List of Tamil films of 2002 explained

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 12 June 2000, gross fell to 125 per cent of nett.^{[1] [2]} The 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		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J A N	14	Alli Arjuna				^[5]
		Azhagi			Udayageetha Cine Creations	^[6]
		Pammal K. Sambandam				^[7]
		Punnagai Desam	K. Shajahan			^[8]
		Red				^[9]
		Vivaramana Aalu				^[10]
	F E B	8	Amaiyappa	Rama Murugapandian		Ampa Pictures	^[11]
Shakalaka Baby
14		Dhaya	Senthil Kumar			^[12]
		Kannathil Muthamittal				^[13]
15		Charlie Chaplin				^[14]
22		Kamarasu	P. C. Anbazhagan		Shanthi Vanaraja Films	^[15]
		Roja Kootam				^[16]
	M A R	15	Saptham	Sivaguru		Saburaa International	^[17]

April—June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
	A P R	12	Gemini			AVM Productions	^[18]
Raajjiyam					Guru Films	^[19]
Sri Bannari Amman					Sri Mahalakshmi Productions	^[20]
Thamizh					Deivanai Movies	^[21]
Thamizhan					GV Films	^[22]
19		Junior Senior		Mammooty, Hamsavardhan, Charulatha, Leena	Sakthi International	^[23]
	M A Y	3	Varushamellam Vasantham	Ravi Shankar		Super Good Films	^[24]
10		Thulluvadho Ilamai			Karthik Cine Visions	^[25]
		Unnai Ninaithu			Lakshmi Movie Makers	^[26]
16		Pesadha Kannum Pesume		Kunal, Monal, Mamtha	Mega Movie Hits	^[27]
24		Nettru Varai Nee Yaaro	A. Sridhar		Nivedhitha Cine Arts	^[28]
31		Enge Enadhu Kavithai	Aravind		Ashco Media Arts	^[29]
	J U N	1	123			Sidhesh Films	^[30]
14		Devan			Friends Creations	^[31]
21		Ezhumalai			Sri Venkateswara Production	^[32]
		Thenkasi Pattanam			Mass Movie Makers	^[33]
27		Panchatanthiram			Sri Rajlakshmi Films	^[34]

July—September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
	J U L	5	Raja			Serene Movie Makers	^[35]
12		Samurai			Aalayam Productions	^[36]
13		Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukey!		Shaam, Sneha, Jaya Re	GV Films	^[37]
20		Guruvamma	Thamarai Sendhoorapandi		Sheem Work Media	^[38]
		Shree	Pushpavasagan		Venkateswaralayam	^[39]
		Youth			Lakshmi Productions	^[40]
	A U G	2	Karmegham			SSR Movies	^[41]
15		Baba			Lotus International	^[42]
23		Ivan			Bioscope Film Framers	^[43]
29		Plus 2	Krithik		Friendship Creations
30		Naina			VSK Films	^[44]
		Sundhara Travels	Thaha		Yuvasree Creations	^[45]
	S E P	5	Run			Sri Surya Movies	^[46]
6		King			Indian Theatre Production	^[47]
12		Arputham	R. S. Venkatesh		Super Good Films	^[48]
		En Mana Vaanil			Oscar Films	^[49]
20		Maaran	A. Jawahar		Power Media	^[50]
		Namma Veetu Kalyanam			Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam	^[51]
27		Samasthanam			Roja Combines	^[52]
28		Jjunction	R. S. Ramanathan		Hi-Tec Media	^[53]

October—December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
	O C T	4	Album			Kavithalayaa Productions	^[54]
Five Star					Madras Talkies	^[55]
University			Pragahdeesh		Maayaburi Screens	^[56]
	N O V	4	Andipatti Arasampatti	Dhananjeyan	Pandiarajan, Mansoor Ali Khan, Visalini, Srilekha	Meena Cine Combines	^[57]
Bagavathi					Lakshmi Movie Makers	^[58]
Game			John Amritraj		Srimasani Amman Pictures
Kadhal Azhivathillai					Simbhu Cine Arts	^[59]
Padai Veetu Amman			Pugazhmani		Televista Digitals	^[60]
Ramanaa					Oscar Films	^[61]
Solla Marandha Kadhai					P A Art Productions	^[62]
Villain					NIC Arts	^[63]
29		April Maadhathil			G. J. Cinema	^[64]
		Gummalam	Sughi S. Moorthy		Sharmadha Productions	^[65]
		I Love You Da	C. Rajadurai		Guru Films	^[66]
	D E C	6	Jaya	Rathnaraj		Ratna Films	^[67]
Mutham					Digital Magic Productions	^[68]
13		Bala	Deepak		Goldmine Pictures	^[69]
		Mounam Pesiyadhe			Aparajeeth Films	^[70]
20		Kadhal Virus			Sound & Light Studios	^[71]
		Style	Sibi Chakravarthy		Thiru Films
		Virumbugiren			V. M. Creations	^[72]
27		Iravu Padagan	Roshan	Babu Ganesh, Gumtaj	Tamizhalaya Cine Circuit
		Kalai Kalluri	Chandrasekhar	Madoo, Swetha Rao	Gold Star Pictures
		Nanba Nanba			Media Works	^[73]

Other releasesThe following films also released in 2002, though the release date remains unknown.^{[74] [75]}

Title	Director	Cast	Production
En Kadhali	Malai		SBS Art Productions
En Uyir Nanba	K. S. Dinesh		Celine Productions
Gowri			Cine Bharath
Isthri	Anil		Saravana Film Creations
Needhiyin Vasalile	K. Maniyarasu		MM Creations
Pudhiya Alai	Rajkathir		Bhuvaneswari Cinemalayaa^[76]
Veetil Poochigal			Karunya Kalaikoodam

Dubbed films

Opening	Title	Director(s)	Original film		Cast
			Film	Language
February 6	Rahasyam	Vikram Bhatt	Raaz	Hindi	Dino Morea, Bipasha Basu	^[77]
October 22	Vasu	V. M. Vinu	Akashathile Paravaigal	Malayalam	Kalabhavan Mani	^[78]
October 28	H2O Kaveri	Lokanath-Rajaram	H2O	Kannada	Upendra, Prabhu Deva	^[79]

Awards

Category/Organization	Cinema Express Awards 21 December 2002^[80]	Dinakaran Cinema Awards 17 August 2003^[81]	Filmfare Awards South 24 May 2003^[82]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 30 September 2004^[83]
Best Film	Kannathil Muthamittal	Ramanaa	Azhagi	Ramanaa
Best Director	Bala Nandha (2001)	K. S. Ravikumar Villain	Mani Ratnam Kannathil Muthamittal	Mani Ratnam Kannathil Muthamittal
Best Actor	Vikram Kasi (2001)	Ajith Kumar Villain	Ajith Kumar Villain	R. Madhavan Anbe Sivam (2003), Kannathil Muthamittal, Run
Best Actress	Simran Kannathil Muthamittal	Sneha Virumbugiren	Simran Kannathil Muthamittal	Meena Ivan
Best Music Director	Bharadwaj Gemini	Vidyasagar Run	Bharadwaj Gemini	Sirpy Unnai Ninaithu

Notes and References

1. http://cms.tn.gov.in/sites/default/files/documents/topic_10.pdf Government cuts entertainment tax to 25% (from 30%)
2. Web site: Govt. helping film industry: CM. The Hindu. 5 November 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20030124151421/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2001/01/13/stories/04132239.htm. 24 January 2003.
3. https://ctd.tn.gov.in/documents/10184/20741/TAMIL+NADU+COMMERCIAL+TAXES+DEPARTMENT+AT+A+GLANCE%2C+2006-2007/9ca55bda-a87a-4a9c-ac57-c071b950580c?version=1.0 CTD reports 71.19 crore ET collection in 2002-03
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36. Web site: Yai Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke . Chennai Online . 11 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040807103710/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov199.asp . 7 August 2004 . dead.
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39. Web site: SRI . Chennai Online . 11 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040807105707/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov203.asp . 7 August 2004 . dead.
40. Web site: Youth . Chennai Online . 11 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040807104652/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov201.asp . 7 August 2004 . dead.
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