List of Tamil films of 2005
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Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 4 October 2004, gross fell to 115 per cent of net.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/archive/|title=Archive News|website=The Hindu}} The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed {{INR}}43.65 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.{{cite web |url=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 |title=Commercial taxes at a glance |website=ctd.tn.gov.in|access-date=2020-06-14}}
{{Tamil films}}
A list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 2005 by release date:
Box office collection
| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; margin:auto" |
| Rank
!Film !Worldwide gross |
|---|
| 1
|₹60–90 crore |
| 2
|₹56crore |
| 3
|₹52 crore |
| 4
|₹45 crore |
| 5
|₹33 crore |
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|}
List of Tamil films
=January—March=
| class="wikitable" | |||
| colspan="2"|Opening
!Title !Director | Cast
!Studio ! Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| January!
| rowspan="7" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFA07A; textcolor:#000;" | J | rowspan="1" align="center" | 12 | Dancer | Keyaar | Kutty, Robert, Kanika
| | | |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | 14
| Aayudham | M. A. Murugesh | Prashanth, Sneha
| | | |
| Ayya | Hari | Sarath Kumar, Nayantara, Napoleon
| | | |
| Devathaiyai Kanden | Boopathy Pandian | Dhanush, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Kunal
| | | |
| Thirupaachi | Perarasu | Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Mallika
| | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 21
| Iyer IPS | Hari Rajan | Sathyaraj, Megha, Sanghavi
| | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 28
| Ayodhya | R. Jayaprakash | Mohankumar, Ramana, Rekha Unnikrishnan, Ragini Nandwani
| | | |
| February!
| rowspan="6" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8; textcolor:#000;" | F | rowspan="1" align="center" | 4 | Kannamma | S. S. Baba Vikram | Meena, Prem Kumar, Bose Venkat
| | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 11
| Ji | N. Linguswamy | Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan
| | |
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 18 | K. Shahjahan | Parthiban, Kaveri
| | | |
| Sukran | S. A. Chandrasekhar | Vijay, Ravi Krishna, Natassha
| | | |
| Ulla Kadathal | Pugazhendhi Thangaraj | Vignesh, Yugendran, Kutty Radhika
| | | |
| align="center" | 25 | V. C. Guhanathan | Vignesh, Ranjith, Monal
| | | |
| March!
| rowspan="9" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#98FB98; textcolor:#000;" | M | rowspan="4" align="center" | 4 | Jayaprakash | Manikandan, Shivani Singh, Aravind Akash
| | | |
| Mannin Maindhan | Rama Narayanan | Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Suha
| | | |
| Raam | Ameer | Jiiva, Gajala, Saranya, Rahman
| | | |
| Rightaa Thappaa | R. Bhuvana | Ramana, Uma
| | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 10
| Maayavi | Singampuli | Suriya, Jyothika, Sathyan
| | | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 11
| London | Sundar C | Prashanth, Ankitha, Mumtaj, Pandiarajan
| | | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 18 | Jathi | R. Vijaragava | Sathya, Sujitha
| | |
| Karagattakkari | Bharathi Kannan | Roja, SSR Kannan, Vilashini
| | | |
| align="center" | 25 | A. N. Rajagopal | Simran, Manikandan, Jai Akash
| | |
=April—June=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Opening
!Title !Director | Cast
!Studio ! Ref | |
|---|---|---|
| April!
| rowspan="8" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFDEAD;" | A | rowspan="3" align="center" | 1 | Shivraj | Shaam, Richard Rishi, Tanu Roy
| | |
| Gurudeva | Jaffer | Jai Akash, Pranathi
| | |
| Thaka Thimi Tha | Sundar C | Yuvakrishna, Ankitha, Vivek
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 8
| Sevvel | Primose | Jai Akash, Rajkiran, Misha
| | |
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 14 | P. Vasu | Rajinikanth, Jyothika, Nayantara, Prabhu, Vadivelu
| | |
| Priyasakhi | K. S. Adhiyaman | R. Madhavan, Sadha
| | |
| Sachein | John Mahendran | Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, Vadivelu
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 15 | Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao | Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Ramesh Aravind
| | |
| May!
| rowspan="10" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#edafaf;" | M | rowspan="2" align="center" | 6 | Jithan | Vincent Selva | Githan Ramesh, Pooja, Sarath Kumar
| | |
| Karka Kasadara | R. V. Udayakumar | Vikranth, Lakshmi Rai, Diya, Vadivelu
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 12
| 6'2" | V. Senthil Kumar | Sathyaraj, Sunitha Varma, Vadivelu
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 13 | K. V. Anand | Srikanth, Gopika, Prithviraj
| | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 20
| Amudhae | Ezhil | Jai Akash, Madhumitha, Pranathi
| | |
| Arinthum Ariyamalum | Vishnuvardhan | Arya, Navdeep, Sameksha, Prakash Raj
| | |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | 27 | Ravi Bhargavan | Santhosh, Srisha, Aswitha
| | |
| Neeye Nijam | Indhran | Shaan Vijay, Sumesh, Tejashree
| | |
| Pesuvoma | S. K. Udayan | Kunal, Sharmilee
| | |
| Power of Women | Jayadevi | Khushbu, Hariharan, Riyaz Khan
| | |
| June!
| rowspan="5" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#d9c1b0;" | J | rowspan="2" align="center" | 3 | Jeeva | Shaam, Arya, Laila, Pooja, Asin
| | |
| Padhavi Paduthum Paadu | C. Ramalingam | Ranjith, Anamika
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 10
| Anniyan | Shankar | Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj, Vivek
| | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 24 | Sakthi Chidambaram | Sathyaraj, Madhumitha, Namitha, Vadivelu
| | |
| Pon Megalai | Sakthi Chithran | Nithya Das, Abhinay, Charan Raj
| | |
=July—September=
| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan="2"|Opening
!Title !Director | Cast
!Studio ! Ref | |
|---|---|---|
| July!
| rowspan="6" valign="center" align="center" style="background: #d0f0c0; textcolor:#000;" | J | rowspan="1" align="center" | 1 | Radha Bharathi | Jai Akash, Pranathi
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 15
| Chinna | Sundar C | Arjun, Sneha
| | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 22 | K. G. Ashok | Thennavan, Karikalam, Sriji, Gayathri
| | |
| February 14 | S. P. Hosimin | Bharath, Renuka Menon, Ajmal
| | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 29
| Daas | Babu Yogeswaran | Jayam Ravi, Renuka Menon
| | |
| Thullum Kaalam | Charana | Rajeev, Vineetha, Tharika
| | |
| August!
| rowspan="8" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#C2B280;" | A | rowspan="2" align="center" | 5 | Selvam | Agathiyan | Nandha, Uma, Vani
| | |
| Varapogum Sooriyane | S. Karuppusamy | Trivikram, Priyanjali
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 10 | Kalimuthu | Sindhu Tolani, Naveen Dhanush, Aari Arujunan
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 12
| ABCD | Saravana Subbiah | Shaam, Sneha, Aparna Pillai, Nandana
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 15 | Radha Mohan | Ravi Krishna, Gopika, Revathi
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 19 | Mani Bharathy | Ramana, Sridevika, Tejashree
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 24 | Thangar Bachan | Thangar Bachan, Navya Nair
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 26 | Fazil | Srikanth, Sonia Agarwal
| | |
| September!
| rowspan="9" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#F5DEB3; textcolor:#000;" | S | rowspan="1" align="center" | 2 | Nandha Periyasamy | Arya, Sonia Agarwal
| | |
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 9 | S. J. Surya | S. J. Surya, Nila
| | |
| Thotti Jaya | V. Z. Durai | Silambarasan, Gopika
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 16
| Karpanai | Ashok Raj | Harish Raghavendra, Keerthi, Sudhi Nambiar, Arpitha
| | |
| rowspan="3" align="center" | 23
| Chanakya | A. Venkatesh | Sarath Kumar, Namitha, Laya
| | |
| Kalaiyatha Ninaivugal | Suraj | Vishwaji, Poorvaja
| |
| Mudhal Aasai | A. R. Matheazhagan | Ganesh, Santhosh, Sitara Vaidya
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 29
| Ghajini | AR Murugadoss | Suriya, Asin, Nayantara
| | |
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 30
| Mazhai | S. Rajkumar | Jayam Ravi, Shriya Saran
| | |
=October—December=
| class="wikitable" | ||||
| colspan="2"|Opening
!Title !Director | Cast
!Studio ! Ref | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October!
| rowspan="4" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#FFB7C5;" | O | rowspan="2" align="center" | 14 | Ashokan | R. Parthiban, Lakshmi Rai, Vadivelu, Mallika
| | | ||
| Thirudiya Idhayathai | Murali Krishna | Rohan, Kunal, Shubha Poonja
| | | ||
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 21
| Navarasa | Santosh Sivan | Shwetha, Khushbu, Bobby Darling
| | | ||
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 28 | A. K. Lohithadas | Prasanna, Meera Jasmine
| | | ||
| November!
| rowspan="9" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#ACE1AF;" | N | rowspan="5" align="center" | 1 | Balu Mahendra | Dhanush, Priyamani
| | | ||
| Ambuttu Imbuttu Embuttu | Ashok Kashyap | Tejashwini Prakash, Crane Manohar
| | | ||
| Sivakasi | Perarasu | Vijay, Asin, Prakash Raj
| | | ||
| Perusu | Kamaraj | Madhu, Deepa, Gemini Balaji, Risha
| | | ||
| Majaa | Shafi | Vikram, Asin, Pasupathy
| | | ||
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 11 | D. J. Kumar | Manoj Bharathiraja, Nandhana, Kunal, Bharathi
| | | ||
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 18
| Anbe Vaa | K. Selva Bharathy | Thendral, Sridevika, Vivek
| | | ||
| Bambara Kannaley | Parthy Baskar | Srikanth, Aarti Agarwal, Namitha, Vikramaditya
| | | ||
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 20 | V. Priya | Prasanna, Laila, Karthik Kumar
| | | ||
| December!
| rowspan="10" valign="center" align="center" style="background:#B8860B;" | D | rowspan="2" align="center" | 2 | Aanai | Selva | Arjun, Namitha, Keerthi Chawla
| | | ||
| Thavamai Thavamirundhu | Cheran | Cheran, Padmapriya, Rajkiran, Saranya
| | | ||
| align="center" | 8 | Ravichandran | Hamsavardhan, Sruthi, Rajan P. Dev
| | | ||
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 9
| Aaru | Hari | Suriya, Trisha Krishnan
| | | ||
| Vetrivel Sakthivel | Lakshmi Priyan | Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Nikita Thukral, Khushbu
| | | ||
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 16 | N. Lingusamy | Vishal, Meera Jasmine, Rajkiran
| | | ||
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 18
| Veeranna | Kalanidhi | Napoleon, Anamika
| | | ||
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 22 | Sakthi Paramesh | Sathyaraj, Abbas, Susan, Pranathi
| | | ||
| align="center" | 23 | Sagar | Sriman, Swarnamalya, Flora
| | | ||
| rowspan="1" align="center" | 30
| Plus Koottani | Babu Ganesh | Babu Ganesh, Manthra | {{cite web |url=http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2006/01pluskoottany.asp |title=Plus Koottany |website=Chennai Online |access-date=15 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015214754/http://www.chennaionline.com/film/Moviereviews/2006/01pluskoottany.asp |archive-date=15 October 2006 |url-status=dead}} |
;Other releases
The following Tamil films were also released in 2005, though the release date remains unknown.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2005.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529192805/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2005.asp|url-status=usurped|archive-date=29 May 2011|title=2005-ல் வெளியான படப்பட்டியல் - தயாரிப்பாளர்கள்||website=www.lakshmansruthi.com}}
| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
| Title | Director | Cast | Music director |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unnai Enakku Pidichuruku | Anbu Saravanan | Aswin, Aswini, Naveen, Munna | Sirpy |
| Iyyappa Saamy | Ravi-Raja | Pandiarajan, Ishaq Hussaini, Preethi Varma, Lavanya | Pradeep Ravi |
| Sendhalam Poove | A. C. Deepa Raj | Livingston, Devayani | Vimalraj |
| Thiru Thiru | S. D. Shri Ram Vasu | Pandiarajan, Nanditha Jennifer | |
| Pillayar Pettaiyum Kandhu Vattiyum | Govindarasu | ||
| Pen Nila | |||
| Pondatti Jeyichutta | |||
| Povoma Oorgolam | |||
| My Dear Ramasamy | |||
| Rekkai | B. Lenin | G. V. Narayana Rao, M. S. Visalatchi, N. Madhan Kumar | Amarji |
| Vairavan | Karikalan | Karikalan, Pandiarajan, Karisma, Sathya | Aasan |
Awards
References
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