List of Tamil films of 1993

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, Gross jumped to 140 per cent of Nett ^[1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹82 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[2]

A list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1993 by release date:

Movies

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Music Director	Ref
J A N	14	Aadhityan	V. L. Bashkaraaj	R. Sarathkumar, Sukanya	Vellore Film Associates	Gangai Amaran	[3]
		Captain Magal	Bharathiraja	Raja, Khushbu	Manoj Creations	Hamsalekha	[4]
		Sinna Mapplai	Santhana Bharathi	Prabhu, Sukanya, Sivaranjani	Amma Creations	Ilaiyaraaja	[4]
		Jaathi Malli	K. Balachander	Mukesh, Khushbu, Vineeth, Yuvarani	Kavithalayaa Productions	Maragadha Mani	[5]
		Koyil Kaalai	Gangai Amaran	Vijayakanth, Kanaka, Goundamani, Senthil	Ambaal Pictures	Ilaiyaraaja	[4]
		Maamiyar Veedu	S. Ganesaraj	Saravanan, Selva, Sithara, Nandhini	Karpaga Jothi Films	Ilaiyaraaja
		Marupadiyum	Balu Mahendra	Revathi, Arvind Swamy, Nizhalgal Ravi, Rohini	Ashwin International	Ilaiyaraaja	[6]
		Mutrugai	Manobala	Arun Pandian, Bhanupriya, Ranjitha	Sri Varalakshmi Cine Productions	Siddhartha	[4]
		Walter Vetrivel	P. Vasu	Sathyaraj, Sukanya, Ranjitha, Goundamani	Kamalam Movies	Ilaiyaraaja	[4]
	29	Chinna Kannamma	R. Raghu	Karthik, Gautami, Suhasini, Nassar, Shamili	Geetha Chithra Combines	Ilaiyaraaja
F E B	5	Dasarathan	Raja Krishnamoorthy	R. Sarathkumar, Heera	Aalayam Productions	L. Vaidyanathan
		En Idhaya Rani	S. S. Vikram	Anand Babu, Geetharani	Anandham Movies	S. S. Vikram
		Rakkayi Koyil	Manivasagam	Selva, Kasthuri, Goundamani, Senthil	Patel Cine Arts	Ilaiyaraaja
	12	Manikuyil	Rajavarman	Murali, Saradha Preetha, Goundamani, Senthil	Yaghava Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	[7]
		Pudhu Piravi	Prem	Prem, Rohini	A Lotus Film Company	Deva
	18	Yajaman	R. V. Udayakumar	Rajinikanth, Meena, Aishwarya, Goundamani, Senthil	AVM Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	[8]
	19	Ezhai Jaathi	Liaquat Ali Khan	Vijayakanth, Jaya Prada	Chinnibhavan Cine Creations	Ilaiyaraaja	[9]
		Mudhal Paadal	Arul Krishnan	Madhu, Monisri	Sree Amman Creations	S. A. Rajkumar	[9]
	24	Madurai Meenakshi	P. Amirtham	Selva, Ranjitha, Sujatha	Poomalai Productions	Deva
	25	Suriyan Chandiran	K. S. Ravikumar	Anand Babu, Keerthana, Saravanan	Ayyannar Cine Arts	Deva	[7]
M A R	5	Maharasan	G. N. Rangarajan	Kamal Haasan, Bhanupriya, Goundamani, Senthil	Kumaravel Films	Ilaiyaraaja	[7]
	12	Pudhu Vayal	Nanjil Kennedy	Nanjil Kennedy, Kasthuri		Aravind
	19	Malare Kurunji Malare	A. Parthiban	Raja Venkatesh, Seetha		Raveendran
A P R	2	Iniyaraja	V. Ganesh Pandian	Ravikiran, Subhala	I. Kumar Creations	V. S. Narasimhan
	9	Amma Ponnu	Arun	Vignesh, Akhila, Goundamani, Senthil	Anand Cine Arts	Ekandhan, Siva	[10]
		Enga Thambi	S. D. Sabha	Prashanth, Subhashri	Sathya Movies	Ilaiyaraaja	[11]
		Pon Vilangu	K. S. Rajkumar	Rahman, Ranjith, Ramya Krishnan, Sivaranjani	RK Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	[10]
	10	Pettredutha Pillai	Poorna Chandran	Saravanan, Sithara, Pandiyan, Rohini	Chimbu Cine Arts	T. Rajendar	[10]
	14	Kalaignan	G. B. Vijay	Kamal Haasan, Bindiya, Sivaranjani	Sivaji Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	[12]
		Minmini Poochigal	Raghuvyas	Bharath, Yuvarani, Napoleon	P. R. J. Films	Adithyan	[12]
		Uthama Raasa	Raj Kapoor	Prabhu, Khushbu, Goundamani, Senthil	K. B. Films	Ilaiyaraaja	[13]
	16	Aranmanai Kili	Rajkiran	Rajkiran, Ahana, Gayathri	Red Sun Art Creations	Ilaiyaraaja	[13]
		Ponnumani	R. V. Udayakumar	Karthik, Soundarya, Goundamani, Senthil	Thaai Sakthi Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	[14]
		Pratap	Arjun	Arjun, Khushbu	Sreeram Films International	Maragadha Mani	[13]
		Ulle Veliye	Parthiban	Parthiban, Aishwarya	AC Abi Creations	Ilaiyaraaja	[12]
M A Y	6	Madhumathi	Agathiyan	Ravi Rahul, Madhumitha	Anbalaya Films	Deva	[15]
		Vedan	Suresh Krissna	R. Sarathkumar, Khushbu	Sathya Jyothi Films	Deva	[15]
	14	Paadhukaappu	S. A. Chandra Mohan	Charan Raj, Abhilasha, Varunraj, Charmila	Abhilasha Creations	Maharaja
	21	Porantha Veeda Puguntha Veeda	V. Sekhar	Sivakumar, Bhanupriya, Goundamani, Senthil	Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam	Ilaiyaraaja	[16]
	28	Idhaya Nayagan	J. Rajkamal	J. Rajkamal, Roopa Sree	Twin Films	Deva
		Pudhiya Mugam	Suresh Chandra Menon	Suresh Chandra Menon, Revathi, Vineeth, Kasthuri	Tele Photo Films	A. R. Rahman	[17]
J U N	4	Amaravathi	Selva	Ajith Kumar, Sanghavi	Chozha Creations	Bala Bharathi	[18]
		Thangakkili	Rajavarman	Murali, Shali	A. G. S. Movies	Ilaiyaraaja	[18]
	10	Sakkarai Devan	Paneer	Vijayakanth, Sukanya	I. V. Cine Productions	Ilaiyaraaja	[19]
	11	Gokulam	Vikraman	Jayaram, Bhanupriya, Arjun	J. K. Combines	Sirpy	[20]
	12	Konjum Kili	T. P. Gajendran	Raghuvaran, Srividya	Sree Abhirami Arts	S. A. Rajkumar
	18	Munarivippu	R. S. Boovan	R. Sarathkumar, Heera	Supreme Movies	Deva	[20]
	24	Rajadhi Raja Raja Kulothunga Raja Marthanda Raja Gambeera Kathavaraya Krishna Kamarajan	Balu Anand	Mansoor Ali Khan, Nandhini, Napoleon	Raj Kennedy Films	Mansoor Ali Khan
		Uzhaippali	P. Vasu	Rajinikanth, Roja	Chandamama Vijaya Combines	Ilaiyaraaja, Karthik Raja
	25	Kattalai	Liaquat Ali Khan	Sathyaraj, Bhanupriya	Sri Thirumala Art Productions	Ilaiyaraaja
		Pathini Penn	R. C. Sakthi	Ranjan, Rupini, Chithra	Best Friends Creations	M. S. Viswanathan	[20]
J U L	2	Band Master	K. S. Ravikumar	R. Sarathkumar, Heera, Ranjitha, Goundamani, Senthil	A. G. S. Movies	Deva
		Nallathe Nadakkum	K. Shankar	Saravanan, Kaveri, Rohini	Valliyandan Pictures	Deva
		Thanga Pappa	R. Aravindraj	Ramki, Shamili	Aarthi Films	Deva
	9	Maathangal Ezhu	Yugi Sethu	Yugi Sethu, Ramya Krishnan	Vivek Chithra Productions	Vidyasagar
		Naan Pesa Ninaipathellam	Vikraman	Anand Babu, Mohini, Anand	Vasantham Creations	Sirpy
	16	Dharma Seelan	Cheyyar Ravi	Prabhu, Khushbu, Geetha, Goundamani, Senthil	Anandhi Films	Ilaiyaraaja	[19]
		Kadal Pura	Babu Ganesh	Babu Ganesh, Kuyili	Angalamman Movies	Babu Ganesh
	23	Pass Mark	V. Balakrishnan	Ramki, Kasthuri, Nandhini	Sri Lakshmi Balaji Films	Deva
	30	Athma	Prathap K. Pothan	Rahman, Ramki, Gautami	Supriya International	Ilaiyaraaja
		Gentleman	Shankar	Arjun, Madhubala, Subhashri, Goundamani, Senthil	A. R. S. Film International	A. R. Rahman
A U G	15	Maravan	Manoj Kumar	Prabhu, Khushbu	Sree Rajakaali Amman Enterprises	Deva
		Udan Pirappu	P. Vasu	Sathyaraj, Sukanya, Rahman, Kasthuri	Raj Films International	Ilaiyaraaja
	20	Thalattu	T. K. Rajendran	Arvind Swamy, Sukanya, Sivaranjani, Goundamani, Senthil	Kiran Films	Ilaiyaraaja
		Valli	K. Natraj	Rajinikanth, Priya Raman, Hariraj, Sanjay	Rajini Arts	Ilaiyaraaja
	27	Varam Tharum Vadivelan	Shanmuga Sidhan	K. R. Vijaya, Rajesh, Radha Ravi	Mass Media International	S. A. Rajkumar
S E P	10	Sivarathiri	Rama Narayanan	Shobana, Shamili, Sarath Babu	Sri Ragavendar Film Circuits	Shankar–Ganesh
	18	Moondravadhu Kann	Manivannan	R. Sarathkumar, Nizhalgal Ravi, Raja, Monisha	Gi. Di. En. Art Films	Deva
	25	Poranthalum Ambalaiya Porakka Koodathu	N. K. Viswanathan	Pandiarajan, Aishwarya	Meenakshi Films	Bala Bharathi
O C T	2	Dhool Parakuthu	K. Hariharan	Raghuvaran, Sindhuja, Ramya Krishnan	Sri Sabarimala Enterprises	M. S. Viswanathan
	7	Karuppu Vellai	Manobala	Rahman, Sukanya	Chandamama Vijaya Combines	Deva
	8	Akkarai Cheemayile	Radha Bharathi	Saravanan, Devaki	A. K. M. Productions	Deva
		Otta Pandhayam	S. Navaraj Chelliah	Soundarya Kumar, Anupriya, S. Navaraj Chelliah	N. L. G. Creations	S. Navaraj Chelliah
	13	Rajadurai	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijayakanth, Jayasudha, Sivaranjani	Rowther films	Deva
	15	I Love India	Pavithran	R. Sarathkumar, Tisca Chopra, Shenbagam	Sri Sai Thejaa Films	Ilaiyaraaja
		Karpagam Vanthachu	R. Krishnamurthy	Arjun, Radhika	Shyamalaya Productions	Shankar–Ganesh
		Dhuruva Natchathiram	Raja	Arjun, Pallavi, Goundamani, Senthil	Ajantha Creations	Ilaiyaraaja
	23	Parvathi Ennai Paradi	V. Sekhar	Saravanan, Sri Parvathi	KRG Movies International	Ilaiyaraaja
N O V	13	Chinna Jameen	Raj Kapoor	Karthik, Sukanya, Vineetha, Goundamani, Senthil	K. B. Films	Ilaiyaraaja
		Enga Muthalali	Liaquat Ali Khan	Vijayakanth, Kasthuri	P. A. Art Productions	Ilaiyaraaja
		Kattabomman	Manivasagam	R. Sarathkumar, Vineetha, Goundamani, Senthil	Raja Pushpa Pictures	Deva
		Kilipetchu Ketkava	Fazil	Mammootty, Kanaka	M. G. Pictures	Ilaiyaraaja
		Kizhakku Cheemayile	Bharathiraja	Vijayakumar, Radhika, Napoleon, Vignesh	V Creations	A. R. Rahman
		Muthupandi	A. Raja Pandian	Saravanan, Shenbagam		Deva
		Paarambariyam	Manobala	Sivaji Ganesan, Saroja Devi, Pandiyan, Nirosha, Chithra	Sasivarnam Films	Shankar–Ganesh
		Pudhiya Thendral	Prabhakar	Ramesh Aravind, Sivaranjani, Radhika	Seventh Channel Communications	Devendran
		Sabash Babu	Sasi Mohan	Heera, T. Rajendar, Silambarasan	S. R. M Arts Productions	T. Rajendar
		Thiruda Thiruda	Mani Ratnam	Prashanth, Anand, Heera	Aalayam Productions	A. R. Rahman
		Uzhavan	Kathir	Prabhu, Bhanupriya, Rambha	Sai Shanthi Movies	A. R. Rahman
D E C	3	Kathirukka Neramillai	Kulothungan	Karthik, Khushbu, Sivaranjani	Mass Media International	Ilaiyaraaja
		Purusha Lakshanam	K. S. Ravikumar	Jayaram, Khushbu	Good Luck Films	Deva
		Rojavai Killathe	Suresh Krissna	Arjun, Khushbu	Sukumar Art Combines	Deva
	9	Airport	Joshiy	Sathyaraj, Gautami	Madhu Films International	S. P. Venkatesh
	11	Kizhakke Varum Paattu	Radha Bharathi	Prashanth, Charmila	Apple Creations	Deva
	24	Senthoorapandi	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijayakanth, Vijay, Gautami, Yuvarani	B. V. combines	Deva

Dubbed films

• Periyavar- 01.01.1993
• Sivappu chandran- 01.01.1993
• Jilla rowdy - 14.01.1993
• Ashokan- 19.02.1993
• Keezhakkarai Viswanath - 12.03.1993
• Kadamai - 19.03.1993
• Suriya Puthran - 26.03.1993
• Maanbumigu Maesthri - 14.04.1993
• Latchiyam - 14.04.1993
• Yenakkenna Bayam? - 30.04.1993
• Devar Vamsam - 07.05.1993
• Thalaivar Pondatti - 04.06.1993
• Narasimma Nayakkar - 04.06.1993
• Gang War - 16.07.1993
• Inspector Aswini - 30.07.1993
• Maravar Maghal - 15.08.1993
• Devar Samrajyam - 03.09.1993
• Aadi Amavasai - 10.09.1993
• Akkarai Seemaiyile - 08.10.1993
• Ottappandhayam- 08.10.1993
• Police Lock-Up 13.11.1993
• Commander -17.12.1993

Opening	Title	Director(s)	Original film		Cast	Ref.
			Film	Language
December 24	Ilam Nenje Vaa	K.Rushendra Reddy	Tholi Muddhu	Telugu	Divya Bharati, Prashanth Thiagarajan