Prior to the amendment of Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 4 October 2004, gross was 125 per cent of net for all films. Post-amendment, gross fell to 115 per cent of net.[1] The Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹59.09 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.[2]
A list of films released in the Tamil film industry in India in 2004:
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J A N
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1
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Baabi |
M. V. Gopalan |
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Kadhal Saregama |
Ameerjan |
Kaushik
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14
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Engal Anna |
Siddique |
Vijayakanth, Prabhu Deva, Swarnamalya, Namitha, Vadivelu
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Image |
Alex Pandian |
Jaivarma, Abhinayashree |
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Jai |
S. Narayan |
Prashanth, Anshu Ambani, Thyagarajan, Rajkiran
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Kovil |
Hari |
Silambarasan, Sonia Agarwal, Rajkiran, Nassar
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Pudhukottaiyilirundhu Saravanan |
S. S. Stanley |
Dhanush, Aparna Pillai
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Virumaandi |
Kamal Haasan |
Kamal Haasan, Abhirami, Napoleon, Pasupathy
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F E B
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6
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Thendral |
Thangar Bachan |
Parthiban, Uma
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Vayasu Pasanga |
Bharathi Kannan |
Anush, Jai Arvind, Master Manikandan, Vindhya
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13
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Kamaraj |
A. Balakrishnan |
Richard Mathuram, Vijayan, V. S. Raghavan
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Varnajalam |
Nakulan Ponnusamy |
Srikanth, Sadha, Kutty Radhika
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20
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Autograph |
Cheran |
Cheran, Sneha, Gopika, Mallika, Kanika
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Kangalal Kaidhu Sei |
Bharathiraja |
Vaseegaran, Priyamani
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26
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Ennavo Pudichirukku |
Meenakshi Sundaram |
Sudeep Sarangi, Bharani, Sindhuri
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27
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Campus |
Sharvi |
Sajith Raj, Nitesh, Divya Dwivedi, Sheetal Shah
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M A R
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5
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Adi Thadi |
Shivraj |
Sathyaraj, Napoleon, Abbas, Rathi
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Gambeeram |
Suresh |
Sarath Kumar, Laila, Pranathi
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12
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Nee Mattum |
Mathi Natesh |
Jana, Deepu, Preethi
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19
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Aarumugasaamy |
Raviraja |
Pandiarajan, Preethi Varma
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26
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Pethi Solla Thattathea |
Dharma |
Pandiarajan, Nanditha
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Udhaya |
Azhagam Perumal |
Vijay, Simran
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A P R
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2
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Kadhal Dot Com |
Selvaraj |
Prasanna, Anu Sasi, Shruthi Raj
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14
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Kanavu Meippada Vendum |
Janaki Vishwanathan |
Ramya Krishnan, Asim Sharma, Karthik Srinivasan
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Kuththu |
A. Venkatesh |
Silambarasan, Divya Spandana, Kalabhavan Mani
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16
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Ghilli |
Dharani |
Vijay, Trisha, Prakash Raj
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23
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Aethirree |
K. S. Ravikumar |
R. Madhavan, Sadha, Kanika, Rahman
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Vaanam Vasappadum |
P. C. Sriram |
Karthik Kumar, Poongkothai Chandrahasan
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Kavithai |
G. Kicha |
Vamsi, Chaya Singh, Sarath Babu
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M A Y
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1
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Arul |
Hari |
Vikram, Jyothika, Pasupathy
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Jana |
Shaji Kailas |
Ajith Kumar, Sneha
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7
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Perazhagan |
Sasi Shanker |
Suriya, Jyothika, Vivek
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14
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Settai |
Shivan |
Pandiarajan, Livingston, Vindhya
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21
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Aaytha Ezhuthu |
Mani Ratnam |
Suriya, R. Madhavan, Siddharth, Meera Jasmine, Trisha Krishnan, Esha Deol
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J U N
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11
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Jore |
Selva |
Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Bhanupriya, Gajala, Ramana
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Maanasthan |
Marumalarchi Bharathi |
Sarath Kumar, Abbas, Sakshi Sivanand
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25
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Machi |
K. S. Vasanthakumar |
Dushyanth Ramkumar, Shubha Poonja, Pasupathy
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Super Da |
Azhagu Raja Sundaram |
Ramki, Kunal, Anusha
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J U L
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9
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New |
S. J. Surya |
S. J. Surya, Simran, Devayani, Kiran
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Singara Chennai |
Suriyan |
Abhinay, Rathi, Kalabhavan Mani
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16
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Saga |
Ramesh Krish |
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Sema Ragalai |
Ram |
Sathyaraj, Devayani, Kalabhavan Mani
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23
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Shock |
Thyagarajan |
Prashanth, Meena, Abbas
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Sullan |
Ramana |
Dhanush, Sindhu Tolani, Pasupathy
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30
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Azhagiya Theeye |
Radha Mohan |
Prasanna, Navya Nair, Prakash Raj
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Loves |
K. Jayapandian |
Thamizh, Sona, Sweety
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Kadhale Jayam |
Natarajan |
Natarajan, Sudeep Sarangi, Preethi Varma
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Uyirosai |
Hariram |
Bharath, Soni
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A U G
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6
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Sound Party |
Aarthi Kumar |
Sathyaraj, Prathyusha
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10
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Arivumani |
M. K. Kennedy |
Murali, Meera Vasudevan
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15
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Vasool Raja MBBS |
Saran |
Kamal Haasan, Sneha, Prabhu, Prakash Raj
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22
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Azhagesan |
Aarthi Kumar |
Sathyaraj, Prema
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29
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Kalamulla Kalam Varai |
Udhaya |
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Madhurey |
Ramana Madhesh |
Vijay, Rakshitha, Sonia Agarwal, Tejashree
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S E P
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3
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Kudaikul Mazhai |
Parthiban |
Parthiban, Madhumitha
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10
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Chellamae |
Gandhi Krishna |
Vishal, Reemma Sen, Bharath
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17
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Arasatchi |
N. Maharajan |
Arjun, Lara Dutta, Raghuvaran
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Gajendra |
Suresh Krishna |
Vijayakanth, Laya, Flora
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O C T
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1
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Giri |
Sundar C |
Arjun, Reemma Sen, Divya Spandana, Devayani
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M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi |
M. Raja |
Jayam Ravi, Asin, Nadhiya, Prakash Raj
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Oru Murai Sollividu |
A. Jawahar |
Rohit, Janapriya, Yugendran
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8
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Bose |
Senthil Kumar |
Srikanth, Sneha, Kalabhavan Mani
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Rush |
S. Rajkumar |
Rajkumar, Mangai |
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15
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Adhu |
Ramesh Balakrishnan |
Sneha, Abbas, Aravind, Suha
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22
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7G Rainbow Colony |
Selvaraghavan |
Ravi Krishna, Sonia Agarwal
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Vishwa Thulasi |
Sumathy Ram |
Mammooty, Nandita Das
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29
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En Purushan Ethir Veetu Ponnu |
Barani Kumar |
Pandiarajan, Sanghavi, Radhika Chaudhari, Abhinayashree
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N O V
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5
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Neranja Manasu |
Samudrakani |
Vijayakanth, Susan
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12
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Attahasam |
Saran |
Ajith Kumar, Pooja
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Chatrapathy |
Srimahesh |
Sarath Kumar, Nikita Thukral
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Dreams |
Kasthuri Raja |
Dhanush, Diya, Parul Yadav
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Manmadhan |
A. J. Murugan |
Silambarasan, Jyothika, Sindhu Tolani
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D E C
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3
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Amma Appa Chellam |
Suriyan |
Bala, Chaya Singh
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Maha Nadigan |
Sakthi Chidambaram |
Sathyaraj, Namitha, Mumtaj
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12
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Konji Pesalaam |
R. Kaleeswaran |
Sreeja, Vamsi, C. Mukesh Kumar, Avinash
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17
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Aai |
A. Venkatesh |
Sarath Kumar, Namitha
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Jaisurya |
Manoj Kumar |
Arjun, Laila, Chaya Singh
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Jananam |
Ramesh Selvan |
Arun Vijay, Priyanka Trivedi, Raghuvaran
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Kaadhal |
Balaji Sakthivel |
Bharath, Sandhya
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Meesai Madhavan |
S. Ramu |
Ramana, Kutty Radhika
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24
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Gomathi Nayagam |
Ponvannan |
Ponvannan, Haripriya, Karthika
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26
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Kadhale Engal Desiya Geetham |
Vijay Anand |
Sriram Raghavan, Varshini, Ramesh Aravind
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Ramakrishna |
Agathiyan |
Jai Akash, Sridevika, Vani
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Remote |
Karvannan |
Napolean, Anamika
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The following films were also released in 2004, though the release date remains unknown.[4]