
| J A N | 3 | Thottu Vidum Thooram | V. P. Nageswaran | Vivek Raj, Monica Chinnakotla, Livingston, Seetha | Usha Cine Creations |
| J A N | 9 | Darbar | AR Murugadoss | Rajinikanth, Nayanthara, Nivetha Thomas, Suniel Shetty | Lyca Productions |
| J A N | 15 | Pattas | R. S. Durai Senthilkumar | Dhanush, Sneha, Mehreen Pirzada, Naveen Chandra | Sathya Jyothi Films |
| J A N | 24 | Psycho | Mysskin | Udhayanidhi Stalin, Aditi Rao Hydari, Nithya Menen | Double Meaning Production |
| J A N | 24 | Rajavukku Check | Sai Rajkumar | Cheran, Srushti Dange, Sarayu Mohan, Nandana Varma | Pallatte Kokkatt Film House |
| J A N | 24 | Taana | Yuvaraj Subramani | Vaibhav, Nandita Swetha, Yogi Babu | Nobel Movies Production |
| J A N | 31 | Dagaalty | Vijay Anand | Santhanam, Rittika Sen, Yogi Babu | Hand Made Films |
| J A N | 31 | Maayanadhi | Ashok Thiagarajan | Abi Saravanan, Venba, Aadukalam Naren | Raji Nila Mukil Films |
| J A N | 31 | Utraan | O. Rajagajini | Roshan Udayakumar, Heroshini Komali, Priyanka Nair | Sat Cinemas |
| J A N | 31 | Vanmurai | Manjith Divakar | R. K. Suresh, Vinoth Kishan, Charmila, Vigil Varhese | Arya Aadhi International Movies |
| F E B | 1 | Naadodigal 2 | Samuthirakani | Sasikumar, Anjali, Athulya Ravi | Madras Enterprises |
| F E B | 7 | Adavi | G. Ramesh | Vinoth Kishan, Ammu Abirami, Attapadi Radhakrishnan | Shri Krish Pictures |
| F E B | 7 | Pulikodi Devan | S. P. Raaj Prabhu | V. Krishnaswamy, Amala Maria | Chozha Nadu Talkies |
| F E B | 7 | Sandimuni | Milka S. Selvakumar | Natty, Manisha Yadav, Yogi Babu | Sivam Media Works |
| F E B | 7 | Seeru | Rathina Siva | Jiiva, Riya Suman, Gayathri Krishnaa, Navdeep | Vels Film International |
| F E B | 7 | Vaanam Kottattum | Dhana | Sarathkumar, Radhika, Vikram Prabhu, Aishwarya Rajesh | Madras Talkies |
| F E B | 14 | Day Knight | N. K. Kandi | Aadarsh, Finny Mathew, Vipin Thomas | Futurz International |
| F E B | 14 | Naan Sirithaal | Raana | Hiphop Tamizha, Iswarya Menon | Avni Movies |
| F E B | 14 | Oh My Kadavule | Ashwath Marimuthu | Ashok Selvan, Ritika Singh, Vani Bhojan | Axess Film Factory |
| F E B | 21 | Baaram | Priya Krishnaswamy | Raju, Stella Gobi | Reckless Roses |
| F E B | 21 | God Father | Jegan Rajshekar | Natty, Lal, Ananya | GS Arts |
| F E B | 21 | Kutty Devathai | K. Alexander | Chozhavendhan, Teja Reddy, Vela Ramamoorthy | Jai Shakthi Movies |
| F E B | 21 | Kanni Maadam | Bose Venkat | Sriram Karthick, Saya Devi, Murugadoss, Mime Gopi | MSM Movie Traders |
| F E B | 21 | Mafia: Chapter 1 | Karthick Naren | Arun Vijay, Priya Bhavani Shankar, Prasanna | Lyca Productions |
| F E B | 21 | Meendum Oru Mariyathai | Bharathiraja | Bharathiraja, Nakshatra | Manoj Creations |
| F E B | 28 | Draupathi | Mohan G | Richard Rishi, Sheela Rajkumar, Karunas | GM Film Corporation |
| F E B | 28 | Galtha | S. Hari Uthraa | Antony Sagayaraj, Siva Nishanth, Ayraa Jain, Appukutty | Malar Movie Makers |
| F E B | 28 | Irumbu Manithan | Disney | Santhosh Prathap, Archana, Ganja Karuppu | Shankar Movies International |
| F E B | 28 | Kadalil Kattumaramai | Yuvraj Munish | Rakshan, Rithika, Elaya, Latha Sai | SB Shoba Movies |
| F E B | 28 | Kannum Kannum Kollaiyadithaal | Desingh Periyasamy | Dulquer Salmaan, Ritu Varma, Rakshan, Niranjani | Anto Joseph Film Company |
| M A R | 6 | College Kumar | Hari Santhosh | Prabhu, Rahul Vijay, Priya Vadlamani, Madhoo | M. R. Pictures |
| M A R | 6 | Ettuthikkum Para | Keera | Samuthirakani, Chandini Tamilarasan, Nitish Veera | Varnalaya Cine Creations |
| M A R | 6 | Gypsy | Raju Murugan | Jiiva, Natasha Singh, Sunny Wayne | Olympia Movies |
| M A R | 6 | Indha Nilai Maarum | Arunkanth | Ramkumar, Ashwin Kumar Lakshmikanthan, Nivedhithaa Sathish | Panthalam Cinemas |
| M A R | 6 | Velvet Nagaram | Manojkumar Natarajan | Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Ramesh Thilak | Makers Studios |
| M A R | 13 | Alti | M. J. Hussain | Anbhu Mayilsami, Manishajith, Sendrayan | NSR Film Factory |
| M A R | 13 | Asuraguru | A. Rajdeep | Vikram Prabhu, Mahima Nambiar | JSB Film Studios |
| M A R | 13 | Dharala Prabhu | Krishna Marimuthu | Harish Kalyan, Tanya Hope, Vivek | Screen Scene Media Entertainment |
| M A R | 13 | Kayiru | Ganesh | S. R. Gunaa, Kavya Madhav, Cheranraj | Skyway Pictures |
| M A R | 13 | Thanchamada Nee Yenakku | M. Charle | Dileep Poonthura, Binees Baskar, Tiger Khan | RM Real Media |
| M A R | 13 | Walter | U. Anbarasan | Sibiraj, Shirin Kanchwala, Samuthirakani | 11:11 Productions (P) Ltd |

### April – June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| A P R | 1 | Sethum Aayiram Pon | Anand Ravichandran | Srilekha Rajendran, Nivedhithaa Sathish, Avinash Raghudevan | Wishberry Films |
| M A Y | 29 | Ponmagal Vandhal | J. J. Frederick | Jyothika, Parthiban, K. Bhagyaraj | 2D Entertainment, Amazon Prime Video |
| M A Y | 30 | Mamakiki | Five directors | Preetha Anandan, Ramesh Thilak, Dev | Super Talkies, ZEE5 |
| J U N | 19 | Penguin | Eashvar Karthic | Keerthy Suresh, Linga, Madhampatty Rangaraj | Stone Bench Films, Passion Studios, Amazon Prime Video |
| J U N | 19 | Yaadhumagi Nindraai | Gayathri Raguram | Gayathri Raguram, Nivas Adithan, Sindhu Krishnan | Suja Movies, ZEE5 |

### July–September

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| J U L | 10 | Cocktail | Vijaya Murugan | Yogi Babu, Rashmi Gopinath, Mithun Maheswaran, KPY Bala | PG Mediaworks, ZEE5 |
| J U L | 31 | Hawala | Ammith Rao | Srinivas, Ammith Rao, Amulya, Nizhalgal Ravi | Apples and Pears Filmy Mystics |
| A U G | 1 | Danny | L. C. Santhanamoorthy | Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Vela Ramamoorthy | PG Mediaworks |
| A U G | 14 | Lock Up | S. G. Charles | Vaibhav, Venkat Prabhu, Vani Bhojan | Shvedh Group |
| A U G | 15 | Onbathu Kuzhi Sampath | J. A. Ragupathi | Balaji Maharaja, Nikhila Vimal, Appukutty | 80-20 Pictures |
| S E P | 6 | Madham | Rajni | Vijayshankar, Swathishta Krishnan, John, Dinakaran | Kalikambal Films |

### October–December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| O C T | 2 | Ka Pae Ranasingam | P. Virumaandi | Vijay Sethupathi, Aishwarya Rajesh, Bhavani Sre | KJR Studios |
| O C T | 2 | Silence | Hemant Madhukar | Madhavan, Anushka Shetty, Michael Madsen, Anjali | People Media Factory, Kona Film Corporation |
| O C T | 6 | Varmaa | Bala | Dhruv Vikram, Megha Chowdhury, Raiza Wilson | E4 Entertainment |
| O C T | 16 | Putham Pudhu Kaalai | Five directors | Jayaram, Ritu Varma, Shruti Haasan, Andrea Jeremiah, Bobby Simha | Amazon Prime Video |
| O C T | 27 | Patra Vaitha Nerupondru | Vinoth Rajendran | Dinesh Sadasivam, Smruthi Venkat, Ranjith | Iruvar Film Factory |
| O C T | 30 | Nungambakkam | Ramesh Selvan | Ajmal, Mano, Ayra, A. Venkatesh | Dream World Cinemas |
| N O V | 12 | Soorarai Pottru | Sudha Kongara | Suriya, Paresh Rawal, Aparna Balamurali, Urvashi, Mohan Babu | 2D Entertainment, Amazon Prime Video |
| N O V | 14 | Biskoth | R. Kannan | Santhanam, Tara Alisha Berry, Sowcar Janaki | Masala Pix |
| N O V | 14 | Irandam Kuththu | Santhosh P. Jayakumar | Santhosh P. Jayakumar, Akrithi Singh | Flying Horse Pictures |
| N O V | 14 | Marijuana | M. D. Anand | Rishi Rithvik, Asha Parthalom | Third Eye Creation |
| N O V | 14 | Mookuthi Amman | RJ Balaji N. J. Saravanan | Nayanthara, RJ Balaji, Urvashi, Smruthi Venkat | Vels Film International |
| N O V | 14 | Naanga Romba Busy | Badri | Prasanna, Shaam, Ashwin Kakumanu, Shruti Marathe | Avni Movies |
| N O V | 14 | Thatrom Thookrom | Arul Suriakannu | Teejay Arunasalam, Kaali Venkat, Cheenu Mohan | Media Marshal |
| N O V | 20 | Puranagar | Minnal Murugan | Kamal Govindraj, Ashwini Chandrasekar, Suganya | Valliyammaal Production |
| N O V | 20 | Quota | P. Amudhavanan | Chella, Saji Subarna, Naresh Madeswar | Team A Ventures |
| N O V | 20 | Routtu | A. C. Manikandan | Kavithiran, Madhumitha, Appukutty, Mime Gopi | Saromi Movie Garland |
| N O V | 24 | Andhaghaaram | V. Vignarajan | Arjun Das, Vinoth Kishan, Pooja Ramachandran, Misha Ghoshal | A for Apple |
| N O V | 26 | 13aam Number Veedu | Vivy Kathiresan | Ramana, Sanjeev, Praveen Prem, Varsha Bollamma | Sri Swarnalatha Productions |
| N O V | 26 | Theeviram | Michael Muthu | Gokul Anand, Amzath Khan, Arjun Chidambaram | Super Talkies |
| N O V | 27 | Aarvakolaru | G. V. Chandar | Abilash, Preethi Dyana, Martin Jayaraj | Big Screen Cinemas |
| N O V | 27 | Dhowalath | Sanjhey Siva | Sakthi Sivan, Ritu, Yogi Babu, Yog Japee | Right Arts |
| N O V | 27 | Kavalthurai Ungal Nanban | RDM | Suresh Ravi, Raveena Ravi, Mime Gopi | BR Talkies Corporation |
| N O V | 27 | Yen Peyar Anandhan | Sridhar Venkatesan | Santhosh Prathap, Athulya Ravi, Deepak Paramesh | Savitha Cine Arts |
| D E C | 4 | Ithu En Kathal Puthakam | Madhu G. Kamalam | Jai Jacob, Rajesh Raj, Anjitha Sree | Roseland Cinemas |
| D E C | 4 | Kadathal Kaaran | S. Kumar | Kevin, Renu Soundar, Rukmini Babu | F3 Films |
| D E C | 4 | Kanni Raasi | Muthukumaran | Vimal, Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, Pandiarajan | King Movie Makers |
| D E C | 4 | Soodu | S. Arumugasamy | M. Pandian, Sasana, Thendral | SKM Medias |
| D E C | 11 | Biya | Raaj Gokul Dass | Jubilrajan P. Dev, Savanthika | Aromal Cine Creation |
| D E C | 11 | Karuppankaatu Valasu | Selvendran | Ebenezer Devaraj, Neelima Esai, George Vijay Nelson | Crew21 Entertainment |
| D E C | 11 | Kombu | E. Ibrahim | Lollu Sabha Jeeva, Disha Pandey, Pandiarajan | Sri Sai Srivivasa Pictures |
| D E C | 11 | Mei Maranthen | V. Muthukumar | Sanjay, Sanyathara, Nekha | CGM Pictures |
| D E C | 11 | Miya | A. L. Ravi Mathew S. | Namitha, Sonia Agarwal, Veerender | E Media Productions |
| D E C | 11 | Thiruvalar Panchangam | Malarvizhi Natesan | Ananth Nag, Kadhal Sukumar, Aadukalam Naren | Alar Studios |
| D E C | 18 | Kallathanam | E. C. Dhandapani | Yugan, Sapna, Martin, Kannan | Win Pictures |
| D E C | 18 | Selathu Ponnu | Star Ganesh | Star Ganesh, Kamali | Star Ganesh |
| D E C | 18 | Sollunganne Sollunga | Elango Lakshman | Mahanadi Shankar, Nellai Siva, Halwa Vasu | Arun Creations |
| D E C | 18 | Vaazhthugiren | Ramasubramanian | Kutty Raja, Jeni | MM Cinemas |
| D E C | 25 | Chithirame Solladi | Gourishankar | Cool Suresh, Gopika Nair, Mahanadi Shankar | MGS Productions |
| D E C | 25 | Chiyangal | Vaigarai Balan | Karikalan, Risha, Nalinikanth | KL Productions |
| D E C | 25 | Enakku Onnu Therinjaakanum | K. S. Saravanan | Kiran, Meghana, Viji Chandrasekhar | Enjoy Creators |
| D E C | 25 | Manthira Palagai | R. Sampath | R. Sampath, Gayathri | Sivasankari Movie Makers |
| D E C | 25 | Ooratchi Ondriyam | K. M. Krishnamurthy | Sridhar, Thamali, R. Sundarrajan | Pandimuni Pictures |
| D E C | 25 | Oru Pakka Kathai | Balaji Tharaneetharan | Kalidas Jayaram, Megha Akash, Jeeva Ravi | Vasans Visual Ventures |
| D E C | 25 | Thappa Yosikadheenga | Sulthaans | S. P. Raja, Jyothisha | Niranjana Productions |
| D E C | 25 | Thoonga Kangal | T. Vinu | T. Vinu, Durai Sudhakar, George Maryan | Vetri Films |
| D E C | 25 | Time Up | Manu Parthepan | Rajendran, Manu Parthepan, Monica Chinnakotla | Kalai Cinemas |
| D E C | 25 | Uyirkkodi | R. P. Ravi | R. P. Ravi, Anjana Naksathra | Jayakkodi Pictures |
| D E C | 25 | Vaanga Padam Paarkalam | K. S. Nesamanavan | GG, Kamali, Livingston | SSP Arts Movies |

## Awards

| Category/organization | Filmfare Awards South 9 October 2022 | SIIMA Awards 19 September 2021 | Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards 30 March 2023 |
| Best Film | Jai Bhim (2021) | Soorarai Pottru | Jai Bhim (2021) |
| Best Director | Sudha Kongara Soorarai Pottru | Sudha Kongara Soorarai Pottru | T. J. Gnanavel Jai Bhim (2021) |
| Best Actor | Suriya Soorarai Pottru | Suriya Soorarai Pottru | Suriya Soorarai Pottru / Jai Bhim (2021) |
| Best Actress | Lijomol Jose Jai Bhim (2021) | Aishwarya Rajesh Ka Pae Ranasingam | Lijomol Jose Jai Bhim (2021) |
| Best Music Director | G. V. Prakash Kumar Soorarai Pottru | G. V. Prakash Kumar Soorarai Pottru | Anirudh Ravichander Doctor (2021) / Master (2021) |

## Footnotes

* ↑ A film with five different directors: Shree Karthick, G. Radhakrishnan, Sameer Bharath Ram, Karthik Siva, Vadivel
* ↑ A film with five different directors: Sudha Kongara, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Rajiv Menon, Suhasini Maniratnam, Karthik Subbaraj