Rising South India

Cinema of South India

          The Cinema of South India is used to refer collectively to the five different film industries of  South India: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ), Malayalam(മലയാളം), Tamil(தமிழ் ), Telugu(తెలుగు) and Tulu(ತುಳು) film industries, as a single entity. They are based in Bengaluru, Kochi, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mangalore respectively.

1)Kannada Cinema (ಚಂದನವಣ)

Kannada Actor Rajkumar

In 1934, the first Kannada talkie, Sati Sulochana,^[14] appeared in theatres, followed by Bhakta Dhruva (aka Dhruva Kumar). Sati Sulochana was shot in Kolhapur at the Chatrapathi studio; most filming, sound recording, and post-production was done in Chennai. In 1949, Honnappa Bhagavathar, who had earlier acted in Gubbi Veeranna's films, produced Bhakta Kumbara and starred in the lead role along with Pandaribai. In 1955, Bhagavathar again produced a Kannada film, Mahakavi Kalidasa, in which he introduced actress B. Saroja Devi.

Actor Rajkumar became famous during this period working solely in Kannada film industry. His wife Parvathamma Rajkumar founded Film production and distribution company, Vajreshwari Combines. Vamshavruksha, Prema Karanth's Phaniyamma, Kaadu Kudure, Hamsageethe, Accident, Akramana, Mooru Daarigalu, Tabarana Kathe, Bannada Vesha and Puttanna Kanagal's Naagarahaavu were released. Vishnuvardhan and Ambareesh were the two stars born from the film Naagarahaavu. Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan are considered the two pillars of Kannada Cinema.