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Tamil Cinema also referred to as the Kollywood film industry is over 93 years old has its birth in the year of 1916 and it has got bigger and bigger with lot of new actors and actresses joining tamil film industry and also it has grown a lot in terms of and finance. The Kollywood film industry is one the biggest film industries in india apart from Bollywood and tollywood. The orgin of the word “Kollywood” is from the word Kodambakkam, a region in Chennai which laid the roots for tamil cinema along with the word “Hollywood” which was grouped together as “Kollywood”. A lot of actors have come in and gone out in its history and it still keeps growing in a fast pace. Tamil films are respected all over the world and are translated in various nowadays English, French, Spanish, japaneese and more. Kanthaswamy, the recent Kanthaswamy has been dubbed in Spanish and Italian since it was shot in those countries and has been sold in USA box office also for a whopping amount. |
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The first theatre was established in Chennai during the year 1916 in which movies without voice (termed as pesumpadam) were released. The year 1916 marked the era of silent films in Tamilnadu, which is the predecessor of modern films. R. Natraja Mudaliar was the first producer, director and cinematographer for Tamil Cinema who was trained in London for cinema production. He made his first film Keechaka Vadham in 1917 which was the first feature film without any background voice that was made in Tamil.The first talking film came into entry during the year 1931 with the superhit blockbuster Kalidas. The movie directed by H.M. Reddy was a superb historic epic and was produced by Ardeshar Irani and released in October 31. The actors were T.P.Rajalaxmi who was the heroine with lot of experience as stage artist and the film was a huge success in the box office.Kalavarishi directed by P.P. Rangachari was the 100% talking movie release in the year 1932 |
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After that a lot of directors and producers came to invest in tamil cinema entertainment and lot of movies were produced. Seetha Kalyanam a movie was released by Prabath Film Company starring S. Rajam as Rama and his sister Lakshmi as seta in the movie |
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M.K. Thiyagaraja Bhagavathar was the first box-office superstar in tamil cinema and he entered kollywood in the year 1934. His first movie Pavalakkodi which introduced the lead pair himself and S.D.Subulakshmi was a big hit and mad a huge gross in box office. Electrical arc lights were available at that time and grand sets were erected to take pictures in light. The technology of cinema got improvised. Mostly Tamil movies were shot in Bombay and calcutta prior to 1934 |
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The first tamil movie to be shot in Tamilnadu was Srinivasa Kalyanam. Lava Kusa was the most famous tamil talkie movie produced by S. Soundararaja Iyengar. This movie was big success as it had dialogues and songs. Nandhanar was another movie which got good appreciation from audience and the hero gave K.B. Sundrambal who sang the songs in the movie and played the hero in the movie One Lakh which was a big big amount in those days.Then comedy also began to mix in tamil movies with comedy track separately mixed in the end in movies like Mahatma Kabirda, Madayargal Sandhippu and lot more. Same movies were also released in different names |
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FAMOUS ACTORS IN TAMIL CINEMA |
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MAKKAL THILAGAM M.G.R
M.G. Ramachandran, who is known for playing great roles and superb dialogues achieved a lot in Tamil cinema. He was born in 1917 and died in 1987. He made a lot of movies that changed the views of the society. His movie Nadodi mannan showed how a government should be and it was a great movie to watch. He became the Chief minister of tamilnadu during the year 1977 and served the country till his death in 1987. His movie Ulagam Suttrum Vazhiban was shot all over the world in placed like Honkkong, Singapore and the first movie to be shot abroad. His movies Enga Veetu Pillai, Adimai pen were all famous hits of all time. He received a lot of awards for his movies |
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NADIGAR THILAGAM SIVAJI GANESAN
Sivaji was well-known for his excellent acting in lot of movie with superb expression of dialogues in movies. He made his debut in Kollywood through the movie Parasakthi in 1952, along with actress Pandari Bai, for which the script was written by chief minister Karunanidhi. He has acted in various majestic roles like Veerapandia Kattabomman, Emperor Sivaji and lot more. He won the best actor award in an international film festival titled the Afro-asian film festival which is held in Cairo, Egypt during 1959. He received various awards such as Padmashri in the 1966, Padma Bhusan(1984) and Kalaimamani during 1987 |
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KADAl MANNAN GEMINI GANESHAN:
Gemini ganeshan who is always referred to as Kadhal Mannan was the tamil actor to play lot of romantic roles in lot of movies. Ganeshan has acted in various box-office hits during his lifetime. He got the Padma Shri award during the year 1971. He married the film actress Savithri. He made his debut with the movie Miss Malini. Later he acted in the movie Chakravarthi, in which he played the role of Lord Krishna. He played a villain role in Thai Ullam which made his good name and fame among people during 1953. Later he starred as the hero in Manampol Mangalyam, in which he paired with Savithri who later became his wife |
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SUPERSTAR RAJINIKANTH
the versatile Superstar was born in Karnataka Bangalore during the year 1950. His real name is Sivaji Rao Gaekwad and he is famous for his style and dialogues in the movies. He received a Padma Bhusan award for his contributions to Tamil Cinema.
He is also a great philanthropist and serves public with his donations through the organization which he holds. He also has done some screen writing and produced some movies. He made his debut in the movie in Apoorva Ragangal which was released in the year 1975 by K. Balachander.
He starred in an English movie also titled Blood stone during the year 1988 which got good votes in India and abroad. He also starred in Bollywood movie Andha Kannoon but it did not get much support from the public. He is currently doing top budget movies like Endhiran, which the most expensive movie south India. He is the highest paid Indian actor with a salary of 26 crores for the movie Sivaji- the boss. He is next to Jackie Chan in Asia who Is the highest paid actor in Asia |
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ULAGANAYAGAN KAMAL HASSAN:
Kamal Hassan known as Ulaganayagan was born in 1954 in Paramakudi, Madra. He is known for his excellent acting, script writing and he has also produced films on his own. He made his debut as a small kid starring in the movie Kalathur Kannama and was a very good child artiste. He then made his debut as a mature artist with Rajinikanth in the movie Apoorva Ragangal. He has learnt classical dance on his own and he is a good dancer. He acted in the movie Salangai Oli as a classical dancer which was big hit. He is also a lyricist and playback singer. He has sung several songs in his own movies like that of Aalavandhan, Anbe Sivam and also in other’s movie like Pudupettai and lot more… He has received a lot of awards including Film fare awards, Padmashri, Academy award for best Foreign language film, National film awards and lot more |
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ILLAYATHALAPATHY VIJAY:
Vijay the son of famous director Chandrasekar was born in 1974. He made his debuit with his father’s movie Nallaya Theerpu in 1992. He has acted in lot of romantic movies including Kadhalukku Mariyadha in 1997, Thullatha Manamaom Thullum, Priyamanvale, Kushi and lot more all of which were big success in box office. He made difference by acting in heroic roles like Ghilli, Pokkiri, Villu which were also good success. He starred in double action in the movie Azhagiya Tamizh magan which was not a big success. He received lot of awards including Film Fare award for the best actor.
He is currently working for the movie Vettaikran which is produced by AVM productions and is directed by Babu Sivan, which is his 49th movie |
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ULTIMATE STAR AJITH KUMAR:
Ultimate Star, Ajith Kumar, who is currently starring in the movie ASAL, was born in the year 1971. He appeared in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi movies and is also a professional racer. He made his debut with Telugu flick Prema Pustangam in the year 1992. His kollywood debut was Amaravathi which was not a big hit. Later he acted in the movie Aasai which was big hit. He then starred in Kadhal Kottai where he romances with Devayani which was a good love story which was a big success. He starred in double action for the movie Vaali during the year 1999 which was directed by S.J Suryah and this movie was a big success and he got filmfare award for best actor in this movie. He starred in action movies like Dheena, Amarkalam, Villian which were also big hits |
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