List of Tamil films of 2003

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 12 June 2000, gross fell to 125 per cent of net.^[1]^[2] The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹75.07 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[3]

A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2003:

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Rank	Title	Production company	Worldwide gross
1	Saamy	Kavithalayaa Productions	₹35 crore
2	Dhool	Sri Surya Movies	₹27−28 crore
3	Thirumalai	Kavithalayaa Productions	₹25 crore
4	Pithamagan	V Creations	₹20−22 crore
5	Kaakha Kaakha	GJ Cinema	₹18−20 crore
6	Chokka Thangam	GV Films	₹16 crore
7	Vaseegara	Shot N' Stills Ltd	₹15 crore
8	Kaadhal Kondein	R. K. Productions	₹13 crore
9	Thiruda Thirudi	Indian Theatre Productions	₹12 crore
10	Anbe Sivam	Lakshmi Movie Makers	₹10−12 crore

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
J A N	10	Dhool	Dharani	Vikram, Jyothika, Reemma Sen, Vivek	Sri Surya Movies
	15	Anbe Sivam	Sundar C	Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran Rathod, Nassar	Lakshmi Movie Makers
		Annai Kaligambal	Rama Narayanan	Livingston, Ramya Krishnan, Anu Prabhakar	Sri Thenandal Films
		Chokka Thangam	K. Bhagyaraj	Vijayakanth, Soundarya, Prakash Raj	GV Films
		Kalatpadai	J. Ramesh	Jai, Vidhu	Chozha Creations
		Ramachandra	Raj Kapoor	Sathyaraj, Vijayalakshmi	Kanagarathna Movies
		Vaseegara	K. Selva Bharathy	Vijay, Sneha	Shots N' Stills Ltd.
	24	Pop Corn	Nassar	Mohanlal, Simran	Kana Film Makers
	31	Aasai Aasaiyai	Ravi Mariya	Jiiva, Sharmilee	Super Good Films
F E B	6	Anbu	Thalapathy Raj	Bala, Deepu, Vadivelu	Udhayageetha Cine Creations
	14	Anbu Thollai	Hayath	Pandiarajan, Ravali	Kyoshi Movies
		Julie Ganapathi	Balu Mahendra	Jayaram, Saritha, Ramya Krishnan	GJ Cinemaa
		Kadhaludan	Rajakumaran	Murali, Devayani, Abbas	Raade Films
		Student Number 1	Selva	Sibi Raj, Sherin	Sena Films
	21	Yes Madam	Rajaji	Prabhu, Vijayalakshmi, Vindhya	Bheemaraja Pictures
	28	Military	G. Sai Suresh	Sathyaraj, Rambha, Vijayalakshmi	Cine Times Entertainment
	28	Pallavan	Padmamagan	Manoj Bharathiraja, Rathi	Usha Theaters
M A R	20	Ilasu Pudhusu Ravusu	L. C. Selva	Deepak Dinkar, Suja Varunee, Vadivelu
		Manasellam	Santhosh	Srikanth, Trisha	Aascar Films
		Nilavil Kalangamillai	V. Sabrivel	Agnivesh, Malar, Babilona
		Pavalakkodi	Ram-CP Saravanan	Vijay Sarathi, Robert, Paval, Shaama, Nirosha
	21	Ennai Thalatta Varuvala	K. S. Ravindran	Ajith Kumar, Vignesh, Reshma	Muthalaya Films

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
A P R	11	Magic Magic 3D	Jose	Suraj Balajee, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Pooja Kumar, Tirlok Malik	Navodaya Studio
	13	Dum	A. Venkatesh	Silambarasan, Rakshita	Rockline Productions
		Kadhal Sadugudu	V. Z. Durai	Vikram, Priyanka Trivedi	Nic Arts
		Sena	Sujith	Sathyaraj, Aravind Akash, Charulatha	Sri Saivani Movies
	14	Arasu	Suresh	Sarathkumar, Simran, Roja	JJ Good Films
	14	Banda Paramasivam	T. P. Gajendran	Prabhu, Abbas, Rambha, Monika	Varshene Films
	25	Punnagai Poove	S. D. Sabapathy	Nandha, Kaveri, Rekha Vedavyas	V Creations
	25	Well Done	Ravindran	Jayanth, Chytra Hallikeri	Royal Frames
M A Y	1	Anbe Anbe	Mani Bharathi	Shaam, Sharmelee	AVM Productions
		Indru Mudhal	M. A. Murugesh	Mithun Tejaswi, Daisy Bopanna, Nanditha	Kollywood Kreations
		Saamy	Hari	Vikram, Trisha, Vivek	Kavithalayaa Productions
	8	Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu	Sakthi Chidambaram	Jai Akash, Neha, Hamsavardhan, Monica	Usha Kiran Movies
	8	Pudhiya Geethai	K. P. Jagannath	Vijay, Ameesha Patel, Meera Jasmine, Kalabhavan Mani	Viswaas Productions
	16	Lesa Lesa	Priyadarshan	Shaam, Madhavan, Trisha	Film Works
	16	Parthiban Kanavu	Karu Pazhaniappan	Srikanth, Sneha	Sathya Jyothi Films
	30	Parasuram	Arjun	Arjun, Kiran, Gayathri Raguram, Abbas	Anbalaya Films
J U N	12	Nala Damayanthi	Mouli	R. Madhavan, Geetu Mohandas, Shrutika, Anu Hasan	Raaj Kamal Films International
	13	Paarai	K. S. Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, Meena, Ramya Krishnan	Mass Movie Makers
	20	Jayam	M. Raja	Jayam Ravi, Sadha, Gopichand	M. L. Movie Arts

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
J U L	4	Ice	Raghuraj	Ashok, Priyanka Trivedi	Joy Entertainment
		Kaadhal Kondein	Selvaraghavan	Dhanush, Sonia Agarwal, Sudeep Sarangi	R. K. Productions
		Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi	K. Rajeswar	Simran, Sonu Sood, Sherin, Alex	Hemanth Cine Factory
		Whistle	J.D-Jerry	Vikramaditya, Sherin, Gayathri Raguram	Media Dreams
	11	Priyamaana Thozhi	Vikraman	R. Madhavan, Jyothika, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Vineeth	AVM Productions
	18	Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu	Kanmani	Mithun Tejaswi, Charmee, Bhavana	Power Media
		Kadhal Kisu Kisu	P. Vasu	Bala, Charmee, Kalabhavan Mani	Super Star Art Movies
		Thayumanavan	Saravanan	Saravanan, Prema, Babloo Prithviraj	Atthanur Amman Arts
A U G	1	Idhayamae	Raviraja	Ishaq Hussaini, Krishnana, Vadivelu
		Kaakha Kaakha	Gautham Vasudev Menon	Suriya, Jyothika, Jeevan, Daniel Balaji	V. Creations
		Thithikudhe	Brinda Sarathy	Jiiva, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Shrutika	Super Good Films
		Vikadan	Arun Pandian	Harish Raghavendra, Arun Pandian, Gayathri Raguram, Radhika Chaudhari	Friends Creation
	8	Eera Nilam	Bharathiraja	Manoj Bharathiraja, Nanditha, Suhasini Maniratnam, Vadivelu	Manoj Creations
	15	Alaudin	Ravi Chakravathy	Prabhu Deva, Ashima Bhalla, Raghuvaran	Venkateswaralayam
	15	Thennavan	A. M. Nandakumar	Vijayakanth, Kiran Rathod, Nassar, Urvashi	Captain Cine Creations
	22	Diwan	Surya Prakash	Sarath Kumar, Kiran Rathod, Sharmilee, Vadivelu	Shree Rajalakshmi Films
	29	Boys	S. Shankar	Siddharth, Genelia D'Souza, Vivek, Bharath, Nakul, S. Thaman, Manikandan	Sri Surya Movies
S E P	5	Success	Prashanthshekhar	Dushyanth, Sonia Agarwal, Nandana, Roja, Urvashi	Issakki Creations
	5	Thiruda Thirudi	Subramaniam Siva	Dhanush, Chaya Singh, Karunas	Indian Theatre Productions
	12	Alai	Vikram Kumar	Silambarasan, Trisha, Vivek, Raghuvaran, Saranya	Damini Enterprise
	12	Aalukkoru Aasai	V. Sekhar	Sathyaraj, Meena, Manthra, Vadivelu, Kalpana	Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam
	19	Naam	Saba Kailash	Jai Varma, Prakash Raj, Rashmi Murali, Kalabhavan Mani	Duet Movies
		Unnai Charanadaindhen	Samuthirakani	Venkat Prabhu, S. P. B. Charan, Meera Vasudevan, Santhoshi	Capital Film Works
		Dhivya Teacher	Kuha Jayaraj	Anand, Vinitha, Jagan
	27	Bheeshmar	Ranjith	Ranjith, Devayani, Riyaz Khan	Maverick Entertainment
		Galatta Ganapathy	Karthik Kumar	Pandiarajan, Sanghavi
		Kaiyodu Kai	Rajan Sarma	Aravind Akash, Yugendran, Sona	Vamana Pictures
		Ragasiyamai	Amuthan	Prasanna, Neelam Singh, Karunas	Art and Heart Movie Makers
		Three Roses	Parameswar	Rambha, Jyothika, Laila, Urvashi, Vivek, Vijay Adhiraj	Infocus Ltd. Parijay Creators
		Winner	Sundar C	Prashanth, Kiran Rathod, Vadivelu	Mother India Movies International

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
O C T	10	Vadakku Vaasal	B. M. Sundar	Karthik Kumar, Rithana
	24	Anjaneya	N. Maharajan	Ajith Kumar, Meera Jasmine, Raghuvaran, Jaya Prakash Reddy	Nic Arts
		Ottran	Ilankannan	Arjun, Simran, Tejashree, Sarath Babu	Popular Movies
		Pithamagan	Bala	Vikram, Suriya, Laila, Sangeetha	Evergreen Movie International
		Thirumalai	Ramana	Vijay, Jyothika, Kausalya, Manoj K. Jayan	Kavithalayaa Productions
N O V	14	Jay Jay	Saran	R. Madhavan, Pooja, Amoga, Kalabhavan Mani	Aascar Film Pvt. Ltd
	21	Iyarkai	S. P. Jananathan	Shaam, Arun Vijay, Kutti Radhika, Seema Biswas	Prisem Films
	21	Kurumbu	Vishnuvardhan	Allari Naresh, Nikita Thukral, Diya	Indira Innovations
	28	Nadhi Karaiyinile	Ponvannan	Suvalakshmi, Rajan P. Dev, Ramji	National Film Development Corporation of India
D E C	5	Anbe Un Vasam	R. Balu	Ashwin, Rathi Arumugam, Yogan	Annai Vannamathi Films
	5	Mullil Roja	Kasthuri Pandian	Vishnu, Lahari, Lakshmi
	12	Ooruku Nooruper	B. Lenin	Hans Kaushik, G. M. Sundar, Archana, Julie	National Film Development Corporation of India
	12	Konji Pesalaam	R. Kaleeswaran	Rajkiran, Sreeja, Vamsi	Stanwin Productions
	19	Enakku 20 Unakku 18	A. M. Jyothi Krishna	Tarun Kumar, Trisha, Shriya	Sri Surya Movies
		Joot	Azhagam Perumal	Srikanth, Meera Jasmine, Vivek, Tejashree	Sri Lakshmi Productions
		Paththikichu	S. S. Arasan	Devaguru, Manjari, Shakeela, Abhinayashree		^[4]
		Thathi Thavadhu Manasu	Azhagu Rajusundaram	Mumtaj, Urvashi Patel, Sindhuri, Kalabhavan Mani	Wide Visions
		Soori	Shelvan	Vignesh, R. Parthiepan, Uma, Vijayalakshmi	Sri Kamakshi Studios
	25	Indru	Naveen Muthuraman	Karthik, Tanu Roy, Maina	Kashyap Productions
	25	Sindhamal Sitharamal	K. A. Shanmugavel	Abbas, Nanditha, Sona, Karunas	Velu International
	26	Kadhal Kirukkan	Sakthi Chidambaram	R. Parthiepan, Richa Pallod, Vineeth	Variety Frames
	26	Oruththi	Amshan Kumar	Ganesh Babu, Poorvaja, Bala Singh

List of Tamil films of 2003

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Title	Director	Cast	Ref
IPC 215	Charuhasan	Ponvannan, Jaishankar	^[6]
Adhaanda Idhaanda	R. G. Elavalagan	Pandiarajan, Sangeetha	^[7]
Bhayam	David
Oru Thadava Sonna	M. Jameenraj	Chinni Jayanth, Swarna, Lavanya
Rekkai	B. Lenin	Narayana Rao, M. S. Vishalakshi, N. Madankumar
Uyirosai	Hariram	Bharath, Soni	^[8]
Vaanam Vaazhthattum	Raveeshwar	Vimalahasan, Rashmi, Kulkarni
Vani Mahal	Jayram	Vignesh, Suvalakshmi

Category/organization	Dinakaran Cinema Awards 10 April 2004	Filmfare Awards South 12 June 2004^[9]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 13 February 2006^[10]
Best Film	Pithamagan	Pithamagan	Eera Nilam
Best Director	Bala Pithamagan	Bala Pithamagan	Karu Pazhaniappan Parthiban Kanavu
Best Actor	Vikram Pithamagan	Vikram Pithamagan	Vikram Pithamagan
Best Actress	Jyothika Kaakha Kaakha Dhool	Laila Pithamagan	Laila Pithamagan
Best Music Director	Dhina Thiruda Thirudi	Harris Jayaraj Kaakha Kaakha	Harris Jayaraj Kaakha Kaakha