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commendation for creativity. Despite critics questioning the rationale, the enduring appeal of violent scenes persists, driven by fans of star-centric films. The CBFC's inconsistent certification approach adds to ongoing discourse, reflecting changing preferences in the South Indian cinema landscape.
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Recent South Indian cinema sees a trend of violent heroes, deviating from virtuous protagonists of the past and embracing "bad boy" personas, with violence integrated into their characters gaining popularity. Directors, taking on quasi-action director roles, break from traditional templates, earning
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South Indian films, whether Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, or Telugu, have been predominantly rooted in their specific geography. They tell stories that are in tune with the culture, dialect, politics, social structure, and lifestyle of the people in their respective regions. This can be seen in the
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Setting aside state language boundaries, recent years saw South Indian actors, writers and directors from Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada industries collaborating with each other as a single 'South Indian Cinema' entity to produce movies. This collaboration resulted in major hits such as
754:. The division marked the beginning of a new era in South Indian cinema. Cinema was celebrated regionally and exclusively in the language of the respective State. By 1936, the mass appeal of film allowed directors to move away from religious and mythological themes. One such film, 937:, of late aren't able to strike this balance because of their essential non-rootedness. For many years, films in Hindi have gone urbane and elitist, while down South, they remained rooted in telling the stories of people in a way they can enjoy as their own. 887:
created a record at the box office for successfully running in the main theaters for more than two continuous years. He later spearheaded the Kannada language movement, followed by millions of his fans, however the star remained away from politics.
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industry as one. After the emergence of South Indian Cinema, Hindi film actors and actresses who experienced a decline in their star value began participating in South Indian films to sustain their careers in the industry.
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at the Chatrapathi studio; most filming, sound recording, and post-production was done in Madras. It was difficult, as well, to find financial backing for new film projects in the region; thus, very few movies in
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to use stars of Tamil cinema were limited since this media remained inaccessible to the rural population, who were in the majority. The politicizing of movies by the Congress virtually stopped soon after
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that its leaders preached for but also at many times displayed party symbols within the movie. When the DMK began using cinema for political purposes and actors like MGR and
1725: 489:, called "Edison's Grand Cinemamegaphone". This was due to the fact that electric carbons were used for motion picture projectors. Full-fledged film studios were built in 1166: 393:. It was a favourite haunt of the British community in Madras. The theatre was shut down after a few years. This building is now part of a post office complex on 429:. He erected tents for screening films. His tent cinema became popular and he travelled throughout the state with his mobile unit. In later years, he produced 1667: 463:
with a disc containing prerecorded sound was linked, and both were run in unison, producing picture and sound simultaneously. However, there was no synched
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Sarah, Dickey (1993). "The Politics of Adulation: Cinema and the Production of Politicians in South India". The Journal of Asian Studies 52 (2): 340–372.
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shot to fame. Rajkumar acted in more than 200 movies who also won National Awards for singing songs like "Naadamaya Ee Lokavella" from the movie
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Hardgrave, Jr, Robert L (March 1973). "Politics and the Film in Tamilnadu: The Stars and the DMK". Asian Survey (JSTOR) 13 (3): 288–305
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helped to shape this new identity. By 2010, South India became the home for 6320, or about 62% of the 10,167 cinema theatres in India.
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Although the four industries developed independently for a long period of time, gross exchange of artists and technicians, as well as
381:). The films all featured non-fictional subjects; they were mostly photographed records of day-to-day events. In Madras (present-day 1315: 1266: 1771: 648:, the film attracted unprecedented numbers of viewers to theaters and thrust the young film industry into mainstream culture. 346: 441: 1740: 634:, films with sound quickly grew in number and popularity. In 1934, the industry saw its first major commercial success with 624:, was a multilingual and was released on 31 October 1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture 90: 1256: 774:, have been released in Telugu. Touching on societal problems like the status of Untouchables and the practice of giving 760:(1951), was a musical drama which spoke about the problems in a joint family. Earlier, dozens of 'social films', notably 562: 1639: 1471: 1305: 799:(DMK) was the first – and at the time the only – party to take advantage of visual movie media. Actors and writers of 645: 597: 70: 275:
In 2021, Telugu film industry emerged as the largest film industry of India in terms of box office revenue. In 2022,
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became one of the most remembered actors of India. His popularity enabled him to found a political party, the
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representing 6%. As of 2022, the combined revenue of South Indian film industries has surpassed that of the
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was also built in the Mount Road area. This venue boasted a variety of events, including plays in English,
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The time was hailed as "the period of giants" in Malayalam film industry, due to the work of film stars
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rode into politics on their popularity as actors, Tamil cinema began to be noticed by academics,
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were shot in those cities as well. Telugu artists became active with the production of
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In 1897, a European exhibitor first screened a selection of silent short films at the
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to celluloid media. The movies not only made direct references to the independent
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in 1947. With the introduction of electricity to rural areas in the 1950s
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The Madras presidency was divided into linguistic States, known today as
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Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's Other Film wenr Industry
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dances. Silent films were also screened as an additional attraction.
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and silent films from the Frenchman DuPont and set up a business as
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Velayutham, Selvaraj (2008). "'India' in Tamil silent era cinema".
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Tamil cinema: the cultural politics of India's other film industry
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were handicapped by the lack of studios and technical crews.
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represented 20% of Indian box office revenue, followed by
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Mukherjee, Nairita; Joshi, Tushar (22 December 2021).
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crossed all language borders. It was the time, when
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were major successes. But prospective filmmakers in
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in the four major languages of the region, namely —
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The first talking motion picture, 531:in Chennai, the oldest surviving studio in 1258:Folklore, public sphere, and civil society 31: 803:, who were inspired by the ideologies of 459:, made up of a film projector to which a 1509:"Eighty glorious years of Telugu talkie" 842:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 696:were released during the early years of 651:During the same time, the first Kannada 601:, a 1932 Telugu talkie film directed by 230: 1661: 1659: 1657: 1655: 1653: 1507:Narasimham, M. L. (10 September 2011). 997: 986:South Indian International Movie Awards 738:Social influence and rise of superstars 714:with a screenplay and songs written by 710:, released in 1938. It was directed by 34: 1739:Rajendran, Sowmya (8 December 2020). 389:was established for the screening of 295:-based Hindi-language film industry ( 7: 1092:"Is South cinema the new Bollywood?" 1032:"STATEWISE NUMBER OF SINGLE SCREENS" 929:, social structure and lifestyle of 661:, appeared in theatres, followed by 644:and starring Parupalli Subbarao and 477:, who had built the first cinema of 1670:. Scenes of Cinema. Archived from 25: 844:, which is regularly part of the 27:Southern Indian cinema industries 1601:"Reliving the reel and the real" 1515:. Chennai, India. Archived from 1331:Brahmanyan (21 September 2007). 965: 951: 913:milieu respectively. Similarly, 543:The first Madras production was 1624:"First film to talk in Kannada" 1056:S, Srivatsan (7 January 2022). 917:directed films based on arts — 517:, being the Capital to most of 892:Characteristics and popularity 807:, brought the philosophies of 561:. Later, some films featuring 409:classical music concerts, and 245:; primarily engaged in making 1: 1570:Velayutham, Selvaraj (2008). 608:The first Tamil silent film, 1387:"He brought cinema to South" 563:M. K. Thyagaraja Bhagavathar 365:During the Madras Presidency 513:. Thus, with the undivided 433:and also built a cinema in 76:Chhattisgarhi (Chhollywood) 1818: 1489:Land Marks in Tamil Cinema 1424:. Routledge. p. 156. 1310:. Isha Books. p. 68. 716:Muthukulam Raghavan Pillai 551:India Film Company Limited 440:To celebrate the event of 1446:"Telugu Cinema Biography" 797:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 571:Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu 318:Lokesh Cinematic Universe 1576:. Routledge. p. 2. 1304:Rajmohan, Joshi (2006). 846:Government of Tamil Nadu 539:First South Indian films 575:Yaragudipati Varada Rao 444:visit in 1909, a grand 1772:Culture of South India 1666:Devdas, Vijay (2006). 1355:"Cinema at Round Tana" 848:. He posthumously won 830:Meanwhile, Tamil film 805:Periyar E. V. 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Index

South Indian Cinema
Indian cinema
Assamese (Jollywood)
Badaga
Bengali (Tollywood)
Bhojpuri (Bhojwood)
Bihari
Bodo
Chhattisgarhi (Chhollywood)
Deccani (Dollywood)
Dogri (Pahariwood)
English
Gujarati (Gollywood)
Haryanvi
Hindi (Bollywood)
Jharkhand
Kannada (Sandalwood)
Kashmiri
Khasi
Khortha
Kokborok
Konkani
Kutchi
Malayalam (Mollywood)
Manipur
Marathi
Meitei
Nagpuri
Odia (Ollywood)
Punjabi

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