List of Tamil films of 2009

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 ₹13.18 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[3] Producer Dhananjayan reports in his publication The Art & Business Of Cinema that the box office generated ₹525 crore in domestic net against an investment of ₹650 crore.

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil cinema in India that were released in 2009.

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Rank	Film	Worldwide gross
1	Ayan	₹82 crore
2	Unnaipol Oruvan	₹52-54 crore
3	Vettaikaaran	₹48 crore
4	Naadodigal	₹35 crore
5	Peraanmai	₹25-30 crore
6	Aadhavan	20 crores ^[4]

Opening		Title	Director	Cast
J A N	9	A Aa E Ee	D. Sabapathy	Navdeep, Monica, Aravind Akash, Saranya Mohan
	12	Villu	Prabhu Deva	Vijay, Nayantara
	14	Padikathavan	Suraj	Dhanush, Tamannaah
	29	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu	Suseenthiran	Vishnu Vishal, Saranya Mohan, Kishore
	30	Gaja	Ganapathy	V. N. R, Akshaya
	30	Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval	Bhuvanai Kannan	Kanal Kannan, Bharathi, Khushbu
F E B	6	Naan Kadavul	Bala	Arya, Pooja
	6	Pettarasu	Saravana	Saravana, Saranya
	13	Kudiyarasu	Sabir Hussain	Vignesh, Sabarna Anand, Neepa, K. Suresh Kannan
		Perumal	Vincent Selva	Sundar C, Meenakshi, Namitha
		Siva Manasula Sakthi	M. Rajesh	Jiiva, Anuya, Santhanam
	20	Laadam	Prabu Solomon	Charmy Kaur, Aravindhan
	20	TN 07 AL 4777	A. Lakshmikanthan	Pasupathy, Ajmal Ameer, Simran, Meenakshi
	27	Iru Nadhigal	Chanakyan	Jayanth, Sujibala
	27	Thee	G. Kicha	Sundar C, Ragini, Namitha
M A R	6	1977	G. N. Dinesh Kumar	Sarath Kumar, Farzana, Namitha
		Aarupadai	K. P. Sarvatheerthavan	Guru, Asha
		Innoruvan	S. T. Gunasekaran	Adithya, Manoha
		Yavarum Nalam	Vikram Kumar	R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra
	13	Kanchivaram	Priyadarshan	Prakash Raj, Shriya Reddy, Shammu
	20	Adada Enna Azhagu	T. M. Jayamurugan	Jai Akash, Nicole
	27	Aadatha Aattamellam	A. B. Azhagar	Ravi Ganesh, Bharathi
		Nesikkiren	Nesamanavan	Ranjith
		Pattalam	Rohan Krishna	Nadhiya, Balaji Balakrishnan, Irfan, Deepthi Nambiar

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref
A P R	3	Ayan	K. V. Anand	Suriya, Tamannaah
	10	Ananda Thandavam	Gandhi Krishna	Siddharth Venugopal, Tamannaah, Rukmini Vijayakumar
		Naalai Namadhe	Vinayan	Sharwanand, Sanusha, Pradeep
		Karthik Anitha	Srihari	Rathan Trivikrama, Manju
	17	Naal Natchathiram	C. N. P. Sakthi	S. Sanjey, Krishna Sri
	24	Enga Raasi Nalla Raasi	Ravi Raja	Murali, Vishwa, Reethima Vishwa
		Guru En Aalu	Selva	R. Madhavan, Abbas, Mamta Mohandas
		Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum	Rajamohan	Ramakrishna, Dhaksana
		Mariyadhai	Vikraman	Vijayakanth, Meena, Meera Jasmine
M A Y	1	Ilampuyal	K. S. Thurai	Vashanth Sellathurai, Poornitha
		Meipporul	Natty Kumar, Krish Bala	Krish Bala, Anusha
		Newtonin Moondram Vidhi	Thai Muthuselvam	S. J. Surya, Sayali Bhagat, Rajiv Krishna
		Pasanga	Pandiraj	Vimal, Vega Tamotia
	14	Brahmadeva	V. S. Dharmalinga	Dr. Ram, Sanjay, Tejashree, Swati Verma	^[5]
	15	Rajadhi Raja	Sakthi Chidambaram	Raghava Lawrence, Kamna Jethmalani, Snigdha Akolkar, Mumtaj
	15	Sarvam	Vishnuvardhan	Arya, Trisha, J. D. Chakravarthy
	29	Thoranai	Sabha Ayyappan	Vishal, Shriya
J U N	5	Kulir 100°	Anita Udeep	Sanjeev, Riya Bamniyal
	5	Mayandi Kudumbathar	Rasu Madhuravan	Tarun Gopi, Poongodi, Manivannan
	12	Manjal Veiyil	Vaseegara Raja	Prasanna, Sandhya
	12	Ragavan	Parandhaman	Vijith, Radhika Malhotra
	19	Maasilamani	R. N. R. Manohar	Nakul, Sunaina
		Muthirai	Srinath	Daniel Balaji, Nithin Sathya, Lakshmi Rai, Manjari Phadnis
		Oliyum Oliyum	Sakthi Chellam	Anand Babu, Pragathi, Prabha, Ashwathy
	26	Naadodigal	Samuthirakani	M. Sasikumar, Vijay Vasanth, Bharani, Ananya, Abhinaya
	26	Vaalmiki	G. Anandha Narayanan	Akhil, Meera Nandan, Devika

Opening		Title	Director	Cast
J U L	3	Gnabagangal	Jeevan	Pa. Vijay, Sri Devika
		Nee Unnai Arindhaal	V. Rishiraj, Indian Bhaskar	Murali, V. Rishiraj, Kushi
		Sirithal Rasipen	V. Chandrasekaran	Sathya, Sunu Lakshmi
		Thottu Sellum Thendrale	R. Manickam	Sridev, Sathya, Sowmya, Risha
		Unnai Kann Theduthe	Ratheesh Ramayya	Udhaya, Manya
	10	Indira Vizha	K. Rajeswar	Srikanth, Sruthi Prakash, Namitha
		Pudhiya Payanam	M. D. Muthu	M. D. Muthu, Mithuna, Jennifer
		Thalai Ezhuthu	Ethiraj	Richard Raj, Pooja Gandhi
		Vaamanan	I. Ahmed	Jai, Priya Anand, Lakshmi Rai
		Vaigai	L. R. Sundarapandi	Bala Joseph, Vishaka
	17	Achchamundu! Achchamundu!	Arun Vaidyanathan	Prasanna, John Shea, Sneha, Akshaya Dinesh
		Kadhal Kadhai	Velu Prabhakaran	Shirley Das, Preity Rangayani, Stefi
		Vedigundu Murugesan	A. G. Moorthy	Pasupathy, Jyothirmayi, Vadivelu
	18	Engal Aasan	Kalaimani	Vijayakanth, Sheryl Pinto
	23	Ainthaam Padai	Badri	Sundar C, Simran, Aditi Choudhary, Mukesh, Devayani
	24	Malayan	Vaseegara Raja	Karan, Shammu, Udhayathara
		Modhi Vilayadu	Saran	Vinay Rai, Kajal Aggarwal
		Puthiya Paravai	M. Madhu	Abhinay, Monica
	31	Aarumaname	Sudheesh Sankar	Deepak, Karthika, Nicole
		Anthony Yaar?	C. T. Pandi	Shaam, Mallika Kapoor
		Malai Malai	A. Venkatesh	Arun Vijay, Vedhika, Prabhu
		Sindhanai Sei	R. Yuvan	R. Yuvan, Madhu Sharma
A U G	7	Azhagar Malai	S. P. Rajkumar	R. K, Bhanu
		Eesa	Bala Ganesha	Vignesh, Lakshana
		Madhavi	Murugas	Sajith Raj, Mohana, Ramji
		Nesi	Saravana Krishna	Vikas, Sonia Kumari
		Netru Pol Indru Illai	M. Kowsar	Abdullah, Priya
		Ore Manasu	Vishnu	Gajan, Anumitha
		Vannathupoochi	C. Azhagappan	Sri Lakshmi, Siddharth, Madhavi Sharma
	14	Shivagiri	Shivaji	Jay, Rukshana, Pranav
	14	Pokkisham	Cheran	Cheran, Padmapriya
	21	Kanthaswamy	Susi Ganesan	Vikram, Shriya
S E P	4	Ninaithale Inikkum	G. N. R. Kumaravelan	Prithviraj, Priyamani, Sakthi Vasu, Anuja Iyer
	4	Madurai Sambavam	Youreka	Harikumar, Anuya, Karthika Adaikalam
	11	Eeram	Arivazhagan	Aadhi, Nandha, Sindhu Menon, Saranya Mohan
	18	Madurai To Theni	Rathibala	Arvind Vinod, Srithika
		Solla Solla Inikkum	Murali Abbas	Navdeep, Madhumitha, Mallika Kapoor
		Unnaipol Oruvan	Chakri Toleti	Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Lakshmi, Ganesh Venkatraman, Bharath Reddy
	25	Aarumugam	Suresh Krishna	Bharath, Priyamani, Ramya Krishnan
		Kannukulle	Lena Moovendhar	Mithun, Aparna, Anumol
		Suriyan Satta Kalloori	R. Pavan	Kajni, Mithra Kurian
		Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru	J. S. Nandhini	Ajmal Ameer, Rupa Manjari

Opening		Title	Director	Cast
O C T	2	Iru Vizhigal	T. K. Madhav
	2	Moonar	K. Thambidurai	Ranjith, Rithi, Prem
	9	Vedappan	Aanaivari A. Sridhar	Hemanth Kumar, Apsara, Nikitha
	16	Jaganmohini	N. K. Viswanathan	Raja, Namitha, Nila
	16	Peranmai	S. P. Jananathan	Jayam Ravi, Roland Kickinger, Dhansika, Vasundhara, Kadhal Saranya, Varsha, Liyashree
	17	Aadhavan	K. S. Ravikumar	Suriya, Nayantara
	30	Kanden Kadhalai	R. Kannan	Bharath, Tamannaah
N O V	6	Adhe Neram Adhe Idam	M. Prabhu	Jai, Vijayalakshmi
		Kanna Nee Enakku Thaanada	Olimaaran	Udhay, Payal
		Karagam	Lakshmanraj	Santhosh Pandian, Aswardh
		Palaivana Solai	K. S. Dayalan	Nithin Sathya, Karthika
		Saa Boo Thiri	Arshad Khan	Akshay, Prajin, Arshad Khan
		Thambivudayaan	Rajamahesh	Adhithya Anbu, Manisha Chatterji
		Vaidehi	Gemini Raghava	Prithvi Rajan, Madhu Santha, Gemini Raghava, Karthika Adaikalam
	13	Swetha 5/10 Wellington Road	Sanjay	Keerthi Chawla, Krish, Shiv
	20	Thamizhagam	K. Suresh Kumar	Richard Rishi, Archana
	20	Vizhiyil Malarnthathu	R. Sathish	Kumar, Dashini
	27	Mathiya Chennai	Vivekanandh	Jaivanth, Ramya, Abarna
		Naan Avanillai 2	Selva	Jeevan, Sangeetha, Lakshmi Rai, Shweta Menon, Sruthi Prakash, Rachana Maurya
		Yogi	Subramaniya Shiva	Ammer, Madhumitha
D E C	4	Edhuvum Nadakkum	Rozario, Maheswaran	Karthik Kumar, Aparna Nair
		Meendum Meendum Nee
		Pinju Manasu	D. Jairam	Saravanan, Tharsha
		Renigunta	R. Panneerselvam	Johnny, Sanusha, Nishanth
		Vettattam	D. S. Kannan	Ajay, Remya Nambeesan
	11	Pachiyapuram	V. Agustin
	11	Thozhi	Elango Lakshman	Prabha, Dwaraka, Shyam Ganesh, Manikka Vinayagam
	18	Vettaikkaran	B. Babusivan	Vijay, Anushka Shetty
	19	Kandhakottai	S. Sakthivel	Nakul, Poorna
	25	Balam	Murali Krishna	Arvind Vinod, Deepa Chari
		Enakkul Oru Kadhal	M. Booman
		Odipolama	Kanmani	Parimal, Sandhya
	31	Naai Kutty	Sathaji	Selvin, Nicole

List of Tamil films of 2009

Box office collection

2009 releases

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Dubbed films

Awards

References

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Opening	Title	Director(s)	Original film		Cast	Ref.
Opening	Title	Director(s)	Title	Language	Cast	Ref.
28 August	Quick Gun Murugan	Shashanka Ghosh	Quick Gun Murugun	English	Rajendra Prasad, Rambha