# 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 net for all films. Post-amendment, gross fell to 115 per cent of net. The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹59.09 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.
A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2004:

## Box office collection

| Rank | Film | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Ghilli | ₹50 crore (initial run) ₹26–32.50 (re-release) |

## List of Tamil films
### January—March

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| J A N | 1 | Baabi | M. V. Gopalan | |
| J A N | 1 | Kadhal Saregama | Ameerjan | Kaushik |
| J A N | 14 | Engal Anna | Siddique | Vijayakanth, Prabhu Deva, Swarnamalya, Namitha, Vadivelu |
| J A N | 14 | Image | Alex Pandian | Jaivarma, Abhinayashree |
| J A N | 14 | Jai | S. Narayan | Prashanth, Anshu Ambani, Thyagarajan, Rajkiran |
| J A N | 14 | Kovil | Hari | Silambarasan, Sonia Agarwal, Rajkiran, Nassar |
| J A N | 14 | Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan | S. S. Stanley | Dhanush, Aparna Pillai |
| J A N | 14 | Virumaandi | Kamal Haasan | Kamal Haasan, Abhirami, Napoleon, Pasupathy |
| F E B | 6 | Thendral | Thangar Bachan | Parthiban, Uma |
| F E B | 6 | Vayasu Pasanga | Bharathi Kannan | Anush, Jai Arvind, Master Manikandan, Vindhya |
| F E B | 13 | Kamaraj | A. Balakrishnan | Richard Mathuram, Vijayan, V. S. Raghavan |
| F E B | 13 | Varnajalam | Nakulan Ponnusamy | Srikanth, Sadha, Kutty Radhika |
| F E B | 20 | Autograph | Cheran | Cheran, Sneha, Gopika, Mallika, Kanika |
| F E B | 20 | Kangalal Kaidhu Sei | Bharathiraja | Vaseegaran, Priyamani |
| F E B | 26 | Ennavo Pudichirukku | Meenakshi Sundaram | Sudeep Sarangi, Bharani, Sindhuri |
| F E B | 27 | Campus | Sharvi | Sajith Raj, Nitesh, Divya Dwivedi, Sheetal Shah |
| M A R | 5 | Adi Thadi | Shivraj | Sathyaraj, Napoleon, Abbas, Rathi |
| M A R | 5 | Gambeeram | Suresh | Sarath Kumar, Laila, Pranathi |
| M A R | 12 | Nee Mattum | Mathi Natesh | Jana, Deepu, Preethi |
| M A R | 19 | Aarumugasaamy | Raviraja | Pandiarajan, Preethi Varma |
| M A R | 26 | Pethi Solla Thattathea | Dharma | Pandiarajan, Nanditha |
| M A R | 26 | Udhaya | Azhagam Perumal | Vijay, Simran |

### April—June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| A P R | 2 | Kadhal Dot Com | Selvaraj | Prasanna, Anu Sasi, Shruthi Raj |
| A P R | 14 | Kanavu Meippada Vendum | Janaki Vishwanathan | Ramya Krishnan, Asim Sharma, Karthik Srinivasan |
| A P R | 14 | Kuthu | A. Venkatesh | Silambarasan, Divya Spandana, Kalabhavan Mani |
| A P R | 16 | Ghilli | Dharani | Vijay, Trisha, Prakash Raj |
| A P R | 23 | Aethirree | K. S. Ravikumar | R. Madhavan, Sadha, Kanika, Rahman |
| A P R | 23 | Vaanam Vasappadum | P. C. Sriram | Karthik Kumar, Poongkothai Chandrahasan |
| A P R | 23 | Kavithai | G. Kicha | Vamsi, Chaya Singh, Sarath Babu |
| M A Y | 1 | Arul | Hari | Vikram, Jyothika, Pasupathy |
| M A Y | 1 | Jana | Shaji Kailas | Ajith Kumar, Sneha |
| M A Y | 7 | Perazhagan | Sasi Shanker | Suriya, Jyothika, Vivek |
| M A Y | 14 | Settai | Shivan | Pandiarajan, Livingston, Vindhya |
| M A Y | 21 | Aaytha Ezhuthu | Mani Ratnam | Suriya, R. Madhavan, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, Trisha Krishnan, Esha Deol |
| J U N | 11 | Jore | Selva | Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Bhanupriya, Gajala, Ramana |
| J U N | 11 | Maanasthan | Marumalarchi Bharathi | Sarath Kumar, Abbas, Sakshi Sivanand |
| J U N | 25 | Machi | K. S. Vasanthakumar | Dushyanth Ramkumar, Shubha Poonja, Pasupathy |
| J U N | 25 | Super Da | Azhagu Raja Sundaram | Ramki, Kunal, Anusha |

### July—September

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| J U L | 9 | New | S. J. Surya | S. J. Surya, Simran, Devayani, Kiran |
| J U L | 9 | Singara Chennai | Suriyan | Abhinay, Rathi, Kalabhavan Mani |
| J U L | 16 | Saga | Ramesh Krish | Akshaya |
| J U L | 16 | Sema Ragalai | Ram | Sathyaraj, Devayani, Kalabhavan Mani |
| J U L | 23 | Shock | Thyagarajan | Prashanth, Meena, Abbas |
| J U L | 23 | Sullan | Ramana | Dhanush, Sindhu Tolani, Pasupathy |
| J U L | 30 | Azhagiya Theeye | Radha Mohan | Prasanna, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj |
| J U L | 30 | Loves | K. Jayapandian | Thamizh, Sona, Sweety |
| J U L | 30 | Kadhale Jayam | Natarajan | Natarajan, Sudeep Sarangi, Preethi Varma |
| A U G | 6 | Sound Party | Aarthi Kumar | Sathyaraj, Prathyusha |
| A U G | 10 | Arivumani | M. K. Kennedy | Murali, Meera Vasudevan |
| A U G | 15 | Vasool Raja MBBS | Saran | Kamal Haasan, Sneha, Prabhu, Prakash Raj |
| A U G | 22 | Azhagesan | Aarthi Kumar | Sathyaraj, Prema |
| A U G | 29 | Kalamulla Kalam Varai | Udhaya | |
| A U G | 29 | Madhurey | Ramana Madhesh | Vijay, Rakshitha, Sonia Agarwal, Tejashree |
| S E P | 3 | Kudaikul Mazhai | Parthiban | Parthiban, Madhumitha |
| S E P | 10 | Chellamae | Gandhi Krishna | Vishal, Reemma Sen, Bharath |
| S E P | 17 | Arasatchi | N. Maharajan | Arjun, Lara Dutta, Raghuvaran |
| S E P | 17 | Gajendra | Suresh Krishna | Vijayakanth, Laya, Flora |

### October—December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| O C T | 1 | Giri | Sundar C | Arjun, Reemma Sen, Divya Spandana, Devayani |
| O C T | 1 | M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi | M. Raja | Jayam Ravi, Asin, Nadhiya, Prakash Raj |
| O C T | 1 | Oru Murai Sollividu | A. Jawahar | Rohit, Janapriya, Yugendran |
| O C T | 8 | Bose | Senthil Kumar | Srikanth, Sneha, Kalabhavan Mani |
| O C T | 8 | Rush | S. Rajkumar | Rajkumar, Mangai |
| O C T | 15 | Adhu | Ramesh Balakrishnan | Sneha, Abbas, Aravind, Suha |
| O C T | 22 | 7G Rainbow Colony | Selvaraghavan | Ravi Krishna, Sonia Agarwal |
| O C T | 22 | Vishwa Thulasi | Sumathy Ram | Mammooty, Nandita Das |
| O C T | 29 | En Purushan Ethir Veetu Ponnu | Barani Kumar | Pandiarajan, Sanghavi, Radhika Chaudhari, Abhinayashree |
| N O V | 5 | Neranja Manasu | Samudrakani | Vijayakanth, Susan |
| N O V | 12 | Attahasam | Saran | Ajith Kumar, Pooja |
| N O V | 12 | Chatrapathy | Srimahesh | Sarath Kumar, Nikita Thukral |
| N O V | 12 | Dreams | Kasthuri Raja | Dhanush, Diya, Parul Yadav |
| N O V | 12 | Manmadhan | A. J. Murugan | Silambarasan, Jyothika, Sindhu Tolani |
| D E C | 3 | Amma Appa Chellam | Suriyan | Bala, Chaya Singh |
| D E C | 3 | Maha Nadigan | Sakthi Chidambaram | Sathyaraj, Namitha, Mumtaj |
| D E C | 17 | Aai | A. Venkatesh | Sarath Kumar, Namitha |
| D E C | 17 | Jaisurya | Manoj Kumar | Arjun, Laila, Chaya Singh |
| D E C | 17 | Jananam | Ramesh Selvan | Arun Vijay, Priyanka Trivedi, Raghuvaran |
| D E C | 17 | Kaadhal | Balaji Sakthivel | Bharath, Sandhya |
| D E C | 17 | Meesai Madhavan | S. Ramu | Ramana, Kutty Radhika |
| D E C | 24 | Gomathi Nayagam | Ponvannan | Ponvannan, Haripriya, Karthika |
| D E C | 26 | Kadhale Engal Desiya Geetham | Vijay Anand | Sriram Raghavan, Varshini, Ramesh Aravind |
| D E C | 26 | Ramakrishna | Agathiyan | Jai Akash, Sridevika, Vani |
| D E C | 26 | Remote | Karvannan | Napolean, Anamika |

### Other releases

The following films were also released in 2004, though the release date remains unknown.
| Title | Director | Cast | Studio |
| Jollyman | K. K. Muthukumaar | Pandiarajan, Aishwarya | Varshini |
| Kizhakku Boomi | D. K. Bose | | Poornakala Production |
| Pinju Nenjangal Puthiyathor Ulagam | Ilayavan | | APN Pictures |
| Pithan | N. Manikandan | Ashwathaman, Devan, Priya | |
| Senthalam Poove | Benjamin | Livingston, Devayani | NS Pictures |

## Awards

| Category/organization | Dinakaran Cine Awards 23 May 2005 | Filmfare Awards South 23 July 2005 | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 13 February 2006 |
| 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 | Bharadwaj / Yuvan Shankar Raja Autograph / 7G Rainbow Colony | Srikanth Deva M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi |