List of Tamil films of 2006

This is a list of Tamil language films released in India during 2006.^[1]^[2]

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Rank	Title	Production company	Worldwide gross
1	Varalaru	NIC Arts	₹50−55 crore
2	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Seventh Channel Communications	₹45−50 crore
3	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Studio Green	₹35 crore
4	Thimiru	GK Film Corporation	₹30 crore
5	Unakkum Enakkum	Sri Lakshmi Productions Jayam Company	₹25 crore
6	Vallavan	Sri Raj Lakshmi Films	₹23 crore
7	Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam	R. K. Productions	₹20 crore
8	Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei	S Pictures	₹15 crore
9	Thirupathi	AVM Productions	₹13−14 crore
10	Aathi	V. V. Creations	₹11−12 crore

Opening		Title	Director	Cast
J A N	14	Paramasivan	P. Vasu	Ajith Kumar, Laila, Jayaram
	14	Saravana	K. S. Ravikumar	Silambarasan, Jyothika, Prakash Raj
	15	Aathi	Ramana	Vijay, Trisha
	15	Pasa Kiligal	Amirtham	Prabhu, Murali, Vineeth, Navya Nair, Malavika, Roja, Vadivelu
F E B	2	Dishyum	Sasi	Jiiva, Sandhya
	10	Amirtham	K. Kannan	Ganesh, Navya Nair
		Chithiram Pesuthadi	Mysskin	Narain, Bhavana
		Idhaya Thirudan	Saran	Jayam Ravi, Kamna Jethmalani, Prakash Raj
		June R	Revathy S. Varma	Jyothika, Khushbu, Saritha
		Kodambakkam	K. P. Jagan	Nandha, Diya, Tejashree
	17	Kalabha Kadhalan	Igore	Arya, Renuka Menon, Akshaya
		Kalvanin Kadhali	Thamilvaanan	S. J. Surya, Nayantara
		Madrasi	Arjun	Arjun, Vedhika
		Nagareega Komali	Ramji S. Balan	Bala Joseph, Neetha Sree
	22	Thambi	Seeman	R. Madhavan, Pooja
	24	Kovai Brothers	Sakthi Chidambaram	Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Namitha, Uma, Vadivelu
M A R	10	Oru Kadhal Seiveer	Ravi Bhargavan	Santhosh, Archana Galrani, Krishna
	10	Sudesi	A. Y. Jeppy	Vijayakanth, Ashima Bhalla
	17	Mercury Pookkal	S. S. Stanley	Srikanth, Meera Jasmine
	17	Pattiyal	Vishnuvardhan	Arya, Bharath, Pooja, Padmapriya
	24	Unarchigal	K. Rajan	Sriman, Abitha, Abhinayashree

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref
A P R	7	Theenda Theenda	A. P. Muhan	Shivhasan, Vinod, Preethi Varma, Shravya
	14	Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu	Vijay Milton	Bharath, Mallika Kapoor, Arun Vijay
		Pachchak Kuthira	Parthiban	Parthiban, Namitha
		Thirupathi	Perarasu	Ajith Kumar, Sadha
		Thiruttu Payale	Susi Ganesan	Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Malavika, Abbas
M A Y	5	Suyetchai MLA	Guru Dhanapal	Sathyaraj, Goundamani, Mantra, Abitha
	12	Kokki	Prabu Solomon	Karan, Pooja Gandhi
	12	Madhu	K. Thennarasu	Githan Ramesh, Priyamani
	19	Jerry	S. B. Khanthan	Githan Ramesh, Shruthi Raj, Mumtaj, Meera Vasudevan
	19	Thalai Nagaram	Suraj	Sundar C, Jyothirmayi, Vadivelu
	26	Kalinga	Ram Prabha	Bala, Nandhana	^[3]
	26	Pudhupettai	Selvaraghavan	Dhanush, Sneha, Sonia Agarwal
J U N	2	Don Chera	K. S. Saravanan	Ranjith, Sujibala
	9	Parijatham	K. Bhagyaraj	Prithviraj, Saranya Bhagyaraj
	15	Kaivantha Kalai	Pandiarajan	Prithvi Rajan, Shruthi, Pandiarajan, Malavika
	16	Naalai	Uday Mahesh	Richard Rishi, Natty Subramaniam, Madhumitha
	23	Aacharya	Ravi	Vignesh, Divya, Nassar
	23	Kusthi	Raj Kapoor	Prabhu, Karthik, Manya, Flora, Vadivelu
	30	Uyir	Samy	Srikanth, Sangeetha, Samvrutha Sunil

Opening		f Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J U L	6	Thullura Vayasu	Gopal	Raghava, Deepika
	8	Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei	Chimbu Deven	Vadivelu, Monika, Tejashree
	14	Thodamale	V. Rajendra Kumar	Narain, Uma
		Thoothukudi	Harikumar	Harikumar, Karthika
		Yuga	Yaar Kannan	Richard, Swarnamalya, Manikandan, Santhoshi
	21	47A Besant Nagar Varai	Goutham Krishna	Abbas, Sangeetha, Ravali	Raja & Raju Associates
	27	Boys and Girls	V. Rajagopal	Arjun Singh, Shyla Lopez	All Light Productions	^[4]
		Sasanam	Mahendran	Arvind Swamy, Gautami, Ranjitha
		Unakkum Enakkum	Mohan Raja	Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Prabhu, Richa Pallod
A U G	4	Kadhale En Kadhale	PC Shekhar	Naveen, Shrutha Keerthi, Roma Asrani		^[5]
		Thimiru	Tarun Gopi	Vishal, Reemma Sen, Sriya Reddy
		Vanjagan	A. M. Bhaskar	Sujibala, Prathap, Suman
	11	Kurukshetram	Jayabharathi	Sathyaraj, Roja
	17	Nee Venunda Chellam	L. Venkatesan	Githan Ramesh, Gajala, Namitha
	25	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Gautham Vasudev Menon	Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj
S E P	1	16 Naatkal	Ravi Srinivas	R. S. K. G, Ananthy, Ganaa Ulakanathan
	7	Em Magan	Thirumurugan	Bharath, Gopika, Nassar, Saranya Ponvannan, Vadivelu
	8	Jambhavan	Nandhakumar	Prashanth, Nila, Meghna Naidu
	8	Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	N. Krishna	Suriya, Jyothika, Bhumika Chawla
	14	Perarasu	Udhayan	Vijayakanth, Debina Bonnerjee
	22	Manathodu Mazhaikalam	Arputhan	Shaam, Samiksha, Nithya Das, Jayasurya
	24	Kedi	Jyothi Krishna	Ravi Krishna, Ileana D'Cruz, Tamannaah

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
O C T	6	Sengathu	Indhu Nathan	Nishanth, Payal, Ilavarasu	TKM Films	^[6]
	13	Maranthen Meimaranthen	Sivaraman	Yohaa, Poornitha	Foot Steps Production	^[7]
	20	Dharmapuri	Perarasu	Vijayakanth, Lakshmi Rai, Manivannan	Sri Surya Movies	^[8]
		E	S. P. Jananathan	Jiiva, Nayanthara, Pasupathy, Ashish Vidyarthi	Super Good Films	^[9]
		Varalaru	K. S. Ravikumar	Ajith Kumar, Asin, Kanika	NIC Arts	^[10]
	21	Thalaimagan	Sarath Kumar	Sarathkumar, Nayanthara, Mukesh Tiwari	Radaan Mediaworks	^[11]
		Vallavan	Silambarasan	Silambarasan, Nayanthara, Reemma Sen, Sandhya	Sri Raj Lakshmi Films	^[12]
		Vattaram	Saran	Arya, Kirat Bhattal, Napoleon	Gemini Productions	^[13]
N O V	10	Kizhakku Kadarkarai Salai	S. S. Stanley	Srikanth, Bhavana, Suresh	Ven Thiraikkalam	^[14]
	10	Vathiyar	A. Venkatesh	Arjun, Mallika Kapoor, Prakash Raj	AP Film Garden	^[15]
	17	Aavani Thingal	Harikrishna	Subramanian Gopalakrishnan, Tejini, Mathisha	Rayar Films International	^[16]
		Desiya Paravai	Babu Ganesh	Suresh, Urvashi, Babu Ganesh, Vadivelu	S Sen International	^[17]
		Prathi Gnayiru 9 Manimudhal 10.30 Varai	M. Anbu	Ramesh, Poornitha, Karunas	Vision 21	^[18]
	24	Rendu	Sundar C	R. Madhavan, Reemma Sen, Anushka Shetty	Avni Cinemax	^[19]
	24	Sivappathigaram	Karu Pazhaniappan	Vishal, Mamta Mohandas, Raghuvaran	Screen Play Entertainment	^[20]
	30	Iruvar Mattum	Dwaraki Raghavan	Abhay, Sunitha Varma	V R Miracle Movies	^[21]
D E C	1	Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam	Kasthuri Raja	Harish Kumar, Kiran, Lakshmi Priya	R K Productions	^[22]
		Mann	Pudhiyavan	Vijith, Shana Mahendran, Chandrasekhar	Cine Range Films	^[23]
		Nenjil	Selva	Navdeep, Aparna Pillai, Ranjitha	Karpagam Entertainment	^[24]
	8	Chennai Kadhal	Vikraman	Bharath, Genelia D'Souza, Radharavi	V Creations	^[25]
	15	Aadu Puli Aattam	Sanjay Ram	Mani Prakash, Vennila, Rekha Sri	Opa Creations	^[26]
		Ganapathy Vanthachi	P. C. Guna	Udhai, Rajesh, Mathisha	Prime Movie Makers	^[27]
		Nenjirukkum Varai	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Narain, Poonam Kaur, Thalaivasal Vijay	Baba Films	^[28]
		Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam	Boopathy Pandian	Dhanush, Shriya Saran, Prakash Raj	Karthick Cine Vision	^[29]
	17	Veyil	Vasanthabalan	Pasupathy, Bharath, Bhavana, Sriya Reddy, Priyanka Nair	S Pictures	^[30]
	22	Azhagiya Asura	Nagu	Yogi, Regina, Nanditha Jennifer	Jeyram Creations	^[31]
		Ilakkanam	Chandraseyan	Vishnu Priyan, Uma, Vinu Chakravarthy	Nanneri Padaippagam	^[32]
		Poi	K. Balachander	Uday Kiran, Vimala Raman, Geethu Mohandas	Duet Movies	^[33]
		Thirudi	K. Shankar	Kathir, Dhanya, Rajeev	GV Films	^[34]
	28	Mazhaithuli Mazhaithuli	K. G. Gurushankar	K. G. Gurushankar, Raveena, Reshmi	Lights On Films	^[35]
	28	Thagapansamy	Shiva Shanmugam	Prashanth, Pooja, Namitha	Thirumalai Creations	^[36]
	29	Adaikalam	Bhuvanaraja	Prashanth, Uma, Thyagarajan	Kaladass Creations	^[37]
	29	Kasu	Gowri Manohar	Rahman, Sangeetha, Rajashree	Palavodai Amman Creations	^[38]

List of Tamil films of 2006

Box office collection

Released films

January — March

April — June

July — September

October — December

Awards

References

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Category/organization	Filmfare Awards South 4 August 2007^[40]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 6 September 2007^[41]
Best Film	Veyil	Veyil
Best Director	Vasanthabalan Veyil	Thirumurugan Em Magan
Best Actor	Ajith Kumar Varalaru	Kamal Haasan • Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu Bharath Srinivasan Em Magan
Best Actress	Bhavana Veyyil	Trisha Aathi Gopika Em Magan (2006)
Best Music Director	A. R. Rahman Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Yuvan Shankar Raja Pattiyal