List of Tamil films of 2008

Prior to the amendment of Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 22 July 2006, Gross was 115 per cent of Nett for all films.^[1] Post-amendment, Gross equalled Nett for films with pure Tamil titles.^[2] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹12.24 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[3]

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India, which were released theatrically in 2008. They are presented in order of their release dates

FilmsEdit

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Music Director	Genre
J A N	14	Bheemaa	N. Linguswamy	Vikram, Trisha Krishnan		Harris Jayaraj	Action
		Kaalai	Tarun Gopi	Silambarasan Rajendar, Vedhika Kumar		G. V. Prakash Kumar	Action
		Pazhani	Perarasu	Bharath, Kajal Aggarwal, Khushbu		Srikanth Deva	Action
		Pirivom Santhippom	Karu Pazhaniappan	Cheran, Sneha		Vidyasagar	Family Drama
		Vaazhthugal	Seeman	R. Madhavan, Bhavana		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romance
	15	Pidichirukku	Kanagu	Ashok, Vishakha Singh		Manu Ramesan	Romance
	15	Pattaya Kelappu	Ponnambalam	Sriman, Payal, Ponnambalam		E. L. Indhrajith
F E B	1	Ashoka	Prem Menon	Prem Menon, Anushree, Pooja Bharathi		Sabesh–Murali	Action
		Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan	Thambi Ramaiah	Vadivelu, Yashimi Sharma, Suja Varunee		Sabesh–Murali	Comedy
		Thangam	G. Kicha	Sathyaraj, Meghna Nair, Goundamani		Srikanth Deva	Action
		Thodakkam	Muthukumar	Rishi, Abhinay, Raghu Vannan, Monica, Meghna Nair		Jerom Pushparaj	Thriller
	8	Sadhu Miranda	Siddique	Prasanna, Abbas, Kavya Madhavan		Deepak Dev	Thriller
	14	Anjathe	Mysskin	Narain, Ajmal Ameer, Prasanna, Vijayalakshmi		Sundar C. Babu	Action Thriller
		Kadhal Kaditham	Mukesh	Balaji, Amisha		V. S. Udhayaa	Romance
		Nenjathai Killadhe	Agathiyan	Vikranth, Bharathi, Yugendran		Premji Amaran	Romance
		Pachai Nirame	Karkki	Yugendran, Saran Sathya, Rajasekar, Nanditha Jennifer, Preethi Varma		Sreeram Selva
	22	Akku	Mamani	Ajay, Sriji, Rakshai, Anu Hasan, Riyaz Khan		Sriram	Action Thriller
		Thoondil	K. S. Adhiyaman	Shaam, Sandhya, Divya Spandana		Abhisek Rey	Romance
		Valluvan Vasuki	Marumalarchi Bharathi	Sathya, Swetha, Ranjith		S. A. Rajkumar	Romance
	29	Sila Nerangalil	Jayaraj	Vincent Asokan, Navya Nair, Vineeth		Srikanth Deva	Thriller
		Thotta	Selva	Jeevan, Priyamani		Srikanth Deva	Action
		Vambu Sandai	Raj Kapoor	Sathyaraj, Uday Kiran, Diya		D. Imman	Action
M A R	7	Ezhuthiyatharadi	Sri Sathyaragaventher	Ramana, Mansi Pritam, Swathi, Akhila		Sri Mahan	Romance
		Ponmagal Vandhal	Ramamurthy	Pandiarajan		Sangeetha Priyan	Drama
		Velli Thirai	Viji	Prakash Raj, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Gopika		G. V. Prakash Kumar	Drama
	14	Theekuchi	Yuvarajan	Jai Varma, Menagai		Srikanth Deva	Action
		Unakkaga	Manoharan	Riyaz Khan, Meghna Nair		S. P. Shaam	Drama
		Vaitheeswaran	R. K. Vidhyadaran	Sarath Kumar, Meghna Naidu		Srikanth Deva	Action
	21	Inba	Vendhan	Shaam, Sneha		P. B. Balaji	Action
		Kannum Kannum	G. Marimuthu	Prasanna, Udhayathara		Dhina	Romance
		Sandai	Sakthi Chidambaram	Sundar C., Ramya Raj, Nadhiya, Namitha		Dhina	Action
		Singakutty	A. Venkatesh	Shivaji Dev, Gowri Munjal		Prasanna Shankar	Action
	28	Azhagu Nilayam	Rajaji	Vindhiya, Swarnamalya		Sabesh–Murali	Action
		Kattuviriyan	Kalaipuli G. Sekharan	Sajith Raj, Malavika, Ram		Kalaipuli G. Sekharan	Thriller
		Tharagu	Kalanidhi	Raj, Lakshana		Bharani	Drama
		Vedha	Nithya Kumar	Arun Vijay, Sheela		Srikanth Deva	Romance
A P R	4	Pasumpon Devar Varalaru	Abraham Lincoln	Vagai Chandrasekar		Vijay Antony	Biopic
		Vilaiyattu	Ezhilvendhan	Ezhilvendhan, Saranya			Drama
		Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Mithran Jawahar	Dhanush, Nayantara, Karthik Kumar		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romance
	9	Arasangam	R. Madhesh	Vijayakanth, Navaneet Kaur		Srikanth Deva	Mystery Adventure
	10	Nepali	V. Z. Durai	Bharath, Meera Jasmine		Srikanth Deva	Action
	11	Santosh Subramaniam	M. Raja	Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj		Devi Sri Prasad	Family Drama
	11	Thozha	N. Sundaresan	Nithin Sathya, Vijay Vasanth, Premji Amaran, Ajay Raj, Jennifer		Premji Amaran	Drama
	18	Arai En 305-il Kadavul	Chimbu Deven	Prakash Raj, Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu		Vidyasagar	Science Fiction
		Ini Varum Kaalam	Sibi Chandar	Ranjan, Sajitha Betti		Bharani	Romantic Drama
		Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan	A. C. Rajasekaran	S. S. R. Pankaj Kumar, Thejamai	Velu Thevar Films	Kanmani Raja	Romantic Drama
	25	Chakkara Viyugam	Udhayabhanu Maheswaran	Natarajan Subramaniam, Raaghav, Jayasurya		Karthik Raja	Action
	25	Iyakkam	Sanjay Ram	Rishi Kumar, Shruthi Raj, Sujibala		Pravin Mani	Action
M A Y	2	Kuruvi	S. Dharani	Vijay, Trisha Krishnan		Vidyasagar	Action
	9	Aadum Koothu	T. V. Chandran	Cheran, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj, Aari,		Prakash Raj	Isaac Thomas
		Malarinum Melliya	Selvaraj	Vignesh, Varshini		Soundaryan	Drama
		Silandhi	Aathiraj	Munna, Monica		M. R. Karthik	Thriller
	16	Kadhal Endral Enna	Kalimuthu	Veerha, Diya, Charan Raj		K. Bharathi	Romance
	16	Kadhal Vaanile	Venkateswara	Hari, Jothi Krishna		Aasai	Romance
	23	Ghatotkajan	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao			Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	Animation
	23	Pandi	Rasu Madhuravan	Raghava Lawrence, Sneha, Namitha		Srikanth Deva	Action
	30	Kaalaippani	Rajesh M. Selva	Jay Srinivasa Kumar, Vasundhara Kashyap		Sathish Ramalingham	Thriller
		Kathavarayan	Salangai Durai	Karan, Vidisha, Radha		Srikanth Deva	Action
		Thithikkum Ilamai	Chandramohan	K. Dinesh Kumar, J. Pranav, Althara, Nisha		K. Manish	Thriller
J U N	13	Dasavathaaram	K. S. Ravikumar	Kamal Haasan, Asin, Mallika Sherawat, Jayaprada		Himesh Reshammiya, Devi Sri Prasad	Action Thriller
	27	Aayudham Seivom	Udhayan	Sundar C., Anjali		Srikanth Deva	Action
		Ayyavazhi	P. C. N. Anbazhagan	Raja, Sanjai			Drama
		Pudhupandi	Karthik Kumar	Pandiarajan, Kanmani Raja			Drama
		Thiru Thiruda	Don Gowtham	Don Gowtham			Action
	28	Vallamai Tharayo	Madhumitha	R. Parthiban, Chaya Singh		Bharathwaj	Romance
J U L	4	Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu	Thirumurugan	Bharath, Poorna		Vidyasagar	Action
		Subramaniapuram	M. Sasikumar	Jai, M. Sasikumar, Swati Reddy		James Vasanthan	Action
		Uliyin Osai	Ilavenil	Vineeth, Keerthi Chawla		Ilaiyaraaja	Period Drama
	11	Azhaipithazh	P. K. Rajmohan	Ratheesh, Sona		Hitesh	Romance
	18	Nalla Ponnu Ketta Payyan	M. P. Balan	Sriman, Madhumitha, Keerthi Chawla		Bharat	Action
	22	Maanavan Ninaithal	S. P. Gnanamozhi	Rithik, Varshini		V. Thashi	Romance
	25	Manava Manavigal	Rajagopal	David, Rachana			Drama
		Pathu Pathu	Sathyam	Sona Heiden, Thalaivasal Vijay, Bose Venkat		L. V. Ganesan	Erotic Thriller
		Sutta Pazham	G. K.	Mohan, Shubha Poonja		Sri Sam	Comedy Thriller
A U G	1	Kuselan	P. Vasu	Rajinikanth, Pasupathy, Meena, Nayantara		G. V. Prakash Kumar	Drama
	8	Unnai Naan	Senthilnathan	Viinu, Naash		Joe Arulraj	Romance
	15	Sathyam	A. Rajasekhar	Vishal, Nayantara, Upendra		Harris Jayaraj	Action
	22	Ragasiya Snehithane	Sujo Visanth	Vasanth, Lakshmi Rai, Vijay Raj, Prakash, Kandan, Sriram		John Peter	Thriller
	22	Nayagan	Saravana Sakthi	J. K. Rithesh, Ramana, Sangeetha, Keerthi Chawla		Mariya Manohar	Action Thriller
	29	Dhaam Dhoom	Jeeva	Jayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut, Lakshmi Rai		Harris Jayaraj	Action Thriller
	29	Jayamkondaan	R. Kannan	Vinay Rai, Bhavana, Lekha Washington		Vidyasagar	Romantic Action
S E P	5	Alibhabha	Neelan.K.Sekar	Krishna Sekhar, Prakash Raj, Janani		Vidyasagar	Action
		Dhanam	Siva	Prem, Sangeetha		Ilaiyaraaja	Drama
		Kee Mu	Majith	Hassan, Sarika			Romantic Drama
		Saroja	Venkat Prabhu	Shiva, Vaibhav Reddy, S. P. B. Charan, Premji Amaran, Vega Tamotia		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Comedy Thriller
	12	Poi Solla Porom	A. L. Vijay	Nassar, Karthik Kumar, Piaa Bajpai		M. G. Sreekumar	Comedy
	12	Vasool	V. Rishiraj	Hemanth Kumar, Kiran Rathod, V. Rishiraj		Vijay Shankar	Action Drama
	19	Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai	Krishnan Seshadri Gomatam	Sathyajit, Anuja Iyer, Charan		Aslam Mustafa	Drama
		Pandhayam	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Nithin Sathya, Sindhu Tolani		Vijay Antony	Romance
		Raman Thediya Seethai	K. P. Jagannath	Cheran, Pasupathy, Nithin Sathya, Vimala Raman, Remya Nambeesan, Gajala, Karthika		Vidyasagar	Romance
	26	Kadhalil Vizhunthen	P. V. Prasad	Nakul, Sunaina		Vijay Antony	Romance
	26	Sakkarakatti	Kala Prabhu	Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, Ishita Sharma, Vedhika		A. R. Rahman	Romance
O C T	1	Durai	A. Venkatesh	Arjun Sarja, Kirat Bhattal, Gajala		D. Imman	Action
	2	Jai Vigneshwara	James Clifford			Ganesh Ramana	Animation
	10	Kasimedu Govindan	Ramesh Sanjay	Ranjith, Karishma		Soundaryan	Drama
		Kathi Kappal	Dinesh Selvaraj	Anoop Kumar, Poornitha, Meera Vasudevan		Sree Sai	Thriller
		Netru Indru Naalai	Lakshmikanth Chenna	Ravi Krishna, Tamannaah		Anil	Action
	27	Seval	Hari	Bharath, Poonam Bajwa, Simran		G. V. Prakash Kumar	Action
		Megam	Jeevarathinam	Tamilarasan, Ragiraja			Drama
		Aegan	Raju Sundaram	Ajith Kumar, Nayantara, Navdeep, Piaa Bajpai		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Action Thriller
		Poochi	Velu	Velu			Drama
	31	Theeyavan	B. Kathir	Sriranjan, Udhay, Midhuna		L. V. Ganesan	Romantic thriller
N O V	7	Velvi	Jeans	Vishwa, Hasini		J. K. Selva	Drama
	14	Vaaranam Aayiram	Gautham Menon	Suriya, Sameera Reddy, Simran, Divya Spandana		Harris Jayaraj	Romance
	21	Thenavattu	V. V. Kathir	Jiiva, Poonam Bajwa		Srikanth Deva	Action
	28	Ellam Avan Seyal	Shaji Kailas	R. K., Raghuvaran, Roja, Bhama		Vidyasagar	Drama
		Kodaikkanal	T. K. Bose	Ashwanth Thilak, Poorna, Shekar		Deva	Thriller
		Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar	P. V. Ravi	Sakthi Vasu, Sandhya		Vidyasagar	Romance
		Nadigai	Babu Ganesh	Babu Ganesh, Tejashree		Babu Ganesh	Drama
		Poo	Sasi	Srikanth, Parvathi Menon		S. S. Kumaran	Romance
		Utharavindri Ullay Vaa	Vijayan	Vijayan			Action
D E C	5	Pudhusu Kanna Pudhusu	A. R. Venkatesh	A. R. Venkatesh, Priyanka Shailu		A. R. Venkatesh	Romance
		Saamida	Vadivudayaan	Sembi, Dhanushya		Indrajith	Action
		Suryaa	Jaguar Thangam	Vijaya Chiranjeevi, Keerthi Chawla		Jerome Pushparaj	Action
	12	Bommalattam	Bharathiraja	Arjun, Nana Patekar, Rukmini Vijayakumar, Kajal Aggarwal		Himesh Reshammiya	Thriller
	12	Silambattam	Saravanan	Silambarasan Rajendar, Sneha, Sana Khan		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Action
	19	Dindigul Sarathy	Subramaniam Pillai	Karunas, Karthika Mathew		Dhina	Comedy
		Thiruvannamalai	Perarasu	Arjun Sarja, Pooja Gandhi		Srikanth Deva	Action
		Abhiyum Naanum	Radha Mohan	Prakash Raj, Trisha Krishnan, Aishwarya, Ganesh Venkatraman		Vidyasagar	Family Drama
	25	Panchamirtham	Raju Eswaran	Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Saranya Mohan, Samiksha		Sundar C Babu	Comedy

The following films also released in 2008, though the release date remains unknown.^[4]

Title	Director	Cast	Music director
Mogam	Jeeva Ratnam	Tamilarasan, Raaki Raaji, Saritha Yadav, Venu Arvind	Ravi Priyan
Urugudhe	Aslam
Valakkaringar Archana	K. K. Bujjibabu
Valvellam Vasantham	K. S. Nesamanavan	Viswa, Minal, Venniradai Moorthy	Nesan

AwardsEdit

Category/Organization	Filmfare Awards South 31 July 2009^[5]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 30 September 2009^[6]	Vijay Awards 13 June 2009^[7]
Best Film	Subramaniyapuram	Dasavathaaram	Subramaniyapuram
Best Director	Sasikumar Subramaniyapuram	Radha Mohan Abhiyum Naanum	Sasikumar Subramaniyapuram
Best Actor	Suriya Vaaranam Aayiram	Kamal Haasan Dasavathaaram	Suriya Vaaranam Aayiram
Best Actress	Parvathy Poo	Sneha Pirivom Santhippom	Sneha Pirivom Santhippom
Best Music Director	Harris Jayaraj Vaaranam Aayiram	Ilaiyaraaja Ajantha (2012)	Harris Jayaraj Vaaranam Aayiram

ReferencesEdit

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

[2] Government cuts entertainment tax to 0% (from 15%) for pure Tamil titles

[3] CTD reports ₹12.24 crore ET collection in 2008-09

[4] ttp://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2005.asp

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[6] sify.com

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20120802021708/http://www.panasianbiz.com/entertainment/bollywood/vijay-awards-2008-winners-list-videos/

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