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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:

List of Tamil films

January—March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast
J A N	10	Dhool	Dharani	Vikram, Jyothika, Reemma Sen
	15	Anbe Sivam	Sundar C	Kamal Haasan, Madhavan, Kiran
		Annai Kaligambal	Rama Narayanan	Livingston, Ramya Krishnan, Anu Prabhakar
		Chokka Thangam	K. Bhagyaraj	Vijayakanth, Soundarya, Prakash Raj
		Kalatpadai	J. Ramesh	Jai, Vidhu
		Ramachandra	Raj Kapoor	Sathyaraj, Vijayalakshmi
		Vaseegara	K. Selva Bharathy	Vijay, Sneha
	24	Pop Corn	Nassar	Mohanlal, Simran
	31	Aasai Aasaiyai	Ravi Mariya	Jiiva, Sharmilee
F E B	6	Anbu	Thalapathy Raj	Bala, Deepu, Vadivelu
	14	Anbu Thollai	Hayath	Pandiarajan, Ravali
		Julie Ganapathi	Balu Mahendra	Jayaram, Saritha, Ramya Krishnan
		Kadhaludan	Rajakumaran	Murali, Devayani, Abbas
		Student Number 1	Selva	Sibi Raj, Sherin
	21	Yes Madam	Rajaji	Prabhu, Vijayalakshmi, Vindhya
	28	Military	G. Sai Suresh	Sathyaraj, Rambha, Vijayalakshmi
	28	Pallavan	Padmamagan	Manoj Bharathiraja, Rathi
M A R	20	Ilasu Pudhusu Ravusu	L. C. Selva	Deepak Dinkar, Suja Varunee, Vadivelu
		Manasellam	Santhosh	Srikanth, Trisha
		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

April—June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast
A P R	11	Magic Magic 3D	Jose	Suraj Balajee, S. P. Balasubramaniam, Pooja Kumar, Tirlok Malik
	13	Dum	A. Venkatesh	Silambarasan, Rakshita
		Kadhal Sadugudu	V. Z. Durai	Vikram, Priyanka Trivedi
		Sena	Sujith	Sathyaraj, Aravind Akash, Rakshita
	14	Arasu	Suresh	Sarathkumar, Simran, Roja
	14	Banda Paramasivam	T. P. Gajendran	Prabhu, Abbas, Rambha, Monika
	25	Punnagai Poove	S. D. Sabapathy	Nandha, Kaveri, Rekha Vedavyas
	25	Well Done	Ravindran	Jayanth, Chytra Hallikeri
M A Y	1	Anbe Anbe	Mani Bharathi	Shaam, Sharmelee
		Indru Mudhal	M. A. Murugesh	Mithun Tejaswi, Daisy Bopanna, Nanditha
		Saamy	Hari	Vikram, Trisha
	8	Inidhu Inidhu Kadhal Inidhu	Sakthi Chidambaram	Jai Akash, Neha, Hamsavardhan, Monica
	8	Pudhiya Geethai	K. P. Jagannath	Vijay, Ameesha Patel, Meera Jasmine
	16	Lesa Lesa	Priyadarshan	Shaam, Trisha
	16	Parthiban Kanavu	Karu Pazhaniappan	Srikanth, Sneha
	30	Parasuram	Arjun	Arjun, Kiran, Gayathri Raguram
J U N	12	Nala Damayanthi	Mouli	R. Madhavan, Geetu Mohandas, Shrutika
	13	Paarai	K. S. Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar, Jayaram, Meena, Ramya Krishnan
	20	Jayam	M. Raja	Jayam Ravi, Sadha

July—September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast
J U L	4	Ice	Raghuraj	Ashok, Priyanka Trivedi
		Kaadhal Kondein	Selvaraghavan	Dhanush, Sonia Agarwal
		Kovilpatti Veeralakshmi	K. Rajeswar	Simran, Sonu Sood, Sherin
		Whistle	J.D-Jerry	Vikramaditya, Sherin, Gayathri Raguram
	11	Priyamaana Thozhi	Vikraman	R. Madhavan, Jyothika, Sridevi Vijayakumar
	18	Aahaa Ethanai Azhagu	Kanmani	Mithun Tejaswi, Charmee
		Kadhal Kisu Kisu	P. Vasu	Bala, Charmee
		Thayumanavan	Saravanan	Saravanan, Prema
A U G	1	Idhayamae	Raviraja	Ishaq Hussaini, Krishnana, Vadivelu
		Kaakha Kaakha	Gautham Vasudev Menon	Suriya, Jyothika
		Thithikudhe	Brinda Sarathy	Jiiva, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Shrutika
		Vikadan	Arun Pandian	Harish Raghavendra, Arun Pandian, Gayathri Raguram, Radhika Chaudhari
	8	Eera Nilam	Bharathiraja	Manoj Bharathiraja, Nanditha
	15	Alaudin	Ravi Chakravathy	Prabhu Deva, Ashima Bhalla
	15	Thennavan	Nandakumaran	Vijayakanth, Kiran Rathod
	23	Diwan	Surya Prakash	Sarath Kumar, Kiran Rathod
	29	Boys	S. Shankar	Siddharth, Genelia, Vivek, Bharath, Nakul, Thaman, Manikandan
S E P	5	Success	Prashanthshekhar	Dushyanth, Sonia Agarwal, Nandana
	5	Thiruda Thirudi	Subramaniam Siva	Dhanush, Chaya Singh
	12	Alai	Vikram Kumar	Silambarasan, Trisha
	12	Aalukkoru Aasai	V. Sekhar	Sathyaraj, Meena, Manthra
	19	Naam	Saba Kailash	Prakash Raj, Reshmi
		Unnai Charanadaindhen	Samuthirakani	Venkat Prabhu, S. P. B. Charan, Meera Vasudevan, Santhoshi
		Dhivya Teacher	Kuha Jayaraj	Anand, Vinitha, Jagan
	27	Bheeshmar	Ranjith	Ranjith, Devayani
		Galatta Ganapathy	Karthik Kumar	Pandiarajan, Sanghavi
		Kaiyodu Kai	Rajan Sarma	Aravind Akash, Yugendran, Sona
		Ragasiyamai	Amuthan	Prasanna, Neelan Singh
		Three Roses	Parameswar	Rambha, Jyothika, Laila
		Winner	Sundar C	Prashanth, Kiran, Vadivelu

October—December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Ref
O C T	10	Vadakku Vaasal	B. M. Sundar	Karthik Kumar, Rithana
	24	Anjaneya	N. Maharajan	Ajith Kumar, Meera Jasmine
		Ottran	Ilankannan	Arjun, Simran, Tejashree
		Pithamagan	Bala	Vikram, Suriya, Laila, Sangeetha
		Thirumalai	Ramana	Vijay, Jyothika, Kausalya
N O V	14	Jay Jay	Saran	R. Madhavan, Pooja, Amoga
	21	Iyarkai	S. P. Jananathan	Shaam, Arun Vijay, Kutti Radhika
	21	Kurumbu	Vishnuvardhan	Allari Naresh, Nikita Thukral, Diya
	28	Nadhi Karaiyinile	Ponvannan	Saranya Ponvannan
D E C	5	Anbe Un Vasam	R. Balu	Ashwin, Rathi Arumugam, Yogan
	5	Mullil Roja	Kasthuri Pandian	Vishnu, Lahari, Lakshmi
	12	Ooruku Nooruper	B. Lenin	Hans Kaushik, Archana, Kripa
	19	Enakku 20 Unakku 18	Jyothi Krishna	Tarun Kumar, Trisha, Shriya
		Joot	Azhagam Perumal	Srikanth, Meera Jasmine
		Paththikichu	S. S. Arasan	Devaguru, Manjari, Shakeela, Abhinayashree	^[4]
		Thathi Thavadhu Manasu	Azhagu Rajusundaram	Mumtaj, Kalabhavan Mani
		Soori	Shelvan	Vignesh, R. Parthiepan, Uma, Vijayalakshmi
	25	Indru	Naveen Muthuraman	Karthik, Tanu Roy
	25	Sindhamal Sitharamal	K. A. Shanmugavel	Abbas, Nanditha
	26	Kadhal Kirukkan	Sakthi Chidambaram	R. Parthiepan, Richa Pallod, Vineeth
	26	Oruththi	Amshan Kumar	Ganesh Babu, Poorvaja, Bala Singh

The following films also released in 2003, though the release date remains unknown.^[5]

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

Awards

Category/organization	Dinakaran Cinema Awards 10 April 2004	Filmfare Awards South 12 June 2004^[8]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 13 February 2006^[9]
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

References

^ Government cuts entertainment tax to 25% (from 30%)
^ Low-budget films gets entertainment tax exemption^{[dead link]}
^ CTD reports ₹75.07 crore ET collection in 2003–04
^ "Pathikichu". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
^ Article title
^ Rohini (13 January 2023). "இக்கட்டான நிலையில் இருந்த இயக்குனர்!.. குடும்ப செலவுகளை ஏற்றுக் கொண்ட அஜித்!.. வலிகளை தாண்டி தல-யின் அந்த எண்ணம்." Cinereporters. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
^ "Rediff on the Net, Movies: To catch a thief".
^ "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare Award winners". The Times of India. 4 June 2004.
^ "Tamil Nadu state awards announced". Rediff. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

[1] Government cuts entertainment tax to 25% (from 30%)

[2] Low-budget films gets entertainment tax exemption^{[dead link]}

[3] CTD reports ₹75.07 crore ET collection in 2003–04

[4] "Pathikichu". Chennai Online. Archived from the original on 8 April 2005. Retrieved 14 March 2022.

[5] Article title

[6] Rohini (13 January 2023). "இக்கட்டான நிலையில் இருந்த இயக்குனர்!.. குடும்ப செலவுகளை ஏற்றுக் கொண்ட அஜித்!.. வலிகளை தாண்டி தல-யின் அந்த எண்ணம்." Cinereporters. Retrieved 20 March 2024.

[7] "Rediff on the Net, Movies: To catch a thief".

[8] "51st Annual Manikchand Filmfare Award winners". The Times of India. 4 June 2004.

[9] "Tamil Nadu state awards announced". Rediff. 13 February 2006. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

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List of Tamil films of 2003