List of Tamil films of 2006

This is a list of Tamil language films released in India during 2006.[1][2]

Released films

January — March

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Ref	Genre
J A N	14	Paramasivan	P. Vasu	Ajith Kumar, Laila, Jayaram		Vidyasagar	Action
		Saravana	K. S. Ravikumar	Silambarasan, Jyothika, Prakash Raj		Srikanth Deva	Action
	15	Aathi	Ramana	Vijay, Trisha		Vidyasagar	Action
		Pasa Kiligal	Amirtham	Prabhu, Murali, Vineeth, Navya Nair, Malavika, Roja		Vidyasagar	Drama
F E B	2	Dishyum	Sasi	Jiiva, Sandhya		Vijay Antony	Romance
	9	Idhaya Thirudan	Saran	Jayam Ravi, Kamna Jethmalani, Prakash Raj		Bharathwaj	Romance
	10	Amirtham	K. Kannan	Ganesh, Navya Nair		Bhavatharini	Drama
		Chithiram Pesuthadi	Mysskin	Narain, Bhavana		Sundar C Babu	Action
		June R	Revathy S. Varma	Jyothika, Kushboo, Saritha		Sharreth	Drama
		Kodambakkam	K. P. Jagan	Nandha, Diya, Tejashree		Sirpy	Drama
	17	Kalabha Kadhalan	Igore	Arya, Renuka Menon, Akshaya		Niru	Romance
		Kalvanin Kadhali	Thamilvaanan	S. J. Surya, Nayantara		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romance
		Madarasi	Arjun	Arjun, Vedhika		D. Imman	Action
		Nagareega Komali	Ramji S. Balan	Bala Joseph, Neetha Sree		Ramji S. Balan	Drama
	22	Thambi	Seeman	R. Madhavan, Pooja		Vidyasagar, Mani Sharma	Action
	24	Kovai Brothers	Sakthi Chidambaram	Sathyaraj, Sibiraj, Namitha, Uma		D. Imman	Comedy
M A R	10	Oru Kadhal Seiveer	Ravi Bhargavan	Santhosh, Archana Galrani, Krishna		Bharani	Romance
		Sudesi	A. Y. Jeppy	Vijayakanth, Ashima Bhalla		Srikanth Deva	Action
	17	Mercury Pookkal	S. S. Stanley	Srikanth, Meera Jasmine		Karthik Raja	Romance
		Pattiyal	Vishnuvardhan	Arya, Bharath, Pooja, Padmapriya		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Gangster

April — June

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Ref	Genre
A P R	7	Theenda Theenda	A. P. Muhan	Shivhasan, Vinod, Preethi Varma, Shravya		Sankar Ganesh	Drama
	14	Azhagai Irukkirai Bayamai Irukkirathu	Vijay Milton	Bharath, Mallika Kapoor, Arun Vijay		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romance
		Pachchak Kuthira	Parthiban	Parthiban, Namitha		Sabesh-Murali	Action
		Thirupathi	Perarasu	Ajith Kumar, Sadha		Bharathwaj	Action
		Thiruttu Payale	Susi Ganesan	Jeevan, Sonia Agarwal, Malavika, Abbas		Bharathwaj	Thriller
M A Y	5	Suyetchai MLA	Guru Dhanapal	Sathyaraj, Goundamani, Mantra, Abitha		Sabesh-Murali	Comedy
	12	Kokki	Prabu Solomon	Karan, Pooja Gandhi		Dhina	Action
		Madhu	K. Thennarasu	Githan Ramesh, Priyamani		Ilaiyaraaja	Romance
	19	Jerry	S. B. Khanthan	Githan Ramesh, Shruthi Raj, Mumtaj, Meera Vasudevan		Ramesh Vinayagam	Romance
		Thalai Nagaram	Suraj	Sundar C., Jyothirmayi, Vadivelu		D. Imman	Action
	26	Kalinga	Ram Prabha	Bala, Nandhana		D. Imman	Romance
		Pudhupettai	Selvaraghavan	Dhanush, Sneha, Sonia Agarwal		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Gangster
		Vanjagan	A. M. Bhaskar	Sujibala, Prathap, Suman		John Peter	Thriller
J U N	2	Don Chera	K. S. Saravanan	Ranjith, Sujibala		Prince G.	Gangster
	9	Parijatham	K. Bhagyaraj	Prithviraj, Saranya Bhagyaraj		Dharan	Romance
	15	Kaivantha Kalai	Pandiarajan	Prithvi Rajan, Shruthi, Pandiarajan, Malavika		Dhina	Romantic Comedy
	16	Naalai	Uday Mahesh	Richard Rishi, Natarajan Subramaniam, Madhumitha		Karthik Raja	Action
	23	Aacharya	Ravi	Vignesh, Divya, Nassar		Srikanth Deva	Action
		Kusthi	Raj Kapoor	Prabhu, Karthik, Manya, Flora		D. Imman	Comedy
	30	Uyir	Samy	Srikanth, Sangeetha, Samvrutha Sunil		Joshua Sridhar	Drama

July — September

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Ref	Genre
J U L	6	Thullura Vayasu	Gopal	Raghava, Deepika		Karthik Raja	Romance
	8	Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei	Chimbu Deven	Vadivelu, Monika, Tejashree		Sabesh-Murali	Historical Comedy
	14	Thodamale	V. Rajendra Kumar	Narain, Uma		S. A. Rajkumar	Romance
		Thoothukudi	Sanjay Ram	Harikumar, Karthika		Pravin Mani	Action
		Yuga	Yaar Kannan	Richard, Swarnamalya, Manikandan, Santhoshi		Dhina	Horror
	21	47A Besant Nagar Varai	Goutham Krishna	Abbas, Sangeetha, Ravali	Raja & Raju Associates
	27	Sasanam	J. Mahendran	Arvind Swamy, Gautami, Ranjitha		Balabharathi	Drama
		Unakkum Enakkum	Mohan Raja	Jayam Ravi, Trisha, Prabhu, Richa Pallod		Devi Sri Prasad	Romance
A U G	4	Aran	Major Ravi	Mohanlal, Jiiva, Gopika, Lakshmi Gopalaswamy		Joshua Sridhar	Action
		Kadhale En Kadhale	PC Shekhar	Naveen, Shrutha Keerthi, Roma Asrani		Prayog	Romance
		Thimiru	Tarun Gopi	Vishal, Reemma Sen, Sriya Reddy		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Action
	11	Kurukshetram	Jayabharathi	Sathyaraj, Roja		Isaac	Drama
	17	Nee Venunda Chellam	L. Venkatesan	Githan Ramesh, Gajala, Namitha		Dhina	Romance
	25	Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu	Gautham Menon	Kamal Haasan, Jyothika, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Prakash Raj		Harris Jayaraj	Crime Thriller
S E P	1	16 Naatkal	Ravi Srinivas	R. S. K. G, Ananthy, Ganaa Ulakanathan		M. Sakthinathan	Drama
	7	Em Magan	Thirumurugan	Bharath, Gopika, Nassar, Saranya Ponvannan, Vadivelu		Vidyasagar	Drama
	8	Jambhavan	Nandhakumar	Prashanth, Nila, Meghna Naidu		Bharathwaj	Action
		Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	N. Krishna	Suriya, Jyothika, Bhumika Chawla		A. R. Rahman	Romance
	14	Perarasu	Udhayan	Vijayakanth, Debina Bonnerjee		Pravin Mani	Action
	22	Manathodu Mazhaikalam	Arputhan	Shaam, Samiksha, Nithya Das, Jayasurya		Karthik Raja	Romance
	24	Kedi	Jyothi Krishna	Ravi Krishna, Ileana D'Cruz, Tamannaah		Yuvan Shankar Raja	Romance
	29	Ilavattam	A. R. Raviraja	Navdeep, Sheela		Mani Sharma	Romance

October — December

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Ref
O C T	6	Sengathu	Indhu Nathan	Nishanth, Payal, Ilavarasu	TKM Films	[3]
	13	Maranthen Meimaranthen	Sivaraman	Yohaa, Poornitha	Foot Steps Production	[4]
	20	Dharmapuri	Perarasu	Vijayakanth, Lakshmi Rai, Manivannan	Sri Surya Movies	[5]
		E	S. P. Jananathan	Jiiva, Nayanthara, Pasupathy, Ashish Vidyarthi	Super Good Films	[6]
		Varalaru	K. S. Ravikumar	Ajith Kumar, Asin, Kanika	NIC Arts	[7]
	21	Thalaimagan	Sarath Kumar	Sarathkumar, Nayanthara, Mukesh Tiwari	Radaan Mediaworks	[8]
		Vallavan	Silambarasan	Silambarasan, Nayanthara, Reemma Sen, Sandhya	Sri Raj Lakshmi Films	[9]
		Vattaram	Saran	Arya, Kirat Bhattal, Napoleon	Gemini Productions	[10]
N O V	10	Kizhakku Kadalkarai Salai	S. S. Stanley	Srikanth, Bhavana, Suresh	Ven Thiraikkalam	[11]
		Vathiyar	A. Venkatesh	Arjun, Mallika Kapoor, Prakash Raj	AP Film Garden	[12]
	17	Aavani Thingal	Harikrishna	Subramanian Gopalakrishnan, Tejini, Mathisha	Rayar Films International	[13]
		Prathi Gnayiru 9.30 to 10.00	M. Anbu	Ramesh, Poornitha, Karunas	Vision 21	[14]
	24	Rendu	Sundar C.	R. Madhavan, Reemma Sen, Anushka Shetty	Avni Cinemax	[15]
		Sivappathigaram	Karu Pazhaniappan	Vishal, Mamta Mohandas, Raghuvaran	Screen Play Entertainment	[16]
	30	Iruvar Mattum	Dwaraki Raghavan	Abhay, Sunitha Varma	V R Miracle Movies	[17]
D E C	1	Idhu Kadhal Varum Paruvam	Kasthuri Raja	Harish Kumar, Kiran, Lakshmi Priya	R K Productions	[18]
		Nenjil Jil Jil	Selva	Navdeep, Aparna Pillai, Ranjitha	Karpagam Entertainment	[19]
	8	Chennai Kadhal	Vikraman	Bharath, Genelia D'Souza, Radharavi	V Creations	[20]
	15	Aadu Puli Aatam	Sanjay Ram	Mani Prakash, Vennila, Rekha Sri	Opa Creations	[21]
		Ganapathy Vanthachi	P. C. Guna	Udhai, Rajesh, Mathisha	Prime Movie Makers	[22]
		Nenjirukkum Varai	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Narain, Poonam Kaur, Thalaivasal Vijay	Baba Films	[23]
		Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam	Boopathy Pandian	Dhanush, Shriya Saran, Prakash Raj	Karthick Cine Vision	[24]
	22	Azhagiya Asura	Nagu	Yogi, Regina, Nanditha Jennifer	Jeyram Creations	[25]
		Ilakkanam	Chandraseyan	Vishnu Priyan, Uma, Vinu Chakravarthy	Nanneri Padaippagam	[26]
		Poi	K. Balachander	Uday Kiran, Vimala Raman, Geethu Mohandas	Duet Movies	[27]
		Thirudi	K. Shankar	Kathir, Dhanya, Rajeev	G. V. Films	[28]
		Veyil	Vasanthabalan	Pasupathy, Bharath, Bhavana, Sriya Reddy, Priyanka Nair	S Pictures	[29]
	28	Thagapansamy	Shiva Shanmugam	Prashanth, Pooja, Namitha	Thirumalai Creations	[30]
	29	Adaikalam	Bhuvanaraja	Prashanth, Uma, Thyagarajan	Kaladass Creations	[31]
		Kasu	Gowri Manohar	Rahman, Sangeetha, Rajashree	Palavodai Amman Creations	[32]

Other

The following films also released in 2006, though the release date remains unknown.[33]

Title	Director	Cast	Production	Ref
Aattam	V. K. Iyanar	Sharuk, Saritha Dass, Sabitha Anand	Kandha Lakshmi Creations
December 26	R. Manivasakan	Nikil, Payal	Lucky Movie Media
Desiya Paravai	Babu Ganesh	Babu Ganesh, Urvashi, Vadivelu	S Sen International	[34]
En Kadhale	Navin Kartik	Raviganesh, Vikasini, Nassar	Youth Creations	[35]
Enga Veettu Ponu	L. Ragunath	Saravana Kumar, Balaji Kanna, Rubiga	Vaishali Cini Combines
Jayanth	Karthik Kumar	Livingston, Preethi Varma	Anis Creations
Kadhalum Katrumara	Suriya Selvan	Udhaya, Vihasini, Livingston	Shree Draupadhi Amman Films
Laya	V. Rishiraj	V. Rishiraj, Ganesh, Karishma, Bharathi	Roshan Film International
Manasukkule			Ajmir Film Combines
Mann	Pudhiyavan	Vijith, Shana Mahendran, Chandrasekhar	Cine Range Films	[36]
Mazhaithuli Mazhaithuli	K. G. Gurushankar	K. G. Gurushankar, Raveena, Reshmi	Lights On Films	[37]

Awards

Category/Organization	Filmfare Awards South 4 August 2007[38]	Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 6 September 2007[39]
Best Film	Veyil	Veyil
Best Director	Vasanthabalan Veyil	Thirumurugan Em Magan
Best Actor	Ajith Kumar Varalaru	Kamal Haasan Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu
Best Actress	Bhavana Chithiram Pesuthadi	Priyamani Paruthiveeran (2007)
Best Music Director	A. R. Rahman Sillunu Oru Kaadhal	Yuvan Shankar Raja Pattiyal

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