List of Tamil films of 2005

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 4 October 2004, gross fell to 115 per cent of net. The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹43.65 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.

A list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 2005 by release date:

List of Tamil films

January—March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J A N	12	Dancer	Keyaar	Kutty, Robert, Kanika
	14	Aayudham	M. A. Murugesh	Prashanth, Sneha
		Ayya	Hari	Sarath Kumar, Nayantara, Napoleon
		Devathaiyai Kanden	Boopathy Pandian	Dhanush, Sridevi Vijayakumar, Kunal
		Thirupaachi	Perarasu	Vijay, Trisha Krishnan, Mallika
	21	Iyer IPS	Hari Rajan	Sathyaraj, Megha, Sanghavi
	28	Ayodhya	R. Jayaprakash	Mohankumar, Ramana, Rekha Unnikrishnan, Ragini Nandwani
F E B	4	Kannamma	S. S. Baba Vikram	Meena, Prem Kumar, Bose Venkat
	11	Ji	N. Linguswamy	Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan
	18	Kannadi Pookal	K. Shahjahan	Parthiban, Kaveri
		Sukran	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijay, Ravi Krishna, Natassha
		Ulla Kadathal	Pugazhendhi Thangaraj	Vignesh, Yugendran, Kutty Radhika
	25	Aadhikkam	V. C. Guhanathan	Vignesh, Ranjith, Monal
M A R	4	Kadhal FM	Jayaprakash	Manikandan, Shivani Singh, Aravind Akash
		Mannin Maindhan	Rama Narayanan	Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Suha
		Raam	Ameer	Jiiva, Gajala, Saranya, Rahman
		Rightaa Thappaa	R. Bhuvana	Ramana, Uma
	10	Maayavi	Singampuli	Suriya, Jyothika, Sathyan
	11	London	Sundar C	Prashanth, Ankitha, Mumtaj, Pandiarajan
	18	Jathi	R. Vijaragava	Sathya, Sujitha
		Karagattakkari	Bharathi Kannan	Roja, SSR Kannan, Vilashini
	25	Kicha Vayasu 16	A. N. Rajagopal	Simran, Manikandan, Jai Akash

April—June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
A P R	1	Girivalam	Shivraj	Shaam, Richard Rishi, Tanu Roy
		Gurudeva	Jaffer	Jai Akash, Pranathi
		Thaka Thimi Tha	Sundar C	Yuvakrishna, Ankitha, Vivek
	8	Sevvel	Primose	Jai Akash, Rajkiran, Misha
	14	Chandramukhi	P. Vasu	Rajinikanth, Jyothika, Nayantara, Prabhu, Vadivelu
		Priyasakhi	K. S. Adhiyaman	R. Madhavan, Sadha
		Sachein	John Mahendran	Vijay, Genelia D'Souza, Vadivelu
	15	Mumbai Xpress	Singeetham Sreenivasa Rao	Kamal Haasan, Manisha Koirala, Ramesh Aravind
M A Y	6	Jithan	Vincent Selva	Githan Ramesh, Pooja, Sarath Kumar
		Karka Kasadara	R. V. Udayakumar	Vikranth, Lakshmi Rai, Diya, Vadivelu
	12	6'2"	V. Senthil Kumar	Sathyaraj, Sunitha Varma, Vadivelu
	13	Kana Kandaen	K. V. Anand	Srikanth, Gopika, Prithviraj
	20	Amudhae	Ezhil	Jai Akash, Madhumitha, Pranathi
		Arinthum Ariyamalum	Vishnuvardhan	Arya, Navdeep, Sameksha, Prakash Raj
	27	Kadhal Seiya Virumbu	Ravi Bhargavan	Santhosh, Srisha, Aswitha
		Neeye Nijam	Indhran	Shaan Vijay, Sumesh, Tejashree
		Pesuvoma	S. K. Udayan	Kunal, Sharmilee
		Power of Women	Jayadevi	Khushbu, Hariharan, Riyaz Khan
J U N	3	Ullam Ketkumae	Jeeva	Shaam, Arya, Laila, Pooja, Asin
		Padhavi Paduthum Paadu	C. Ramalingam	Ranjith, Anamika
	10	Anniyan	Shankar	Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj, Vivek
	24	Englishkaran	Sakthi Chidambaram	Sathyaraj, Madhumitha, Namitha, Vadivelu
		Pon Megalai	Sakthi Chithran	Nithya Das, Abhinay, Charan Raj

July—September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
J U L	1	Kaatrullavarai	Radha Bharathi	Jai Akash, Pranathi
	15	Chinna	Sundar C	Arjun, Sneha
	22	Ayul Regai	K. G. Ashok	Thennavan, Karikalam, Sriji, Gayathri
		February 14	S. P. Hosimin	Bharath, Renuka Menon, Ajmal
	29	Daas	Babu Yogeswaran	Jayam Ravi, Renuka Menon
		Thullum Kaalam	Charana	Rajeev, Vineetha, Tharika
A U G	5	Selvam	Agathiyan	Nandha, Uma, Vani
		Varapogum Sooriyane	S. Karuppusamy	Trivikram, Priyanjali
	10	Alaiyadikkuthu	Kalimuthu	Sindhu Tolani, Naveen Dhanush, Aari Arujunan
	12	ABCD	Saravana Subbiah	Shaam, Sneha, Aparna Pillai, Nandana
	15	Ponniyin Selvan	Radha Mohan	Ravi Krishna, Gopika, Revathi
	19	Andha Naal Nyabagam	Mani Bharathy	Ramana, Sridevika, Tejashree
	24	Chidambarathil Oru Appasamy	Thangar Bachan	Thangar Bachan, Navya Nair
	26	Oru Naal Oru Kanavu	Fazil	Srikanth, Sonia Agarwal
S E P	2	Oru Kalluriyin Kathai	Nandha Periyasamy	Arya, Sonia Agarwal
	9	Anbe Aaruyire	S. J. Surya	S. J. Surya, Nila
		Thotti Jaya	V. Z. Durai	Silambarasan, Gopika
	16	Karpanai	Ashok Raj	Harish Raghavendra, Keerthi, Sudhi Nambiar, Arpitha
	23	Chanakya	A. Venkatesh	Sarath Kumar, Namitha, Laya
		Kalaiyatha Ninaivugal	Suraj	Vishwaji, Poorvaja
		Mudhal Aasai	A. R. Matheazhagan	Ganesh, Santhosh, Sitara Vaidya
	29	Ghajini	AR Murugadoss	Suriya, Asin, Nayantara
	30	Mazhai	S. Rajkumar	Jayam Ravi, Shriya Saran

October—December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio	Ref
O C T	14	Kundakka Mandakka	Ashokan	R. Parthiban, Lakshmi Rai, Vadivelu, Mallika
		Thirudiya Idhayathai	Murali Krishna	Rohan, Kunal, Shubha Poonja
	21	Navarasa	Santosh Sivan	Shwetha, Khushbu, Bobby Darling
	28	Kasthuri Maan	A. K. Lohithadas	Prasanna, Meera Jasmine
N O V	1	Adhu Oru Kana Kaalam	Balu Mahendra	Dhanush, Priyamani
		Ambuttu Imbuttu Embuttu	Ashok Kashyap	Tejashwini Prakash, Crane Manohar
		Sivakasi	Perarasu	Vijay, Asin, Prakash Raj
		Perusu	Kamaraj	Madhu, Deepa, Gemini Balaji, Risha
		Majaa	Shafi	Vikram, Asin, Pasupathy
	11	Saadhuriyan	D. J. Kumar	Manoj Bharathiraja, Nandhana, Kunal, Bharathi
	18	Anbe Vaa	K. Selva Bharathy	Thendral, Sridevika, Vivek
		Bambara Kannaley	Parthy Baskar	Srikanth, Aarti Agarwal, Namitha, Vikramaditya
	20	Kanda Naal Mudhal	V. Priya	Prasanna, Laila, Karthik Kumar
D E C	2	Aanai	Selva	Arjun, Namitha, Keerthi Chawla
		Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Cheran	Cheran, Padmapriya, Rajkiran, Saranya
	8	Manthiran	Ravichandran	Hamsavardhan, Sruthi, Rajan P. Dev
	9	Aaru	Hari	Suriya, Trisha Krishnan
		Vetrivel Sakthivel	Lakshmi Priyan	Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Nikita Thukral, Khushbu
	16	Sandakozhi	N. Lingusamy	Vishal, Meera Jasmine, Rajkiran
	18	Veeranna	Kalanidhi	Napoleon, Anamika
	22	Vanakkam Thalaiva	Sakthi Paramesh	Sathyaraj, Abbas, Susan, Pranathi
	23	Sorry Enaku Kalyanamayidichu	Sagar	Sriman, Swarnamalya, Flora
	30	Plus Koottani	Babu Ganesh	Babu Ganesh, Manthra

Other releases

The following Tamil films were also released in 2005, though the release date remains unknown.

Title	Director	Cast	Music director
Unnai Enakku Pidichuruku	Anbu Saravanan	Aswin, Aswini, Naveen, Munna	Sirpy
Iyyappa Saamy	Ravi-Raja	Pandiarajan, Ishaq Hussaini, Preethi Varma, Lavanya	Pradeep Ravi
Sendhalam Poove	A. C. Deepa Raj	Livingston, Devayani	Vimalraj
Thiru Thiru	S. D. Shri Ram Vasu	Pandiarajan, Nanditha Jennifer
Pillayar Pettaiyum Kandhu Vattiyum	Govindarasu
Pen Nila
Pondatti Jeyichutta
Povoma Oorgolam
My Dear Ramasamy
Rekkai	B. Lenin	G. V. Narayana Rao, M. S. Visalatchi, N. Madhan Kumar	Amarji
Vairavan	Karikalan	Karikalan, Pandiarajan, Karisma, Sathya	Aasan

Awards

Category/organization	Film Fans Association Awards 16 September 2006	Filmfare Awards South 9 September 2006	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 6 September 2007
Best Film	Anniyan	Anniyan	Chandramukhi / Ghajini
Best Director	Shankar Anniyan	Shankar Anniyan	Shankar Anniyan
Best Actor	Vijay Thirupaachi	Vikram Anniyan	Rajinikanth Chandramukhi
Best Actress	Asin / Jyothika / Sadha Ghajini / Chandramukhi / Anniyan	Asin Ghajini	Jyothika Chandramukhi
Best Music Director	Harris Jayaraj Anniyan	Harris Jayaraj Anniyan	Harris Jayaraj Anniyan / Ghajini