History of cinema:
The year marked the birth of the Silent Film in Tamil Nadu, the precursor to the modern day Tamil Cinema, as we know it. R. Nataraja Mudaliar was the first producer, director and cinematographer in media field . He Trained in London, he came back and made Keechaka Vadham in 1917, the first Silent feature film in Tamil.
Therefore, the 1932 film Galava directed by P.P. Rangachari is recognized as the first full length Tamil talkie film.The period from 1945-1950 can also be marked as the one where dialogues rose in prominence in Tamil cinema. Yes, talkie cinema had come to Tamil in the 1930s, but it took the advent of literary geniuses like Annadurai and M.Karunanidhi to take cinema dialogues to new and good heights.
Finally, as we recall the good architects who laid the foundations of Tamil cinema and thank them for what they did, we can also remind ourselves of the tribute that we can pay them. We can begin by reiterating the fact that no print of Kalidas, the first Tamil talkie film, is known to exist. And, the same can be said of almost all the films of that period; yes, there are exceptions. In contrast, see at Hollywood archives, a 1930s film can still be downloaded on the net.
Tamil cinema is a industry located in Chennai, India, which produces feature films in the Tamil language. Most of the movie studios are located in Kodambakkam. It also referred to as Kollywood. Moving pictures have been exhibited in Chennai from 1882 onward. An European exhibitor first screened a selection of shy short film at Victoria Public Hall in Chennai.The Electric theater was established for the screening of shy films. Then the Lyric theater was also built in Mount Road place. This venue boasted variety of events as Play in English, Western Classical Music, Concerts and also Ball dance and as additional attraction quiet film was also screened.
The year marked the birth of the Silent Film in Tamil Nadu, the precursor to the modern day Tamil Cinema, as we know it. R. Nataraja Mudaliar was the first producer, director and cinematographer in media field . He Trained in London, he came back and made Keechaka Vadham in 1917, the first Silent feature film in Tamil.
On October 31 1931, the boxes carrying the reels of the first ever Tamil talkie film arrived at the Madras port and it was escorted to the Liberty. The fact remained that Kalidas was not a fully Tamil talkie film; many characters spoke different languages in the film, of which Telugu was a major part.
Therefore, the 1932 film Galava directed by P.P. Rangachari is recognized as the first full length Tamil talkie film.The period from 1945-1950 can also be marked as the one where dialogues rose in prominence in Tamil cinema. Yes, talkie cinema had come to Tamil in the 1930s, but it took the advent of literary geniuses like Annadurai and M.Karunanidhi to take cinema dialogues to new and good heights.
Nepali Cinema often called as Kollywood. Hence there exists some friendly of identity debate especially in Nepali Cinema. Tamil Cinema is comparatively a very large industry in comparison to Nepali Cinema industry.
Finally, as we recall the good architects who laid the foundations of Tamil cinema and thank them for what they did, we can also remind ourselves of the tribute that we can pay them. We can begin by reiterating the fact that no print of Kalidas, the first Tamil talkie film, is known to exist. And, the same can be said of almost all the films of that period; yes, there are exceptions. In contrast, see at Hollywood archives, a 1930s film can still be downloaded on the net.