Kollywood Copies Tollywood?

2024 is literally the year of surprises.

Kollywood is now copying the Tollywood model, and this time for good. But how?

Since the past few months, the movies that have managed to save the day for Tamil cinema have one thing in common : LOW BUDGETS. It is the low budget, but solid movies loaded with pure content that are turning out to be successful, rather than the big budget commercial dramas.

 Most recently, a sports drama ‘Lubber Pandhu’, made on a shoestring budget of just 5 crores, has earned way more than expected. The official figure is yet to be revealed, but the opening weekend collections were itself way more than 5 crores itself.

The film is directed by Tamizharasan Pachamuthu Bio coming soon... >> Read More... and stars Harish Kalyan Harish Kalyan is an Indian film and a television a >> Read More... and Devadarshini in the lead roles. Likewise, Mari Selvaraj’s low budget social drama ‘Vaazhai’ has turned out to be a sleeper hit. Made on a budget of just 5 crores, the movie has earned more than 40 crores worldwide.

It all began with Sundar C’s ‘Aranmanai 4’, which ended the drought in Tamil cinema. Released in mid 2024, the horror thriller exceeded all the expectations, and earned more than 100 crores on a modest budget of 30 crores.

In less than a month, Kollywood found its first superhit for 2024 in an unlikely revenge thriller : Nithilan Swaminathan’s ‘Maharaja’. Starring Vijay Sethupathi, Mamta Mohandas This effervescent beauty, who has acted in Malayal >> Read More... and Anurag Kashyap Born on 10th September 1972, Anurag Kashyap has es >> Read More... in the lead roles, the film’s commentary on social justice was not only powerful, but also impactful. Made on a budget of just 20 crores, the movie earned 115 crores worldwide, and became the highest grossing Tamil movie for a while, before Dhanush’s ‘Raayan’ took over.