List of Tamil films of 1999

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 August 1998, Gross fell to 130 per cent of Nett ^[1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹86 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[2]

Films

A list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1999 by release date:^[3][4]

January — March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J A N	12	The Terrorist	Santosh Sivan	Ayesha Dharker, Krishna	Indian Image Productions
	14	Suriya Paarvai	Jagan	Arjun, Pooja Priyanka	Modooril Creations	[5]
	15	Aathavan	Bharath Krishna	Poovarasan, Madhavi, Desingh Raja	James Bond Productions
		Mannavaru Chinnavaru	P. N. Ramachandra Rao	Sivaji Ganesan, Arjun, Soundarya	M.Y.M.Creations	[6]
		House Full	Parthiban	Parthiban, Vikram, Suvalakshmi	Bioscope Film Framers	[6]
		Maya	Rama Narayanan	Napoleon, Nagma	Sri Thenandal Films
		Ponnu Veetukkaran	P. Vasu	Sathyaraj, Preetha	Ganga Gowri Productions	[7]
		Thodarum	Ramesh Khanna	Ajith Kumar, Devayani, Heera Rajagopal	Sree Devi Movie Makers	[8]
	29	Thullatha Manamum Thullum	Ezhil	Vijay, Simran	Super Good Films	[9]
F E B	5	Kallazhagar	Bharathi	Vijayakanth, Laila	Pangaj Productions	[10]
		Ninaivirukkum Varai	K. Subash	Prabhu Deva, Keerthi Reddy, Ranjith	Thaaraas Creations	[10]
		Unnai Thedi	Sundar C	Ajith Kumar, Malavika	Lakshmi Movie Makers	[10]
	12	Chinna Raja	Chitra Lakshmanan	Karthik, Roja, Priya Raman	Gayathri Films	[11]
	26	Adutha Kattam	Sarath	Raja Ravindra, Yuvarani	Ajmal Movie Makers
		En Swasa Kaatre	K. S. Ravi	Arvind Swamy, Isha Koppikar, Prakash Raj	Nigaaba Films International	[12]
M A R	4	Ethirum Puthirum	V. C. Ramani	Mammooty, Napoleon, Sangita	Madhu Films International	[13]
	5	Endrendrum Kadhal	Manoj Bhatnagar	Vijay, Rambha	Sameera Films	[14]
	6	Ullathai Killathe	Vejey Kannan	Suresh, Khushbu, Karan, Supraja	Vijaya Cine Enterprises
	12	Chinna Durai	R. Chandra	Sarath Kumar, Roja	KB Films	[15]
	19	Poo Vaasam	Sree Bharathi	Murali, Pushpalatha	RVR Pictures
	26	Annan	Anu Mohan	Ramarajan, Swathi	Simon Pictures

April — June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
A P R	10	Padayappa	K. S. Ravikumar	Rajinikanth, Soundarya, Ramya Krishnan, Sivaji Ganesan	Arunachala Cine Creations	[16]
	12	Monisha En Monalisa	T. Rajendar	Ramankanth, Mumtaj, T. Rajendar	Chimbu Cine Arts	[13]
	14	Periyanna	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijayakanth, Meena, Suriya, Manasa	Jaya Subha Sree Productions	[17]
	16	Aasai Alaigal	S. Manikandan	Bhuvanesh, Ramya	Sakthi Productions
	23	Or Iravu	Bose	Sanjay, Ashwin	VIP Films Productions
	30	Nilave Mugam Kaattu	Kalanjiyam	Karthik, Devayani, Ramki	Mahalakshmi International	[18]
		Poomagal Oorvalam	Rasu Madhuravan	Prashanth, Rambha	Super Good Films	[18]
		Poomaname Vaa	V. Azhagappan	Ramarajan, Sangita	Nalini Cini Arts	[19]
M A Y	1	Vaalee	S. J. Surya	Ajith Kumar, Simran, Vivek, Jyothika	NIC Arts	[20]
		Rajasthan	R. K. Selvamani	Sarath Kumar, Vijayashanti	Paanjajanyam	[20]
	7	Annan Thangachi	Charan Raj	Charan Raj, Ajay Krishna, Shruti	Om Sree Vinayaga Films
	28	Anantha Poongatre	Raj Kapoor	Ajith Kumar, Karthik, Meena, Malavika	Roja Combines	[21]
		Kummi Paattu	Kasthuri Raja	Prabhu, Devayani	Kasthuri Manga Creations	[22]		Miss Shakeela	K. Alexander	Shakeela, Udayaprakash, Rajkumar	Sri Devi Cini Movies Combines
J U N	4	Guest House	Raj Mohan	Babu Ganesh, Sangeetha	Kalaiaruvi Combines		11
	25	Nenjinile	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijay, Isha Koppikar	V. V. Creations	[23]
		Oruvan	Suresh Krishna	Sarath Kumar, Pooja Batra, Devayani	Lakshmi Movie Makers	[23]

July — September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J U L	9	Kadhalar Dhinam	Kathir	Kunal, Sonali Bendre	Sri Surya Movies	[24]
	16	Anthahpuram	Krishna Vamsi	Parthiban, Soundarya, Prakash Raj	Duet Cinema	[25]
		Sangamam	Suresh Krishna	Rahman, Vindhya	Pyramid Films International	[25]
		Suyamvaram	Ten Directors	Prabhu Deva, Karthik, Sathyaraj, Arjun	LS Movies	[26]
		Viralukketha Veekkam	V. Sekhar	Livingston, Khushbu, Vivek, Vadivelu	Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam	[25]
	30	Rojavanam	Selva	Karthik, Laila, Malavika	Kavithalayaa	[27]
A U G	6	Kanave Kalayadhe	V. Gowthaman	Murali, Simran	Sivasakthi Movie Makers	[28]
		Malabar Police	P. Vasu	Sathyaraj, Khushbu, Abbas, Mumtaj	Kamalam Movies	[28]
		Ponvizha	Ashokan	Napoleon, Suvalakshmi	Siva Sree Pictures
		Poovellam Kettuppar	Vasanth	Suriya, Jyothika	P. A. Art Productions	[28]
	13	Kannodu Kanbathellam	Prabhu Solomon	Arjun, Sonali Bendre, Suchindra, Ruchita Prasad	Anbalaya Films	[29]
	14	Nee Varuvai Ena	Rajakumaran	Parthiban, Devayani, Ajith Kumar	Super Good Films	[30]
	30	Amarkalam	Saran	Ajith Kumar, Shalini, Raghuvaran	Venkateswaralayam	[29]
S E P	9	Minsara Kanna	K. S. Ravikumar	Vijay, Monica Castelino, Rambha, Khushbu	KRG Movies International	[31]
	17	Anbulla Kadhalukku	Mohan	Mohan, Megha, Bhavana, Sangeetha	Parthee International	[32]
		Kaama	Ashok Kumar	Vishal, Sunila, Urvashi, Deepti Bhatnagar	Teja Creations
		Pooparika Varugirom	A. Venkatesh	Sivaji Ganesan, Ajay, Malavika	Aishwarya Film Makers	[31]
	24	Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga	Sundar C	Karthik, Rambha	Lakshmi Movie Makers	[33]
	27	Jodi	Praveen Gandhi	Prashanth, Simran	Sony Orient	[31]

October — December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
O C T	1	Manaivikku Mariyadhai	V. C. Guhanathan	Pandiarajan, Khushbu	Sri Thenandal Films
		Mugam	Gnana Rajasekaran	Nassar, Roja	Subramaniya Films	[34]
		Nesam Pudhusu	Karthik Vel	Ranjith, Priya Raman	Sivasankaraalaya	[33]
		Pombalainga Samacharam	Vinay Raj	Ravi, Kokila	Navaneetham Combines
	7	Maravathe Kanmaniye	N. S. Madhavan	Vineeth, Karan, Reshma, Ravali	Maha Creations
		Suryodayam	L. V. Aadhavan	Vijayashanti, Rahman	Rani Creative Visions	[33]
	15	Jayam	Ravi Raja	Mansoor Ali Khan, Sangita, Ishaq Hussaini	Mahalakshmi Cini Circuit
N O V	7	Hello	K. Selva Bharathy	Prashanth, Preeti Jhangiani, Sujitha	Cherin Movie Makers	[35]
		Kanmani Unakkaga	Ravi Raja	Ishaq Hussaini, Suvalakshmi	I International	[36]
		Kannupada Poguthaiya	Bharathi Ganesh	Vijayakanth, Simran, Karan	Super Good Films	[35]
		Maanaseega Kadhal	B. S. Raman	Hamsavardhan, Sushva	Sai Baba Creations	[37]
		Mudhalvan	Shankar	Arjun, Manisha Koirala, Raghuvaran, Laila	S Films	[35]
		Ooty	Anwar	Murali, Roja	Nigaaba Films International	[38]
		Pudhu Kudithanam	Raghuvasan	Vignesh, Mantra	Azhvaarammaal Movie Makers
		Taj Mahal	Bharathiraja	Manoj Bharathiraja, Riya Sen, Revathi, Radhika	Janani Art Creations	[39]
	18	Iraniyan	Vincent Selva	Murali, Meena, Raghuvaran	Thaaraas Creations	[40]
	21	Sundari Neeyum Sundaran Naanum	A. N. Rajagopal	Pandiarajan, Easwari Rao, Ranjith	Guru Meena Films	[41]
	26	Kudumba Sangili	P. N. Ramachandra Rao	Kalaipuli G. Sekaran, Khushbu	Sree Durga Cini Arts
		Sivan	Velu Prabhakaran	Napoleon, Arunpandian, Radhika	VJ Films
D E C	3	Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa	Rama Narayanan	Prabhu, Roja, S. Ve. Sekhar, Vadivelu	Sri Thenandal Films	[42]
		Time	Geetha Krishna	Prabhu Deva, Simran, Radhika Chaudhari	Lifeline Films	[43]
		Unnaruge Naan Irundhal	Selva	Parthiban, Meena, Rambha	Lakshmi Movie Makers	[43]
	10	Azhagarsamy	Sundar C	Sathyaraj, Roja	Malar Combines	[44]
		Mudhal Etcharikkai	Devar	Ponnambalam, Vichithra	AA Cini Circuit
		Sethu	Bala	Vikram, Abitha, Sivakumar, Sriman	Sharma Productions	[45]
	17	Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham	Selva	Prashanth, Kausalya, Anand	Udhaya Arts	[46]
		Manam Virumbuthe Unnai	M. Sivachandran	Prabhu, Meena, Rajiv Krishna, Karan	SSK Films	[47]
		Paattali	K. S. Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar, Devayani, Ramya Krishnan	Roja Combines	[44]
		Vaaliba Mayakkam	Kumar	Sudhir, Mini	Harishkumar Films
	24	Thaayae Varuga	N. P. Logan	Rajesh, Devi, Sri	Yoga Cinema & Co

Awards

Category/Organization	Cinema Express Awards 31 January 2000[48]	Dinakaran Cinema Awards 13 February 2000[49]	Filmfare Awards South 22 April 2000	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 29 December 2000[50]
Best Film	Sethu	Padayappa	Sethu	Padayappa
Best Director	Vikraman Vaanathaippola (2000)	Shankar Mudhalvan	Bala Sethu	Bala Sethu
Best Actor	Ajith Kumar Amarkalam / Vaalee	Ajith Kumar Vaalee	Ajith Kumar Vaalee	Rajinikanth Padayappa
Best Actress	Simran Vaalee	Simran Thullatha Manamum Thullum / Vaalee	Ramya Krishnan Padayappa	Simran Thullatha Manamum Thullum
Best Music Director	Deva Vaalee	A. R. Rahman Kadhalar Dhinam / Mudhalvan	A. R. Rahman Mudhalvan	A. R. Rahman Sangamam