Thursday, May 26, 2011

WIKILEAKS: Southern successes, about South Indian Filmdom!

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A. SRIVATHSAN


Bollywood accounts for only about 200 of the 1,000 films that are annually produced in India, but “in terms of reach and revenue, as well as its stable of nationally-recognized stars, Bollywood films dominate the industry,” one of the U.S. Consulate cables (248356: unclassified) noted. Despite its dominance and popularity, the consensus among industry experts was that “South Indian cinema — Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, and Kannada language films — perform better at the box office [than Bollywood films], with four of every ten films becoming profitable.”


Full story at,
http://www.thehindu.com/news/the-india-cables/article1715615.ece

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