# 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 net. The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹75.07 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.
A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2003:

## Box office collection

| Rank | Film | Worldwide gross |
| 1 | Saamy | ₹40 crore |

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

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| J A N | 10 | Dhool | Dharani | Vikram, Jyothika, Reemma Sen |
| J A N | 15 | Anbe Sivam | Sundar C | Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran |
| J A N | 15 | Annai Kaligambal | Rama Narayanan | Livingston, Ramya Krishnan, Anu Prabhakar |
| J A N | 15 | Chokka Thangam | K. Bhagyaraj | Vijayakanth, Soundarya, Prakash Raj |
| J A N | 15 | Kalatpadai | J. Ramesh | Jai, Vidhu |
| J A N | 15 | Ramachandra | Raj Kapoor | Sathyaraj, Vijayalakshmi |
| J A N | 15 | Vaseegara | K. Selva Bharathy | Vijay, Sneha |
| J A N | 24 | Pop Corn | Nassar | Mohanlal, Simran |
| J A N | 31 | Aasai Aasaiyai | Ravi Mariya | Jiiva, Sharmilee |
| F E B | 6 | Anbu | Thalapathy Raj | Bala, Deepu, Vadivelu |
| F E B | 14 | Anbu Thollai | Hayath | Pandiarajan, Ravali |
| F E B | 14 | Julie Ganapathi | Balu Mahendra | Jayaram, Saritha, Ramya Krishnan |
| F E B | 14 | Kadhaludan | Rajakumaran | Murali, Devayani, Abbas |
| F E B | 14 | Student Number 1 | Selva | Sibi Raj, Sherin |
| F E B | 21 | Yes Madam | Rajaji | Prabhu, Vijayalakshmi, Vindhya |
| F E B | 28 | Military | G. Sai Suresh | Sathyaraj, Rambha, Vijayalakshmi |
| F E B | 28 | Pallavan | Padmamagan | Manoj Bharathiraja, Rathi |
| M A R | 20 | Ilasu Pudhusu Ravusu | L. C. Selva | Deepak Dinkar, Suja Varunee, Vadivelu |
| M A R | 20 | Manasellam | Santhosh | Srikanth, Trisha |
| M A R | 20 | Nilavil Kalangamillai | V. Sabrivel | Agnivesh, Malar, Babilona |
| M A R | 20 | Pavalakkodi | Ram-CP Saravanan | Vijay Sarathi, Robert, Paval, Shaama, Nirosha |
| M A R | 21 | Ennai Thalatta Varuvala | K. S. Ravindran | Ajith Kumar, Vignesh, Reshma |

### April—June

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| A P R | 11 | Magic Magic 3D | Jose | Suraj Balajee, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Pooja Kumar, Tirlok Malik |
| A P R | 13 | Dum | A. Venkatesh | Silambarasan, Rakshita |
| A P R | 13 | Kadhal Sadugudu | V. Z. Durai | Vikram, Priyanka Trivedi |
| A P R | 13 | Sena | Sujith | Sathyaraj, Aravind Akash, Rakshita |
| A P R | 14 | Arasu | Suresh | Sarathkumar, Simran, Roja |
| A P R | 14 | Banda Paramasivam | T. P. Gajendran | Prabhu, Abbas, Rambha, Monika |
| A P R | 25 | Punnagai Poove | S. D. Sabapathy | Nandha, Kaveri, Rekha Vedavyas |
| A P R | 25 | Well Done | Ravindran | Jayanth, Chytra Hallikeri |
| M A Y | 1 | Anbe Anbe | Mani Bharathi | Shaam, Sharmelee |
| M A Y | 1 | Indru Mudhal | M. A. Murugesh | Mithun Tejaswi, Daisy Bopanna, Nanditha |
| M A Y | 1 | Saamy | Hari | Vikram, Trisha |
| M A Y | 8 | Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu | Sakthi Chidambaram | Jai Akash, Neha, Hamsavardhan, Monica |
| M A Y | 8 | Pudhiya Geethai | K. P. Jagannath | Vijay, Ameesha Patel, Meera Jasmine |
| M A Y | 16 | Lesa Lesa | Priyadarshan | Shaam, Trisha |
| M A Y | 16 | Parthiban Kanavu | Karu Pazhaniappan | Srikanth, Sneha |
| M A Y | 30 | Parasuram | Arjun | Arjun, Kiran, Gayathri Raguram |
| J U N | 12 | Nala Damayanthi | Mouli | R. Madhavan, Geetu Mohandas, Shrutika |
| J U N | 13 | Paarai | K. S. Ravikumar | Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, Meena, Ramya Krishnan |
| J U N | 20 | Jayam | M. Raja | Jayam Ravi, Sadha |

### July—September

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| J U L | 4 | Ice | Raghuraj | Ashok, Priyanka Trivedi |
| J U L | 4 | Kaadhal Kondein | Selvaraghavan | Dhanush, Sonia Agarwal |
| J U L | 4 | Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi | K. Rajeswar | Simran, Sonu Sood, Sherin |
| J U L | 4 | Whistle | J.D-Jerry | Vikramaditya, Sherin, Gayathri Raguram |
| J U L | 11 | Priyamaana Thozhi | Vikraman | R. Madhavan, Jyothika, Sridevi Vijayakumar |
| J U L | 18 | Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu | Kanmani | Mithun Tejaswi, Charmee |
| J U L | 18 | Kadhal Kisu Kisu | P. Vasu | Bala, Charmee |
| J U L | 18 | Thayumanavan | Saravanan | Saravanan, Prema |
| A U G | 1 | Idhayamae | Raviraja | Ishaq Hussaini, Krishnana, Vadivelu |
| A U G | 1 | Kaakha Kaakha | Gautham Vasudev Menon | Suriya, Jyothika |
| A U G | 1 | Thithikudhe | Brinda Sarathy | Jiiva, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Shrutika |
| A U G | 1 | Vikadan | Arun Pandian | Harish Raghavendra, Arun Pandian, Gayathri Raguram, Radhika Chaudhari |
| A U G | 8 | Eera Nilam | Bharathiraja | Manoj Bharathiraja, Nanditha |
| A U G | 15 | Alaudin | Ravi Chakravathy | Prabhu Deva, Ashima Bhalla |
| A U G | 15 | Thennavan | Nandakumaran | Vijayakanth, Kiran Rathod |
| A U G | 23 | Diwan | Surya Prakash | Sarath Kumar, Kiran Rathod |
| A U G | 29 | Boys | S. Shankar | Siddharth, Genelia, Vivek, Bharath, Nakul, Thaman, Manikandan |
| S E P | 5 | Success | Prashanthshekhar | Dushyanth, Sonia Agarwal, Nandana |
| S E P | 5 | Thiruda Thirudi | Subramaniam Siva | Dhanush, Chaya Singh |
| S E P | 12 | Alai | Vikram Kumar | Silambarasan, Trisha |
| S E P | 12 | Aalukkoru Aasai | V. Sekhar | Sathyaraj, Meena, Manthra |
| S E P | 19 | Naam | Saba Kailash | Prakash Raj, Reshmi |
| S E P | 19 | Unnai Charanadaindhen | Samuthirakani | Venkat Prabhu, S. P. B. Charan, Meera Vasudevan, Santhoshi |
| S E P | 19 | Dhivya Teacher | Kuha Jayaraj | Anand, Vinitha, Jagan |
| S E P | 27 | Bheeshmar | Ranjith | Ranjith, Devayani |
| S E P | 27 | Galatta Ganapathy | Karthik Kumar | Pandiarajan, Sanghavi |
| S E P | 27 | Kaiyodu Kai | Rajan Sarma | Aravind Akash, Yugendran, Sona |
| S E P | 27 | Ragasiyamai | Amuthan | Prasanna, Neelan Singh |
| S E P | 27 | Three Roses | Parameswar | Rambha, Jyothika, Laila |
| S E P | 27 | Winner | Sundar C | Prashanth, Kiran, Vadivelu |

### October—December

| Opening | Opening | Title | Director | Cast |
| O C T | 10 | Vadakku Vaasal | B. M. Sundar | Karthik Kumar, Rithana |
| O C T | 24 | Anjaneya | N. Maharajan | Ajith Kumar, Meera Jasmine |
| O C T | 24 | Ottran | Ilankannan | Arjun, Simran, Tejashree |
| O C T | 24 | Pithamagan | Bala | Vikram, Suriya, Laila, Sangeetha |
| O C T | 24 | Thirumalai | Ramana | Vijay, Jyothika, Kausalya |
| N O V | 14 | Jay Jay | Saran | R. Madhavan, Pooja, Amoga |
| N O V | 21 | Iyarkai | S. P. Jananathan | Shaam, Arun Vijay, Kutti Radhika |
| N O V | 21 | Kurumbu | Vishnuvardhan | Allari Naresh, Nikita Thukral, Diya |
| N O V | 28 | Nadhi Karaiyinile | Ponvannan | Saranya Ponvannan |
| D E C | 5 | Anbe Un Vasam | R. Balu | Ashwin, Rathi Arumugam, Yogan |
| D E C | 5 | Mullil Roja | Kasthuri Pandian | Vishnu, Lahari, Lakshmi |
| D E C | 12 | Ooruku Nooruper | B. Lenin | Hans Kaushik, Archana, Kripa |
| D E C | 12 | Konji Pesalaam | R. Kaleeswaran | Rajkiran, Sreeja, Vamsi |
| D E C | 19 | Enakku 20 Unakku 18 | Jyothi Krishna | Tarun Kumar, Trisha, Shriya |
| D E C | 19 | Joot | Azhagam Perumal | Srikanth, Meera Jasmine |
| D E C | 19 | Paththikichu | S. S. Arasan | Devaguru, Manjari, Shakeela, Abhinayashree |
| D E C | 19 | Thathi Thavadhu Manasu | Azhagu Rajusundaram | Mumtaj, Kalabhavan Mani |
| D E C | 19 | Soori | Shelvan | Vignesh, R. Parthiepan, Uma, Vijayalakshmi |
| D E C | 25 | Indru | Naveen Muthuraman | Karthik, Tanu Roy |
| D E C | 25 | Sindhamal Sitharamal | K. A. Shanmugavel | Abbas, Nanditha |
| D E C | 26 | Kadhal Kirukkan | Sakthi Chidambaram | R. Parthiepan, Richa Pallod, Vineeth |
| D E C | 26 | Oruththi | Amshan Kumar | Ganesh Babu, Poorvaja, Bala Singh |
The following films also released in 2003, though the release date remains unknown.
| Title | Director | Cast |
| IPC 215 | Charuhasan | Ponvannan, Jaishankar |
| Adhaanda Idhaanda | R. G. Elavalagan | Pandiarajan, Sangeetha |
| Bhayam | David | |
| Oru Thadava Sonna | M. Jameenraj | Chinni Jayanth, Swarna, Lavanya |
| Rekkai | B. Lenin | Narayana Rao, M. S. Vishalakshi, N. Madankumar |
| Uyirosai | Hariram | Bharath, Soni |
| Vaanam Vaazhthattum | Raveeshwar | Vimalahasan, Rashmi, Kulkarni |
| Vani Mahal | Jayram | Vignesh, Suvalakshmi |

## Awards

| Category/organization | Dinakaran Cinema Awards 10 April 2004 | Filmfare Awards South 12 June 2004 | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 13 February 2006 |
| 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 |