List of Tamil films of 2009

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 ₹13.18 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[3] Producer Dhananjayan reports in his publication The Art & Business Of Cinema that the box office generated ₹525 crore in domestic nett against investment of ₹650 crore.

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil cinema in India that released in 2009.

2009 releases[edit]

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India, which were released theatrically in 2009. They are presented in order of their release dates..

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director	Genre
J A N	9	A Aa E Ee	D. Sabapathy	Navdeep, Monica, Aravind Akash, Saranya Mohan	Vijay Antony	Comedy
	12	Villu	Prabhu Deva	Vijay, Nayantara	Devi Sri Prasad	Action
	14	Kadhalna Summa Illai	Ilankannan	Ravi Krishna, Sharwanand, Kamalinee Mukherjee	Vidyasagar, Mani Sharma, E. S. Murthy	Drama
	14	Padikathavan	Suraj	Dhanush, Tamannaah	Mani Sharma	Action
	29	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu	Suseenthiran	Vishnu Vishal, Saranya Mohan, Kishore	V. Selvaganesh	Drama
	30	Gaja	Ganapathy	V. N. R, Akshaya	Mani Sharma	Drama
	30	Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval	Bhuvanai Kannan	Kanal Kannan, Bharathi, Khushbu	Bala	Thriller
F E B	6	Naan Kadavul	Bala	Arya, Pooja	Ilaiyaraaja	Drama
	6	Pettarasu	Saravana	Saravana, Saranya	Balaji	Drama
	13	Kudiyarasu	Sabir Hussain	Vignesh, Sabarna Anand, Neepa, K. Suresh Kannan	Karthik Raja	Action Thriller
		Perumal	Vincent Selva	Sundar C., Meenakshi, Namitha	Srikanth Deva	Action
		Siva Manasula Sakthi	M. Rajesh	Jiiva, Anuya	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romantic Comedy
	20	Laadam	Prabu Solomon	Charmy Kaur, Aravindhan	Dharan	Gangster Thriller
	20	TN 07 AL 4777	A. Lakshmikanthan	Pasupathy, Ajmal Ameer, Simran, Meenakshi	Vijay Antony	Thriller
	27	Iru Nadhigal	Chanakyan	Jayanth, Sujibala	J. K. Selva	Comedy-drama
	27	Thee	G. Kicha	Sundar C., Ragini, Namitha	Srikanth Deva	Action
M A R	6	1977	G. N. Dinesh Kumar	Sarath Kumar, Farzana, Namitha	vidyasagar	Action
		Aarupadai	K. P. Sarvatheerthavan	Guru, Asha	Aalwarshree	Thriller
		Innoruvan	S. T. Gunasekaran	Adithya, Manoha	Aadhish Uthriyan	Comedy Drama
		Yavarum Nalam	Vikram Kumar	R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy	Horror
	13	Kanchivaram	Priyadarshan	Prakash Raj, Shriya Reddy, Shammu	M. G. Sreekumar	Drama
	20	Adada Enna Azhagu	T. M. Jayamurugan	Jai Akash, Nicole	T. M. Jayamurugan, Jeevan Thomas	Romance
	27	Aadatha Aattamellam	A. B. Azhagar	Ravi Ganesh, Bharathi	A. R. Reihana	Drama
		Nesikkiren	Nesamanavan	Ranjith	Nesan	Drama
		Pattalam	Rohan Krishna	Nadhiya, Balaji Balakrishnan, Irfan, Deepthi Nambiar	Jassie Gift	Drama
A P R	3	Ayan	K. V. Anand	Suriya, Tamannaah	Harris Jayaraj	Action Thriller
	10	Ananda Thandavam	Gandhi Krishna	Siddharth Venugopal, Tamannaah, Rukmini Vijayakumar	G. V. Prakash Kumar	Romance
		Naalai Namadhe	Vinayan	Sharwanand, Sanusha, Pradeep	Bharathwaj	Drama
		Karthik Anitha	Srihari	Rathan Trivikrama, Manju	Jack Anand	Romance
	17	Naal Natchathiram	C. N. P. Sakthi	S. Sanjey, Krishna Sri	R. Rajpavan	Drama
	24	Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi	Ravi Raja	Murali, Vishwa, Reethima Vishwa	Deva	Comedy
		Guru En Aalu	Selva	R. Madhavan, Abbas, Mamta Mohandas	Srikanth Deva	Romantic Comedy
		Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum	Rajamohan	Ramakrishna, Dhaksana	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romance
		Mariyadhai	Vikraman	Vijayakanth, Meena, Meera Jasmine	Vijay Antony	Action
M A Y	1	Ilampuyal	K. S. Thurai	Vashanth Sellathurai, Poornitha	Vashanth Sellathurai	Action
		Meipporul	Natty Kumar, Krish Bala	Krish Bala, Anusha	Four music directors	Thriller
		Newtonin Moondram Vidhi	Thai Muthuselvam	S. J. Surya, Sayali Bhagat, Rajiv Krishna	Vinay	Action
		Pasanga	Pandiraj	Vimal, Vega Tamotia	James Vasanthan	Comedy Drama
	14	Brahmadeva	V. S. Dharmalinga	Dr. Ram, Tejashree	Ramesh	Drama
	15	Rajadhi Raja	Sakthi Chidambaram	Raghava Lawrence, Kamna Jethmalani, Snigdha Akolkar, Mumtaj	Karunas	Action
	15	Sarvam	Vishnuvardhan	Arya, Trisha, J. D. Chakravarthy	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Action Thriller
	29	Thoranai	Sabha Ayyappan	Vishal, Shriya	Mani Sharma	Action
J U N	5	Kulir 100°	Anita Udeep	Sanjeev, Riya Bamniyal	Bobo Shashi	Drama
	5	Mayandi Kudumbathar	Rasu Madhuravan	Tarun Gopi, Poongodi, Manivannan	Sabesh–Murali	Famil Drama
	12	Manjal Veiyil	Vaseegara Raja	Prasanna, Sandhya	Bharathwaj	Romance
	12	Ragavan	Parandhaman	Vijith, Radhika Malhotra	Gangai Amaran	Drama
	19	Maasilamani	R. N. R. Manohar	Nakul, Sunaina	D. Imman	Action
		Muthirai	Srinath	Daniel Balaji, Nithin Sathya, Lakshmi Rai, Manjari Phadnis	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Action Thriller
		Oliyum Oliyum	Sakthi Chellam	Anand Babu, Prabha, Ashwathy	Yanidesh	Drama
	26	Naadodigal	Samuthirakani	M. Sasikumar, Vijay Vasanth, Bharani, Ananya, Abhinaya	Sundar C Babu	Drama
	26	Vaalmiki	G. Anandha Narayanan	Akhil, Meera Nandan, Devika	Ilaiyaraaja	Drama
J U L	3	Gnabagangal	Jeevan	Pa. Vijay, Sri Devika	James Vik	Drama
		Nee Unnai Arindhaal	V. Rishiraj, Indian Bhaskar	Murali, V. Rishiraj, Kushi	R. K. Sundar	Drama
		Sirithal Rasipen	V. Chandrasekaran	Sathya, Sunu Lakshmi	Iniyavan	Comedy
		Thottu Sellum Thendrale	R. Manickam	Sridev, Sathya, Sowmya, Risha	Gurushev	Drama
		Unnai Kann Theduthe	Ratheesh Ramayya	Udhaya, Manya	Sirpy	Drama
	10	Indira Vizha	K. Rajeswar	Srikanth, Sruthi Prakash, Namitha	Yadhesh	Romance
		Pudhiya Payanam	M. D. Muthu	M. D. Muthu, Mithuna, Jennifer	K. V. Mani	Drama
		Thalai Ezhuthu	Ethiraj	Richard Raj, Pooja Gandhi	Godwin	Drama
		Vaamanan	I. Ahmed	Jai, Priya Anand, Lakshmi Rai	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Action Thriller
		Vaigai	L. R. Sundarapandi	Bala Joseph, Vishaka	Sabesh–Murali	Romanctic Drama
	17	Achchamundu! Achchamundu!	Arun Vaidyanathan	Prasanna, Sneha, Akshaya Dinesh	Karthik Raja	Thriller
		Kadhal Kadhai	Velu Prabhakaran	Shirley Das, Preity Rangayani, Stefi	Ilaiyaraaja	Erotic
		Vedigundu Murugesan	A. G. Moorthy	Pasupathy, Jyothirmayi, Vadivelu	Dhina	Drama
	18	Engal Aasan	Kalaimani	Vijayakanth, Sheryl Pinto	Sabesh–Murali	Action
	23	Ainthaam Padai	Badri	Sundar C., Simran, Aditi Choudhary, Mukesh, Devayani	D. Imman	Action
	24	Malayan	Vaseegara Raja	Karan, Shammu, Udhayathara	Dhina	Action
		Modhi Vilayadu	Saran	Vinay Rai, Kajal Aggarwal	Colonial Cousins	Action
		Puthiya Paravai	M. Madhu	Abhinay, Monica		Drama
	31	Aarumaname	Sudheesh Sankar	Deepak, Karthika, Nicole	Srikanth Deva	Drama
		Anthony Yaar?	C. T. Pandi	Shaam, Mallika Kapoor	Dhina	Drama
		Malai Malai	A. Venkatesh	Arun Vijay, Vedhika, Prabhu	Mani Sharma	Action
		Saamy Sonna Saridhan	R. Sundarrajan		Deva	Drama
		Sindhanai Sei	R. Yuvan	R. Yuvan, Madhu Sharma	S. Thaman	Heist-Thriller
A U G	7	Azhagar Malai	S. P. Rajkumar	R. K, Bhanu	Ilaiyaraaja	Drama
		Eesa	Bala Ganesha	Vignesh, Lakshana	Haran	Drama
		Madhavi	Murugas	Sajith Raj, Mohana, Ramji	K. V. Suresh	Romance
		Nesi	Saravana Krishna	Vikas, Sonia Kumari	Sirpy	Drama
		Netru Pol Indru Illai	M. Kowsar	Abdullah, Priya	Rajinirai	Fantsay
		Ore Manasu	Vishnu	Gajan, Anumitha		Drama
		Vannathupoochi	C. Azhagappan	Siddharth, Madhavi Sharma	Rehan	Drama
	14	Shivagiri	Shivaji	Jay, Rukshana, Pranav	Arafin Yousuf	Action
	14	Pokkisham	Cheran	Cheran, Padmapriya	Sabesh–Murali	Drama
	21	Kanthaswamy	Susi Ganesan	Vikram, Shriya	Devi Sri Prasad	Action - Superhero
S E P	4	Ninaithale Inikkum	G. N. R. Kumaravelan	Prithviraj, Priyamani, Sakthi Vasu, Anuja Iyer	Vijay Antony	Drama
	4	Madurai Sambavam	Youreka	Harikumar, Anuya, Karthika Adaikalam	John Peter	Action
	11	Eeram	Arivazhagan	Aadhi, Nandha, Sindhu Menon, Saranya Mohan	S. Thaman	Thriller
	18	Madurai To Theni	Rathibala	Arvind Vinod, Srithika	Seevi	Drama
		Solla Solla Inikkum	Murali Abbas	Navdeep, Madhumitha, Mallika Kapoor	Bharathwaj	Romance
		Unnaipol Oruvan	Chakri Toleti	Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Lakshmi, Ganesh Venkatraman, Bharath Reddy	Shruti Haasan	Thriller
	25	Aarumugam	Suresh Krishna	Bharath, Priyamani, Ramya Krishnan	Deva	Action
		Kannukulle	Lena Moovendhar	Mithun, Aparna, Anumol	Ilaiyaraaja	Drama
		Suriyan Satta Kalloori	R. Pavan	Kajni, Mithra Kurian	Deva	Action Drama
		Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru	J. S. Nandhini	Ajmal Ameer, Rupa Manjari	Mani Sharma	Romantic Comedy
O C T	2	Iru Vizhigal	T. K. Madhav		R.D.Mohansingh	Thriller
	2	Moonar	K. Thambidurai	Ranjith, Rithi, Prem	Ravi Devandran	Thriller
	9	Vedappan	Aanaivari A. Sridhar	Hemanth Kumar, Apsara, Nikitha	Nesan	Drama
	16	Jaganmohini	N. K. Viswanathan	Raja, Namitha, Nila	Ilaiyaraaja	Horror
	16	Peranmai	S. P. Jananathan	Jayam Ravi, Vasundhara, Kadhal Saranya, Dhansika, Varsha, Liyashree	Vidyasagar	Action Thriller
	17	Aadhavan	K. S. Ravikumar	Suriya, Nayantara	Harris Jayaraj	Action Thriller
	30	Kanden Kadhalai	R. Kannan	Bharath, Tamannaah	Vidyasagar	Romantic Comedy
N O V	6	Adhe Neram Adhe Idam	M. Prabhu	Jai, Vijayalakshmi	Premji Amaran	Romance
		Kanna Nee Enakku Thaanada	Olimaaran	Udhay, Payal	Amudhbharathy	Drama
		Karagam	Lakshmanraj	Santhosh Pandian, Aswardh	Vijayarajeshkanna	Drama
		Palaivana Solai	K. S. Dayalan	Nithin Sathya, Karthika	Bobby	Drama
		Saa Boo Thiri	Arshad Khan	Akshay, Prajin, Arshad Khan	Abbas Rafi	Romantic Comedy
		Thambivudayaan	Rajamahesh	Adhithya Anbu, Manisha Chatterji	Madhavaraj	Action
		Vaidehi	Gemini Raghava	Prithvi Rajan, Madhu Santha, Gemini Raghava, Karthika Adaikalam	Srikanth Deva	Romantic Drama
	13	Swetha 5/10 Wellington Road	Sanjay	Keerthi Chawla, Krish, Shiv	Surya	Thriller
	20	Thamizhagam	K. Suresh Kumar	Richard Rishi, Archana	Asif Ali	Drama
	20	Vizhiyil Malarnthathu	R. Sathish	Kumar, Dashini		Drama
	27	Mathiya Chennai	Vivekanandh	Jaivanth, Ramya, Abarna	Ilaiyaraaja	Action
		Naan Avanillai 2	Selva	Jeevan, Sangeetha, Lakshmi Rai, Shweta Menon, Sruthi Prakash, Rachana Maurya	D. Imman	Romantic Thriller
		Yogi	Subramaniya Shiva	Ammer, Madhumitha	Yuvan Shankar Raja	Action
D E C	4	Edhuvum Nadakkum	Rozario, Maheswaran	Karthik Kumar, Aparna Nair	Ashok Raja	Thriller
		Meendum Meendum Nee				Drama
		Pinju Manasu	D. Jairam	Saravanan, Tharsha	Indhiyan	Drama
		Renigunta	R. Panneerselvam	Johnny, Sanusha, Nishanth	Ganesh Raghavendra	Action
		Vettattam	D. S. Kannan	Ajay, Remya Nambeesan	Sri Sai	Action
	11	Pachiyapuram	V. Agustin		Maha Vishnu	Drama
		Thozhi	Elango Lakshman	Prabha, Dwaraka, Shyam Ganesh, Manikka Vinayagam	R. Shankar	Romantic Drama
		Vairam	S. P. Selva Durai	Richard Rishi, Navneet Kaur		Drama
	18	Vettaikkaran	B. Babusivan	Vijay, Anushka Shetty	Vijay Antony	Action
	19	Kandhakottai	S. Sakthivel	Nakul, Poorna	Dhina	Romance
	25	Balam	Murali Krishna	Arvind Vinod, Deepa Chari	Yugendran	Romance
		Enakkul Oru Kadhal	M. Booman		Aathish	Romance
		Odipolama	Kanmani	Parimal, Sandhya	D. Imman	Romance
	31	Naai Kutty	Sathaji	Selvin, Nicole	Vijayabharathi	Drama

Dubbed films[edit]

Opening	Title	Director(s)	Original film		Cast	Ref.
Opening	Title	Director(s)	Title	Language	Cast	Ref.
28 August	Quick Gun Murugan	Shashanka Ghosh	Quick Gun Murugun	English	Rajendra Prasad, Rambha

Awards[edit]

Category/Organization	Filmfare Awards South 7 August 2010^[4]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 14 July 2017^[5]	Vijay Awards 29 May 2010
Best Film	Naadodigal	Pasanga	Naadodigal
Best Director	Priyadarshan Kanchivaram	Vasanthabalan Angadi Theru (2010)	Pandiraj Pasanga
Best Actor	Prakash Raj Kanchivaram	Karan Malayan	Prakash Raj Kanchivaram
Best Actress	Pooja Naan Kadavul	Padmapriya Pokkisham	Pooja Naan Kadavul
Best Music Director	Harris Jayaraj Ayan	Sundar C. Babu Naadodigal	Harris Jayaraj Aadhavan

References[edit]

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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 ₹13.18 crore ET collection in 2009-10

[4] ttps://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/regional/The-night-that-rocked/articleshow/6280054.cms

[5] sify.com

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v t e Indian films by year and decade
Highest-grossing Indian films 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
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
Gujarati	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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
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
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
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
Other	Assamese Punjabi
Related	Silent films of South India