List of Tamil films of 1982

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, Gross jumped to 140 per cent of Nett ^[1] Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹37 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.^[2]

The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1982, in alphabetical order.

Released films

Opening		Title	Director	Cast	Production	Ref
J A N	1	Nadamadum Silaigal	Malleeswar	C. H. Narayana Rao, Shankar, Roopa, Vadivukkarasi	Sri Nithyodaya Pictures
	2	Vedikkai Manidhargal	B. V. Balaguru	Rajeev, Vijayashanti, Vanitha	Abhirami Enterprises
	10	Nayakkirin Magal	K. S. Gopalakrishnan	Vijayakumar, Jayachitra, Jai Ganesh, Sathyaraj	Karpagam Studios
	14	Thunaivi	Valampuri Somanathan	Sivakumar, Sujatha, Sudhakar, Roopa, Surekha, Cho, Thengai Srinivasan	Girnar Films
		Krodham	A. Jagannathan	Prem, Rani Padmini	Lotus Film Company
		Kathoduthan Naan Pesuven	M. A. Kaja	Sripriya, Vijayan, Suruli Rajan, Manorama	Sri Mahamayi Enterprises
		Metti	Mahendran	Sarath Babu, Radhika, C. R. Vijayakumari, Rajesh, Vadivukkarasi	Rose Arts
		Erattai Manithan	K. Shankar	S. S. Rajendran, Jai Ganesh, Latha, Sumithra, Bhavani, V. K. Ramasamy, Manorama	Maruthapandiyan Pictures
		Murai Ponnu	R. Krishnamurthy	Vijayan, Roja Ramani	Saravana Movies
		Pokkiri Raja	S. P. Muthuraman	Rajinikanth, Sridevi, Radhika	AVM Productions
		Anandha Ragam	Bharani	Sivakumar, Radha, Aruna, Goundamani	Panchu Arts
		Ilanjodigal	Rama Narayanan	Karthik, Suresh, Radha, Vijayashanti, Goundamani	Bairavi Films
		Naan Kudithukonde Iruppen	Kadaloor Purushothaman	Thengai Srinivasan, K. R. Vijaya, Vijayakumar	Rajavarthini Pictures
	26	Vaazhvey Maayam	R. Krishnamurthy	Pratap K. Pothen, Ambika	Suresh Arts
		Hitler Umanath	P. Madhavan	Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Suruli Rajan	P. V. T. Productions
		Kalyana Kalam	Robert–Rajasekar	Suhasini, Janagaraj, Thyagu	K. R. K. Creations
F E B	5	Oru Varisu Uruvagiradhu	Moulee	Pratap K. Pothen, Sripriya, Jaishankar	Trinity Creation
		Idhayam Pesugirathu	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Raveendran, Ambika	Sangamam United Movies
		Oorukku Oru Pillai	D. Yoganand	Sivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Sripriya	Sri Gomathi Sankar Films
	6	Vaa Kanna Vaa	D. Yoganand	Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Major Sundarrajan, Nagesh	Sivaji Productions
	11	Manamadurai Malli	Madurai Thirumaran	Ashok, Boopathy, Vyjayanthi Mala, Nisha	M. S. V. S. Pictures
	19	Parvaiyin Marupakkam	K. M. Balakrishnan	Vijayakanth, Sripriya, Sivachandran, Silk Smitha	Kannmani Creations
		Kanalukku Karaiyethu		Shankar, Aruna	Pushpanjali Productions
		Moondram Pirai	Balu Mahendra	Kamal Haasan, Sridevi, Silk Smitha	Sathya Jyothi Films
		Asthivaram	T. Thirunavukarasu	Jaishankar, K. R. Vijaya, Vanitha	Kar Creation
	25	Garuda Saukiyama	K. S. Prakash Rao	Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Thiagarajan	Revathi Combines
	26	Vadivangal	Madhukoor Kannan	Ramji, Radhika, Suhasini	A. V. P. Combines
	26	Payanangal Mudivathillai	R. Sundarrajan	Mohan, Poornima Jayaram, S. Ve. Shekher	Motherland Pictures
M A R	5	Pattanathu Rajakkal	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijayakanth, Jaishankar, Silk Smitha	Veeralakshmi Combines
		Iniyavale Vaa	N. C. Chakravarthy	Y. G. Mahendra, Silk Smitha	Aiswarya Art
		Ayiram Muthangal	S. Devarajan	Y. G. Mahendra, Charuhasan, Silk Smitha, Vanitha	Vivekanandha Pictures
	7	Deviyin Thiruvilaiyadal	K. S. Gopalakrishnan	K. R. Vijaya, Sridevi, Thiagarajan	Revathi Cine Arts
	12	Thanikattu Raja	V. C. Guhanathan	Y. G. Mahendra	Suresh Productions
		Vadaimalai	Maruthi Valli	Srikanth, Saroja, Poornam Viswanathan	Jayamurthy At Madras Chitra
		Thambathyam Oru Sangeetham	Venkat	Mohan, Prasanna, Sulakshana, Jai Ganesh	R. R. Films
	19	Anu	P. N. Menon	Jaya Devi, Raja, S. S. R. Rajendrakumar	T. R. M. Creations
	27	Auto Raja	K. Vijayan	Vijayakanth, Jaishankar, Gayathri, Vanitha	Santosh Art Films
A P R	14	Simla Special	V. Srinivasan	Y. G. Mahendra, Manorama, Thengai Srinivasan	Muktha Films
		Sangili	C. V. Rajendran	Y. G. Mahendra	Arun Sujatha Combines
		Ranga	R. Thyagarajan	Rajinikanth, Radhika, K. R. Vijaya, Raveendran, Silk Smitha	Devar Films
	21	Theerpu	R. Krishnamurthy	Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Jaishankar, Vijayakumar, Sarath Babu, Silk Smitha	Sujatha Cine Arts
	30	Kadhal Oviyam	Bharathiraja	Kannan, Radha, Archana, Janagaraj	Manoj Creations
M A Y	5	Thottal Sudum	N. S. Raj Bharath	Dileep, Suhasini	Hayagreeva Films
	7	Kelviyum Naane Pathilum Naane	N. Murugesh	Karthik, Srividya, Aruna	S. T. Combines
		Vasandhathil Or Naal	A. C. Tirulokchandar	M. S. Viswanathan	Sivaji Ganesan, Sripriya, Thengai Srinivasan	Venus Arts
		Manal Kayiru	Visu	Kismu	Kavithalayaa Productions
		Sivantha Kangal	Rama Narayanan	Vijayakanth, Usharani	Uma Kannu Creation
	10	Nenjil Oru Ragam	T. Rajendar	Saritha, Rajeev	K. R. G. Art Productions
	14	Kanavugal Karpanaigal	A. L. S. Kannappan	Sarath Babu, Roopa, Rani Padmini	A. L. S. Enterprises
	21	Kadhalithu Paar	A. Jagannathan	Mohan, Radha, Geetha	Sri Niranjani Films
	25	Om Shakti	S. A. Chandrasekhar	Vijayakanth, Menaka, Jaishankar	Rajam Movies
	28	Thooku Medai	Amirtham	Chandrasekar, Menaka, Chakravarthy, Usha Rajendar	Sri Appan Films
	29	Katrukenna Veli	K. N. Subbu	Mohan, Radha, Geetha, Thengai Srinivasan	Bobby Films
J U N	4	Eera Vizhi Kaaviyangal	B. R. Ravishankar	Pratap K. Pothen, Radhika	R. V. Cinemas
	4	Neram Vandhachu	M. Vellaisamy	Karthik, Radha, Thiagarajan, Usharani, Silk Smitha	Karthik Arts
	11	Puthukavithai	S. P. Muthuraman	Jyothi	Kavithalayaa Productions
	11	Ezhavathu Manithan	K. Hariharan	Raghuvaran, Rathna	Latha Creations
	14	Echchil Iravugal	A. S. Pragasam	Pratap K. Pothen, Raveendran, Roopa, Vanitha	New Wavers Arts
	18	Ninaivellam Nithya	C. V. Sridhar	Karthik, Jigi, Nizhalgal Ravi	Shiv Shakthi Films
		Nirantharam	R. K. Murthy	Suresh, Rajeev, Menaka	B. M. K. Pictures
		Idho Varugiren	K. C. Krishna Moorthy	Mohan, Srikamu	S. G. Films
	24	Amma	Rajasekhar	Pratap K. Pothen, Saritha	AVM Productions
J U L	2	Sattam Sirikkiradhu	T. R. Ramanna	Jyothi, Aruna	E. V. R. Films
	2	Nambinal Nambungal	K. S. Gopinath	Sivakumar, Saritha, Shanthi Krishna	Suresh Chithra Films
	9	Thaai Mookaambikai	K. Shankar	K. R. Vijaya, Sivakumar, Jaishankar, Sujatha, Saritha, Major Sundarrajan, Karthik, Poornima Jayaram, Thengai Srinivasan, Manorama	Sivashankar Creations
	9	Nandri, Meendum Varuga	Moulee	Pratap K. Pothen, Suhasini, Jaishankar	Ponmalar International
	23	Manjal Nila	Ranjith Kumar	Suresh, Kalaranjini, Nizhalgal Ravi	Sri Manickam Films
	27	Kavithai Malar	S. Devarajan	Madhavi	S. M. Creations
A U G	6	Raga Bandhangal	P. Ramachandren	Rajamani, Jayashri, Nalini	Venus Arts
	10	Lottery Ticket	C. V. Rajendran	Mohan, Prabhu, Suhasini, Silk Smitha	R. V. Creations
	11	Sparisam	R. C. Sakthi	S. Ve. Shekher, Sri Lakshmi	Sri Sathya Sai Art Movies
	14	Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai	Rama Narayanan	Mohan, Poornima Jayaram, Silk Smitha	Shobanaa's Creations
		Enkeyo Ketta Kural	S. P. Muthuraman	Rajinikanth, Ambika, Radha	P. A. Art Productions
		Kanne Radha	Rama Narayanan	Karthik, Radha, Raja, Vanitha	Charuchithra Films
		Sakalakala Vallavan	S. P. Muthuraman	Y. G. Mahendra, Silk Smitha	AVM Productions
	25	Nijangal	K. S. Sethumadhavan	Sivakumar, Menaka	Ramya Chithra Productions
	27	Panchavarnam	Manimaran	Jacob, Menaka	K. J. Films
S E P	2	Pakkathu Veetu Roja	M. Bhaskar	Karthik, Radha, Goundamani	Bhairavi Films
	3	Thyagi	C. V. Rajendran	Sivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Sripriya, Vijayakumar, Geetha	Padmalaya Pictures
	3	Poi Satchi	K. Bhagyaraj	K. Bhagyaraj, Radhika	Thirupathysamy Pictures
	17	Marumagale Vazhga	B. L. V. Prasad-Kalanidhi	Chandrasekar, Suhasini, S. Ve. Shekher, Raghuvaran, Manorama	Shrikant Pictures
	20	Nalanthana	Durai	Prabhu, Menaka, Thengai Srinivasan	Kailasa Vinayakar Films
	23	Boomboom Maadu	Adaikalavan	Chandrasekhar, Madhuri	A. N. N. Movies
	24	Kannodu Kann	Vijay Krishnaraj	Ravi, Sulakshana	Jaidevi Movies
	24	Kaduvulluku Oru Kadidham	Kalanidhi	Rajeev, Sivachandran, Saira Banu, Rani Padmini	J. V. L. Creation
O C T	1	Thunai	Durai	Sivaji Ganesan, Saritha, Suresh, Radha	Prakash Pictures
	1	Moondru Mugam	A. Jagannathan	Rajinikanth, Radhika, Rajyalakshmi, Kamala Kamesh	Sathya Movies
	8	Thaniyatha Dhagam	E. M. Ibrahim	Delhi Ganesh, Swarna	Mansoor Creations
	9	Theerpugal Thiruththapadalam	M. Bhaskar	Sivakumar, Ambika, Sathyakala	Oscar Movies
		Raagam Thedum Pallavi	T. Rajendar	Shankar, Roopa	Raja Cine Arts
		Rani Theni	G. N. Rangarajan	Sri, Vanitha	Parameswari Enterprises
		Pannai Purathu Pandavargal	B. Lenin	Y. G. Mahendra	Jayasarathy Enterprises
	15	Archanai Pookal	Gokula Krishnan	Chandrasekhar, Mohan, Rajyalakshmi, Subhathra	Bagavathi Creations
		Gopurangal Saivathillai	Manivannan	Mohan, Suhasini, Radha, S. Ve. Shekher	Everest Films
		Antha Rathirikku Satchi Illai	R. Sundarrajan	Kapildev, Sivachandran, Sulakshana, Vanitha, Usha Rajendar	K. R. G. Art Productions
		Nadodi Raja	S. M. Omar	Y. G. Mahendra	Balaji Creative Enterprises
		Mul Illatha Roja	K. Ramraj	Chakravarthy, Vijayakala, Delhi Ganesh, Goundamani, Usha Rani	Om Saravana Bava Creations
	22	Neethi Devan Mayakkam	Bapu	Bhanu Chander, Madhavi	Sathya Chithra Combines
	22	Kuppathu Ponnu	Feroz Sharif	Satyajit, Asha	Zoroo Creations
N O V	14	Adhisayappiravigal	R. Thyagarajan	Y. G. Mahendra, Vanitha, S. Ve. Shekher	Devar Films
		Oorum Uravum	Major Sundarrajan	Y. G. Mahendra, Nizhalgal Ravi	Raja Mahalakshmi Arts
		Avanuku Nigar Avane	M. Karnan	Suman, Madhan Kumar, Vasantha, Swetha	Indhrani Films
		Darling, Darling, Darling	K. Bhagyaraj	K. Bhagyaraj, Poornima Jayaram, Suman, Aruna, Baby Anju	Vigranth Creation
		Pagadai Panirendu	N. Dhamodharan	Y. G. Mahendra	Swarnambika Productions
		Nizhal Thedum Nenjangal	P. S. Nivas	Rajeev, Vijayashanti, Bhanu Chander, Subhadra, Vadivukkarasi	Sivachithra Pictures
		Kanmani Poonga	Visu	Kismu	Ananthi Films
		Paritchaikku Neramaachu	V. Srinivasan	Y. G. Mahendra	Vidhya Movies
		Agni Sakshi	K. Balachander	Sivakumar, Saritha, Swapna	Kavithalayaa Productions
		Thooral Ninnu Pochchu	K. Bhagyaraj	K. Bhagyaraj, Sulakshana, M. N. Nambiar	Durga Bhagavathy Films
		Valibamey Vaa Vaa	Bharathiraja	Karthik, Radha, Goundamani	Sri Amman Creation
	30	Aval Etriya Deepam	P. Bhanumathi	P. Bhanumathi, Sarath Babu	Bharani Pictures
D E C	6	Vetri Namedhe	R. Sundaram	Rajeev, Rajesh, Vanitha, Usha Rajendra	Modern Theatres
	10	Nenjangal	Major Sundarrajan	Sivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi, Vijayakumar, Silk Smitha	Vanitha Film Production
	11	Chinnan Chirusugal	Rama Narayanan	Mohan, Sulakshana, Prabhu, Silk Smitha	Sri Thenandal Films
	17	Agaya Gangai	Manobala	Karthik, Suhasini, Goundamani	Sreeni Enterprises
	17	Azhagiya Kanne	Mahendran	Sarath Babu, Sumalatha, Suhasini, Baby Anju	Southern Creations
	25	Mamiyara Marumagala	A. K. Subramaniam	Sudhakar, Radhika	Narayanan Movies
		Magane Magane	K. N. Lakshmanan	Suresh, Poornima Rao, Manju Bhargavi	Panju Arts
		Kozhi Koovuthu	Gangai Amaran	Prabhu, Suresh, Silk Smitha, Viji	Pavalar Creations

References

[1] Government raised entertainment tax to 40% (from 33%) in 1958

[2] CTD reports ₹37 crore ET collection in 1982–83

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