List of Tamil films of 2013

This is a list of Tamil language films produced in the Tamil cinema in India that were released in 2013.

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainment Tax Act 1939 on 27 September 2011, gross jumped to 130 per cent of net for films with non-Tamil titles and U certificates as well.^[1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹68 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[2]

Box office collection

Rank	Film	Worldwide gross
1	Vishwaroopam	₹220 crore
2	Singam II	₹126 crore
3	Aarambam	₹102crore
4	Thalaivaa	₹78 crore
5	Raja Rani	₹52 crore

Released films

January – March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
J A N	4	Kalla Thuppakki	Logiyas	Kutty Anand, Sampath Ram, Viccy, Prabhakaran, Sravanthika	Comedy	Produced by Thithir Film	[3]
		Kanavu Kadhalan	Thiruna Annan	Udhay, Saritha Yadav, Meera Krishnan	Romance	Produced by Dream Merchant Films	[3]
		Kurumbukara Pasanga	T. Samydurai	Sanjeev, Monica, Manobala, Pandiarajan	Drama	Produced by Sri Periyayi Pictures	[3]
		Mayil Paarai	P. Siva Kumar		Romance	Produced by Om Shree Lakshmi Films	[3]
		Nanbargal Gavanathirkku	K. Jayakumar	Sanjeev, Manishajith, Varshan	Drama	Produced by Green Channel Entertainment	[3]
		Nimidangal	Geetha Krishna	Shashank, Priyanka, Suman, Atul Kulkarni	Crime	Produced by Blue Fox Cinema	[3]
	11	Alex Pandian	Suraj	Karthi, Anushka Shetty, Santhanam, Nikita Thukral, Milind Soman, Suman	Action	Produced by Studio Green	[4]
	13	Kanna Laddu Thinna Aasaiya	K. S. Manikandan	Santhanam, Sethu, Srinivasan, Vishakha Singh	Comedy	Produced by Hand Made Films & Sri Thenandal Films	[4]
		Samar	Thiru	Vishal, Trisha Krishnan, Sunaina	Action	Produced by Balaji Real Media	[4]
	14	Puthagam	Vijay Adhiraj	Sathya, Jagapati Babu, Rakul Preet Singh, Sanjay Bharathi, Rachana Maurya	Drama	Produced by Ram Pictures Private Limited	[4]
		Vijayanagaram	Tanveer	Sivan, Hasini, Bhanu Chander, Aryan	Drama	Produced by SMK	[4]
	25	Kadhal Kilukiluppu	S. Kasi	Kabileshwar, Murugan Mandhiram, A.M.Abdulha	Romance	Produced by Hitech Movie	[5]
		Pathayeram Kodi	Srinivasan Sundar	Dhruv Bhandari, Madalasa Sharma, Vivek, Kanishka Soni	Comedy	Produced by Maya Creations	[6]
F E B	1	Kadal	Mani Ratnam	Gautham Karthik, Thulasi Nair, Arvind Swamy, Arjun, Lakshmi Manchu	Drama	Produced by Madras Talkies	[7]
		David	Bejoy Nambiar	Vikram, Jiiva, Tabu, Isha Sharvani, Lara Dutta	Drama	Produced by Reliance MediaWorks	[7]
	7	Vishwaroopam	Kamal Haasan	Kamal Haasan, Pooja Kumar, Rahul Bose, Andrea Jeremiah	Spy thriller	Produced by Rajkamal International Released worldwide on 25 January 2013	[8]
	14	Nesam Nesapaduthe	Rajasuriyan	Vendhan, Arasi, Ragava	Romance		[9]
		Sillunu Oru Sandhippu	Ravi Lallin	Vimal, Dipa Shah, Oviya	Romance	Produced by Madras Enterprises	[9]
	22	Ameerin Aadhi-Bhagavan	Ameer Sultan	Jayam Ravi, Neetu Chandra, Sudha Chandran	Action	Produced by Anbu Pictures	[10]
		Ariyathavan Puriyathavan	J. K	J. K, Unnimaya	Drama	Produced by JK Productions	[10]
		Haridas	G. N. R. Kumaravelan	Kishore, Sneha, Prithviraj Das	Drama	Produced by DR V RAM Production Private Limited	[10]
		Paatti	Ramesh	Ranganayaki, Nagina, Mahalakshmi, Baby Nandhini, Naveen Rajan	Drama	Produced by Sureshkumar	[10]
M A R	1	Aandava Perumal	Sathish Kumar	Sivan, Sasi, Idhaya, Jeeva	Romance	Produced by R. Jana	[11]
		Chuda Chuda	Idhayan	Idhayan, Sri Iraa, Leema, Shobina, Durga	Romance	Produced by Yazhine Creations	[11]
		Chandhamama	Radhakrishnan	Karunas, Shweta Basu Prasad, Harish Kalyan	Comedy	Produced by Classic Cinemas	[11]
		Lollu Dada Parag Parag	K. Viyasan	Mansoor Ali Khan, Shilpha	Comedy	Produced by Vijayamuralee	[11]
		Vellachi	Velu Viswanath	Pintu, Suchitra Unni, Ganja Karuppu	Romance	Produced by K. Ananthan	[11]
	8	Mathil Mel Poonai	Barani Jayapal	Vijay Vasanth, Vibha Natarajan	Thriller	Produced by Peenics Creations	[12]
		Onbadhule Guru	P. T. Selvakumar	Vinay Rai, Aravind Akash, Premgi Amaren, Lakshmi Rai	Comedy	Produced by Cosmo and Boss Film Company	[12]
		Pesamal Pesinaal	Sivamanoharan	Santhosh, Gayathri, Nizhalgal Ravi	Romance	Produced by Rainbow Productions	[12]
		Sundaattam	Brahma G. Dev	Irfan, Arundhathi, Madhu	Romance	Produced by Film Fame Production	[12]
	15	Garuda Paarvai	Vivehanandan	Vivehanandan, Puja Vijayan, Ramamurthi Yadav, Sheela, Gandhi, Ravi	Drama		[13]
		Karumpuli	Parameshwar	Mahesh, Rathan Mouli, Varsha Pandey, Prachee Adhikari, Soorya Kiran, Arul Azhagan		Produced by Madras Film Academy(MFA)	[13]
		Paradesi	Bala	Adharvaa, Vedhicka, Dhansika	Drama	Produced by B Studios	[13]
		Vathikuchi	H.nowfal riswan	Dhileban, Anjali, Jayaprakash, Sampath Raj	Thriller	Produced by Murugadoss Productions & Fox Star Studios	[13]
	22	Kan Pesum Vaarthaigal	R. Balaji	Mirchi Senthil, Iniya	Romance	Produced by Balaji Cine Creations	[14]
		Kantha		Karan, Mithra Kurian			[14]
		Karuppampatti	Tha. Prabhu Raja Cholan	Ajmal Ameer, Aparnaa Bajpai, Alice Tantardini	Drama	Produced by Sundar Pictures	[14]
		Naanum En Jamunavum	Guruaja-Jayatamil	Jayant, Poulami	Adult romance	Produced by Gururaja International	[14]
	29	Azhagan Azhagi	Nandha Periyasaamy	Jack, Aarushi, A. Venkatesh	Drama		[15]
		Chennaiyil Oru Naal	Shaheed Kader	Sarathkumar, Cheran, Prakash Raj, Prasanna, Radhika, Iniya, Parvathi Menon	Drama-thriller	Produced by I Pictures & Magic Frames	[15]
		February 31		Sriram, Niranjana	Thriller		[14]
		Kedi Billa Killadi Ranga	Pandiraj	Vimal, Sivakarthikeyan, Bindu Madhavi, Regina Cassandra	Comedy	Produced by Pasanga Productions & Escape Artists Motion Pictures	[15]
		Keeripulla	Feroze Khan	Yuvan, Disha Pandey, Ganja Karuppu	Drama	Produced by Angels Film International	[15]

April – June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
A P R	5	4	Bhagavathi Bala	Balladic, Chakravarthi			[16]
		Settai	R. Kannan	Arya, Anjali, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam, Premgi Amaren	Comedy	Produced by UTV Motion Pictures	[16]
		Vetkathai Kettal Enna Tharuvai	Thabu Sankar	Ashok, Kiruthika	Romance	Produced by Silver Jubilee Movies	[16]
	12	Maruvisaranai	Vijayagopal	V.S. Vijayagopal, Vishnu Priya	Action	Produced by Senthil Andavar Cinemas	[17]
		Maiyam Konden	K. Arjunaraja	Dilip Kumar Salvadi, Shobana Nayudu, Ganja Karuppu	Romance		[18]
		Ninaivugal Azhivathillai	Bhagatsingh Kannan	Arun, Gayathri	Drama	Produced by Agni Kalaikoodam	[17]
		Maman Machan	M. Jeyraj	Vijay Thirumoolam	Comedy		[14]
		Unaku 20 Enaku 40	KPS Akshay	Singam Puli, Vaiyapuri, Vadivukkarasi, Karishma	Comedy	Produced by Sri Bannariamman Productions	[14]
	19	Gouravam	Radha Mohan	Allu Sirish, Yami Gautam, Prakash Raj	Drama	Produced by Duet Movies	[19]
		Iru Killadigal	Mark Landsman	Byass, Swathi, Vennira Aadai Moorthy			[19]
		Thirumathi Thamizh	Rajakumaran	Rajakumaran, Keerthi Chawla, Devayani	Drama	Produced by Ra Dhe Creations	[19]
		Udhayam NH4	Manikandan	Siddharth, Ashrita Shetty, Kishore	Romantic thriller	Produced by Meeka Entertainment & Grass Root Film Company	[19]
	26	Naan Rajavaga Pogiren	Prithvi Rajkumar	Nakul, Chandini, Avani Modi	Action	Produced by Udhayam VLS Cine Media	[20]
		Oruvar Meethu Iruvar Sainthu	Balasekaran	Laguparan, Swathi, Sanyathara	Romance	Produced by Edriya Tech Films	[20]
		Yaaruda Mahesh	R. Madhan Kumar	Sundeep Kishan, Dimple Chopade	Adult comedy	Produced by Colour Frames Red Studios	[20]
M A Y	1	Ethir Neechal	Durai Senthil Kumar	Sivakarthikeyan, Priya Anand	Comedy drama	Produced by Wunderbar Films	[21]
		Moondru Per Moondru Kadal	Vasanth	Arjun, Cheran, Vimal, Muktha Bhanu, Surveen Chawla, Lasika	Romance	Produced by Mahendra Talkies	[21]
		Soodhu Kavvum	Nalan Kumarasamy	Vijay Sethupathi, Sanchita Shetty, Bobby Simha, Ashok Selvan, Ramesh Thilak, Karunakaran	Comedy-thriller	Produced by Thirukumaran Entertainment	[21]
	10	Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA	Manivannan	Sathyaraj, Manivannan, Seeman, Mrudula Murali, Komal Sharma, Varsha Ashwathi	Political satire	Produced by V House Production	[22]
	17	Neram	Alphonse Putharen	Nivin Pauly, Nazriya Nazim, Bobby Simha, Nassar, Thambi Ramaiah	Comedy-thriller	Produced by Winner Bulls Films	[23]
	24	Masani	Padmaraj & LGR	Akhil, Iniya, Sija Rose, Ramki	Action thriller	Produced by Sree Kiran Productions	[24]
		Galapetti					[24]
		Sokkali	A Charan	Chaithanya, Swasika, Sona Heiden, Ganja Karuppu	Drama		[24]
	30	Kutti Puli	Muthaiah	M. Sasikumar, Lakshmi Menon, Saranya Ponvannan	Drama	Produced by Village Theaters	[25]
	31	Isakki	M. Ganeshan	Sharran Kumar, Aashritha	Drama		[25]
		Kandathum Kadhal Antharangam	J. V. Ruckmangdhan	Ramu, Kamalika	Drama		[25]
J U N	7	Yamuna	E. V. Ganeshbabu	Sathya, Sri Ramya	Drama-thriller	Produced by Sri HariBalaji Movies	[26]
		Solla Matten	N. P. Ismail	Sakthi Chidambaram, Jesmy	Romance-thriller		[26]
	14	Theeya Velai Seiyyanum Kumaru	Sundar C	Siddharth, Hansika Motwani, Santhanam, Ganesh Venkatraman	Romantic comedy	Produced by UTV Motion Pictures and Avni Cinemax	[27]
		Thillu Mullu	Badri	Shiva, Isha Talwar, Prakash Raj	Comedy	Produced by Vendhar Movies	[27]
	21	Thee Kulikkum Pachai Maram	Vineesh-Prabheesh	Prajin, Sarayu, Sasha, M. S. Bhaskar	Drama		[28]
	28	Annakodi	Bharathiraja	Lakshman Narayan, Karthika Nair, Manoj Bharathiraja	Drama	Produced by Manoj Creations	[29]
		Thulli Vilayadu	Vincent Selva	Yuvaraj, Prakash Raj, Deepthi Nambiar	Comedy-thriller	Produced by RB Studios	[29]

July – September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
J U L	5	Singam II	Hari	Suriya, Anushka Shetty, Hansika Motwani, Rahman, Danny Sapani	Action-masala	Produced by Prince Pictures	[30]
	12	Anba Azhaga	S. Sivaraman	Akashprabhu, Preethi Sankar, Lavanya	Romance		[31]
		Kaadhale Ennai Kaadhali	Iam Shan	Santhosh, Anara Atanes	Romance		[31]
		Sathiram Perundhu Nilayam	Ravipriyan	Roshan, Twinkle	Drama		[31]
	19	Maryan	Bharat Bala	Dhanush, Parvathy Thiruvothu	Drama		[32]
	26	Pattathu Yaanai	Boopathy Pandian	Vishal, Aishwarya Arjun, Santhanam	Action masala		[33]
		Sonna Puriyathu	Krishnan Jayaraj	Shiva, Vasundhara Kashyap	Comedy		[33]
A U G	2	Nenju Irukkum Varai Ninaivu Irukkum	S. O. Nabidaas	Ishaq Hussaini, Shilpa, Visu, Vaiyapuri	Drama		[34]
		Pullukatu Muthamma	C. R. Muthupandi	Meenu Kurian	Adult romance		[34]
	10	Ainthu Ainthu Ainthu	Sasi	Bharath, Mrithika, Erica Fernandes, Santhanam	Action thriller		[35]
	15	Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer	Suseenthiran	Santhosh, Manisha Yadav	Romance		[36]
	20	Thalaivaa	A. L. Vijay	Vijay, Sathyaraj, Amala Paul, Santhanam, Abhimanyu Singh, Rajiv Pillai	Action thriller	Produced by Mishri Enterprises Released worldwide on 9 August 2013	[37][38]
	23	Desingu Raja	Ezhil	Vimal, Bindu Madhavi	Romance	Produced by Olympia Movies	[39]
	30	Ponmaalai Pozhudhu	AC Durai	Aadhav Kannadasan, Gayathrie	Romance	Produced by AG Creations	[40]
		Summa Nachunu Irukku	A. Venkatesh	Thaman Kumar, Vibha Natarajan, Archana Vishwanath, Thambi Ramaiah, Sreenivasan	Comedy	Produced by Esthell Entertainers	[40]
		Suvadugal	Jay Bala	Jay Bala, Monica, K. R. Vijaya			[40]
		Thanga Meenkal	Ram	Ram, Sadhana, Shelly Kishore	Drama	Produced by Photon Kathaas	[40]
		Thiru Pugazh	Arjunaraja	Dilip Kumar Salvadi, Divya Singh, Prabhuraj	Drama	Produced by Real Screen	[41][42]
S E P	6	Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam	Ponnraam	Sivakarthikeyan, Sri Divya, Sathyaraj, Soori	Comedy	Produced by Escape Artist Motion Pictures	[43]
	7	Arya Surya	Rama Narayanan	Srinivasan, Vishnupriyan, Nakshathra	Comedy	Produced by Sri Thenandal films	[43]
	13	Mathapoo	Dhinanthorum Nagaraj	Jeyan, Gayathrie	Romance		[44]
		Moodar Koodam	Naveen	Sentrayan, Naveen, Rajaj, Oviya	Black comedy		[44]
		Unnodu Oru Naal	Durai Karthikeyan	Arjun Vijayaraghavan, Neelam Upadhyay, Gibran Osman	Romantic thriller	Produced by Jarci Production	[44]
	20	6	V. Z. Durai	Shaam, Poonam Kaur	Thriller		[45]
		Adutha Kattam	Murali Krishnan	Ganthiban, Malar Meni Perumal, Aghonderan Sahadevan, Shashitaran Rajoo, D. Rajam	Suspense thriller	Produced by Navanithen Ganeson, NGP Film Sdn Bhd	[45][46]
		Mouna Mazhai	Anand	Sasi, Nakshatra, Dilip	Romance	Produced by Prince Media	[45]
		Ya Ya	I Rajasekaran	Shiva, Santhanam, Dhansika, Sandhya	Comedy	Produced by Sri Lakshmi Productions	[45]
	27	Onaayum Aattukkuttiyum	Mysskin	Mysskin, Sri	Thriller	Produced by Lone Wolf Productions	[47]
		Raja Rani	Atlee Kumar	Arya, Nayantara, Jai, Nazriya Nazim	Romantic drama	Produced by Murugadoss Productions and Fox Star Studios	[47]

October – December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes	Ref
O C T	2	Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara	Gokul	Vijay Sethupathi, Ashwin Kakumanu, Swati Reddy, Nandita Swetha	Comedy	Produced by Leo Vision and JSK Film Corporation	[48]
	4	Nila Meedhu Kadhal	Ilayakumar	Vijayaraj, Joshwa, Sri Priyanga, Sudha	Romance	Produced by Rajaram Movies	[48]
	11	Kayavan	Venky	Mithun	Romance		[49]
		Naiyaandi	A. Sarkunam	Dhanush, Nazriya Nazim	Comedy		[49]
		Vanakkam Chennai	Kiruthika Udhaynidhi	Shiva, Priya Anand	Comedy		[49]
	18	Anjal Thurai	A. R. Rafi	Mohan. C, Narayanan, Kushi, Senthil	Horror / thriller	Produced by Latha Cine Creations	[50]
		Chithirayil Nilachoru	R. Sundarrajan	Sara Arjun, Ashok Sundarrajan, Vasundhara Kashyap, Prakash Nath	Drama		[50]
		Ninaivugal Unnodu	T. Mahesh Babu	T. Mahesh Babu	Romance		[50]
		Nirnayam	S. S. Srisaravanan	Vikram Anand, Regina Cassandra, Baby Vedhika			[50]
		Nugam	Jeffy	Jeybala, Iniya, Suresh, Reeshkadir, Preethi	Drama		[50]
		Ragalaipuram	Mano	Karunas, Angana Roy, Sanjana Singh	Comedy		[50]
	25	Ingu Kadhal Katrutharapadum	M. Sreedharan	Sreenath, Darshana, Archana	Romance		[51]
		Muthu Nagaram	Ottapidaram K. Thirupathi	Vishvaa, Asrik Bhanu	Romance		[51]
		Sutta Kadhai	Subu	Balaji, Venkat, Nassar, Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli	Black comedy		[51]
		Vasanthasena	Raman	Ravi Prakash, Priyanka Tiwari	Romance		[51]
	31	Arrambam	Vishnuvardhan	Ajith Kumar, Arya, Nayantara, Taapsee Pannu	Action thriller	Produced by Sri Satya Sai Movies	[52]
N O V	2	All in All Azhagu Raja	M. Rajesh	Karthi, Kajal Aggarwal, Santhanam	Comedy		[52]
		Pandiya Naadu	Suseenthiran	Vishal, Lakshmi Menon, Vikranth	Action drama		[52]
	14	Apple Penne	R. K. Kalaimani	Vatsan, Aishwarya Menon, Roja,	Drama		[53]
		Pizza II: Villa	Deepan Chakravarthy	Ashok Selvan, Sanchita Shetty, Nassar, Vegan Rajesh	Fantasy thriller		[53]
		Ravana Desam	Ajay Nuthakki	Ajay Nuthakki, Jennifer, Naveen, Konda, Ramkiran	War drama		[53]
	22	Irandaam Ulagam	Selvaraghavan	Arya, Anushka Shetty	Fantasy		[54]
		Maayai	Lakshmiram	Sanjay, Sanam Shetty, Rajendran	Thriller		[54]
		Meiyyazhagi	R. T. Jayavel	Balaji Balakrishnan, Jai Quehaeni, Arjun, Arunmozhi Varman, Jenny Jasmine	Drama		[54]
	29	Appavukku Kalyanam	Armugha Swamy	Padiyan, Rasikapriya	Adult comedy		[55]
		Ennachu	Sri Mani	Mohammed Ismail, Vivinth, Jagan Balaji	Thriller		[55]
		Jannal Oram	Karu Pazhaniappan	Parthiban, Vimal, Vidharth, Poorna, Manisha Yadav	Comedy drama		[55]
		Naveena Saraswathi Sabatham	K. Chandru	Jai, Niveda Thomas	Fantasy comedy		[55]
		Vidiyum Munn	Balaji K. Kumar	Pooja Umashankar, Malavika Manikuttan, Vinod Kishan	Thriller		[55]
D E C	6	Ego	S. Sakthivel	Velu, Anaswara Kumar, Bala	Comedy		[56]
		Kalyana Samayal Saadham	RS Prasanna	Prasanna, Lekha Washington	Romantic comedy		[56]
		Thagaraaru	Ganesh Vinayak	Arulnidhi, Poorna	Action		[56]
		Vellai Desathin Idhayam	Jughein	Mithun Serai, Supra, Soori	Drama		[56]
	13	Ivan Veramathiri	M. Saravanan	Vikram Prabhu, Surabhi, Ganesh Venkatraman, Vamsi Krishna	Thriller		[57]
		Kolagalam	P.G. Surendran	Amal, Saranya Mohan, Vishnupriya	Drama		[57]
		Sandhithathum Sindhithathum	Balu Anand	Sathya, Yudasha, Kumarajan	Romance		[57]
		Thedi Pidi Adi					[57]
	20	Biriyani	Venkat Prabhu	Karthi, Hansika Motwani, Premgi Amaren, Ramki	Comedy-thriller	Produced by Studio Green	[58]
		Endrendrum Punnagai	I. Ahmed	Jiiva, Trisha Krishnan, Vinay Rai, Andrea Jeremiah, Santhanam	Romance		[58]
		Thalaimuraigal	Balu Mahendra	Sashikumar, Vinodhini, Ramya Shankar, Balu Mahendra	Drama		[58]
	25	Madha Yaanai Koottam	Vikram Sugumaran	Kathir, Oviya			[59]
	27	Bhuvanakadu		Vignesh, Divya Nagesh			[59]
		Vizha	Bharathi Balakumaran	Mahendran, Malavika Menon		Produced by Sri Thenandal Films, Azure Entertainment, JV Media Dreams	[59]

Overseas Tamil language films

Below is the list of Tamil language movies produced outside India.

Title	Genre	country	Ref
Pickles!	Comedy	Singapore	[60]
Olipathivu	Sci-fi	Malaysia	[61]

Dubbed films

Opening	Title	Director(s)	Original film		Cast	Ref.
			Film	Language
1 March	Naangam Pirai 3D	Vinayan	Dracula 2012	Malayalam	Sudheer Sukumaran, Prabhu, Thilakan, Monal Gajjar, Shraddha Das
December	Achcham Thavir	Omkar	Genius	Telugu	Havish, Sarath Kumar, Sanusha	[62]

Awards

Category/organization	Filmfare Awards South 12 July 2014[63]	SIIMA Awards 17 July 2014[64]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 14 July 2017[65]	Vijay Awards 5 July 2014[66]
Best Film	Thanga Meenkal	Soodhu Kavvum	Ramanujan	Thanga Meenkal
Best Director	Bala Paradesi	Bala Paradesi	Ram Thanga Meenkal	Bala Paradesi
Best Actor	Atharvaa Paradesi	Sivakarthikeyan Ethir Neechal	Arya Raja Rani	Kamal Haasan Vishwaroopam
Best Actress	Nayanthara Raja Rani	Trisha Endrendrum Punnagai	Nayanthara Raja Rani	Nayanthara Raja Rani
Best Music Director	A. R. Rahman Kadal	Anirudh Ravichander Ethir Neechal	Ramesh Vinayagam Ramanujan	A. R. Rahman Kadal

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Profession	Notable films	References
January	17	Sophiya Haque	41	Actress	Alaipayuthey • Udhaya	[67]
March	5	Rajasulochana	77	Actress	Thai Pirandhal Vazhi Pirakkum • Nallavan Vazhvan • Pennarasi • Kavalai Illaadha Manithan	[68]
	7	Venky Sambamoorthy		Graphics expert	Apoorva Sagodharargal • Anjali • Kadhalan • Indian • Jeans • Manmadhan	[69]
	26	Sukumari	74	Actress	Alaipayuthey • Pattikada Pattanama • Sila Nerangalil Sila Manithargal • Veerapandiya Kattabomman	[70]
April	14	P. B. Sreenivas	82	Singer	Pasamalar • Pava Mannippu • Veera Thirumagan • Kaadhalikka Neramillai	[71]
	17	T. K. Ramamoorthy	91	Music director	Pasamalar • Kaadhalikka Neramillai • Karnan • Padagotti • Aayirathil Oruvan	[72]
	22	Lalgudi Jayaraman	82	Music director	Sringaram	[73]
May	25	T. M. Soundararajan	91	Singer	Andavan Kattalai • Padagotti	[74]
June	15	Manivannan	58	Director, actor	Gopurangal Saivathillai • Amaithipadai • Ullathai Allitha • Mudhalvan • Nagaraja Cholan MA, MLA	[75]
July	7	Santo Krishnan (Krishnan Nair)	92	Actor	Mahaveera Bheeman • Thalaivar	[76]
	8	Agasthiya Bharathi	48	Director	Ninaivil Nindraval	[77]
	9	Rasu Madhuravan	44	Director	Poomagal Oorvalam • Pandi • Mayandi Kudumbathar • Goripalayam • Muthukku Muthaaga • Pandi Oli Perukki Nilayam	[78]
	12	M. Bhaskar	78	Director	Bairavi • Theerpugal Dandikkapadalaam • Pournami Alaigal • Chakravarthy	[79]
	13	Akkineni Ravi Shankar Prasad	58	Producer	Vasool Raja MBBS • Nanban • Madha Gaja Raja	[80]
	15	M. K. Athmanathan	88	Lyricist, music director	Pudhaiyal • Nallavan Vazhvan • Nadodi Mannan • Vikramaadhithan • Malliga • Vijayapuri Veeran • Tenali Raman • Thirudadhe • Malliya Mangalam • Naalu Veli Nilam• Rattha Paasam	[81]
	18	Vaali	81	Lyricist, actor, writer	Karpagam • Anbe Vaa • Enga Veettu Pillai • Punnagai Mannan • Agni Natchathiram • Boys • Ethir Neechal • Paarthale Paravasam • Sivaji • Mankatha• Maryan •	[82]
	23	Manjula Vijayakumar	59	Actress	Shanti Nilayam • Rickshawkaran • Ulagam Sutrum Valiban • Netru Indru Naalai • Anbe Aaruyire • Cheran Pandiyan	[83]
August	19	Periyar Dasan	63	Actor	Karuththamma • Kadhalar Dhinam • Thamizh Padam • Veeram	[citation needed]
October	9	Srihari	49	Actor	Vettaikkaaran • Markandeyan
November	8	Chitti Babu	49	Actor	Five Star • Dhool • Sivakasi • Dindigul Sarathy
	17	Thideer Kannaiah	76	Actor	Aval Oru Thodar Kathai • Apoorva Raagangal • Kannaathaal • Pokkiri	[84]
	30	Raguram	64	Choreographer	Dasavathaaram	[85]
December	11	Master Sridhar	60	Actor	Kandan Karunai • Karnan • Kurathi Magan	[86]
	20	Karumari Kandhasamy	73	Producer	Karagattakaran • Villu Pattukaran • Ellam Avan Seyal	[87]
	25	Kullamani	61	Actor	Nawab Naarkali • Billa • Karagattakaran • Thoranai	[88]