Prior to the amendment of Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 4 October 2004, gross was 125 per cent of net for all films. Post-amendment, gross fell to 115 per cent of net.[1] The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed 59.09 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.[2]
A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2004:
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J A N | 1 | Baabi | M. V. Gopalan | ||||
| Kadhal Saregama | Kaushik | ||||||
| 14 | Engal Anna | Vijayakanth, Prabhu Deva, Swarnamalya, Namitha, Vadivelu | |||||
| Image | Alex Pandian | [3] | |||||
| Jai | |||||||
| Kovil | |||||||
| Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan | |||||||
| Virumaandi | |||||||
| F E B | 6 | Thendral | |||||
| Vayasu Pasanga | |||||||
| 13 | Kamaraj | A. Balakrishnan | |||||
| Varnajalam | Nakulan Ponnusamy | ||||||
| 20 | Autograph | ||||||
| Kangalal Kaidhu Sei | |||||||
| 26 | Ennavo Pudichirukku | Meenakshi Sundaram | Sudeep Sarangi, Bharani, Sindhuri | ||||
| 27 | Campus | Sharvi | Sajith Raj, Nitesh, Divya Dwivedi, Sheetal Shah | ||||
| M A R | 5 | Adi Thadi | Shivraj | ||||
| Gambeeram | |||||||
| 12 | Nee Mattum | Mathi Natesh | Jana, Deepu, Preethi | ||||
| 19 | Aarumugasaamy | Raviraja | Pandiarajan, Preethi Varma | ||||
| 26 | Pethi Solla Thattathea | Dharma | |||||
| Udhaya | |||||||
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P R | 2 | Kadhal Dot Com | Selvaraj | ||||
| 14 | Kanavu Meippada Vendum | Ramya Krishnan, Asim Sharma, Karthik Srinivasan | |||||
| Kuththu | |||||||
| 16 | Ghilli | ||||||
| 23 | Aethirree | ||||||
| Vaanam Vasappadum | |||||||
| Kavithai | |||||||
| M A Y | 1 | Arul | |||||
| Jana | |||||||
| 7 | Perazhagan | ||||||
| 14 | Settai | Shivan | |||||
| 21 | Aaytha Ezhuthu | ||||||
| J U N | 11 | Jore | |||||
| Maanasthan | |||||||
| 25 | Machi | K. S. Vasanthakumar | |||||
| Super Da | Azhagu Raja Sundaram | Ramki, Kunal, Anusha | |||||
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J U L | 9 | New | |||||
| Singara Chennai | Suriyan | ||||||
| 16 | Saga | Ramesh Krish | |||||
| Sema Ragalai | Ram | ||||||
| 23 | Shock | ||||||
| Sullan | |||||||
| 30 | Azhagiya Theeye | ||||||
| Loves | K. Jayapandian | Thamizh, Sona, Sweety | |||||
| Kadhale Jayam | Natarajan | Natarajan, Sudeep Sarangi, Preethi Varma | |||||
| Uyirosai | Hariram | Bharath, Soni | |||||
| A U G | 6 | Sound Party | Aarthi Kumar | ||||
| 10 | Arivumani | M. K. Kennedy | |||||
| 15 | Vasool Raja MBBS | ||||||
| 22 | Azhagesan | Aarthi Kumar | |||||
| 29 | Kalamulla Kalam Varai | Udhaya | |||||
| Madhurey | |||||||
| S E P | 3 | Kudaikul Mazhai | |||||
| 10 | Chellamae | ||||||
| 17 | Arasatchi | ||||||
| Gajendra | |||||||
| Opening | Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O C T | 1 | Giri | |||||
| M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi | |||||||
| Oru Murai Sollividu | A. Jawahar | ||||||
| 8 | Bose | Senthil Kumar | |||||
| Rush | S. Rajkumar | Rajkumar, Mangai | |||||
| 15 | Adhu | ||||||
| 22 | 7G Rainbow Colony | ||||||
| Vishwa Thulasi | Sumathy Ram | ||||||
| 29 | En Purushan Ethir Veetu Ponnu | Barani Kumar | Pandiarajan, Sanghavi, Radhika Chaudhari, Abhinayashree | ||||
| N O V | 5 | Neranja Manasu | Vijayakanth, Susan | ||||
| 12 | Attahasam | ||||||
| Chatrapathy | Srimahesh | ||||||
| Dreams | |||||||
| Manmadhan | A. J. Murugan | ||||||
| D E C | 3 | Amma Appa Chellam | Suriyan | ||||
| Maha Nadigan | |||||||
| 12 | Konji Pesalaam | R. Kaleeswaran | Sreeja, Vamsi, C. Mukesh Kumar, Avinash | ||||
| 17 | Aai | ||||||
| Jaisurya | |||||||
| Jananam | |||||||
| Kaadhal | |||||||
| Meesai Madhavan | S. Ramu | ||||||
| 24 | Gomathi Nayagam | Ponvannan, Haripriya, Karthika | |||||
| 26 | Kadhale Engal Desiya Geetham | Vijay Anand | |||||
| Ramakrishna | Jai Akash, Sridevika, Vani | ||||||
| Remote | Napolean, Anamika | ||||||
The following films were also released in 2004, though the release date remains unknown.[4]
| Title | Director | Cast | Studio | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jollyman | K. K. Muthukumaar | Varshini | |||
| Kizhakku Boomi | D. K. Bose | Poornakala Production | |||
| Pinju Nenjangal Puthiyathor Ulagam | Ilayavan | APN Pictures | |||
| Pithan | N. Manikandan | Ashwathaman, Devan, Priya | |||
| Senthalam Poove | Benjamin | NS Pictures |
| Category/organization | Dinakaran Cine Awards 23 May 2005[5] | Filmfare Awards South 23 July 2005[6] | Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 13 February 2006[7] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Autograph | Autograph | Autograph | |
| Best Director | Cheran Autograph | Cheran Autograph | Cheran Autograph | |
| Best Actor | Vijay Ghilli | Suriya Perazhagan | Jayam Ravi M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi | |
| Best Actress | Jyothika Perazhagan | Sandhya Kaadhal | Jyothika Perazhagan | |
| Best Music Director | Yuvan Shankar Raja Manmadhan | Bharadwaj / Yuvan Shankar Raja Autograph / 7G Rainbow Colony | Srikanth Deva M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi |