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. Post-amendment, gross equalled net for films with pure Tamil titles. Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹12.24 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.

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.

Box office collection

Rank Film Worldwide gross
1 Dasavathaaram ₹105 crore
2 Vaaranam Aayiram ₹46-48 crore
3 Yaaradi Nee Mohini ₹35 crore
4 Kuruvi ₹32 crore
5 Santosh Subramaniam ₹25 crore

Films

January–March

Opening TitleDirectorCastStudioRef
J
A
N		 14 BheemaaN. LinguswamyVikram, Trisha Krishnan
KaalaiTarun GopiSilambarasan, Vedhika
PazhaniPerarasuBharath, Kajal Aggarwal, Khushbu
Pirivom SanthippomKaru PazhaniappanCheran, Sneha
VaazhthugalSeemanR. Madhavan, Bhavana
15 PidichirukkuKanaguAshok, Vishakha Singh
Pattaya KelappuPonnambalamSriman, Payal, Ponnambalam
F
E
B		 1 AshokaPrem MenonPrem Menon, Anushree, Pooja Bharathi
Indiralohathil Na AzhagappanThambi RamaiahVadivelu, Yamini Sharma, Suja Varunee
ThangamG. KichaSathyaraj, Meghna Nair, Goundamani
ThodakkamMuthukumarRishi, Abhinay, Raghu Vannan, Monica, Meghna Nair
8 Sadhu MirandaSiddiquePrasanna, Abbas, Kavya Madhavan
14 AnjatheMysskinNarain, Ajmal Ameer, Prasanna, Vijayalakshmi
Kadhal KadithamMukeshBalaji, Amisha
Nenjathai KilladheAgathiyanVikranth, Bharathi, Yugendran
Pachai NirameKarkkiYugendran, Saran Sathya, Rajasekar, Nanditha Jennifer, Preethi Varma
22 AkkuMamaniAjay, Sriji, Rakshai, Anu Hasan, Riyaz Khan
ThoondilK. S. AdhiyamanShaam, Sandhya, Divya Spandana
Valluvan VasukiMarumalarchi BharathiSathya, Shwetha Bandekar, Ranjith
29 Sila NerangalilJayarajVincent Asokan, Navya Nair, Vineeth
ThottaSelvaJeevan, Priyamani
M
A
R		 7 EzhuthiyatharadiSri SathyaragaventherRamana, Mansi Pritam, Swathi, Akhila
Ponmagal VandhalRamamurthyPandiarajan
Velli ThiraiVijiPrakash Raj, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Gopika
14 TheekuchiYuvarajanJai Varma, Menagai
UnakkagaManoharanRiyaz Khan, Meghna Nair
VaitheeswaranR. K. VidhyadaranSarath Kumar, Meghna Naidu
21 InbaVendhanShaam, Sneha
Kannum KannumG. MarimuthuPrasanna, Udhayathara
SandaiSakthi ChidambaramSundar C, Ramya Raj, Nadhiya, Namitha
SingakuttyA. VenkateshShivaji Dev, Gowri Munjal
28 Azhagu NilayamRajajiVindhiya, Swarnamalya
KattuviriyanKalaipuli G. SekaranMalavika, Sajith Raj, Dr. Ram
TharaguKalanidhiSanjay, Dimple
VedhaNithya KumarArun Vijay, Sheela

April–June

Opening TitleDirectorCastStudioRef
A
P
R		 4 Pasumpon Devar VaralaruAbraham LincolnVagai Chandrasekar
VilaiyattuEzhilvendhanEzhilvendhan, Saranya
Yaaradi Nee MohiniMithran JawaharDhanush, Nayantara, Karthik Kumar
9 ArasangamR. MadheshVijayakanth, Navaneet Kaur
10 NepaliV. Z. DuraiBharath, Meera Jasmine
11 Santosh SubramaniamM. RajaJayam Ravi, Genelia D'Souza, Prakash Raj
ThozhaN. SundaresanNithin Sathya, Vijay Vasanth, Premji Amaran, Ajay Raj, Jennifer
18 Arai En 305-il KadavulChimbu DevenPrakash Raj, Santhanam, Ganja Karuppu
Ini Varum KaalamSibi ChandarRanjan, Sajitha Betti
Madurai Ponnu Chennai PaiyanA. C. RajasekaranS. S. R. Pankaj Kumar, ThejamaiVelu Thevar Films
25 Chakkara ViyugamUdhayabhanu MaheswaranNatty Subramaniam, Raaghav, Jayasurya
IyakkamSanjay RamRishi Kumar, Shruthi Raj, Sujibala
M
A
Y		 2 KuruviS. DharaniVijay, Trisha Krishnan
9 Aadum KoothuT. V. ChandranCheran, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj, Aari,
Malarinum MelliyaSelvarajVignesh, Varshini
SilandhiAathirajMunna, Monica
16 Kadhal Endral EnnaKalimuthuVeerha, Diya, Charan Raj
Kadhal VaanileVenkateswaraHari, Jothi Krishna
23 PandiRasu MadhuravanRaghava Lawrence, Sneha, Namitha
30 KaalaippaniRajesh M. SelvaJay Srinivasa Kumar, Vasundhara Kashyap
KathavarayanSalangai DuraiKaran, Vidisha, Radha
Thithikkum IlamaiChandramohanK. Dinesh Kumar, J. Pranav, Althara, Nisha
J
U
N		 13 DasavathaaramK. S. RavikumarKamal Haasan, Asin, Mallika Sherawat, Jaya Prada
27 Aayudham SeivomUdhayanSundar C, Anjali
AyyavazhiP. C. N. AnbazhaganRaja, Sanjai
PudhupandiKarthik KumarPandiarajan, Kanmani Raja
Thiru ThirudaDon GowthamDon Gowtham
28 Vallamai TharayoMadhumithaR. Parthiban, Chaya Singh

July–September

Opening TitleDirectorCastStudioRef
J
U
L		 4 Muniyandi Vilangial MoonramanduThirumuruganBharath, Poorna
SubramaniyapuramM. SasikumarJai, M. Sasikumar, Swati Reddy, Ganja Karuppu
Uliyin OsaiIlavenilVineeth, Keerthi Chawla
11 AzhaipithazhP. K. RajmohanRatheesh, Sona
18 Nalla Ponnu Ketta PayyanM. P. BalanSriman, Madhumitha, Keerthi Chawla
22 Maanavan NinaithalS. P. GnanamozhiRithik, Varshini
25 Manava ManavigalRajagopalDavid, Rachana
Pathu PathuSathyamSona Heiden, Thalaivasal Vijay, Bose Venkat
Sutta PazhamG. K.Mohan, Shubha Poonja
A
U
G		 1 KuselanP. VasuRajinikanth, Pasupathy, Meena, Nayantara
8 Unnai NaanSenthilnathanViinu, Naash
14 SathyamA. RajasekharVishal, Nayantara, Upendra
22 Ragasiya SnehithaneSujo VisanthVasanth, Lakshmi Rai, Vijay Raj, Prakash, Kandan, Sriram
NayaganSaravana SakthiJ. K. Rithesh, Ramana, Sangeetha, Keerthi Chawla
29 Dhaam DhoomJeevaJayam Ravi, Kangana Ranaut, Lakshmi Rai
JayamkondaanR. KannanVinay Rai, Bhavana, Lekha Washington
S
E
P		 5 AlibhabhaNeelan K. SekarKrishna, Prakash Raj, Janani
DhanamSivaPrem, Sangeetha
Kee MuMajithHassan, Sarika
SarojaVenkat PrabhuShiva, Vaibhav Reddy, S. P. B. Charan, Premji Amaran, Vega Tamotia
12 Poi Solla PoromA. L. VijayNassar, Karthik Kumar, Piaa Bajpai
VasoolV. RishirajHemanth Kumar, Kiran Rathod, V. Rishiraj
19 Mudhal Mudhal Mudhal VaraiKrishnan Seshadri GomatamSathyajit, Anuja Iyer, Charan
PandhayamS. A. ChandrasekharNithin Sathya, Sindhu Tolani
Raman Thediya SeethaiK. P. JagannathCheran, Pasupathy, Nithin Sathya, Vimala Raman, Remya Nambeesan, Gajala, Karthika
26 Kadhalil VizhunthenP. V. PrasadNakul, Sunaina
SakkarakattiKala PrabhuShanthnoo Bhagyaraj, Ishita Sharma, Vedhika

October–December

Opening TitleDirectorCastStudioRef
O
C
T		 1 DuraiA. VenkateshArjun, Kirat Bhattal, Gajala
2 Jai VigneshwarJames Clifford
10 Kasimedu GovindanRamesh SanjayRanjith, Karishma
Kathi KappalDinesh SelvarajAnoop Kumar, Poornitha, Meera Vasudevan
Netru Indru NaalaiLakshmikanth ChennaRavi Krishna, Tamannaah
27 SevalHariBharath, Poonam Bajwa, Simran
MegamJeevarathinamTamilarasan, Ragiraja
AeganRaju SundaramAjith Kumar, Nayantara, Navdeep, Piaa Bajpai
PoochiVeluVelu
31 TheeyavanB. KathirSriranjan, Udhay, Midhuna
N
O
V		 7 VelviJeansVishwa, Hasini
14 Vaaranam AayiramGautham Vasudev MenonSuriya, Sameera Reddy, Simran, Divya Spandana
21 ThenavattuV. V. KathirJiiva, Poonam Bajwa
28 Ellam Avan SeyalShaji KailasR. K., Raghuvaran, Roja, Bhama
KodaikkanalT. K. BoseAshwanth Thilak, Poorna, Shekar
Mahesh, Saranya Matrum PalarP. V. RaviSakthi Vasu, Sandhya
NadigaiBabu GaneshBabu Ganesh, Tejashree
PooSasiSrikanth, Parvathi Menon
Utharavindri Ullay VaaVijayanVijayan
D
E
C		 5 Pudhusu Kanna PudhusuA. R. VenkateshA. R. Venkatesh, Priyanka Shailu
SaamidaVadivudayaanSembi, Dhanushya
SuryaaJaguar ThangamVijaya Chiranjeevi, Keerthi Chawla
18 Dindigul SarathySubramaniam PillaiKarunas, Karthika Mathew
SilambattamSaravananSilambarasan Rajendar, Sneha, Sana Khan
19 Abhiyum NaanumRadha MohanPrakash Raj, Trisha Krishnan, Aishwarya, Ganesh Venkatraman
ThiruvannamalaiPerarasuArjun, Pooja Gandhi
25 PanchamirthamRaju EswaranJayaram, Prakash Raj, Nassar, Saranya Mohan, Samiksha

The following films also released in 2008, though the release date remains unknown.

TitleDirectorCastMusic director
MogamJeeva RatnamTamilarasan, Raaki Raaji, Saritha Yadav, Venu ArvindRavi Priyan
UrugudheAslam
Valakkaringar ArchanaK. K. Bujjibabu
Valvellam VasanthamK. S. NesamanavanViswa, Minal, Vennira Aadai MoorthyNesan

Awards

Category/organizationFilmfare Awards South
31 July 2009		Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
30 September 2009		Vijay Awards
13 June 2009
Best FilmSubramaniyapuramDasavathaaramSubramaniyapuram
Best DirectorSasikumar
Subramaniyapuram		Radha Mohan
Abhiyum Naanum		Sasikumar
Subramaniyapuram
Best ActorSuriya
Vaaranam Aayiram		Kamal Haasan
Dasavathaaram		Suriya
Vaaranam Aayiram
Best ActressParvathy
Poo		Sneha
Pirivom Santhippom		Sneha
Pirivom Santhippom
Best Music DirectorHarris Jayaraj
Vaaranam Aayiram		Ilaiyaraaja
Ajantha (2012)		Harris Jayaraj
Vaaranam Aayiram

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