Tamil cinema

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film industry regional cinema of India

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.

Aliases (2)

Kollywood ×1
Kollywood (Tamil cinema) ×1

Statements (108)

Predicate	Object
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