List of Tamil films of 1999

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 August 1998, Gross fell to 130 per cent of Nett Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹86 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.

Films

A list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1999 by release date:

January — March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
J A N	12	The Terrorist	Santosh Sivan	Ayesha Dharker, Krishna	Indian Image Productions
	14	Suriya Paarvai	Jagan	Arjun, Pooja	Modooril Creations
	15	Housefull	Parthiban	Parthiban, Vikram, Suvalakshmi	Bioscope Film Framers
		Mannavaru Chinnavaru	P. N. Ramachandra Rao	Sivaji Ganesan, Arjun, Soundarya, Maheswari	Kalaipuli International
		Maya	Rama Narayanan	Napoleon, Nagma	Sri Thenandal Films
		Ponnu Veetukkaran	P. Vasu	Sathyaraj, Preetha	Ganga Gowri Productions
		Thodarum	Ramesh Khanna	Ajith Kumar, Devayani, Heera Rajagopal	Sree Devi Movie Makers
	29	Thulladha Manamum Thullum	Ezhil	Vijay, Simran	Super Good Films
F E B	5	Kallazhagar	Bharathi	Vijayakanth, Laila	Pangaj Productions
		Ninaivirukkum Varai	K. Subash	Prabhu Deva, Keerthi Reddy, Ranjith	Thaaraas Creations
		Unnai Thedi	Sundar C.	Ajith Kumar, Malavika	Lakshmi Movie Makers
	12	Chinna Raja	Chithra Lakshmanan	Karthik, Roja, Priya Raman	Gayathri Films
	26	Adutha Kattam	Sarath	Raja Ravindra, Yuvarani	Ajmal Movie Makers
		En Swasa Kaatre	K. S. Ravi	Arvind Swamy, Isha Koppikar	Nigaaba Films International
M A R	4	Ethirum Pudhirum	V. C. Ramani	Mammooty, Napoleon, Sangita	Madhu Films International
	5	Endrendrum Kadhal	Manoj Bhatnagar	Vijay, Rambha	Sameera Films
	6	Ullathai Killathe	Vejey Kannan	Suresh, Kushboo, Karan, Supraja	Vijaya Cine Enterprises
	12	Chinna Durai	R. Chandra	Sarath Kumar, Roja	KB Films
	19	Poo Vaasam	Sree Bharathi	Murali, Pushpalatha	RVR Pictures
	26	Annan	Anu Mohan	Ramarajan, Swathi	Simon Pictures

April — June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
A P R	10	Padayappa	K. S. Ravikumar	Rajinikanth, Soundarya, Ramya Krishnan	Arunachala Cine Creations
	12	Monisha En Monalisa	T. Rajendar	Ramankanth, Mumtaj, T. Rajendar	Chimbu Cine Arts
	14	Periyanna	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijayakanth, Meena, Suriya, Manasa	Jaya Subha Sree Productions
	16	Aasai Alaigal	S. Manikandan	Bhuvanesh, Ramya	Sakthi Productions
	30	Nilave Mugam Kaattu	Kalanjiyam	Karthik, Devayani, Ramki	Mahalakshmi International
		Poomagal Oorvalam	Rasu Madhuravan	Prashanth, Rambha	Super Good Films
		Poomaname Vaa	V. Azhagappan	Ramarajan, Sangita	Nalini Cini Arts
M A Y	1	Vaali	S. J. Surya	Ajith Kumar, Jyothika, Simran	NIC Arts
		Rajasthan	R. K. Selvamani	Sarath Kumar, Vijayashanti	Paanjajanyam
	7	Annan Thangachi	Charan Raj	Charan Raj, Ajay Krishna, Shruti	Om Sree Vinayaga Films
	21	Kummi Paattu	Kasthuri Raja	Prabhu, Devayani	Kasthuri Manga Creations
	27	Anantha Poongatre	Raj Kapoor	Ajith Kumar, Karthik, Meena, Malavika	Roja Combines
J U N	4	Guest House	Raj Mohan	Babu Ganesh, Sangeetha	Kalaiaruvi Combines
	25	Nenjinile	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijay, Isha Koppikar	V. V. Creations
		Oruvan	Suresh Krishna	Sarath Kumar, Pooja Batra, Devayani	Lakshmi Movie Makers

July — September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
J U L	9	Kadhalar Dhinam	Kathir	Kunal, Sonali Bendre	Sri Surya Movies
	16	Anthapuram	Krishna Vamsi	Parthiban, Soundarya, Prakash Raj	Duet Cinema
		Sangamam	Suresh Krishna	Rahman, Vindhya	Pyramid Films International
		Suyamvaram	Ten Directors	Prabhu, Karthik, Sathyaraj, Arjun	LS Movies
		Viralukketha Veekkam	V. Sekhar	Livingston, Kushboo, Vivek, Vadivelu	Thiruvalluvar Kalaikoodam
	30	Rojavanam	Selva	Karthik, Laila, Malavika	Kavithalayaa
A U G	6	Kanave Kalaiyadhe	V. Gowthaman	Murali, Simran	Sivasakthi Movie Makers
		Malabar Police	P. Vasu	Sathyaraj, Kushboo, Abbas, Mumtaj	Kamalam Movies
		Ponvizha	Ashokan	Napoleon, Suvalakshmi	Siva Sree Pictures
		Poovellam Kettuppar	Vasanth	Suriya, Jyothika	P. A. Art Productions
	13	Kannodu Kanbathellam	Prabhu Solomon	Arjun, Sonali Bendre, Suchindra, Ruchitha	Anbalaya Films
		Nee Varuvai Ena	Rajakumran	Parthiban, Devayani, Ajith Kumar	Super Good Films
	15	Amarkalam	Saran	Ajith Kumar, Shalini, Raghuvaran	Venkateswaralayam
S E P	9	Jodi	Praveen Gandhi	Prashanth, Simran	Sony Orient
		Minsara Kanna	K. S. Ravikumar	Vijay, Monica Castelino, Rambha, Kushboo	KRG Movies International
	17	Anbulla Kadhalukku	Mohan	Mohan, Megha, Bhavana, Sangeetha	Parthee International
		Kaama	Ashok Kumar	Vishal, Sunila, Urvashi, Deepti Bhatnagar	Teja Creations
		Pooparika Varugirom	A. Venkatesh	Sivaji Ganesan, Ajay, Malavika	Ishwar Film Maker
	24	Unakkaga Ellam Unakkaga	Sundar C.	Karthik, Rambha	Lakshmi Movie Makers

October — December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Studio
O C T	1	Manaivikku Mariyadhai	V. C. Guhanathan	Pandiarajan, Kushboo	Sri Thenandal Films
		Mugam	Gnana Rajasekaran	Nassar, Roja	Subramaniya Films
		Nesam Pudhusu	Karthik Vel	Ranjith, Priya Raman	Sivasankaraalaya
		Pombalainga Samacharam	Vinay Raj	Ravi, Kokila	Navaneetham Combines
	7	Maravathe Kanmaniye	N. S. Madhavan	Vineeth, Karan, Reshma, Ravali	Maha Creations
		Suryodayam	L. V. Aadhavan	Vijayashanti, Rahman	Rani Creative Visions
	15	Jayam	Ravi Raja	Mansoor Ali Khan, Sangita, Ishaq Hussaini	Mahalakshmi Cini Circuit
N O V	7	Hello	K. Selva Bharathy	Prashanth, Preeti Jhangiani, Sujitha	Cherin Movie Makers
		Kanmani Unakkaga	Ravi Raja	Ishaq Hussaini, Suvalakshmi	I International
		Kannupada Poguthaiya	Bharathi Ganesh	Vijayakanth, Simran, Karan	Super Good Films
		Maanaseega Kadhal	B. S. Raman	Hamsavardhan, Sushva	Sai Baba Creations
		Mudhalvan	Shankar	Arjun, Manisha Koirala, Raghuvaran	S Films
		Ooty	Anwar	Murali, Roja	Nigaaba Films International
		Pudhu Kudithanam	Raghuvasan	Vignesh, Mantra	Azhvaarammaal Movie Makers
		Taj Mahal	Bharathiraja	Manoj Bharathiraja, Riya Sen, Revathi, Raadhika	Janani Art Creations
	18	Iraniyan	Vincent Selva	Murali, Meena, Raghuvaran	Thaaraas Creations
	21	Sundari Neeyum Sundaran Naanum	A. N. Rajagopal	Pandiarajan, Easwari Rao, Ranjith	Guru Meena Films
	26	Kudumba Sangili	P. N. Ramachandra Rao	Kalaipuli G. Sekaran, Kushboo	Sree Durga Cini Arts
		Sivan	Velu Prabhakaran	Napoleon, Arunpandian, Raadhika	VJ Films
D E C	3	Thirupathi Ezhumalai Venkatesa	Rama Narayanan	Prabhu, Roja, S. Ve. Sekhar, Vadivelu	Sri Thenandal Films
		Time	Geetha Krishna	Prabhu Deva, Simran, Radhika Chaudhari	Lifeline Films
		Unnaruge Naan Irundhal	Selva	Parthiban, Meena, Rambha	Lakshmi Movie Makers
	10	Azhagarsamy	Sundar C.	Sathyaraj, Roja	Malar Combines
		Mudhal Etcharikkai	Devar	Ponnambalam, Vichithra	AA Cini Circuit
		Sethu	Bala	Vikram, Abitha, Sivakumar	Sharma Productions
	17	Aasaiyil Oru Kaditham	Selva	Prashanth, Kausalya, Anand	Udhaya Arts
		Manam Virumbuthe Unnai	M. Sivachandran	Prabhu, Meena, Rajiv Krishna, Karan	SSK Films
		Paattali	K. S. Ravikumar	Sarath Kumar, Devayani, Ramya Krishnan	Roja Combines
		Vaaliba Mayakkam	Kumar	Sudhir, Mini	Harishkumar Films

Awards

Category/Organization	Cinema Express Awards January 2000	Dinakaran Cinema Awards 13 February 2000	Filmfare Awards South 22 April 2000	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 29 December 2000
Best Film	Sethu	Padayappa	Sethu	Padayappa
Best Director	Vikraman Vaanathaippola (2000)	Shankar Mudhalvan	Bala Sethu	Bala Sethu
Best Actor	Ajith Kumar Amarkalam / Vaali	Ajith Kumar Vaali	Ajith Kumar Vaali	Rajinikanth Padayappa
Best Actress	Simran Vaali	Simran Thulladha Manamum Thullum / Vaali	Ramya Krishnan Padayappa	Simran Thulladha Manamum Thullum
Best Music Director	Deva Vaali	A. R. Rahman Kadhalar Dhinam / Mudhalvan	A. R. Rahman Mudhalvan	A. R. Rahman Sangamam