List of Tamil films of 2002

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 12 June 2000, Gross fell to 125 per cent of Nett.[1][2] 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:

List of Tamil films

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Music Director
J A N	14	Alli Arjuna	Saran	Manoj Bharathiraja, Richa Pallod, Preetha Vijayakumar	A. R. Rahman
		Azhagi	Thangar Bachan	Parthiban, Nandita Das, Devayani	Ilaiyaraaja
		Pammal K. Sambandam	Mouli	Kamal Haasan, Simran, Abbas, Sneha, Kalpana	Deva
		Punnagai Desam	K. Shajahan	Tarun Kumar, Kunal, Sneha, Hamsavardhan, Preetha Vijayakumar	S. A. Rajkumar
		Red	Ram Sathya	Ajith Kumar, Priya Gill	Deva
		Vivaramana Aalu	K. Selva Bharathy	Sathyaraj, Devayani, Mumtaj	Deva
	25	Angala Parameswari	Sai Prakash	Roja, Meena	Dhina
	31	Mangalyam	V. J. Rao-Asra	Thalaivasal Vijay, Thara	Devanarayana
F E B	8	Amaiyappan	Rama Murugapandian	Ponnambalam, Roshini	Venkatesh
	8	Shakalaka Baby	Rama Narayanan	Ramki, Roja	S. A. Rajkumar
	14	Dhaya	Senthilnathan	Prakash Raj, Meena	Bharadwaj
	14	Kannathil Muthamittal	Maniratnam	R. Madhavan, Simran, Nandita Das, P. S. Keerthana, J. D. Chakravarthy, Pasupathy, Prakash Raj	A. R. Rahman
	15	Charlie Chaplin	Sakthi Chidambaram	Prabhu, Prabhu Deva, Abhirami, Gayathri Raguram	Bharani
	22	Kamarasu	P. C. Anbazhagan	Murali, Laila	S. A. Rajkumar
	22	Roja Koottam	Sasi	Srikanth, Bhoomika, Raadhika	Bharadwaj
M A R	15	Saptham	Sivaguru	Rishi, Rithiga, Abhinayashree	Gnana
A P R	12	Gemini	Saran	Vikram, Kiran	Bharadwaj
		Raajjiyam	Manoj Kumar	Vijayakanth, Shamita Shetty, Priyanka Trivedi, Dileep	Bharadwaj
		Sri Bannari Amman	Bharathi Kannan	Karan, Kushboo, Vijayashanti	T. Rajendar
		Thamizh	Hari	Prashanth, Simran, Vadivelu	Bharadwaj
		Thamizhan	Majith	Vijay, Priyanka Chopra	D. Imaan
	19	Junior Senior	J. Suresh	Mammooty, Hamsavardhan, Charulatha, Leena	Yuvan Shankar Raja
M A Y	3	Varushamellam Vasantham	Ravi Shankar	Manoj Bharathiraja, Kunal, Anita	Sirpi
	10	Thulluvadho Ilamai	Kasthuri Raja	Dhanush, Sherin	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	10	Unnai Ninaithu	Vikraman	Suriya, Laila, Sneha	Sirpi
	16	Pesadha Kannum Pesume	Murali Krishna	Kunal, Monal, Mamtha	Bharani
	24	Nettru Varai Nee Yaaro Naan Yaaro	A. Sridhar	Hamsavardhan, Ruchithra	Deva
	31	Enge Enadhu Kavithai	Aravind	Kunal, Rathi, Krishna Abhishek	Bharadwaj
J U N	1	123	K. Subash	Prabhu Deva, Jyothika, Raju Sundaram, Nagendra Prasad	Deva
	14	Devan	Arun Pandian	Vijayakanth, Arun Pandian, Meena, Kausalya	Ilaiyaraaja
	21	Ezhumalai	Arjun	Arjun, Simran, Gajala, Mumtaj	Manisharma
	21	Thenkasi Pattanam	Rafi Mecartin	Sarath Kumar, Napoleon, Devayani, Samyuktha Varma	Suresh Peters
	27	Panchathanthiram	K. S. Ravikumar	Kamal Haasan, Simran, Jayaram, Ramesh Aravind, Ramya Krishnan, Urvashi, Sanghavi, Nagesh, Aishwarya	Deva
J U L	5	Raja	Ezhil	Ajith Kumar, Jyothika, Priyanka Trivedi	S. A. Rajkumar
	12	Samurai	Balaji Sakthivel	Vikram, Anita, Jaya Seel	Harris Jayaraj
	13	Yai! Nee Romba Azhaga Irukke!	Vasanth	Shaam, Sneha, Jaya Re	Raghav-Raja Srinivas Ramesh Vinayakam
	19	Guruvamma	Thamarai Sendhoorapandi	Livingston, Devayani	Sahitya
		Shree	Pushpavasagan	Suriya, Shruthika, Gayatri Jayaraman	T. S. Muralidharan
		Youth	Vincent Selva	Vijay, Sandhiya, Sindhu Menon	Manisharma
A U G	2	Karmegam	S. P. Rajkumar	Mammooty, Abhirami	Vidyasagar
	15	Baba	Suresh Krishna	Rajinikanth, Manisha Koirala, M. N. Nambiar, Goundamani, Ashish Vidyarthi	A. R. Rahman
	23	Ivan	R. Parthiban	R. Parthiban, Soundarya, Meena	Ilaiyaraaja
	29	Plus 2	Krithik	Krithik, Suja Varunee	Jay
	30	Naina	Manobala	Jayaram, Manya	Sabesh-Murali
	30	Sundhara Travels	Thaha	Murali, Vadivelu, Radha	Bharani
S E P	5	Run	N. Lingusamy	R. Madhavan, Meera Jasmine, Atul Kulkarni	Vidyasagar
	6	King	Prabu Solomon	Vikram, Sneha	Dhina
	12	Arputham	R. S. Venkatesh	Raghava Lawrence, Anu Prabhakar, Kunal	Shiva
		En Mana Vaanil	Vinayan	Jayasurya, Kavya Madhavan	Ilaiyaraaja
		Nilai Kannadi	C. T. Chandrasekar	Ilavarasan	Balraj
	20	Maaran	A. Jawahar	Sathyaraj, Seetha, Abhinayashree	Deva
	20	Namma Veetu Kalyanam	V. Sekhar	Murali, Meena, Vindhya	S. A. Rajkumar
	27	Samasthanam	Rajkapoor	Sarath Kumar, Devayani, Suresh Gopi, Abhirami	Deva
	28	Jjunction	R. S. Ramanathan	Abhinay, Kanishka Sodhi, Aamna Sharif	Bharadwaj
O C T	4	Album	Vasanthabalan	Aryan Rajesh, Shrutika	Karthik Raja
		Five Star	Susi Ganesan	Prasanna, Kanika, Krishna	Parasuram-Radha
		University	Pragahdeesh	Jeevan, Gajala	Ramesh Vinayakam
N O V	4	Andipatti Arasampatti	Dhananjeyan	Pandiarajan, Mansoor Ali Khan, Vislaini, Srilekha	S. P. Venkatesh
		Bagavathi	A. Venkatesh	Vijay, Reemma Sen, Jai, Monika	Deva
		Game	John Amritraj	Karthik, Radha, Divya Dutta	S. P. Venkatesh
		Kadhal Azhivathillai	T. Rajendar	Simbhu, Charmy	T. Rajendar
		Padai Veetu Amman	Pugazhmani	Ramki, Meena, Devayani	S. A. Rajkumar
		Ramana	A. R. Murugadoss	Vijayakanth, Ashima Bhalla, Simran	Ilaiyaraaja
		Solla Marandha Kadhai	Thangar Bachan	Cheran, Rathi	Ilaiyaraaja
		Villain	K. S. Ravikumar	Ajith Kumar, Meena, Kiran	Vidyasagar
	29	April Maadhathil	S. S. Stanley	Srikanth, Sneha	Yuvan Shankar Raja
		Gummalam	Sughi S. Moorthy	Mithun Tejaswi, Rathi	Gandhi Dasan
		I Love You Da	C. Rajadurai	Raju Sundaram, Simran	Bharadwaj
D E C	6	Jaya	Rathnaraj	Ramya Krishnan, Sherin, Sriman	Bharani
	6	Mutham	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Arun Vijay, Nagendra Prasad, Charulatha, Nanditha	Bharani
	13	Bala	Deepak	Shaam, Meera Jasmine	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	13	Mounam Pesiyadhe	Ameer	Suriya, Trisha, Laila	Yuvan Shankar Raja
	20	Kadhal Virus	Kathir	Richard Rishi, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Abbas	A. R. Rahman
		Style	Sibi Chakravarthy	Raghava Lawrence, Gayathri Raguram, Kushboo	Bharani
		Virumbugiren	Susi Ganesan	Prashanth, Sneha	Deva
	27	Iravu Padagan	Roshan	Babu Ganesh, Gumtaj	S. P. Bhoopathi
		Kalai Kalluri	Chandrasekhar	Madoo, Swetha Rao
		Nanba Nanba	Jayabharathi	Chandrasekhar, Charle	Chittey Prakash

The following films also released in 2002, though the release date remains unknown.[4]

Title	Director	Cast	Music Director
Ball		Nithin George, Sanjay	Sabesh-Murali
En Kadhali
En Uyir Nanban
Gowri
Isthri
Needhiyin Vasalile
Pudhiya Alai	Rajkathir	Jeevan Ravi, Abitha
Veetil Poochigal

Dubbed films

Opening	Title	Director(s)	Original film		Cast	Ref.
Opening	Title	Director(s)	Film	Language	Cast	Ref.
February 6	Rahasyam	Vikram Bhatt	Raaz	Hindi	Dino Morea, Bipasha Basu	[5]
October 22	Vasu	V. M. Vinu	Akashathile Paravaigal	Malayalam	Kalabhavan Mani	[6]
October 28	H20 Kaveri	Lokanath-Rajaram	H2O	Kannada	Upendra, Prabhu Deva	[7]

Notable deaths

Awards

Category/Organization	Cinema Express Awards 21 December 2002[8]	Dinakaran Cinema Awards 17 August 2003[9]	Filmfare Awards South 24 May 2003[10]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 30 September 2004[11]
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

References

Government cuts entertainment tax to 25% (from 30%)
Low-budget films gets entertainment tax exemption
CTD reports ₹71.19 crore ET collection in 2002-03
http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2002.asp
https://web.archive.org/web/20030819040606/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov172.asp
https://web.archive.org/web/20030819034459/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov220.asp
https://web.archive.org/web/20030819034416/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov221.asp
https://www.thehindu.com/2002/12/22/stories/2002122206330300.htm
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2003.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
https://archive.is/20130903050325/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-05-25/news/27553609_1_actor-award-film-award-playback-singer
"Six film artistes win awards". The Hindu. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

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

[2] Low-budget films gets entertainment tax exemption

[3] CTD reports ₹71.19 crore ET collection in 2002-03

[4] ttp://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/english%20Films/2002.asp

[5] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20030819040606/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov172.asp

[6] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20030819034459/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov220.asp

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20030819034416/http://www.chennaionline.com/Moviereviews/tammov221.asp

[8] ttps://www.thehindu.com/2002/12/22/stories/2002122206330300.htm

[9] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 August 2003. Retrieved 20 August 2003.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[10] ttps://archive.is/20130903050325/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-05-25/news/27553609_1_actor-award-film-award-playback-singer

[11] "Six film artistes win awards". The Hindu. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 18 July 2019.

Indian films by year and decade
Highest-grossing Indian films Bhojpuri Hindi Gujarati Kannada Malayalam Marathi Punjabi Tamil Telugu
Bengali	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Bollywood (Hindi)	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Gujarati	2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Kannada	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Malayalam	1928–1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Marathi	1910s 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Odia	1936 1949 1950 1951 1953 1954 1956 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Tamil	1930s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Telugu	1930s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Other	Assamese Punjabi
Related	Silent films of South India