69-640: Murugadas Arunachalam (born 25 September 1974), known professionally as AR Murugadas , ( pronunciation ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and film producer who predominantly works in the Tamil film industry . He is best known for directing action films mainly on social issues. In addition, he has worked in Telugu films and Hindi films . Murugadoss won the Filmfare Award for Best Director for his 2014 Tamil action drama Kaththi . Murugadoss' first break in
138-496: A government-planned biological war against India. The film, produced by Udhayanidhi Stalin began production in June 2010 and was completed by July 2011. It was released on 25 October 2011 in Chennai and a day later, on Diwali , worldwide. The visual effects for the film were done by Legacy Effects . It was also dubbed into Telugu as 7th Sense which released simultaneously along with
207-937: A town or village to screen the films. The first of its kind was established in Madras , called "Edison's Grand Cinemamegaphone". This was due to the fact that electric carbons were used for motion picture projectors. Most of the films screened then were shorts made in the United States and Britain . In 1909, an Englishman, T. H. Huffton, founded Peninsular Film Services in Madras and produced some short films for local audiences. But soon, hour-long films, which narrated dramatic stories, then known as " drama films ", were imported. From 1912 onwards, feature films made in Bombay (now Mumbai ) were also screened in Madras. The era of short films had ended. The arrival of drama films firmly established cinema as
276-423: A Buddhist teacher, noted in a press conference that the monk was 150 years old when he reached China, while in the film they had depicted him in his 20s. He expressed his desire to debate with the film-makers. Babu added that he had material evidence to prove it, while sparking off a hunger strike across the country on Bodhidharma's followers. Other sources also reported a similar issue. Later reports claimed that
345-593: A Chinese track. The album was released by Sony Music on 22 September 2011 at a launch event held in Chennai Trade Centre. Bharath Creations bought the rights for the film in US and Canada. The film's worldwide theatrical rights were sold for ₹ 60 crore. The film was given a U certificate by the Censor Board , but did not get the 30 percent entertainment tax waiver until more than 100 days after release. The film
414-582: A decent market. Tamil films have enjoyed consistent popularity among populations in South East Asia . Since Chandralekha , Muthu was the second Tamil film to be dubbed into Japanese (as Mutu: Odoru Maharaja ) and grossed a record $ 1.6 million in 1998. In 2010, Enthiran grossed a record $ 4 million in North America. Many Tamil-language films have premiered or have been selected as special presentations at various film festivals across
483-459: A few days. They all deactivate their phones so that nobody can trace them. However, Dong Lee traces them through Malathi and Imran. Dong Lee then locates the research centre. Subha and her friends in the research centre escape in a van, but Dong Lee chases them, and the van turns around and collapses. An unconscious Aravind eventually awakens Bodhidharma's powers, using them to prevail and kill Dong Lee in battle. Aravind uses an ancient medicine to cure
552-518: A few months. Once it was demonstrated as a commercial proposition, a Western entrepreneur, Warwick Major, built the first cinema theatre , the Electric Theatre, which still stands. 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 Anna Salai ( Mount Road ). The Lyric Theatre was also built in
621-635: A global presence, enjoying strong box office collections among Tamil-speaking audiences in Sri Lanka , Malaysia , and Singapore . Tamil films are also distributed throughout the Middle East , Oceania , Europe , North America , parts of Africa , and Japan . The industry also inspired independent filmmaking among Tamil diaspora populations in Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, and the West . M. Edwards first screened
690-420: A grand exhibition was organised in Madras . Its major attraction was the screening of short films accompanied by sound. A British company imported a Crone megaphone , made up of a film projector to which a gramophone with a disc containing prerecorded sound was linked, and both were run in unison, producing picture and sound simultaneously. However, there was no synched dialogue . Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu ,
759-551: A huge sum of money from the Chinese government to carry out Operation Red. After the professor gives the group more details about Operation Red and how to stop it, they leave. However, Dong Lee eventually arrives, and the professor once again teams up with him to save his own life. Subha, Aravind, and their gang barely escape from an attempt on their lives by Dong Lee. They finally locate a research centre where they can complete their research and decide to make it their base of operation for
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#1733084910288828-403: A modern-day circus artist as well as Bodhidharma , a Buddhist monk who lived during the 5th century. Vietnamese actor and martial artist Johnny Trí Nguyễn was signed to play the antagonist, while Kannada actor Avinash and Abhinaya were selected to play minor supporting roles in the film. Sources claimed that the film drew inspirations from Christopher Nolan 's Inception . However,
897-622: A permanent cinema house in Madras—Gaiety, in 1914, the first cinema house in Madras to be built by an Indian. He soon added two more, Crown Theatre in Mint and Globe (later called Roxy) in Purasawalkam . Swamikannu Vincent, who had built one of the first cinema halls of South India in Coimbatore , introduced the concept of "Tent Cinema" in which a tent was erected on a stretch of open land close to
966-555: A popular entertainment form. More cinema houses came up in the city. Fascinated by this new entertainment form, an automobile dealer in the Thousand Lights area of Madras, R. Nataraja Mudaliyar , decided to venture into film production. After a few days' training in Pune with the cinematographer Stewart Smith, the official cinematographer of Lord Curzon 's 1903 Durbar, he started a film production concern in 1916. The man who truly laid
1035-576: A selection of silent films at the Victoria Public Hall in Madras in 1897 during the British Raj . The selected films all featured non-fictional subjects; they were mostly photographed records of day-to-day events. The film scholar Stephen Hughes points out that within a few years there were regular ticketed shows in a hall in Pophams Broadway, started by one Mrs. Klug, but this lasted only for
1104-460: A standard deviation of ±10 lakh tickets during 2011–16. The Chennai film industry produced the first nationally distributed film across India in 1948 with Chandralekha . They have one of the widest overseas distribution, with large audience turnout from the Tamil diaspora . They are distributed to various parts of Asia, Africa, Western Europe, North America and Oceania. Many successful Tamil films have been remade by other film industries. It
1173-583: A story writer. At Bharathidasan University he started to write sketch comedies and acted in them. After college he tried to join the Madras Film Institute , but was rejected. Nevertheless, Murugadoss stayed in Chennai in multiple functions. First, he became an assistant writer of P. Kalaimani and wrote dialogues for the Tamil film Madurai Meenakshi. He became assistant director of Ratchagan (1997) for half of
1242-572: A studio, the first in south India, was set up in Madras at 10 Millers Road, Kilpauk. He called it the India Film Company. Rangavadivelu, an actor from Suguna Vilasa Sabha, a theatre company then, was hired to train the actors. Thirty-five days later, the first feature film made in south India, The Extermination of Keechakan / Keechakavatham , based on an episode from the Mahabharata , was released produced and directed by R. Nataraja, who established
1311-522: A stunt sequence in Perambur . In the process, Suriya had an ankle injury due to which the shot was postponed for three days. Suriya underwent physical training for a kung fu sequence within 16 days, following cinematographer Ravi K. Chandran 's request. Shabina Khan designed the costumes for Suriya and Shruti, staying with the team throughout the filming process in Bangkok and Hong Kong. The song "Mun Andhi"
1380-682: A successful photographer , took over the equipment after the exhibition and set up a tent cinema near the Madras High Court . With this equipment, he screened the short films Pearl Fish and Raja's Casket in the Victoria Public Hall. When this proved successful, he screened the films in a tent set up in Esplanade. These tent events were the true precursors of the cinema shows. Naidu travelled with this unit to Burma (now Myanmar ) and Sri Lanka , and when he had gathered enough money, he put up
1449-559: A virus into a pariah dog , with the virus being the same strain as the one from Bodhidharma's time. Meanwhile, Subha Srinivasan, a genetics student, discovers that Bodhidharma can be brought back to life if his sample of DNA is matched with another sample of DNA. Coincidentally, she finds a matching sample in Aravind, a descendant of Bodhidharma who is working as a circus artist. Dong Lee finds out about Subha's mission to revive Bodhidharma and plans to kill her first. Subha approaches Aravind for
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#17330849102881518-426: Is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language science fiction martial arts film written and directed by A. R. Murugadoss , featuring Suriya in dual roles, along with Shruti Haasan and Johnny Trí Nguyễn in supporting roles. In the film, a medical student enlists the help of a circus artist, who is a descendant of Bodhidharma , to revive the legend's skills and knowledge, while a Chinese mercenary with hypnotic powers starts
1587-704: Is estimated by the Manorama Yearbook 2000 (a popular almanac) that over 5,000 Tamil films were produced in the 20th century. Tamil films have also been dubbed into other languages, thus reaching a much wider audience. There has been a growing presence of English in dialogue and songs in Chennai films. It is not uncommon to see movies that feature dialogue studded with English words and phrases, or even whole sentences. Some movies are also simultaneously made in two or three languages (either using subtitles or several soundtracks). Chennai's film composers have popularised their highly unique, syncretic style of film music across
1656-467: Is of no use in modern times, much to her dismay. After some time, she and Aravind learn that her professor from the genetics department is assisting Dong Lee in Operation Red. They sneak into the professor's apartment and learn about the operation. The next day, the professor is caught red-handed by Aravind, Subha, and her friends Ashwin, Imran, Malathi and Nisha but surrenders and explains that he received
1725-738: The Central Board of Film Certification alone were eligible for tax exemption and those with an "A" certificate could not fit into this category. There are three major roles in the Tamil film value chain viz producer, distributor and exhibitor. The distributor purchases theatrical distribution rights from the producer for exhibiting the film in a defined territory. The distributor performs enhanced functions such as: There are three popular approaches to transfer of distribution rights via distribution contracts: There are four popular approaches to transfer of exhibition rights via exhibition contracts: Film studios in Chennai are bound by legislation, such as
1794-412: The Madras audience. The legendary Otraivadai drama theatre had been built in 1872 itself in Mint. Many drama halls had come up in the city where short silent films were screened in the afternoon and plays were enacted in the night. The scene changed in 1934 when Madras got its first sound studio. By this time, all the cinema houses in Madras had been wired for sound. Narayanan, who had been active during
1863-403: The Tamil -language only. This is in accordance with Government Order 72 passed on 22 July 2006. The first film to be released after the new Order was Unakkum Enakkum . The original title had been Something Something Unakkum Ennakkum , a half-English and a half-Tamil title. In July 2011, strict norms on entertainment tax were passed which stated that films which were given a "U" certificate by
1932-483: The film projector and silent films from the Frenchman Du Pont and set up a business as film exhibitor . Soon, he tied up with Pathé , a well-known pioneering film-producing company, and imported projectors . This helped new cinema houses to sprout across the presidency . In later years, he produced talkies and also built a cinema in Coimbatore . To celebrate the event of King George V 's visit in 1909,
2001-486: The Chinese treat him as an inferior. However, when he cures a little girl infected by the disease and defeats people who ill-treated the villagers, the Chinese then began to respect and worship him. He begins to teach them how to cure many diseases, the skills of hypnotism, and the physical training of the Shaolin monks that led to the creation of Shaolinquan . After several years, when he expresses his desire to return to India,
2070-617: The Cinematography Film Rules of 1948, the Cinematography Act of 1952, and the Copyright Act of 1957. In Tamil Nadu , cinema ticket prices are regulated by the government . Single screen theatres may charge a maximum of ₹ 50, while theatres with more than three screens may charge a maximum of ₹ 120 per ticket. 7aum Arivu 7 Aum Arivu ( Tamil pronunciation: [eːɻaːm ariʋu] ; lit. 7th Sense )
2139-648: The Government Higher Secondary School and studied BA in Bishop Heber College , Tiruchirapalli . His brother, Dileepan made his acting debut with Vathikuchi , which is Murugadoss' production venture. During his college days, Murugadoss was active in cultural events, particularly in mimicry and drawing. He subsequently became a cinephile watching up to seven films a week in his hometown and started writing jokes as well. After Ananda Vikatan published them, Murugadoss began to think of becoming
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2208-503: The India Film Company Limited. Despite a century of increasing box office takings, Tamil cinema remains informal. Nevertheless, there are few exceptions like Modern Theatres, Gemini Studios , AVM and Sri Thenandal Films that survived beyond 100 productions. In 2017, opposing the dual taxation of GST (28%) and entertainment tax (30%), Tamilnadu Theatre Owners Association announced indefinite closure of all cinemas in
2277-601: The Mount Road area. This venue boasted a variety of events, including plays in English, Western classical music concerts, and ballroom dances . Silent films were also screened as an additional attraction. Swamikannu Vincent , a railway draftsman from Tiruchirapalli , became a travelling exhibitor in 1905. He showed short movies in a tent in Esplanade , near the present Parry's Corner, using carbide jet-burners for projection. He bought
2346-694: The Tamil original. The film was one out of several films selected by the South Indian Film Chamber of Commerce for being the Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film that year. Bodhidharma , a master of martial arts and medical remedies, is the son of a great Indian king of the Pallava dynasty . He is sent to China by his guru, who requests him to stop the spread of an epidemic existing there from spreading to India. Initially,
2415-628: The action thriller Thuppakki , starring Vijay , which became the second Tamil film to gross ₹ 100 crore at the domestic box office alone. He worked with Vijay again with the box office hits Kaththi (2014) and Sarkar (2018). Murugadoss was born in Kallakurichi , Tamil Nadu . The initials "AR" refer to his father's name Arunachalam and were added after Murugadoss signed his first film, Dheena , in 2001. Murugadoss currently resides in Virugambakkam , Chennai . Murugadoss had his schooling at
2484-481: The action drama Kaththi starring Vijay and produced by Lyca Productions released on Diwali 2014 and emerged as one of the top-grossing films in Kollywood for 2014, collecting an estimated ₹ 131 crores. In 2016, he directed Akira starring Sonakshi Sinha . It is a remake of the Tamil film Mouna Guru . Then, he directed Spyder starring Mahesh Babu and Rakul Preet Singh . He joined with Vijay once again for
2553-543: The constructed nature of their work so that the realistic narrative was wholly dominant, Indian filmmakers made no attempt to conceal the fact that what was shown on the screen was a creation, an illusion, a fiction. However, they demonstrated how this creation intersected with people's day-to-day lives in complex ways. By the end of the 1930s, the State of Madras legislature passed the Entertainment Tax Act 1939 . In 1916,
2622-556: The director dismissed the news, reasoning that he had begun shooting much before the release of Inception . Murugadoss further denied reports that the film was a remake of the Bollywood flick Chandni Chowk to China , as both were supposed to be set in China, and that the film's concept was similar to that of the Hollywood film Perfume , confirming the script as the original. After completing
2691-485: The disease, marries Subha and finally tells the press about the importance of Indian history. The film was announced in May 2010. Initial reports suggested that Suriya would play three characters; a circus artist, a scientist and a Buddhist monk, for a portion set in China in the 5–6th century. However, it was clarified that the scientist's role would be performed by the female lead, Shruti Haasan , while Suriya would play
2760-572: The early cinema were the cultural influences of the country. The Tamil -language was the medium in which many plays and stories were written since the ages as early as the Cholas . They were highly stylised and nature of the spectacle was one which could attract the people. Along with this, music and dance were one of the main entertainment sources. There is a strong Indian tradition of narrating mythology, history, fairy tales and so on through song and dance. Whereas Hollywood filmmakers strove to conceal
2829-433: The film "average", writing that "the effort of Murugadoss to make a special kind of film is laudable but seems to lack the imagination required to pull off what he set out to achieve". Nowrunning.com rated it 3/5 stating that "a hopeful beginning makes this routine fare an absolute disappointment. This is not a bad film. You just expect better from a director like Murugadoss". N. Venkateswaran of The Times of India rated
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2898-492: The film 3 stars out of 5, saying, "If the movie deserves a look, it is only because of the ever-dependable Suriya" and criticised Shruti Haasan's dialogue delivery. J. Hurtado of Screen Anarchy wrote, " 7aam Arivu is a good film with flashes of greatness. It is bogged down with commercial elements that do a grave disservice to the film we could have seen". Reviewing the Telugu-dubbed version, Jeevi of Idlebrain.com rated
2967-543: The film and continued as assistant script director for the Telugu film Kalusukundam Ra . Murugadoss then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi . In 2003, he contemplated making a film titled Varathan with Vikram in the lead role for producer Oscar Ravichandran , but later moved on to other projects. S. J. Suryah recommended Murugadoss to Ajith Kumar for directing his debut film, Dheena . His next films were Ramana , Ghajini , and Stalin . His fifth film
3036-479: The film industry was as an assistant director of Ratchagan (1997). He then worked with S. J. Surya for the film Kushi (2000) before directing his first film, the Ajith starrer Dheena (2001). His first Bollywood film was Ghajini (2008), a Hindi remake of his Tamil film of the same name . It became the first Bollywood film to gross over ₹ 100 crore (US$ 12 million) domestically. In 2012, he directed
3105-449: The film three out of five and wrote that " 7th Sense is an example for a big-star-cast-huge-budgeted movie that looks wonderful on the paper, but falters in the execution. The concept is innovative, but format/screenplay/arch is not good enough to narrate this story in an arresting fashion". 7 Aum Arivu had a strong opening on 25 October, a day prior to Diwali . The film earned ₹ 40.25 crore in its six-day opening weekend from all over
3174-596: The film, he emphasised that he had not been inspired by or remade any film, stating that Hollywood filmmakers can "feel free to remake 7aum Arivu ". Filming began in June 2010. The first schedule of the film was completed in China and those fifteen minutes of the edited film reportedly cost ₹ 15 crore. Later, some shots were canned in Trichy and later at Ampa Skywalk , followed by the song Oh Ringa Ringa in Besant Nagar , for which 1000 junior artists were allotted, and
3243-553: The first Tamil film to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film , the feat was repeated by Kanchivaram in 2007. Tamil films enjoy significant patronage in neighbouring Indian states like Kerala , Karnataka , Andhra Pradesh , Maharashtra , Gujarat and New Delhi . In Kerala and Karnataka the films are directly released in Tamil but in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh they are generally dubbed into Telugu where they have
3312-480: The foundations of Tamil cinema was A. Narayanan. After a few years in film distribution, he set up a production company in Madras, the General Pictures Corporation, popularly known as GPC. Beginning with The Faithful Wife / Dharmapathini (1929), GPC made about 24 feature films. GPC functioned as a film school and its alumni included names such as Sundara Rao Nadkarni and Jiten Banerji. The studio of GPC
3381-507: The globe, such as Mani Ratnam 's Kannathil Muthamittal (2002), Vasanthabalan 's Veyyil (2006) and Ameer Sultan 's Paruthiveeran (2007). Kanchivaram (2009) was selected to be premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival . Tamil films have been a part of films submitted by India for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language on eight occasions, next only to Hindi. Mani Ratnam's Nayakan (1987)
3450-521: The main intention of propagating Buddhism and his portrayal as a man with "medicinal knowledge" and his expertise at "martial arts" were not well received by the viewers who claimed that the film gives too much emphasis on his identity as a Tamilian rather than highlighting the other facts. The film was compared by historian S. Theodore Baskaran with other Tamil films about history and folklore which had been historically inaccurate like Veerapandiya Kattabomman and Parthiban Kanavu . Babu T. Raghu,
3519-514: The most commercially successful actors, directors and films of Indian cinema. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Madras (now Chennai), then became a secondary hub for Hindi cinema , other South Indian film industries, as well as for Sri Lankan cinema . Over the last quarter of the 20th century, Tamil films established
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#17330849102883588-475: The movie Sarkar which is produced by Sun Pictures Kalanithi Maran which released on 6 November 2018 for the Diwali. It was released in over 3000 screens around the world. The next, his film Darbar starring Rajinikanth was released on 9 January 2020. This is a list of films that AR Murugadoss worked for other directors Tamil cinema Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to
3657-464: The next day, he reconciles with her and agrees to contribute to the research. The research begins to resurrect Bodhidharma and to end Operation Red. Meanwhile, Dong Lee continues to wreak havoc on the city. Subha goes to her genetics department and announces that Operation Red can be stopped if they read and make use of the cures in a book written by Bodhidharma. However, the department refuses to believe and looks down on her, claiming that an ancient book
3726-434: The production of motion pictures in the Tamil language , the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu . It is nicknamed Kollywood , a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam , a neighbourhood in Chennai , and Hollywood . The first Tamil silent film , Keechaka Vadham , was directed by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918. The first Tamil talking feature film , Kalidas , a multilingual directed by H. M. Reddy
3795-417: The sake of the mission. One day, Aravind's family sees Subha and clearly remember that she visited them a year before to find Aravind and know all about him for her research on Bodhidharma. Saving herself, she lies by saying that she does not know them. Later that night, Aravind's uncle explains all of what happened a year prior to meeting Subha. Aravind meets her and is enraged upon realising the truth. However,
3864-495: The second Tamil film to enter the ₹ 100 crore club domestically alone after Enthiran . Thuppakki collected over ₹ 180 crores end of its run as reported by the producer. He also directed the Hindi remake of the film, Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty . In 2014, he was the writer and producer for the fantasy film Maan Karate starring Sivakarthikeyan which was directed by his former assistant Thirukumaran. In 2014, he directed
3933-482: The second largest release in Andhra Pradesh for a dubbed film by opening up in 400 screens across the state. A special screening was shown to actor Kamal Haasan . In Malaysia, the film was released in record 53 screens. In the US, the film was released in both Tamil and Telugu in 50 screens. Rediff gave it 3 out of 5, noting that it was "worth a watch" and had "several things working for it". Sify called
4002-574: The silent era, founded Srinivasa Cinetone in which his wife worked as the sound recordist. Srinivasa Kalyanam (1934), directed by Narayanan, was the first sound film (talkie) produced in Madras. The second sound studio to come up in Madras was Vel Pictures, started by M. D. Rajan on Eldams Road in the Dunmore bungalow, which belonged to the Raja of Pithapuram . Before long, more sound studios came up. Thirty-six talkies were made in Madras in 1935. The main impacts of
4071-418: The state from 3 July 2017. The strike has been called off and the cinemas will be playing the movies starting Friday 7 July 2017. Government has formed a committee to decide on the existence of state's 30% entertainment tax. It was reported that, per day business loss during the strike was around ₹ 20 crores. Annual admissions in Chennai multiplexes and single screens averaged 1.1 crore tickets with
4140-562: The villagers believing that their village would be free of diseases if he were buried there, plot to poison him and bury him near the temple. Bodhidharma agrees to die and subsequently becomes a fundamental figure in Chinese history, affectionately being dubbed as "Damo". In modern-day China, Dong Lee, a soldier working for the Chinese government , is given the task of starting a government-planned biological war against India, dubbed as Operation Red . He arrives in Chennai and commences by injecting
4209-451: The world. In Chennai alone, the film grossed ₹ 9 crore in its lifetime. Indian film trades considered the film a commercial success, despite a high budget and distribution price. 7aum Arivu is thought to have grossed an estimated ₹ 90 crore– ₹ 100 crore worldwide in its lifetime. Some criticism toward the film involved historical inaccuracies pertaining to Bodhidharma. According to researchers, he had travelled from India to China with
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#17330849102884278-509: The world. Quite often, Tamil movies feature Madras Tamil , a colloquial version of Tamil spoken in Chennai . Keechaka Vadham (1918) was the first silent film made in South India . Kalidas (1931) was the first Tamil talkie film made in 1931. Kalava (1932) was the first full-length talkie made entirely in Tamil. Nandanar (1935) was the first film for American film director Ellis R. Dungan . Balayogini released in 1937
4347-519: Was Ghajini , which was a Hindi remake of his same-titled 2005 film and marked his Bollywood debut. It released on 25 December 2008 and became the first Bollywood film to gross over ₹ 100 crore domestically. His next Tamil film 7aum Arivu , was released on Diwali 2011. Murugadoss signed a deal with Fox Star Studios to produce two Tamil films. In 2012, he directed the action thriller Thuppakki , starring Vijay and produced by S. Dhanu released on Diwali 2012 to mostly positive reviews and became
4416-436: Was considered to be first children's film of South India. It is estimated by the Manorama Yearbook 2000 (a popular almanac) that over 5,000 Tamil films were produced in the 20th century. Tamil films have also been dubbed into other languages, thus reaching a much wider audience. There has been a growing presence of English in dialogue and songs in Chennai films. In 1991, Marupakkam directed by K.S. Sethu Madhavan , became
4485-688: Was housed in the Chellapalli bungalow on Thiruvottiyur High Road in Madras. This company, which produced the most Tamil silent films, had branches in Colombo , Rangoon and Singapore . The Ways of Vishnu / Vishnu Leela , which R. Prakasa made in 1932, was the last silent film produced in Madras. The silent era of south Indian cinema has not been documented well. When the talkies appeared, film producers had to travel to Bombay or Calcutta to make films. Most films of this early period were celluloid versions of well-known stage plays. Company dramas were popular among
4554-545: Was included in Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies list. Average annual film output in Tamil film industry peaked in 1985. The Tamil film market accounts for approximately 0.1% of the gross domestic product (GDP) of the state of Tamil Nadu . For the purpose of entertainment taxes, returns have to be filed by the exhibitors weekly (usually each Tuesday). The Government of Tamil Nadu made provisions for an entertainment tax exemption for Tamil films having titles in words from
4623-425: Was released on 31 October 1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture Alam Ara . Tamil cinema has been noted for its advanced narratives and diverse films, with several productions in the 1990s and early 2000s cutting across ethnic and linguistic barriers. Such films include Roja (1992), Indian (1996), Pokkiri (2007), Enthiran (2010). Tamil cinema has since produced some of
4692-648: Was scheduled for a Diwali release on 26 October 2011; with producer Udhayanidhi Stalin 's intervention, it was brought forward by one day, opening ahead of the other films. The distribution rights in Kerala were acquired for ₹ 2.4 crore, releasing in more than 100 screens. In Chennai , the film released in 51 screens. The film was the largest release in Suriya's career, opening with 1000 prints worldwide, with 400 prints in Tamil Nadu alone. The Telugu dubbed version, 7th Sense had
4761-519: Was shot in Thailand. Filming was completed by July 2011. The visual effects of the film were done by Legacy Effects at an approximate cost of ₹ 10 crore. It is their second Indian film after Enthiran (2010). The soundtrack featured musical score composed by Harris Jayaraj in his second collaboration with Murugadoss after Ghajini (2005). The lyrics for the songs were written by Pa. Vijay , Na. Muthukumar , Kabilan and Madhan Karky , who wrote
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