List of Tamil films of 2008

Prior to the amendment of Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 22 July 2006, gross was 115 per cent of net for all films.^[1] Post-amendment, gross equalled net for films with pure Tamil titles.^[2] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹12.24 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[3]

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India, which were released theatrically in 2008. They are presented in order of their release dates.

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Rank	Film	Worldwide gross
1	Dasavathaaram	₹200 crore
2	Vaaranam Aayiram	₹46-48 crore
3	Bheema	₹38 crore
4	Yaaradi Nee Mohini	₹35 crore
5	Kuruvi	₹32 crore

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref
J A N	14	Bheemaa	N. Linguswamy	Vikram, Trisha Krishnan
		Kaalai	Tarun Gopi	Silambarasan Rajendar, Vedhika Kumar
		Pazhani	Perarasu	Bharath, Kajal Aggarwal, Khushbu
		Pirivom Santhippom	Karu Pazhaniappan	Cheran, Sneha
		Vaazhthugal	Seeman	R. Madhavan, Bhavana
	15	Pidichirukku	Kanagu	Ashok, Vishakha Singh
	15	Pattaya Kelappu	Ponnambalam	Sriman, Payal, Ponnambalam
F E B	1	Ashoka	Prem Menon	Prem Menon, Anushree, Pooja Bharathi
		Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan	Thambi Ramaiah	Vadivelu, Yashimi Sharma, Suja Varunee
		Thangam	G. Kicha	Sathyaraj, Meghna Nair, Goundamani
		Thodakkam	Muthukumar	Rishi, Abhinay, Raghu Vannan, Monica, Meghna Nair
	8	Sadhu Miranda	Siddique	Prasanna, Abbas, Kavya Madhavan
	14	Anjathe	Mysskin	Narain, Ajmal Ameer, Prasanna, Vijayalakshmi
		Kadhal Kaditham	Mukesh	Balaji, Amisha
		Nenjathai Killadhe	Agathiyan	Vikranth, Bharathi, Yugendran
		Pachai Nirame	Karkki	Yugendran, Saran Sathya, Rajasekar, Nanditha Jennifer, Preethi Varma
	22	Akku	Mamani	Ajay, Sriji, Rakshai, Anu Hasan, Riyaz Khan
		Thoondil	K. S. Adhiyaman	Shaam, Sandhya, Divya Spandana
		Valluvan Vasuki	Marumalarchi Bharathi	Sathya, Swetha, Ranjith
	29	Sila Nerangalil	Jayaraj	Vincent Asokan, Navya Nair, Vineeth
	29	Thotta	Selva	Jeevan, Priyamani
M A R	7	Ezhuthiyatharadi	Sri Sathyaragaventher	Ramana, Mansi Pritam, Swathi, Akhila
		Ponmagal Vandhal	Ramamurthy	Pandiarajan
		Velli Thirai	Viji	Prakash Raj, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Gopika
	14	Theekuchi	Yuvarajan	Jai Varma, Menagai
		Unakkaga	Manoharan	Riyaz Khan, Meghna Nair
		Vaitheeswaran	R. K. Vidhyadaran	Sarath Kumar, Meghna Naidu
	21	Inba	Vendhan	Shaam, Sneha
		Kannum Kannum	G. Marimuthu	Prasanna, Udhayathara
		Sandai	Sakthi Chidambaram	Sundar C, Ramya Raj, Nadhiya, Namitha
		Singakutty	A. Venkatesh	Shivaji Dev, Gowri Munjal
	28	Azhagu Nilayam	Rajaji	Vindhiya, Swarnamalya
		Kattuviriyan	Kalaipuli G. Sekharan	Sajith Raj, Malavika, Ram
		Tharagu	Kalanidhi	Sanjay, Dimple	^[5]
		Vedha	Nithya Kumar	Arun Vijay, Sheela

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
A P R	4	Pasumpon Devar Varalaru	Abraham Lincoln	Vagai Chandrasekar
		Vilaiyattu	Ezhilvendhan	Ezhilvendhan, Saranya
		Yaaradi Nee Mohini	Mithran Jawahar	Dhanush, Nayantara, Karthik Kumar
	9	Arasangam	R. Madhesh	Vijayakanth, Navaneet Kaur
	10	Nepali	V. Z. Durai	Bharath, Meera Jasmine
	11	Santosh Subramaniam	M. Raja	Jayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj
	11	Thozha	N. Sundaresan	Nithin Sathya, Vijay Vasanth, Premji Amaran, Ajay Raj, Jennifer
	18	Arai En 305-il Kadavul	Chimbu Deven	Prakash Raj, Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu
		Ini Varum Kaalam	Sibi Chandar	Ranjan, Sajitha Betti
		Madurai Ponnu Chennai Paiyan	A. C. Rajasekaran	S. S. R. Pankaj Kumar, Thejamai	Velu Thevar Films
	25	Chakkara Viyugam	Udhayabhanu Maheswaran	Natty Subramaniam, Raaghav, Jayasurya
	25	Iyakkam	Sanjay Ram	Rishi Kumar, Shruthi Raj, Sujibala
M A Y	2	Kuruvi	S. Dharani	Vijay, Trisha Krishnan
	9	Aadum Koothu	T. V. Chandran	Cheran, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj, Aari,
		Malarinum Melliya	Selvaraj	Vignesh, Varshini
		Silandhi	Aathiraj	Munna, Monica
	16	Kadhal Endral Enna	Kalimuthu	Veerha, Diya, Charan Raj
	16	Kadhal Vaanile	Venkateswara	Hari, Jothi Krishna
	23	Ghatotkajan	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
	23	Pandi	Rasu Madhuravan	Raghava Lawrence, Sneha, Namitha
	30	Kaalaippani	Rajesh M. Selva	Jay Srinivasa Kumar, Vasundhara Kashyap
		Kathavarayan	Salangai Durai	Karan, Vidisha, Radha
		Thithikkum Ilamai	Chandramohan	K. Dinesh Kumar, J. Pranav, Althara, Nisha
J U N	13	Dasavathaaram	K. S. Ravikumar	Kamal Haasan, Asin, Mallika Sherawat, Jaya Prada
	27	Aayudham Seivom	Udhayan	Sundar C, Anjali
		Ayyavazhi	P. C. N. Anbazhagan	Raja, Sanjai
		Pudhupandi	Karthik Kumar	Pandiarajan, Kanmani Raja
		Thiru Thiruda	Don Gowtham	Don Gowtham
	28	Vallamai Tharayo	Madhumitha	R. Parthiban, Chaya Singh

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref
J U L	4	Muniyandi Vilangial Moonramandu	Thirumurugan	Bharath, Poorna
		Subramaniyapuram	M. Sasikumar	Jai, M. Sasikumar, Swati Reddy, Ganja Karuppu
		Uliyin Osai	Ilavenil	Vineeth, Keerthi Chawla
	11	Azhaipithazh	P. K. Rajmohan	Ratheesh, Sona	^[6]
	18	Nalla Ponnu Ketta Payyan	M. P. Balan	Sriman, Madhumitha, Keerthi Chawla
	22	Maanavan Ninaithal	S. P. Gnanamozhi	Rithik, Varshini
	25	Manava Manavigal	Rajagopal	David, Rachana
		Pathu Pathu	Sathyam	Sona Heiden, Thalaivasal Vijay, Bose Venkat
		Sutta Pazham	G. K.	Mohan, Shubha Poonja
A U G	1	Kuselan	P. Vasu	Rajinikanth, Pasupathy, Meena, Nayantara
	8	Unnai Naan	Senthilnathan	Viinu, Naash
	15	Sathyam	A. Rajasekhar	Vishal, Nayantara, Upendra
	22	Ragasiya Snehithane	Sujo Visanth	Vasanth, Lakshmi Rai, Vijay Raj, Prakash, Kandan, Sriram
	22	Nayagan	Saravana Sakthi	J. K. Rithesh, Ramana, Sangeetha, Keerthi Chawla
	29	Dhaam Dhoom	Jeeva	Jayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut, Lakshmi Rai
	29	Jayamkondaan	R. Kannan	Vinay Rai, Bhavana, Lekha Washington
S E P	5	Alibhabha	Neelan.K.Sekar	Krishna Sekhar, Prakash Raj, Janani
		Dhanam	Siva	Prem, Sangeetha
		Kee Mu	Majith	Hassan, Sarika
		Saroja	Venkat Prabhu	Shiva, Vaibhav Reddy, S. P. B. Charan, Premji Amaran, Vega Tamotia
	12	Poi Solla Porom	A. L. Vijay	Nassar, Karthik Kumar, Piaa Bajpai
	12	Vasool	V. Rishiraj	Hemanth Kumar, Kiran Rathod, V. Rishiraj
	19	Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal Varai	Krishnan Seshadri Gomatam	Sathyajit, Anuja Iyer, Charan
		Pandhayam	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Nithin Sathya, Sindhu Tolani
		Raman Thediya Seethai	K. P. Jagannath	Cheran, Pasupathy, Nithin Sathya, Vimala Raman, Remya Nambeesan, Gajala, Karthika
	26	Kadhalil Vizhunthen	P. V. Prasad	Nakul, Sunaina
	26	Sakkarakatti	Kala Prabhu	Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, Ishita Sharma, Vedhika

Opening		Title	Director	Cast
O C T	1	Durai	A. Venkatesh	Arjun Sarja, Kirat Bhattal, Gajala
	2	Jai Vigneshwara	James Clifford
	10	Kasimedu Govindan	Ramesh Sanjay	Ranjith, Karishma
		Kathi Kappal	Dinesh Selvaraj	Anoop Kumar, Poornitha, Meera Vasudevan
		Netru Indru Naalai	Lakshmikanth Chenna	Ravi Krishna, Tamannaah
	27	Seval	Hari	Bharath, Poonam Bajwa, Simran
		Megam	Jeevarathinam	Tamilarasan, Ragiraja
		Aegan	Raju Sundaram	Ajith Kumar, Nayantara, Navdeep, Piaa Bajpai
		Poochi	Velu	Velu
	31	Theeyavan	B. Kathir	Sriranjan, Udhay, Midhuna
N O V	7	Velvi	Jeans	Vishwa, Hasini
	14	Vaaranam Aayiram	Gautham Vasudev Menon	Suriya, Sameera Reddy, Simran, Divya Spandana
	21	Thenavattu	V. V. Kathir	Jiiva, Poonam Bajwa
	28	Ellam Avan Seyal	Shaji Kailas	R. K., Raghuvaran, Roja, Bhama
		Kodaikkanal	T. K. Bose	Ashwanth Thilak, Poorna, Shekar
		Mahesh, Saranya Matrum Palar	P. V. Ravi	Sakthi Vasu, Sandhya
		Nadigai	Babu Ganesh	Babu Ganesh, Tejashree
		Poo	Sasi	Srikanth, Parvathi Menon
		Utharavindri Ullay Vaa	Vijayan	Vijayan
D E C	5	Pudhusu Kanna Pudhusu	A. R. Venkatesh	A. R. Venkatesh, Priyanka Shailu
		Saamida	Vadivudayaan	Sembi, Dhanushya
		Suryaa	Jaguar Thangam	Vijaya Chiranjeevi, Keerthi Chawla
	12	Silambattam	Saravanan	Silambarasan Rajendar, Sneha, Sana Khan
	19	Dindigul Sarathy	Subramaniam Pillai	Karunas, Karthika Mathew
		Thiruvannamalai	Perarasu	Arjun Sarja, Pooja Gandhi
		Abhiyum Naanum	Radha Mohan	Prakash Raj, Trisha Krishnan, Aishwarya, Ganesh Venkatraman
	25	Panchamirtham	Raju Eswaran	Jayaram, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Saranya Mohan, Samiksha

List of Tamil films of 2008

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Title	Director	Cast	Music director
Mogam	Jeeva Ratnam	Tamilarasan, Raaki Raaji, Saritha Yadav, Venu Arvind	Ravi Priyan
Urugudhe	Aslam
Valakkaringar Archana	K. K. Bujjibabu
Valvellam Vasantham	K. S. Nesamanavan	Viswa, Minal, Vennira Aadai Moorthy	Nesan