Malaysian Tamil cinema

Updated on Dec 19, 2023

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No. of screens 639 (2011) Animated 1 National films 13,130,000 (22.1%)		Fictional 26 Total 59,500,000

Main distributors Lotus Five Star AV Astro Shaw Tayangan Unggul Sdn Bhd

The making of Tamil films outside its motherland of Tamil Nadu is actively growing. With the Tamil diaspora worldwide, there are many enthusiastic filmmakers who want to make their mark. In particular, more films are coming from Malaysia.

Tamil cinema started in 1973 after the movie Ratha Paei, starring Malaysia Vasudevan. It was shot in Chennai. Centered in Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Johor Bahru, the industry remained relatively small with fewer than 50 films produced. The industry has slow growth and faces strong competition from Tamil films from Kollywood.

List of Tamil films from Malaysia by year

Below ia a list of Tamil language films produced in Malaysia. The total grosses of the films are in Ringgit Malaysia, and the source is FINAS.

1973

Raktha Paei

Actors

Gana Pragasam

Haridass

C Kumeresan

Sashitharan

P Jegan

Bala Ganapathi William

Chacko Vadaketh

Joseph@joe

Actresses

Haanii Shivraj (1991-2014)

Nithya Shree

Kavitha Thiagarajah

Jasmine Michael

'Punnagai Poo' Gheetha

Pushpa Narayan

Sangeeta Krishnasamy

Shuba Jay (1976-2014)

Directors

P Rameesh[(only director made more than a $million grossed in cinema for a movie(Paku)]

V. Nagaraj

Kartik syamalan

C Kumeresan

Santosh kesavan

K Annan

Perakas Rajaram

Prem Nath

M Subash Abdulah

Roy krishna

References

Malaysian Tamil cinema Wikipedia

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