Tamil films of 2009

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2009 saw numerous Tamil films being released both worldwide and domestically.

List of top Tamil films

Commercial

Top Ten

Top Ten

Rank	Movie	Studio	Director	Cast
1	Vettaikaran	Sun Pictures	Babu Sivan	Vijay, Anushka
2	Naadodigal	Global Infotainment	Samudrakani	Sasikumar, Vijay Vasanth, Ananya, Abhinaya
3	Unnaipol Oruvan	Rajkamal International	Chakri Toleti	Kamal Haasan, Mohan Lal, Ganesh Venkatraman
4	Padikathavan	Vijaya Productions	Suraj	Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vivek
5	Aadhavan	Red Giant Studios	K. S. Ravikumar	Surya Sivakumar, Nayantara, Vadivelu
6	Vettaikaran	AVM Productions	Babu Sivan	Vijay, Anushka, Srihari
7	Peranmai	Ayngaran International	S. P. Jananathan	Jayam Ravi, Vasundra, Ponvannan
8	Kanthaswamy	Kalaipuli International	Susi Ganesan	Vikram, Shriya Saran, Prabhu
9	Yavarum Nalam	BIG Pictures	Vikram Kumar	R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Saranya
10	Kandein Kadhalai	Moser Baer	R. Kannan	Bharath, Tamannaah Bhatia, Sapan Saran

UK box office

List of highest-grossing Tamil films in the United Kingdom (2009 openings)

Rank	Movie	Net gross	Studio	Director	Cast
1	Vettaikaran	£99,000	AVM Productions	Babu Sivan	Vijay, Anushka
2	Kanthaswamy	£71,804	Kalaipuli International	Susi Ganesan	Vikram, Shriya Saran, Prabhu
3	Aadhavan	£57,582	Red Giant Movies	K. S. Ravikumar	Surya Sivakumar, Nayantara, Vadivelu
4	Padikathavan	£47,613	Vijaya Productions	Suraj	Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vivek
5	Yavarum Nalam	£37,771	BIG Pictures	Vikram Kumar	R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Saranya
6	Unnaipol Oruvan	£37,026	Rajkamal International	Chakri Toleti	Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Ganesh Venkatraman
7	Naan Kadavul	£11,234	Vasan Visual Ventures	Bala	Arya, Pooja, Thandavan
8	Sarvam	£11,138	Ayngaran International	Vishnuvardhan	Arya, Trisha Krishnan, J. D. Chakravarthy
9	Peranmai	£6,038	Ayngaran International	S. P. Jananathan	Jayam Ravi, Vasundra, Vadivelu
10	Naan Avanillai 2	£4,942	Jhabak Productions	Selva	Jeevan, Sangeetha, Lakshmi Rai

UK, Ireland, and Malta box office

List of highest-grossing Tamil films in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta

Rank	Movie	Net gross	Studio	Director	Cast
1	Unnaipol Oruvan	$194,993	Rajkamal International	Chakri Toleti	Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Ganesh Venkatraman
2	Vettaikaran	$119,220	AVM Productions	Babu Sivan	Joseph Vijay, Anushka, Srihar
3	Kanthaswamy	$118,514	Kalaipuli International	Susi Ganesan	Vikram, Shriya Saran, Prabhu
4	Aadhavan	$94,151	Red Giant Movies	K. S. Ravikumar	Surya Sivakumar, Nayantara, Vadivelu
5	Padikathavan	$82,118	Vijaya Productions	Suraj	Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vivek

Malaysia box office

List of highest-grossing Tamil films in Malaysia

Rank	Movie	Net gross	Studio	Director	Cast
1	Ayan	$1,546,027	AVM Productions	K. V. Anand	Surya Sivakumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prabhu
1	Vettaikaran	$956,618	AVM	Babu Sivan	Joseph Vijay, Anushka, Sathyan
3	Padikathavan	$899,000	Vijaya Productions	Suraj	Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Vivek
3	Kanthaswamy	$877,658	Kalaipuli International	Susi Ganesan	Vikram, Shriya Saran, Prabhu
5	Unnaipol Oruvan	$636,027	Rajkamal International	Chakri Toleti	Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Ganesh Venkatraman

Critics

Behindwoods

List of highest-rated Tamil films at Behindwoods.com

Rank	Movie	Production	Director	Cast
1	Unnaipol Oruvan	Rajkamal International	Chakri Toleti	Kamal Haasan, Mohan Lal, Ganesh Venkatraman
2	Naan Kadavul	Vasan Visual Ventures	Bala	Arya, Pooja, Rajendran
3	Pasanga	Company Productions	Pandiraj	Vimal, Vega Tamotia, Kishore, Sriram
4	Eeram	S Pictures	Arivazhagan	Aadhi, Nandha, Sindhu Menon, Saranya Mohan
5	Yavarum Nalam	BIG Pictures	Vikram Kumar	R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Saranya
6	Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu	Imagine Creations	Susindran	Kishore, Vishnu, Saranya Mohan
7	Renigunta	NIC Arts	Paneerselvam	Johnny, Sanisha, Nishanth
8	Naadodigal	Global Infotainment	Samudrakani	Sasikumar, Vijay Vasanth, Ananya, Abhinaya, Bharani
9	Ayan	AVM Productions	K. V. Anand	Surya Sivakumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Akashdeep Saigal, Prabhu
10	Achchamundu! Achchamundu!	Project East West Production	Arun Vaidyanathan	Prasanna, Sneha, John Shea

Rediff.com

List of highest-rated Tamil films at Rediff.com

Rank	Movie	Production	Director	Cast
1	Pasanga	Company Productions	Pandiraj	Vimal, Vega Tamotia, Kishore, Sriram
2	Nadodigal	Global Infotainment	Samudrakani	Sasikumar, Vijay Vasanth, Ananya, Abhinaya, Bharani
3	Vennila Kabaddi Kuzhu	Imagine Creations	Susindran	Kishore, Vishnu, Saranya Mohan
4	Achchamundu! Achchamundu!	Project East West Production	Arun Vaidyanathan	Prasanna, Sneha, John Shea
5	Yavarum Nalam	BIG Pictures	Vikram Kumar	R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Saranya
6	Pokkisham	Jhabak Productions	Cheran	Cheran, Padmapriya, Vijayakumar
7	Vettaikaran	AVM Productions	Babu Sivan	Joseph Vijay, Anushka, Srihari, Sathyan

Kollywoodtoday

List of highest-rated Tamil films at Kollywoodtoday.com

Rank	Movie	Production	Director	Cast
1	Pasanga	Company Productions	Pandiraj	Vimal, Vega Tamotia, Kishore, Sriram
2	Nadodigal	Global Infotainment	Samudrakani	Sasikumar, Vijay Vasanth, Ananya, Abhinaya, Bharani
3	Yavarum Nalam	BIG Pictures	Vikram Kumar	R. Madhavan, Neetu Chandra, Saranya
4	Renigunta	NIC Arts	Paneerselvam	Johnny, Nishanth, Sanusha

2009 releases

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India, which were released theatrically in 2009. They are presented in order of their release dates.

No.	Title	Director	Cast	Genre
1	A Aa E Ee	Sabapathy	Navdeep, Monica, Aravind Akash, Saranya Mohan	Comedy
2	Villu	Prabhu Deva	Vijay, Nayantara, Prakash Raj	Masala
3	Kadhalna Summa Illai	Ilankannan	Ravikrishna, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Sharvanand	Drama
4	Padikathavan	Suraj	Dhanush, Tamannaah Bhatia, Suman	Action
5	Vennila Kabadi Kuzhu	Susindran	Vishnu Vishal, Saranya Mohan, Kishore	Drama
6	Gaja	Ganapathy	V. N. R., Akshaya
7	Satrumun Kidaitha Thagaval	Bhuvanai Kannan	Kanal Kannan, Bharathi, Khushboo	Thriller
8	Pettarasu	Rama Saravana also Writer	Rama Saravana, Saidhai Saranya	Thriller
9	Naan Kadavul	Bala	Arya, Pooja	Drama
10	Kudiyarasu	Sabhir Hussain	Vignesh, Suguna	Drama
11	Perumal	Vincent Selva	Sundar C, Namitha, Meenakshi	Action
12	Siva Manasula Sakthi	Rajesh	Jeeva, Anuya	Comedy
13	TN 07 AL 4777	Lakshmikanthan	Ajmal Ameer, Pasupathy, Simran, Meenakshi	Action
14	Laadam	Prabhu Solomon	Aravindhan, Charmy Kaur	Action
15	Thee	Kicha	Sundar C, Namitha, Ragini	Action
16	Iru Nathigal	Chanakyan		Drama
17	Arupadai	Sarvatheerthavan	Malavika	Action
18	Innoruvan	Gunasekaran	Adhithya, Kavinaya	Action
19	1977	Dinesh Kumar	Sarath Kumar, Namitha, Farzana	Action
20	Yavarum Nalam	Vikram Kumar	Madhavan, Neetu Chandra	Horror
21	Adada Enna Azhagu	Jayamurugan	Jai Akash, Nicole	Romance
22	Adatha Aatam Ellam	Azhagar	Ganesh, Bharathi	Action
23	Nesikkiren	Nesamanavan	Ranjith	Action
24	Pattalam	Rohan Krishna	Nadhiya, Irfan, Arun	Romance
25	Ayan	K. V. Anand	Surya Sivakumar, Tamannaah Bhatia, Prabhu Ganesan	Action
26	Naalai Namadhae	Vinayan	Pradeep, Kiran Rathod, Thanusha, Karthika	Action
27	Karthik Anitha	Srihari	Rathan, Manju	Romance
28	Ananda Thandavam	Gandhi Krishna	Siddharth Venugopal, Tamannaah Bhatia, Rukmini Vijayakumar	Romance
29	Naal Natchathiram	Sakthi	Sanjay, Krishnasri	Action
30	Guru En Aalu	Selva	R. Madhavan, Mamta Mohandas, Abbas, Brinda Parekh	Comedy
31	Enga Raasi Nalla Rasi	Raviraja	Murali, Preethi Mohan	Action
32	Kunguma Poovum Konjum Puravum	Rajamohan	Ramakrishnan, Dhananya	Romance
33	Mariyadhai	Vikraman	Vijayakanth, Meera Jasmine, Meena	Action
34	Newtonin Moondram Vidhi	Thaimuthuselvan	S. J. Suryah, Sayali Bhagat, Rajiv Krishna	Action
35	Ilampuyal	Durai	Poornitha	Action
36	Meiporul	Nuttykumar	Krishbala, Anusha	Thriller
37	Pasanga	Pandiraj	Vimal, Vega Tamotia	Drama
38	Brammadeva	Dharmalinga	Ram, Tejashree	Action
39	Sarvam	Vishnuvardhan	Arya, Trisha Krishnan, J. D. Chakravarthy	Romance
40	Rajadhi Raja	Sakthi Chidambaram	Raghava Lawrence, Meenkashi, Snigdha Akolkar, Kamna Jethmalani, Mumtaj	Action
41	Thoranai	Saba Iyappan	Vishal Krishna, Shriya Saran	Action
42	Kulir 100°	Anita Udheep	Sanjeiv, Riya Bamniyal	Drama
43	Mayandi Kudumbathar	Rasu Mathuravan	Tarun Gopi, Seeman, Manivannan, Poongodi	Drama
44	Ragavan	Paranthaman	Vijith, Radhika Malhotra	Action
45	Manjal Veiyil	Vaseegaran	Prasanna, Sandhya, Bala, R. K.	Romance
46	Maasilamani	Manohar	Nakul, Sunaina	Action
47	Oliyum Oliyum	Sakthi Selvam	Prabha, Ashwathy, Anand Babu, Pragathy	Romance
48	Muthirai	Srinath	Daniel Balaji, Nithin Sathya, Lakshmi Rai, Manjari Phadnis	Action
49	Vaalmiki	Ananthanarayanan	Akhil, Meera Nandan, Devika	Drama
50	Naadodigal	Samuthirakani	Sasikumar, Vijay Vasanth, Ananya, Bharani, Abhinaya	Drama
51	Nee Unnai Arinthal	Rishiraj	Murali, Kushi, Risha	Romance
52	Unnai Kan Theduthe	Rathish Rammaiah	Udhaya, Manya	Romance
53	Thottu Sellum Thendrale	Manickkam	Sridev, Sathya, Risha	Romance
54	Sirithal Rasippen	Chandrasekaran	Sathya, Sunulakshmi	Romance
55	Gnabagangal	Jeevan	Pa. Vijay, Sreedevika	Drama
56	Vaigai	Sundarapandi	Bala Joseph, Visaka	Drama
58	Puthiya Payanam	Muthu	Mithuna	Drama
59	Indira Vizha	Rajeswar	Srikanth, Namitha, Sruthi Prakash, Rahasya	Romance
60	Vaamanan	Ahmed	Jai, Priya Anand, Lakshmi Rai	Action
61	Thalai Ezhuthu	Ethiraj	Richard Raj, Pooja Gandhi	Drama
62	Kanna Nee Enakkuthaanda	Olimaran	Laksha, Alex	Romance
63	Achchamundu! Achchamundu!	Arun Vaidyanathan	Prasanna, Sneha, John Shea	Thriller
64	Kadhal Kadhai	Velu Prabhakaran	Sherlidas, Preethi Rangayani, Steffi	Adult
65	Vedigundu Murugesan	Murthy	Pasupathy, Jyothirmayi	Drama
66	Engal Aasan	Kalaimani	Vijayakanth, Vikranth, Sheril Pinto, Akshaya	Drama
67	Malayan	M. P. Gopi	Karan, Shammu	Action
68	Aiyantham Padai	Badri	Sundar C., Simran Bagga, Aditi Choudhary, Devayani, Vivek	Drama
69	Modhi Vilayadu	Saran	Vinay Rai, Kajal Aggarwal	Action
70	Malai Malai	A. Venkatesh	Arun Vijay, Vedhika, Prabhu Ganesan, Kasthuri	Action
71	Anthony Yaar?	Pandi	Shaam, Mallika Kapoor	Action
72	Aarumaname	Sudhesh Sankar	Deepak, Karthika, Nicole	Action
73	Sindhanai Sei	Yuvan	R. Yuvan, Sheshanth, Madhu Sharma, Nitish Kumar	Thriller
74	Saamy Sonna Sarithaan	Sundarajan		Drama
75	Eesa	Blaganesh	Vignesh, Lakshana	Drama
76	Nesi	Saravana Krishna	Vikas, Sonia Suri	Drama
77	Azhagar Malai	Rajkumar	RK, Bhanu, Napolean, Sona Heiden	Drama
78	Vannathupoochi	Azhagappan	Bala Singh, Madhavi Sharma	Drama
79	Ore Manasu	Vishnu	Gajan, Anumitha	Drama
80	Madhavi	Murugadoss	Raj Mohan, Lavanya	Romance
81	Netru Pol Indru Illai	M. Kowsar	Abdullah, Priya	Drama
82	Shivagiri	Shivaji	Jay, Rukshana, Shanthini	Action
83	Pokkisham	Cheran	Cheran, Padmapriya Janakiraman	Drama
84	Kanthaswamy	Susi Ganesan	Vikram, Shriya Saran, Prabhu Ganesan, Krishna	Superhero
85	Quick Gun Murugan	Shashank Ghosh	Rajendra Prasad, Rambha, Nassar, Raju Sundaram	Satirical
86	Ninaithale Inikkum	Kumaravel	Prithviraj Sukumaran, Karthik Kumar, Sakthi Vasu, Priyamani, Anuja Iyer	Drama
87	Madurai Sambavam	Yurekha	Harikumar, Anuya Bhagwat, Karthika	Action
88	Eeram	Arivazhagan	Aadhi, Nandha, Sindhu Menon, Saranya Mohan	Thriller
89	Unnaipol Oruvan	Chakri Toleti	Kamal Haasan, Mohanlal, Ganesh Venkatraman, Anuja Iyer	Thriller
90	Solla Solla Inikkum	Muraliappas	Navdeep, Madhumitha, Mallika Kapoor	Romance
91	Madurai To Theni Vazhi Andipatti	Rathibala	Aravind Vinod, Srithika	Romance
92	Arumugam	Suresh Krishna	Bharath, Priyamani, Ramya Krishnan	Action
93	Thiru Thiru Thuru Thuru	Nandhini	Ajmal Ameer, Rupa Manjeri	Comedy
94	Suriyan Satta Kalloori	Pavan	Ghajini, Mithra	Action
95	Kannukkulle	Lena Moovendar	Mithun Tejaswi, Aparna	Romance
96	Moonar	Thambidurai	Ranjith, Rithi, Prem, Ragasya	Thriller
97	Iru Vizhigal	Madhav		Thriller
98	Vedappan	A. Sridhar	Hemanthkumar, Apsara	Drama
99	Onan	Shyam Madhavan Sarada	Ramar Ramamoorthy, David W. Williams	Action
100	Peranmai	S. P. Jananathan	Jayam Ravi, Roland Kickinger, Vasundra, Saranya, Varsha, Tanusika, Liyasree	Action
101	Aadhavan	K. S. Ravikumar	Surya Sivakumar, Nayantara	Action Comedy
102	Jaganmohini	N. K. Vishwanathan	Namitha, Raja, Nila	Horror
103	Kanden Kadhalai	R. Kannan	Bharath, Tamannaah Bhatia	Romance
104	Saa Boo Three	Arshath Khan	Arshath Khan, Prajan, Akshay, Sarah, Pinky	Romance
105	Palaivana Solai	K. S. Dayalan	Nithin Sathya, Karthika	Drama
106	Adhe Neram Adhe Idam	M. Prabhu	Jai, Vijayalakshmi Agathiyan	Romance
107	Kanna Nee Ennaku Thaanada	Olimaran		Action
108	Karagam	Lakshmanraj		Action
109	Vaidegi	Gemini Raghava	Prithivirajan, Karthika	Drama
110	Thambivudayaan	Raja Mahesh	Aditya Anbu, Manisha Chatterjee	Action
111	Swetha 5/10 Wellington Road	Sanjay	Keerthi Chawla	Drama
112	Thamizhagam	Sureshkumar	Richard Rishi, Archana	Drama
113	Vizhiyil Malarnthathu	Sathish		Action
114	Yogi	Subramaniya Shiva	Ameer Sultan, Madhumitha, Swathi	Action/drama
115	Naan Avanillai 2	Selva	Jeevan, Sangeetha, Lakshmi Rai, Shweta Menon, Sruthi Prakash, Rachana Maurya	Romance
116	Mathiya Chennai	Vivekanand & Veera Singam	Jayanth, Ramya, Prakash Raj	Action
117	Renigunta	R. Panneerselvam	Johnny, Sanusha, Nishanth	Action
118	Edhuvum Nadakkum	K. Mageswaran & Ra. Rozario	Karthik Kumar, Aparna Nair	Thriller
119	Vettattam	D. S. Kannan	Ajay, Remya Nambeeshan	Action
120	Pinchu Manasu	D. Jayaram	Saravanan, Darsha	Drama
121	Meendum Meendum Nee			Drama
122	Vairam	S. P. Selvadurai	Richard Rishi, Navneet Kaur	Drama
123	Thozhi	Ilango Lakshman		Drama
124	Pachiyapuram	V. Agustin		Drama
125	Vettaikaran	B. Babusivan	Vijay, Anushka Shetty	Masala
126	Kandhakottai	S. Sakthivel	Nakul, Poorna	Romance
127	Odipolama	Kanmani	Parimal, Sandhya	Romance
128	Balam	Muralikrishna	Arvindh, Deepa Chari	Romance
129	Ennakul Oru Kadhal	M.Booman		Romance
130	Naai Kutty	Sadhaji	Selvin, Nicole, Jaikumar	Drama

Notable deaths

Month	Date	Name	Age	Country	Profession	Notable films
January	31	Nagesh	75		Actor	Server Sundaram • Thiruvilayadal • Anbe Vaa
April	25	Rambo Rajkumar	53		Stunt choreographer	Kadhal Kondein • Pudhupettai • Aayirathil Oruvan
May	02	K. Balaji	74		actor, producer	Billa • Thee • Viduthalai
June	28	A. K. Lohithadas	54		Scriptwriter, director, producer	Kasthuri Maan • Kireedam
July	29	Rajan P. Dev	56		Actor	Gentleman • Love Today • Aruvadai
August	6	Murali	55		Actor	Dumm Dumm Dumm • Polladhavan • Aadhavan
	15	Crazy Venkatesh	52		Actor	Michael Madana Kama Rajan
September	22	S. Varalakshmi	84		Actress, singer	Veerapandiya Kattabomman • Guna
	27	Sethu Vinayagam	60		Actor	Guna • Mahanadi • Baasha
December	30	Vishnuvardhan	59		Actor	Sri Raghavendra • Viduthalai