List of Tamil films of 2002

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 12 June 2000, Gross fell to 125 per cent of Nett.[1][2] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹71.19 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.[3]

A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2002:[4]

List of Tamil films

January—March
Opening TitleDirectorCastStudioRef
J
A
N		 14 Alli ArjunaSaranManoj Bharathiraja, Richa Pallod, PreethaJanani Art Creations[5]
AzhagiThangar BachanParthiban, Nandita Das, DevayaniUdayageetha Cine Creations[6]
Pammal K. SambandamMouliKamal Haasan, Simran, Abbas, SnehaSri Rajlakshmi Films[7]
Punnagai DesamK. ShajahanTarun, Kunal, Sneha, Hamsavardhan, PreethaSuper Good Films[8]
RedRam SathyaAjith Kumar, Priya Gill, Salim GhouseNIC Arts[9]
Vivaramana AaluK. Selva BharathySathyaraj, Devayani, MumtajEvergreen Movies International[10]
F
E
B		 8 AmaiyappaRama MurugapandianPonnambalam, Roshini, Mahanadi ShankarAmpa Pictures
Shakalaka BabyRama NarayananRoja, Vivek, Vadivelu, Radhika ChaudhariShivakami Production
14 DhayaSenthil KumarPrakash Raj, Meena, RaghuvaranDuet Movies[11]
Kannathil MuthamittalMani RatnamR. Madhavan, Simran, Nandita DasMadras Talkies[12]
15 Charlie ChaplinSakthi ChidambaramPrabhu, Prabhu Deva, Abhirami, Gayathri RaguramRoja Combines[13]
22 KamarasuP. C. AnbazhaganMurali, Laila, Chandrasekhar, SrividyaShanthi Vanaraja Films[14]
Roja KootamSasiSrikanth, Bhoomika, RaadhikaOscar Films[15]
M
A
R		 15 SapthamSivaguruRishi, Rithiga, Sriman, AbhinayashreeSaburaa International[16]

April—June
Opening TitleDirectorCastStudioRef
A
P
R		 12 GeminiSaranVikram, Kiran
RaajjiyamManoj KumarVijayakanth, Shamita Shetty, Priyanka Trivedi, Dileep
Sri Bannari AmmanBharathi KannanKaran, Kushboo, Vijayashanti
ThamizhHariPrashanth, Simran, Vadivelu
ThamizhanMajithVijay, Priyanka Chopra
19 Junior SeniorJ. SureshMammooty, Hamsavardhan, Charulatha, Leena
M
A
Y		 3 Varushamellam VasanthamRavi ShankarManoj Bharathiraja, Kunal, Anita
10 Thulluvadho IlamaiKasthuri RajaDhanush, Sherin
Unnai NinaithuVikramanSuriya, Laila, Sneha
16 Pesadha Kannum PesumeMurali KrishnaKunal, Monal, Mamtha
24 Nettru Varai Nee YaaroA. SridharHamsavardhan, Ruchita Prasad
31 Enge Enadhu KavithaiAravindKunal, Rathi, Krishna Abhishek
J
U
N		 1 123K. SubashPrabhu Deva, Jyothika, Raju Sundaram, Nagendra Prasad
14 DevanArun PandianVijayakanth, Arun Pandian, Meena, Kausalya
21 EzhumalaiArjunArjun, Simran, Gajala, Mumtaj
Thenkasi PattanamRafi MecartinSarath Kumar, Napoleon, Devayani, Samyuktha Varma
27 PanchatanthiramK. S. RavikumarKamal Haasan, Simran, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Ramya Krishnan, Urvashi, Sanghavi, Nagesh, Aishwarya

July—September
Opening TitleDirectorCastStudioRef
J
U
L		 5 RajaEzhilAjith Kumar, Jyothika, Priyanka Trivedi
12 SamuraiBalaji SakthivelVikram, Anita, Jaya Seel
13 Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke!VasanthShaam, Sneha, Jaya Re
19 GuruvammaThamarai SendhoorapandiLivingston, Devayani
ShreePushpavasaganSuriya, Shruthika, Gayatri Jayaraman
YouthVincent SelvaVijay, Sandhiya, Sindhu Menon
A
U
G		 2 KarmeghamS. P. RajkumarMammooty, Abhirami
15 BabaSuresh KrishnaRajinikanth, Manisha Koirala, M. N. Nambiar, Goundamani, Ashish Vidyarthi
23 IvanR. ParthibanR. Parthiban, Soundarya, Meena
29 Plus 2KrithikKrithik, Suja Varunee
30 NainaManobalaJayaram, Manya
Sundhara TravelsThahaMurali, Vadivelu, Radha
S
E
P		 5 RunN. LingusamyR. Madhavan, Meera Jasmine, Atul Kulkarni
6 KingPrabu SolomonVikram, Sneha
12 ArputhamR. S. VenkateshRaghava Lawrence, Anu Prabhakar, Kunal
En Mana VaanilVinayanJayasurya, Kavya Madhavan
Nilai KannadiC. T. ChandrasekarIlavarasan
20 MaaranA. JawaharSathyaraj, Seetha, Abhinayashree
Namma Veetu KalyanamV. SekharMurali, Meena, Vindhya
27 SamasthanamRajkapoorSarath Kumar, Devayani, Suresh Gopi, Abhirami
28 JjunctionR. S. RamanathanAbhinay, Kanishka Sodhi, Aamna Sharif

October—December
Opening TitleDirectorCastStudioRef
O
C
T		 4 AlbumVasanthabalanAryan Rajesh, Shrutika
Five StarSusi GanesanPrasanna, Kanika, Krishna
UniversityPragahdeeshJeevan, Gajala
N
O
V		 4 Andipatti ArasampattiDhananjeyanPandiarajan, Mansoor Ali Khan, Visalini, Srilekha
BagavathiA. VenkateshVijay, Reemma Sen, Jai, Monika
GameJohn AmritrajKarthik, Radha, Divya Dutta
Kadhal AzhivathillaiT. RajendarSimbhu, Charmy
Padai Veetu AmmanPugazhmaniRamki, Meena, Devayani
RamanaaA. R. MurugadossVijayakanth, Ashima Bhalla, Simran
Solla Marandha KadhaiThangar BachanCheran, Rathi
VillainK. S. RavikumarAjith Kumar, Meena, Kiran
29 April MaadhathilS. S. StanleySrikanth, Sneha
GummalamSughi S. MoorthyMithun Tejaswi, Rathi
I Love You DaC. RajaduraiRaju Sundaram, Simran
D
E
C		 6 JayaRathnarajRamya Krishnan, Sherin, Sriman
MuthamS. A. ChandrasekharArun Vijay, Nagendra Prasad, Charulatha, Nanditha
13 BalaDeepakShaam, Meera Jasmine
Mounam PesiyadheAmeerSuriya, Trisha, Laila
20 Kadhal VirusKathirRichard Rishi, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Abbas
StyleSibi ChakravarthyRaghava Lawrence, Gayathri Raguram, Kushboo
VirumbugirenSusi GanesanPrashanth, Sneha
27 Iravu PadaganRoshanBabu Ganesh, Gumtaj
Kalai KalluriChandrasekharMadoo, Swetha Rao
Nanba NanbaJayabharathiChandrasekhar, Charle
Other releases

The following films also released in 2002, though the release date remains unknown.[17]

TitleDirectorCastProduction
En KadhaliSBS Art Productions
En Uyir NanbanSilan Productions
GowriCine Bharath
IsthriSaravana Film Creations
Needhiyin VasalileMM Creations
Pudhiya AlaiRajkathirJeevan Ravi, AbithaBhuvaneswari Cinemalayaa
Veetil PoochigalKarunya Kalaikoodam

Dubbed films
Opening Title Director(s) Original film Cast Ref.
Film Language
February 6RahasyamVikram BhattRaazHindiDino Morea, Bipasha Basu[18]
October 22VasuV. M. VinuAkashathile ParavaigalMalayalamKalabhavan Mani[19]
October 28H20 KaveriLokanath-RajaramH2OKannadaUpendra, Prabhu Deva[20]

Awards
Category/OrganizationCinema Express Awards
21 December 2002[21]		Dinakaran Cinema Awards
17 August 2003[22]		Filmfare Awards South
24 May 2003[23]		Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
30 September 2004[24]
Best FilmKannathil MuthamittalRamanaaAzhagiRamanaa
Best DirectorBala
Nandha (2001)		K. S. Ravikumar
Villain		Mani Ratnam
Kannathil Muthamittal		Mani Ratnam
Kannathil Muthamittal
Best ActorVikram
Kasi (2001)		Ajith Kumar
Villain		Ajith Kumar
Villain		R. Madhavan
Anbe Sivam (2003), Kannathil Muthamittal, Run
Best ActressSimran
Kannathil Muthamittal		Sneha
Virumbugiren		Simran
Kannathil Muthamittal		Meena
Ivan
Best Music DirectorBharadwaj
Gemini		Vidyasagar
Run		Bharadwaj
Gemini		Sirpy
Unnai Ninaithu

References
  1. Government cuts entertainment tax to 25% (from 30%)
  2. Low-budget films gets entertainment tax exemption
  3. CTD reports ₹71.19 crore ET collection in 2002-03
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  22. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2003.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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