Tamil cinema
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This article is about the Tamil-language film industry in India. For the film industry in Kathmandu, see Cinema of Nepal.
South Asian cinema
Cinema of Afghanistan
Cinema of Bangladesh
Bengali cinema
Cinema of India
Assamese cinema
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Bollywood
Karnataka cinema
Kollywood
Malayalam cinema
Marathi cinema
Punjwood
Tollywood
Cinema of Nepal
Cinema of Pakistan
Karachi film industry
Lahore film industry
Pashto film industry
Cinema of Sri Lanka
Kollywood (Tamil: •Ë²¿µÁŸÍ kMlivkm) is the English name of the popular Tamil Film Industry based in the Kodambakkam district of Chennai, India where Tamil films were once largely produced. Currently, there are more film cities in Chennai.
Silent movies were produced in Kollywood since 1916 and the era of talkies dawned in 1931. By the end of the 1930s, the industry was booming to the extent that the State of Madras legislature passed the pioneering Entertainment Tax Act 1939 with little opposition.
