Tamil cinema

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Tamil cinema is the film industry based in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, primarily producing Tamil-language movies and known for its influential contributions to Indian and global cinema.

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instanceOf film industry
regional cinema of India
alsoKnownAs Kollywood
basedIn Tamil Nadu
centeredIn Chennai
country India
distributionMarkets Australia
Europe
Gulf countries
Malaysia
North America
Singapore
Sri Lanka
Tamil Nadu
other Indian states
hasGenre action film
art film
comedy film
drama film
horror film
romantic film
thriller film
hasGlobalRecognitionFor A. R. Rahman’s film scores
Mani Ratnam’s films
technically advanced productions
hasInfluentialPeriod 1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
hasNotableActor Ajith Kumar
Dhanush
Kamal Haasan
M. G. Ramachandran
Rajinikanth
Sivaji Ganesan
Sivakarthikeyan
Suriya
Vijay
Vikram
hasNotableActress Jyothika
Nayanthara
Savithri
Sridevi
Trisha
hasNotableAward Filmfare Awards South
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Vijay Awards
hasNotableDirector Balu Mahendra
Bharathiraja
K. Balachander
Lokesh Kanagaraj
Mani Ratnam
Shankar
Vetrimaaran
hasNotableFilm Baahubali: The Beginning (Tamil dubbed version widely released)
Baashha
Enthiran
Kaaka Muttai
Nayakan
Paruthiveeran
Roja
Subramaniapuram
Super Deluxe
Vikram (2022 film)
hasNotableFilmFestival Chennai International Film Festival
hasNotableMusicComposer A. R. Rahman
Harris Jayaraj
Ilaiyaraaja
M. S. Viswanathan
Yuvan Shankar Raja
hasNotableStudio AVM Productions
Lyca Productions
Red Giant Movies
Sun Pictures
hasPoliticalConnection Dravidian movement
hasPoliticalLeaderFromIndustry J. Jayalalithaa
Karunanidhi
M. G. Ramachandran
Seeman
Vijayakanth
hasSubIndustry Malaysian Tamil cinema
Sri Lankan Tamil cinema
hasTechnologyAdoption CGI and VFX
digital cinematography
sound design innovations
historicalEra silent film era
talkie era
influences Malaysian Tamil cinema
Singaporean Tamil cinema
Sri Lankan Tamil cinema
knownFor action films
masala films
politically themed films
romantic dramas
socially themed films
song-and-dance sequences
languageFamily Dravidian languages
majorProductionHub Kodambakkam
partOf Indian cinema
primaryLanguage Tamil
produces documentary films
feature films
short films
usesScript Tamil script

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tamil cinema ("Kollywood")
alsoKnownAs
Tamil people
associatedWith
K. Balaji
industry
K. Balaji
primaryCinema
Bollywood cinema ("Kollywood (Tamil cinema)")
relatedTo
Tamil
usedInMedium

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