Tamil Cinema shows its stamina

Suriya in 7 AM Arivu

Kollywood has emerged as the largest film industry in South India, pushing Tollywood into the second spot. This was revealed in a report released by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
The Tamil film market is ahead with a share of 36 percent of the overall south Indian market. Tamil will see its movie industry grow from Rs 940 crore of revenue to Rs 1,450 crore in four years.
This year, 150 films were released in Tamil.
The Telugu film market is a close second in box office revenue, recording Rs900 crore this year, expected to increase to Rs 1,380 crore by 2015.
Regional cinema’s reach and muscle were evident with big budget blockbuster films like Enthiran (Robot in Telugu version) raking in as much as Rs 200-225 crore in all languages.
Recently, Mahesh Babu’s Dookudu made news in the US for its weekend collections on par with Hollywood films in some areas.
The regional television market too is poised for a healthy growth. The regional television market, which accounts for 30 percent of the overall Indian market, is currently valued at Rs10,630 crore and will grow 17 percent in the next four years to reach Rs 19,810 crore, said the report.
Subscription revenue remains the main source of income for companies, contributing 67 percent of total television revenue in the the region. While all of the entertainment channels are subscription-based, most of the news channels are free-to-air, and hence do not make much revenues at present.

Relation between YSR Cong and BSR Cong

Notwithstanding repeated denials by YSR Congress party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy that there was absolutely no connection whatsoever with mining baron and former Karnataka minister Gali Janardhan Reddy, there is a talk among the people that there is certainly some connection between the two.
The first instance that confirmed the suspicion came in the form of the election symbol – “fan” chosen by Janardhan Reddy’s close aide B Sriramulu in the just concluded by-elections to Bellary assembly seat.
Sriramulu contested as an independent on this symbol, which clicked in the constituency largely dominated by Telugu population and he won the seat with a massive mandate. It is not a mere coincidence that ceiling fan happens to be the symbol of the YSR Congress party in the recent by-elections to Kadapa Lok Sabha seat and Pulivendula assembly seat.
And in all probability, Jagan party would retain its symbol in the coming days.
The second point that further confirmed the link between Jagan and Janardhan Reddy is that the new party to be floated by the latter in Karnataka is being named as “BSR Congress.” It was disclosed by Sriramulu himself. While everybody thinks BSR stands for B Sriramulu, he expanded it further saying BSR Congress stands for: Badavara (of the poor), Shramikara (of the working class) and Raitara (of farmers) Congress. It more or less resembles the YSR Congress party of Jaganmohan Reddy, in which Y stands for Yuvajana, S for Shramika and R for Rythu.
Is it not enough to suspect that there is something between Jagan and Janardhan Reddy?