Prior to the amendment of Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 22 July 2006, gross was 115 per cent of net for all films. Post-amendment, gross equalled net for films with pure Tamil titles. Commercial Taxes Department disclosed 16.35 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.
A list of films produced and released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2007 by release date:
Box office collection The following is the list of highest-grossing Tamil cinema films released in 2007.
Rank Title Production company Worldwide gross1SivajiAVM Productions2 Pokkiri Kanagarathna Movies3 BillaAnanda Picture CircuitNigel Wick Zepher Studio4VelSree Rajakaalaiamman Medias5ParuthiveeranTeamwork Production House6Unnale UnnaleAascar Film
List of Tamil films January—March Opening Title Director Cast Studio Ref JAN 3 Kalakkura Chandru Ravi-Raja Karthik, Bhuvana, Pandiarajan, Urvashi 12 Aalwar Chella Ajith Kumar, Asin Pokkiri Prabhu Deva Vijay, Asin, Prakash Raj, Vadivelu 14 Thaamirabharani Hari Vishal, Bhanu, Nadhiya, Prabhu FEB 1 Veerasamy T. Rajender T. Rajender, Mumtaj, Meghna Naidu 9 Deepavali Ezhil Jayam Ravi, Bhavana Pori Subramaniya Siva Jiiva, Pooja 16 Agaram T. Nagarajan Nandha, Archana Lee Prabu Solomon Sibiraj, Nila, Prakash Raj Pachaikili Muthucharam Gautham Vasudev Menon Sarath Kumar, Jyothika, Andrea Jeremiah 23 Mozhi Radha Mohan Prithviraj, Jyothika, Prakash Raj, Swarnamalya Paruthiveeran Ameer Karthi, Priyamani MAR 2 Muruga R. T. Nesan Ashok, Shruti Sharma, Vadivelu 9 Muni Raghava Lawrence Raghava Lawrence, Vedhika, Rajkiran, Kovai Sarala Thirumagan M. Rathnakumar S. J. Surya, Meera Jasmine, Malavika, Ranjith 16 Nanbanin Kadhali G. Kicha Kunal, Vikramaditya, Shivani Singh 17 Sabari Suresh Vijayakanth, Jyothirmayi, Malavika 23 Kuttrapathirikai R. K. Selvamani Ramki, Rahman, Roja, Ramya Krishnan Manikanda Selva Arjun, Jyothika 30 Adavadi V. S. Bharath Hanna Sathyaraj, Radha Viyabari Sakthi Chidambaram S. J. Surya, Tamannaah, Namitha, Vadivelu, Prakash Raj
April—June Opening Title Director Cast Studio Ref APR 5 Koodal Nagar Seenu Ramasamy Bharath, Bhavana, Sandhya 12 Kaanal Neer Chinni Jayanth J. K. Rithesh, Manisha Chatterjee 14 Maya Kannadi Cheran Cheran, Navya Nair Unnale Unnale Jeeva Vinay Rai, Sadha, Tanisha Mukherjee 18 Madurai Veeran Vincent Selva Githan Ramesh, Saloni Aswani 20 Mudhal Kanave C. Balamurugan Vikranth, Honey Rose Naan Avanillai Selva Jeevan, Sneha, Jyothirmayi, Namitha, Malavika, Keerthi Chawla 27 Chennai 600028 Venkat Prabhu Shiva, Jai, Nithin Sathya, Aravind Akash, Premji, Vijayalakshmi, Kristine Zedek Dhandayuthapani Saravana Sakthi S. Suresh Raja, Shivani Sri Parattai Engira Azhagu Sundaram Suresh Krishna Dhanush, Meera Jasmine MAY 4 Achacho V. S. Balray Sri Hari, Varshini Kasu Irukkanum R. Kumaran, Priyavan K. Bhagyaraj, Vishwa, J. Livingston Niram S. K. Krishna Mani, Sridhar, Raju, Sindhuri Periyar Gnana Rajasekaran Sathyaraj, Jyothirmayi, Khushbu 11 Ninaithaley Viswas Sundar Suchindra, Nargis Bagheri, Santhoshi Thiru Ranga Ravi Bhargavan Santosh, Ankitha 14 Karuppusamy Kuththagaithaarar A. Govindamoorthy Karan, Meenakshi, Vadivelu 18 Ninaithu Ninaithu Parthen Manikandan Vikranth, Ashita 25 Paali A. Jesudoss Sre, Rimpi Das Nee Naan Nila M. P. S. Sivakumar R. V. Bharathan, London Ravi, Meghna Rasigar Mandram Pugazhendhi Thangaraj Uma, Ganesh, Gokul Krishna JUN 1 Pirappu L. V. Ilangovan Prabha, Karthika Adaikalam, Priya Mohan 15 Sivaji Shankar Rajinikanth, Shriya Saran, Vivek, Suman 29 Thullal Praveen Kanth Praveen Kanth, Gurleen Chopra, Sonika
July—September Opening Title Director Cast Studio Ref JUL 6 Ennai Paar Yogam Varum M. Jameen Raj Mansoor Ali Khan, Manju 13 Maa Madurai K. K. Krishnan Vaasan Karthik, Mithuna 20 Kireedam A. L. Vijay Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Rajkiran 27 Thee Nagar Thirumalai Karan, Udhayathara Veerappu Badri Sundar C, Gopika, Prakash Raj AUG 3 Thottal Poo Malarum P. Vasu Sakthi Vasu, Gowri Munjal, Rajkiran, Vadivelu 10 Aarya Balasekaran R. Madhavan, Bhavana, Vadivelu En Uyirinum Melana K. R. Jaya Ajith Chander, Radhika Menon Pallikoodam Thangar Bachan Narain, Sneha, Shriya Reddy, Seeman 17 Anbu Thozhi L. G. Ravichandran Thol Thirumavalavan, Prabhu, Preethi Varma 24 Tholaipesi K. Paneer Selvam Vikramaditya, Priyanka Nair, Divya SEP 2 Ammuvagiya Naan Padmamagan R. Parthiban, Bharathi Oru Ponnu Oru Paiyan Naren Deivanayagam Sandeep, Roopasree, Shubha Poonja Urchagam Ravichandran Nandha, Sherin 7 Cheena Thaana 001 T. P. Gajendran Prasanna, Sheela, Vadivelu Marudhamalai Suraj Arjun, Nila, Vadivelu Thoovanam Harichandran, Newton Adhitya, Nethra 14 Inimey Nangathan Venky Babu M. S. Bhaskar, Pandu Manase Mounama R. Senthamil Arasu Ravikanth, S. T. Tamilarasan, Sanya Satham Podathey Vasanth Prithviraj, Padmapriya, Nithin Sathya Thirutham Ponraman Harikumar, Priyanka Nair, Mansi Pritam Vasantham Vanthachu K. Viveka Bharathi Venkat Prabhu, Nanditha Jennifer 21 Nam Naadu Suresh Sarath Kumar, Karthika Nenjai Thodu Rajkannan Gemini, Lakshmi Rai Piragu N. Jeeva Hamsavardhan, Keerthi Chawla, Sunitha Verma Sivi K. R. Sendhilnathan Yogi, Jayashree Rao, Anuja Iyer 28 Malaikottai Boopathy Pandian Vishal, Priyamani Meendum Chandramathi Kamalraj Gopal, Chandramathi Mudhal Mudhalai Benjamin Mahesh, Madhu Sandha Vegam K. R. Udhayashankar Prabhu, Ashwin Sekar, Archana
October—December Opening Title Director Cast Studio Ref OCT 5 Kattradhu Thamizh Ram Jiiva, Anjali Pasupathi c/o Rasakkapalayam K. Selva Bharathy Ranjith, Sindhu Tolani, Meghna Nair Sringaram Saradha Ramanathan Aditi Rao Hydari, Manoj K. Jayan, Hamsa Moily Thavam Sakthi Paramesh Arun Vijay, Arpitha, Vandhana Gupta Veeramum Eeramum Sanjay Ram Saravanan, Deepan Chakravarthy, Sonika, Sanjay Ram, Dhanya Mary Varghese 12 Naalaiya Pozhuthum Unnodu K. Moorthy Kannan Prithvi Rajan, Karthika Niyabagam Varuthe K. S. Raj Venkat Prabhu, S. P. B. Charan, Suha 19 Ippadikku En Kadhal B. Kishore Ravi Kalyan, Thanuja 26 Chandiramathi V. S. Kamalraj Datshan, Deetsha NOV 8 Agra Chithrai Selvan Vikas, Anjali Azhagiya Tamil Magan Bharathan Vijay, Shriya Saran, Namitha Kannamoochi Yenada V. Priya Sathyaraj, Prithviraj, Sandhya, Radhika Machakaaran Tamilvannan Jeevan, Kamna Jethmalani Polladhavan Vetrimaaran Dhanush, Divya Spandana, Daniel Balaji Vel Hari Suriya, Asin, Kalabhavan Mani 30 Kelvikuri Jailani Jailani, Sona Heiden, Preethi Varma Onbadhu Roobai Nottu Thangar Bachan Sathyaraj, Archana, Nassar, Rohini Oram Po Pushkar-Gayathri Arya, Pooja, Lal, John Vijay Rameswaram S. Selvam Jiiva, Bhavana DEC 7 Evano Oruvan Nishikant Kamat R. Madhavan, Sangeetha Kalloori Balaji Shakthivel Akhil, Tamannaah 14 Billa Vishnuvardhan Ajith Kumar, Nayantara, Namitha, Prabhu Mirugam Samy Aadhi, Padmapriya, Sona Heiden 21 Kanna Anand Raja, Sheela, Prakash Raj Puli Varudhu G. V. Kumar Githan Ramesh, Mallika Kapoor 28 Pazhaniappa Kalloori R. Pavan Pratheep, Arjumman Mughal, Madhu Shalini, Akshaya Rao Yaaruku Yaaro Joe Stanley Sam Anderson, Varnika, Jothi
The following films also released in 2007, though the release date remains unknown. Title Director Cast Music director 377 Amrit Raj Gnanam Amrit Raj Gnanam, Balaji, Mukesh, Narayanan Chella Thiruda P. S. Dharan S. T. Tamilarasan, Neepa Nagha Nizhal Bhadri Aswin, Kamala Deepika 'Gaana Sundar' Arun Thiruvakkarai Sri Vakrakaliamman K. Gnanam Roja, Anjana, Desi, Thadi Balaji, Kadhal Sukumar Mr. X
Awards Category/organization Filmfare Awards South12 July 2008 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards30 September 2009 Vijay Awards3 May 2008 Best Film Paruthiveeran Sivaji Paruthiveeran Best Director AmeerParuthiveeran Thangar BachanOnbadhu Roobai Nottu VetrimaaranPolladhavan Best Actor KarthiParuthiveeran RajinikanthSivaji SathyarajOnbadhu Roobai Nottu Best Actress PriyamaniParuthiveeran JyothikaMozhi PriyamaniParuthiveeran Best Music Director A. R. RahmanSivaji VidyasagarMozhi A. R. RahmanSivaji
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