Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, Gross jumped to 140 per cent of Nett Commercial Taxes Department disclosed 18.17 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year.CTD reports 18.17 crore ET collection in 1978-79
The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1978, in alphabetical order.
1978 Title Director Production Music CastAchchaniDevaraj–MohanMahalakshmi CombinesIlaiyaraajaR. Muthuraman, Lakshmi, ShobaAdhirstakaranVenunathSoundhara CombinesM. S. ViswanathanNagesh, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, V. K. Ramasamy, A. Sakunthala, SukumariAgni PravesamK. NarayananUnited CombinesM. S. ViswanathanSrikanth, PadmapriyaAlli DarbarK. M. BalakrishnanAiyaa CreationsShankar–GaneshVijayakumar, Manjula, KavithaAnantha BairaviMohan GandhiramSreevidhya ProductionsR. RamanujamRavichandran, K. R. Vijaya, JayadeviAndaman KadhaliV. SrinivasanMuktha FilmsM. S. ViswanathanSivaji Ganesan, Sujatha, Chandra Mohan, KavithaAnnapooraniKrishnan–PanjuVijayambika FilmsV. KumarR. Muthuraman, K. R. Vijaya, ChoAthaivida RagasiyamKiruba ShankarArumugam EnterprisesShankar–GaneshSivakumar, Fatafat Jayalakshmi, Jai Ganesh, Suma, S. V. SubbaiahAval AppadithanC. RudraiahKumar ArtsIlaiyaraajaKamal Haasan, Sripriya, RajinikanthAval Oru AdhisayamB. V. SrinivasanSuchitra FilmsVijaya BhaskarJaishankar, Y. VijayaAval Oru Pachai KuzhandhaiS. C. SekharAnnai Vallankanni CreationsIlaiyaraajaVijayakumar, BhavaniAval Thandha UravuDuraiM. N. S. EnterprisesM. S. ViswanathanR. Muthuraman, Sharada, KavithaAayiram JenmangalDuraiPallavi EnterprisesM. S. ViswanathanPadmapriya, Latha, Vijayakumar, Rajinikanth BairaviM. BhaskarVallivelan MoviesIlaiyaraajaRajinikanth, Sripriya, GeethaChittu KuruviDevaraj–MohanSri Vishnupriya CreationsIlaiyaraajaSivakumar, Sumithra, MeeraEn Kelvikku Enna BathilP. MadhavanAbhirami CreationsM. S. ViswanathanRajinikanth, Vijayakumar, Sripriya, Vijaya ChandrikaEnnai Pol OruvanT. R. RamannaSri Vinayaga PicturesM. S. ViswanathanSivaji Ganesan, Sharada, UshanandiniGanga Yamuna KaveriK. SornamSri Geetha Chitra ProductionsM. S. ViswanathanJaishankar, Sridevi, Nanditha Bose, KavithaGeneral ChakravarthiD. YoganandVijayavel FilmsM. S. ViswanathanSivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, KavithaIlamai Oonjal AadukirathuC. V. SridharSri Chithra ProductionsIlaiyaraajaKamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Jayachitra, SripriyaIlaya Rani RajalakshmiMadurai ThirumaranMeenambika FilmsM. S. ViswanathanJaishankar, Srividya, SrideviIraivan Kodutha VaramA. BhimsinghRaja Cine ArtsM. S. ViswanathanRajinikanth, Vijayakumar, Sumithra, Fatafat JayalaxmiIravu 12 ManiS. RajendranB. S. Raj ProductionsShankar–GaneshRavichandran, RajasreeIthu Eppadi IrukkuR. PattabiramanVijaya Meena FilmsIlaiyaraajaJaishankar, Sridevi, Thengai SrinivasanIval Oru SeethaiA. JagannathanWelcome MoviesV. KumarVijayakumar, Sumithra, Srikanth, Y. Vijaya, SathyapriyaJustice GopinathD. YoganandVallimanalan PicturesM. S. ViswanathanSivaji Ganesan, K. R. Vijaya, Rajinikanth, Thengai Srinivasan, A. SakunthalaKaatrinile Varum GeethamS. P. MuthuramanVijayabhaskar FilmsIlaiyaraajaR. Muthuraman, Kavitha, Srikanth, Thengai SrinivasanKaipidithavalA. BhimsinghGaneshanjali ProductionsShankar–GaneshSivakumar, Sujatha, Thengai SrinivasanKamakshiyin KarunaiK. NarayananAnand ProductionsShankar–GaneshSrikanth, ManoramaKannamoochiR. PattabiramanSri Balambika ProductionsV. KumarSivakumar, Latha, SumithraKannan Oru Kai KuzhandhaiN. VenkateshVivekananda PicturesIlaiyaraajaSivakumar, Sumithra, Sowcar Janaki, Jai Ganesh, Sathyapriya, JayamaliniKarate KamalaK. S. GiriAlankar ArtsShankar–GaneshJayamalini, SrikanthKarunai UllamA. BhimsinghM. S. V. MoviesShankar–GaneshSrikanth, K. R. Vijaya, VijayakumarKaviraja KalamegamG. R. NathanT. N. R. ProductionsS. M. Subbaiah NaiduT. M. Soundararajan, Vennira Aadai Nirmala, V. K. Ramasamy, A. Sakunthala, C. R. VijayakumariKizhakke Pogum RailBharathirajaSri Amman CreationsIlaiyaraajaSudhakar, Radhika, GoundamaniKollimalai KumarigalK. S. ReddyRm SubbaiahSathyam - GopalKavitha, Vijayalalitha, Noothan Prasad, Jayamalini, RamanamoorthyKungumam Kathai SolgirathuK. ShankarDevakumari FilmsM. S. ViswanathanM. G. C. Sukumar, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Hema Chaudhary, Padmapriya, Thengai SrinivasanMaariyamman ThiruvizhaN. VenkateshRajarajeshwari PicturesIlaiyaraajaSivakumar, SujathaMachanai PaatheengalaV. C. GuhanathanThirumurugan EnterprisesChandraboseSivakumar, Sumithra, SrideviMadhuraiyai Meetta SundharapandiyanM. G. RamachandranSoleswar CombinesM. S. ViswanathanM. G. Ramachandran, Latha, PadmapriyaMakkal KuralU. RajendranThiruthani PicturesV. KumarJaishankar, Prameela, A. Sakunthala, Thengai SrinivasanMangudi MinorV. C. GuhanathanS. P. V. FilmsChandraboseVijayakumar, Sripriya, Rajinikanth, A. SakunthalaManitharil Ithanai Nirangalah!R. C. SakthiV. D. S. ProductionsShyamKamal Haasan, Sridevi, Murali Mohan, SathyapriyaMeenakshi KungumamK. NarayananSri Devipriya FilmsShankar–GaneshVijayakumar, Sripriya, Jai GaneshMela ThaalangalK. SornamAshtalakshmi PicturesRamesh NaiduJaishankar, Sripriya, ManoramaMudi Sooda MannanR. VittalR. V. FilmsSatyamJaishankar, Sridevi, Y. Vijaya, Deepa, Sarath BabuMullum MalarumMahendranAnanthi FilmsIlaiyaraajaRajinikanth, Sarath Babu, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, ShobaNizhal NijamagiradhuK. BalachanderKalakendra MoviesM. S. ViswanathanKamal Haasan, Sumithra, Shoba, Sarath BabuOru Nadigai Natakam ParkiralA. BhimsinghGirnar FilmsM. S. ViswanathanSrikanth, Lakshmi, NageshOru Veedu Oru UlagamDuraiSunitha Cine ArtsM. S. ViswanathanSrikanth, Shubha, Shoba, Vijaya BabuPanchamirdhamJ. SasikumarYesodha FilmsG. DevarajanJaishankar, Sangeeta, M. R. RadhaParuva MazhaiN. Sankaran NairRaghava InternationalSalil ChowdhuryKamal Haasan, Zarina Wahab, MeenaPaavathin SambalamDuraiG. V. R. CombinesShankar–GaneshR. Muthuraman, Sumithra, PrameelaPer Solla Oru PillaiKrishnan–PanjuVani Chithra ProductionsVijaya BhaskarR. Muthuraman, Srikanth, C. R. Vijayakumari, SripriyaPilot PremnathA. C. TirulokchandarCine India ProductionsD. M. FilmsM. S. ViswanathanSivaji Ganesan, Malini Fonseka, Vijayakumar, Jai Ganesh, Jayachitra, Sridevi, Thengai SrinivasanPriyaS. P. MuthuramanS. P. T. FilmsIlaiyaraajaRajinikanth, Sridevi, Ashna, Ambareesh, Thengai SrinivasanPunniya BoomiK. VijayanN. V. R. PicturesM. S. ViswanathanSivaji Ganesan, Vanisri, Sangeetha, Y. Vijaya, BhavaniRadhai Ketra KannanR. KrishnamurthySri Mookambikai ArtsK. V. MahadevanSivakumar, Srividya, SrilathaRajavuketha RaniL. BaluVelan MoviesVijaya BhaskarJaishankar, Sridevi, Srikanth, SathyapriyaRudhra ThaandavamK. VijayanAlarmelu Manga ProductionsM. S. ViswanathanVijayakumar, Sumithra, V. K. Ramasamy, Nagesh, Thengai Srinivasan, ManoramaSadhurangamDuraiChithra ArtsV. KumarRajinikanth, Srikanth, Jayachitra, Prameela, Thengai SrinivasanSakka Podu Podu RajaS. P. MuthuramanRathna MoviesShankar–GaneshJaishankar, Jayachitra, Cho, ManoramaSattam En KaiyilT. N. BaluBalu Cine ArtsIlaiyaraajaKamal Haasan, Sripriya, Thengai SrinivasanSeervarisaiK. SornamKay Cee FilmsM. S. ViswanathanR. Muthuraman, Lakshmi, Thengai Srinivasan, ManoramaShankar Salim SimonP. MadhavanAbhirami MoviesM. S. ViswanathanVijayakumar, Rajinikanth, Manjula, Latha, Jai GaneshSigappu RojakkalBharathirajaK. R. G. ProductionsIlaiyaraajaKamal Haasan, SrideviSonnadhu Nee ThanaaC. N. MuthuVijaya Raja PicturesIlaiyaraajaVijayakumar, Sumithra, Thengai Srinivasan, Jai GaneshSri Kanchi KamakshiK. S. GopalakrishnanChithra ProductionsK. S. RaghunathanGemini Ganesan, Sujatha, Srividya, Sripriya, R. Muthuraman, Prameela, Srikanth, Y. Vijaya, Thengai Srinivasan, P. R. VaralakshmiTaxi DriverN. S. ManiamCharu Chitra FilmsM. S. ViswanathanJaishankar, Sridevi, M. R. Radha, SrikanthThai Meethu SathiyamR. ThyagarajanDhandayudhapani FilmsShankar–GaneshRajinikanth, Sripriya, Major SundarrajanThanga RanganS. R. DakshinamurthyJeppiar PicturesM. S. ViswanathanVijayakumar, Shubha, Thengai Srinivasan, SrividyaThappu ThalangalK. BalachanderPremalaya ProductionsVijaya BhaskarRajinikanth, SarithaThirukkalyanamK. ChandraboseVasanthalaya PicturesIlaiyaraajaVijayakumar, Srividya, ShubhaTripura SundariK. ChandraboseGaruda FilmsIlaiyaraajaSrikanth, Jayaprabha, Manju BhargaviThyagamK. VijayanSujatha Cine ArtsIlaiyaraajaSivaji Ganesan, Lakshmi, K. Balaji, Thengai Srinivasan, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, ManoramaUllathil KuzhanthaiyadiK. S. GopalakrishnanA. C. V. CombinesShankar–GaneshJaishankar, Sripriya, Thengai SrinivasanUnakkum Vaazhvu VarumG. SrinivasanAshapriya ProductionsV. KumarR. Muthuraman, SripriyaUravugal Endrum VaazhgaH. S. VenuRajam EnterprisesShankar–GaneshR. Muthuraman, Srividya, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Major SundarrajanVanakkatukuriya KathaliyeA. C. TirulokchandarCine Bharath ProductionsM. S. ViswanathanRajinikanth, Vijayakumar, Sridevi, JayachitraVandikkaran MaganAmirthamPoompuhar ProductionsM. S. ViswanathanJaishankar, M. R. Radha, Jayachitra, Roja Ramani, Manorama, S. A. Ashokan, S. V. SubbaiahVaruvan VadivelanK. ShankarSubbu ProductionsM. S. ViswanathanR. Muthuraman, Latha, Vijayakumar, Jayachitra, Fatafat Jayalaxmi, Chandrakala, Padmapriya, Jai Ganesh, NageshVattathukkul ChaduramS. P. MuthuramanM. A. M. FilmsIlaiyaraajaLatha, Sumithra, Srikanth, Sarath BabuVayasu PonnuK. ShankarR. G. M. ProductionsM. S. ViswanathanR. Muthuraman, Latha, Roja Ramani, Jai Ganesh, M. N. Nambiar, Thengai SrinivasanVaazha Ninaithaal VaazhalaamDevaraj–MohanSri Kamakoti MoviesIlaiyaraajaJaishankar, Sripriya, Jayadevi, Thengai SrinivasanVazhthungalC. V. RajendranSenthamarai CombinesL. VaidyanathanR. Muthuraman, Chandrakala, Pandari BaiVetri ThirumagalH. V. BabuVivek AgenciesC. N. PanduranganT. R. Mahalingam, Madhuri Devi
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