Indian Cinema by State

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: Tamil cinema, Cinema of West Bengal, Cinema of Andhra Pradesh, Marathi cinema, Cinema of Karnataka, Cinema of Punjab, Cinema of Orissa, Rajasthani Cinema, List of Haryanvi-language films. Excerpt: Tamil cinema (also known as Cinema of Tamil Nadu, the Tamil film industry, or the Chennai film industry) is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of Tamil language films. It is centered in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered, which has led to a colloquial reference to the industry as Kollywood (Tamil: ), a portmanteau of the words Kodambakkam and Hollywood. Silent films were produced in Chennai since 1917 and the era of talkies dawned in 1931 with the film Kalidas. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Tamil cinema later had a profound effect on other filmmaking industries of India, establishing Chennai as a secondary hub for Telugu cinema, Malayalam cinema, Kannada cinema, and Hindi cinema. In its modern era, Tamil films from Chennai have been distributed to various overseas theatres in Asia, Africa, North America, Oceania, and Europe. Tamil cinema is known for being India's second largest film industry in terms of revenue and worldwide distribution, with audiences mainly including people from the four southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andra Pradesh, and Karnataka. The industry also inspired filmmaking in Tamil diaspora populations, such as Sri Lankan Tamil cinema and Canadian Tamil cinema. Film studios in Chennai are bound by legislation, such as the Cinematography Film Rules of 1948, the Cinematography Act of 1952, and the Copyright Act of 1957. Tamil cinema is often referred to as Kollywood, a portmanteau of the words Kodambakka...