The Tamil film industry (Kollywood), based in the Kodambakkam area of Chennai is one of biggest and the most successful film industries in India. It is also one of the oldest film industries which popularized cinema in India.
The Kollywood industry is the second largest industry after Bollywood in India. Tamil films have the widest overseas distribution on par with Hindi films. They have enjoyed consistent popularity among Tamil speakers in India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and Mauritius. Tamil films have recently become popular in Japan (Rajinikanth's Muthu, for example, screened for a record period), South Africa, Canada, USA and the UK. Many movies such as Chandramukhi and Anniyan were also simultaneously released] in the USA.
Tamil films enjoy significant patronage in the neighbouring southern States like Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh too. But dubbing into regional languages prefers them.
There is a fair amount of dispersion amongst the Indian film industries. The Hindi has remade many successful Tamil films and Telugu film industries, for example. Kollywood has also remade a fair number of Hindi-, Telugu-, Malayalam-, and other-language films. It is estimated by the Manorama Yearbook 2000 (a popular almanac) that over 5,000 Tamil films were produced in the 20th century. For a complete list of Tamil films, see the List of Tamil-Language Films. Tamil films have also been dubbed into other languages, thus reaching a much wider audience. Examples of those dubbed into Hindi include such hits as Minsaara Kanavu, Roja and Bombay. Anniyan, a recent Tamil film became the first Indian film to be dubbed into French. See popular Tamil films.
The Tamil film industry accounts for approx. 1% of the gross domestic product of the state of Tamil Nadu. Costs of production have grown exponentially from just under Rs.4 million in 1980 to over Rs.110 million by 2005 for a typical star-studded big-budget film. Similarly, costs of processing per print have risen from just under Rs.2,500 in 1980 to nearly Rs.70,000 by 2005.There has been a growing presence of English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see movies that feature dialogue studded with English words and phrases, or even whole sentences. Some movies are also simultaneously made in two or three languages (either using subtitles or several soundtracks). Quite often, Tamil movies feature Madras Bashai, a colloquial version of Tamil spoken in Madras.
There is a fair amount of dispersion amongst the Indian film industries. The Hindi has remade many successful Tamil films and Telugu film industries, for example. Kollywood has also remade a fair number of Hindi-, Telugu-, Malayalam-, and other-language films. It is estimated by the Manorama Yearbook 2000 (a popular almanac) that over 5,000 Tamil films were produced in the 20th century. For a complete list of Tamil films, see the List of Tamil-Language Films. Tamil films have also been dubbed into other languages, thus reaching a much wider audience. Examples of those dubbed into Hindi include such hits as Minsaara Kanavu, Roja and Bombay. Anniyan, a recent Tamil film became the first Indian film to be dubbed into French. See popular Tamil films.
The Tamil film industry accounts for approx. 1% of the gross domestic product of the state of Tamil Nadu. Costs of production have grown exponentially from just under Rs.4 million in 1980 to over Rs.110 million by 2005 for a typical star-studded big-budget film. Similarly, costs of processing per print have risen from just under Rs.2,500 in 1980 to nearly Rs.70,000 by 2005.There has been a growing presence of English in dialogue and songs as well. It is not uncommon to see movies that feature dialogue studded with English words and phrases, or even whole sentences. Some movies are also simultaneously made in two or three languages (either using subtitles or several soundtracks). Quite often, Tamil movies feature Madras Bashai, a colloquial version of Tamil spoken in Madras.
The name is a conflation of Kodambakkam (an area of Chennai with a high concentration of film studios and in which many people working in the industry live) with the American film industry capital of Hollywood. In 2003.Tamil cinema is now dominated by four superstars: Rajinikanth (whose title is also Superstar or Thalaivar), Kamal Hasan, Vijayakanth and Vikram, and emerging superstars Ajith, Madhavan and Vijay. These stars command salary more than Rs. 40 million ($950,000) per film and their films are much hyped and receive huge opening upon release. Even films that fail to do well starring these actors gross at least Rs.100 million at the box office. Some of other emerging hero's are Surya, Siddharth, Vishal Reddy,Simbu, Dhanush,Jayam Ravi,Jeeva and Bharat.
No comments:
Post a Comment