List of Tamil films of 2003
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Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 12 June 2000, gross fell to 125 per cent of net.[http://cms.tn.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/topic_10.pdf Government cuts entertainment tax to 25% (from 30%)][https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2001/01/13/stories/04132239.htm Low-budget films gets entertainment tax exemption]{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed {{INR}}75.07 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.[https://ctd.tn.gov.in/documents/10184/20741/TAMIL+NADU+COMMERCIAL+TAXES+DEPARTMENT+AT+A+GLANCE%2C+2012-2013/d08c1da3-e9a5-4876-866a-82585090510f?version=1.1 CTD reports {{INR}}75.07 crore ET collection in 2003–04]
{{Tamil films}}
A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2003:
Box office collection
List of Tamil films
=January—March=
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| colspan="2" | Opening
! Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January!
| rowspan="9" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | J | rowspan="1" align="center" | 10 | Dhool | Dharani | Vikram, Jyothika, Reemma Sen | | | |
| rowspan="6" align="center" | 15 | Sundar C | Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran | | | |
| Annai Kaligambal | Rama Narayanan | Livingston, Ramya Krishnan, Anu Prabhakar | | | |
| Chokka Thangam | K. Bhagyaraj | Vijayakanth, Soundarya, Prakash Raj | | | |
| Kalatpadai | J. Ramesh | Jai, Vidhu | | | |
| Ramachandra | Raj Kapoor | Sathyaraj, Vijayalakshmi | | | |
| Vaseegara | K. Selva Bharathy | Vijay, Sneha | | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 24
| Pop Corn | Nassar | Mohanlal, Simran | | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 31 | Ravi Mariya | Jiiva, Sharmilee | | | |
| February!
| rowspan="8" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | F | rowspan="1" align="center" | 6 | Anbu | Thalapathy Raj | Bala, Deepu, Vadivelu | | | |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | 14 | Hayath | Pandiarajan, Ravali | | | |
| Julie Ganapathi | Balu Mahendra | Jayaram, Saritha, Ramya Krishnan | | | |
| Kadhaludan | Rajakumaran | Murali, Devayani, Abbas | | | |
| Student Number 1 | Selva | Sibi Raj, Sherin | | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 21 | Rajaji | Prabhu, Vijayalakshmi, Vindhya | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 28
| Military | G. Sai Suresh | Sathyaraj, Rambha, Vijayalakshmi | | | |
| Pallavan | Padmamagan | Manoj Bharathiraja, Rathi | | | |
| March!
| rowspan="5" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | M | rowspan="4" align="center" | 20 | Ilasu Pudhusu Ravusu | L. C. Selva | Deepak Dinkar, Suja Varunee, Vadivelu | | | |
| Manasellam | Santhosh | Srikanth, Trisha | | | |
| Nilavil Kalangamillai | V. Sabrivel | Agnivesh, Malar, Babilona | | | |
| Pavalakkodi | Ram-CP Saravanan | Vijay Sarathi, Robert, Paval, Shaama, Nirosha | | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 21 | K. S. Ravindran | Ajith Kumar, Vignesh, Reshma | | |
=April—June=
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| colspan="2" | Opening
! Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April!
| rowspan="8" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFDEAD; textcolor:#000;" | A | rowspan="1" align="center" | 11 | Jose | Suraj Balajee, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Pooja Kumar, Tirlok Malik | | | |
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 13
| Dum | A. Venkatesh | Silambarasan, Rakshita | | | |
| Kadhal Sadugudu | V. Z. Durai | Vikram, Priyanka Trivedi | | | |
| Sena | Sujith | Sathyaraj, Aravind Akash, Rakshita | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 14
| Arasu | Suresh | Sarathkumar, Simran, Roja | | | |
| Banda Paramasivam | T. P. Gajendran | Prabhu, Abbas, Rambha, Monika | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 25 | S. D. Sabapathy | Nandha, Kaveri, Rekha Vedavyas | | | |
| Well Done | Ravindran | Jayanth, Chytra Hallikeri | | | |
| May!
| rowspan="8" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#edafaf; textcolor:#000;" | M | rowspan="3" align="center" | 1 | Mani Bharathi | Shaam, Sharmelee | | | |
| Indru Mudhal | M. A. Murugesh | Mithun Tejaswi, Daisy Bopanna, Nanditha | | | |
| Saamy | Hari | Vikram, Trisha | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 8 | Sakthi Chidambaram | Jai Akash, Neha, Hamsavardhan, Monica | | | |
| Pudhiya Geethai | K. P. Jagannath | Vijay, Ameesha Patel, Meera Jasmine | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 16 | Priyadarshan | Shaam, Trisha | | | |
| Parthiban Kanavu | Karu Pazhaniappan | Srikanth, Sneha | | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 30 | Arjun | Arjun, Kiran, Gayathri Raguram | | | |
| June!
| rowspan="3" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#d9c1b0; textcolor:#000;" | J | rowspan="1" align="center" | 12 | Mouli | R. Madhavan, Geetu Mohandas, Shrutika | | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 13
| Paarai | K. S. Ravikumar | Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, Meena, Ramya Krishnan | | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 20
| Jayam | M. Raja | Jayam Ravi, Sadha | | |
=July—September=
=October—December=
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| colspan="2" | Opening
! Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October!
| rowspan="5" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFB7C5; textcolor:#000;" | O | rowspan="1" align="center" | 10 | Vadakku Vaasal | B. M. Sundar | Karthik Kumar, Rithana | | | |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | 24
| Anjaneya | N. Maharajan | Ajith Kumar, Meera Jasmine | | | |
| Ottran | Ilankannan | Arjun, Simran, Tejashree | | | |
| Pithamagan | Bala | Vikram, Suriya, Laila, Sangeetha | | | |
| Thirumalai | Ramana | Vijay, Jyothika, Kausalya | | | |
| November!
| rowspan="4" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#ACE1AF; textcolor:#000;" | N | rowspan="1" align="center" | 14 | Jay Jay | Saran | R. Madhavan, Pooja, Amoga | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 21
| Iyarkai | S. P. Jananathan | Shaam, Arun Vijay, Kutti Radhika | | | |
| Kurumbu | Vishnuvardhan | Allari Naresh, Nikita Thukral, Diya | | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 28 | Ponvannan | Saranya Ponvannan | | | |
| December!
| rowspan="13" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#B8860B; textcolor:#000;" | D | rowspan="2" align="center" | 5 | R. Balu | Ashwin, Rathi Arumugam, Yogan | | | |
| Mullil Roja | Kasthuri Pandian | Vishnu, Lahari, Lakshmi | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 12 | B. Lenin | Hans Kaushik, Archana, Kripa | | | |
| Konji Pesalaam | R. Kaleeswaran | Rajkiran, Sreeja, Vamsi | | | |
| rowspan="5" align="center" | 19 | Jyothi Krishna | Tarun Kumar, Trisha, Shriya | | | |
| Joot | Azhagam Perumal | Srikanth, Meera Jasmine | | | |
| Paththikichu | S. S. Arasan | Devaguru, Manjari, Shakeela, Abhinayashree | | {{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov317.asp |title=Pathikichu |website=Chennai Online |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050408211705/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov317.asp |archive-date=8 April 2005 |url-status=dead}} | |
| Thathi Thavadhu Manasu | Azhagu Rajusundaram | Mumtaj, Kalabhavan Mani | | | |
| Soori | Shelvan | Vignesh, R. Parthiepan, Uma, Vijayalakshmi | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 25
| Indru | Naveen Muthuraman | Karthik, Tanu Roy | | | |
| Sindhamal Sitharamal | K. A. Shanmugavel | Abbas, Nanditha | | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 26 | Sakthi Chidambaram | R. Parthiepan, Richa Pallod, Vineeth | | | |
| Oruththi | Amshan Kumar | Ganesh Babu, Poorvaja, Bala Singh | | |
The following films also released in 2003, though the release date remains unknown.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110531005846/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2003.asp Article title]}}
Awards
References
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