List of Tamil films of 1997

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, Gross jumped to 140 per cent of Nett [1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹108 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.[2]

A list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1997 by release date.

List of released films

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Music Director
J A N	10	Sakthi	R. Raghu Raj	Vineeth, Yuvarani	Gentleman Film International	R. Anandh
	14	Dharma Chakkaram	K. S. Ravikumar	Vijayakanth, Deepti Bhatnagar, Rambha	Lakshmi Movie Makers	Deva
		Iruvar	Mani Ratnam	Mohanlal, Aishwarya Rai, Prakash Raj, Gouthami, Revathi, Tabu	Madras Talkies	A. R. Rahman
		Kaalamellam Kaathiruppen	R. Sundarrajan	Vijay, Dimple	M. G. Pictures	Deva
		Kathirunda Kadhal	Vijeshwaran	Arun Vijay, Suvalakshmi	Ganga Gowri Productions	Sirpy
		Minsara Kanavu	Rajiv Menon	Prabhu Deva, Arvind Swamy, Kajol	AVM Productions	A. R. Rahman
		Nalla Manusukkaran	Jayarajendran	Pandiarajan, Jayaragini	Annai Sree Baalaambikai Creations	Deva
		Om Saravana Bhava	N. Krishnaswamy	Sowmyan, Vidyasri		M. S. Viswanathan
		Periya Thambi	Chitra Lakshmanan	Prabhu, Nagma	Gayathri Films	Deva
	15	Bharathi Kannamma	Cheran	R. Parthiban, Meena	Pangaj Productions	Deva
		Gopura Deepam	Ramarajan	Ramarajan, Sukanya	Kashtoori Films International	Soundaryan
		Nesam	K. Subash	Ajith Kumar, Maheswari	Dhanooja Films	Deva
	30	Pudhayal	Selva	Mammooty, Arvind Swamy, Aamani, Sakshi Shivanand	Cheran Cine Makers	Vidyasagar
F E B	12	Kaalamellam Kadhal Vaazhga	R. Balu	Murali, Kausalya	Sivasakthi Movie Makers	Deva
	14	Ettupatti Rasa	Kasthuri Raja	Napoleon, Kushboo, Urvashi	Pyramid Films International	Deva
		Parama Pithaa	K. Alexander	Nizhalgal Ravi, Vijaya		Uthiriyan
		Vaimaye Vellum	P. Vasu	R. Parthiban, Rachana Banerjee	S. B. Films	Deva
	21	Mannava	L. M. Balaji	Prashanth, Sanghavi, Urvashi	Star Movies	Deva
	21	Maradha Uravu	Thiruvarangan	Rajiv, Rajam		Sirpy
	28	Adhipathi	Balaraja	Varunraj, Apsara		Chandrabose
		Aravindhan	T. Nagarajan	Sarath Kumar, R. Parthiban, Nagma	Amma Creations	Yuvan Shankar Raja
		Mappillai Gounder	Manivasagam	Prabhu, Sakshi Shivanand, Swathi	Janaki Films	Deva
M A R	6	Vivasaayi Magan	Ramarajan	Ramarajan, Devayani	Mahalakshmi International	Sirpy
A P R	10	Arunachalam	Sundar C.	Rajinikanth, Soundarya, Rambha	Annamalai Cine Combines	Deva
	10	Thaali Pudhusu	Keyar	Ramki, Kushboo	Perumal Productions	Raj, Vidyasagar
	14	Dhinamum Ennai Gavani	A. R. Ramesh	Ramki, Sanghavi	Tamilannai Cine Creations	Sirpy
		My India	K. Alex Pandian	Anandaraj, Swathi		Adithyan
		Raasi	Muraliappas	Ajith Kumar, Rambha	NIC Arts	Sirpy
	18	Vallal	Rajkapoor	Sathyaraj, Meena, Roja, Sangeetha	Raaj Films International	Deva
	25	Sishya	Selva	Karthik, Roshini	Tharangai V. Sunder	Deva
M A Y	9	Love Today	Balasekaran	Vijay, Suvalakshmi, Manthra	Super Good Films	Shiva
		Pistha	K. S. Ravikumar	Karthik, Nagma	Pyramid Films International	S. A. Rajkumar
		Pongalo Pongal	V. Sekhar	Vignesh, Sangeetha	Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam	Deva
	23	Ullaasam	J. D. Jerry	Ajith Kumar, Vikram, Maheswari	Amitabh Bachchan Corporation	Karthik Raja
J U N	6	Pasamulla Pandiyare	T. P. Gajendran	Rajkiran, Meena, Roja	Meenakshi Arts	Deva
	27	Devathai	Nassar	Nassar, Vineeth, Keerthi Reddy	Indus Film Factory	Ilaiyaraaja
	27	Suryavamsam	Vikraman	Sarath Kumar, Devayani, Raadhika, Priya Raman	R. B. Choudary	S. A. Rajkumar
J U L	4	Nattupura Nayagan	Rama Narayanan	Selva, Swathi, Timea		S. A. Rajkumar
		Once More	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Sivaji Ganesan, Vijay, Simran, Saroja Devi, Anju Aravind	Shree Ganesh Vision	Deva
		V. I. P	D. Sabhapathi	Prabhu Deva, Abbas, Simran, Rambha	Kalaipuli S. Dhanu	Ranjit Barot
	11	Nandhini	Manobala	Prakash Raj, Suhasini, Keerthi Reddy	V. Natarajan	Sirpy
	25	Kaadhali	Sidhu	Vignesh, Devayani	Tara Creations	Deva
A U G	1	Pagaivan	Ramesh Balakrishnan	Ajith Kumar, Sathyaraj, Anjala Zhaveri	Viswas Films	Deva
	15	Anubhavam Pudhumai	S. Raj	Venki, Jothy	T. V. Productions	Nagesh
		Kadhal Palli	Pavithran	Vignesh, Suvaluxmi	N. R. D. Film Circuit	Deva
		Sathi Sanam	V. Jayaprakash	Mahesh, Ovia	Chozha Creations	Deva
	22	Periya Idathu Mappillai	Guru Dhanapal	Jayaram, Devayani, Manthra	Murugan Movies	Sirpy
	22	Raman Abdullah	Balu Mahendra	Sivakumar, Vignesh, Karan, Eshwari Rao, Rudra	Anand Cine Arts	Ilaiyaraaja
S E P	5	Abhimanyu	K. Subash	R. Parthiban, Ravali	Sree Charan Films	Deva
		Adimai Changili	R. K. Selvamani	Arjun, Roja, Rambha	Sai Roja Companies	Deva
		Kalyana Vaibhogam	N. Rathnam	Ramki, Kushboo, Sangita	Gomathi Shankar Films	Deva
		Nerrukku Ner	Vasanth	Vijay, Suriya, Simran, Kausalya,	Madras Talkies	Deva
	12	Adrasakkai Adrasakkai	V. C. Guhanathan	Pandiarajan, Sangita, Anusha	Victory Movies	Sirpy
		Ganga Gowri	Madheswaran	Arun Kumar, Sangeetha, Manthra	Ganga Gowri Production	Sirpy
		Naalaya Udhayam	K. R. Ranjith	K. R. Ranjith, Rani Chitra		Aravind
	19	Aahaa Enna Porutham	C. Ranganathan	Ramki, Sanghavi	K.B Films	Vidyasagar
	26	Paththini	P. Vasu	Jayaram, Kushboo	Good Luck Films	Deva
O C T	10	Samrat	C. Dinakaran	Ramki, Vineetha, Rukma	Lakshmikaran Enterprises	Manoj Saran
	30	Aahaa..!	Suresh Krishna	Rajiv Krishna, Sulekha	Shogun Films Ltd	Deva
		Periya Manushan	Guru Dhanapal	Sathyaraj, Ravali	Guru Film International	Deva
		Porkkaalam	Cheran	Murali, Meena, Sanghavi	M. Kaja Mydeen, V. Gnanavelu, V. Jaya Prakash	Deva
		Ratchagan	Praveen Kanth	Nagarjuna, Sushmita Sen	Kunjumon Studios	A. R. Rahman
		Thedinen Vanthathu	Ravi Varma	Prabhu, Manthra, Goundamani	Shiva Shree Pictures	Sirpy
		Themmangu Paattukaaran	Gangai Amaren	Ramarajan, Aamani	Sree Devi Bahavathy Films	Ilaiyaraaja
		Vasuki	Kasthuri Raja	Rajendra Prasad, Urvashi	Anand Movie Land	Ilaiyaraaja
		Vidukadhai	Agathiyan	Prakash Raj, Neena	Kavithalayaa Productions	Deva
	31	Janakiraman	Sundar C.	Sarath Kumar, Nagma, Rambha, Goundamani	Malar Films	Sirpy
N O V	28	Thadayam	Ramesh Balakrishnan	Ramki, Vijayashanti, Indraja	Maruthi Movie Makers	Deva
N O V	28	Veerapandi Kottayiley	Chandernath	Ramji, Maina		Vasanthan
D E C	5	Kadavul	Velu Prabhakaran	Arun Pandian, Roja	Deccan Pictures PVT. LTD.	Ilaiyaraaja
		Roja Malare	Jayamurugan	Murali, Reeva	Kamalam Movies	Adithyan
		Thambi Durai	Senthilnathan	Saravanan, Sukanya	Sree Maariamman Films	Ilaiyaraaja
	12	Arasiyal	R. K. Selvamani	Mammootty, Shilpa Shirodkar, Roja	Motherland Movies Internationals	Vidyasagar
		Poochudava	Udayasankar	Abbas, Simran	K Jayaraman	Sirpy
		Rettai Jadai Vayasu	C. Sivakumar	Ajith Kumar, Manthra	Bhagyam Cine Combines	Deva
	19	Kadhalukku Mariyadhai	Fazil	Vijay, Shalini	Sangili Murugan	Ilaiyaraaja
	26	Pudhalvan	Selva Vinayagam	Ramki, Pragathi	Vijaya Gowri Films	Deva

Awards

Category/Organization	Cinema Express Awards 23 August 1998[3]	Dinakaran Cinema Awards 12 April 1998[4]	Filmfare Awards South August 1998[5]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 27 November 1998[6]
Best Film	Suryavamsam	Suryavamsam	Bharathi Kannamma	Arunachalam / Suryavamsam
Best Director	Vikraman Suryavamsam	Cheran Porkkaalam	Cheran Bharathi Kannamma	Cheran / Vikraman Porkkaalam / Suryavamsam
Best Actor	Sarathkumar Suryavamsam	Sarathkumar Suryavamsam	Sarathkumar Suryavamsam	Parthiban / Vijay Bharathi Kannamma / Kadhalukku Mariyadhai
Best Actress	Meena Bharathi Kannamma	Devayani Suryavamsam	Meena Bharathi Kannamma	Meena / Devayani Porkkaalam / Suryavamsam
Best Music Director	S. A. Rajkumar Suryavamsam	A. R. Rahman Minsara Kanavu	A. R. Rahman Minsara Kanavu	S. A. Rajkumar Suryavamsam

References

Government raised entertainment tax to 40% (from 33%) in 1958
CTD reports ₹108 crore ET collection in 1997-98
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 1999. Retrieved 5 March 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 June 1998. Retrieved 5 March 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
http://chandrag.tripod.com/aug98/index.html
"1996 Cinema State Awards". dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 1998. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

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[1] Government raised entertainment tax to 40% (from 33%) in 1958

[2] CTD reports ₹108 crore ET collection in 1997-98

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 1999. Retrieved 5 March 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 June 1998. Retrieved 5 March 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] ttp://chandrag.tripod.com/aug98/index.html

[6] "1996 Cinema State Awards". dinakaran.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 1998. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

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