Pride of Tamil Cinema

Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013
Author	G. Dhananjayan
Language	English
Subject	Tamil cinema
Genre	Non-fiction
Published	21 November 2014
Publisher	Blue Ocean Publishers
Publication place	India
Media type	Print
Pages	594
ISBN	978-93-84301-05-7
OCLC	898765509

Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013 is a book by the Indian film historian and producer G. Dhananjayan, detailing information about the production and release of 163 Tamil-language films that were released between 1931 and 2013. It was released on 21 November 2014 by Blue Ocean Publishers during the 45th International Film Festival of India and received widespread critical acclaim. The book won the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema).

Development and writing

Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013 is G. Dhananjayan's second book after The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2010. His first book, which details Tamil-language films that made landmarks and set trends in the cinema, was met with some negative response from filmmakers since they felt that their films deserve to be included in it. By March 2011, after the book's publication, Dhananjayan had started researching for updating it. While working on it, he found many Tamil films that received national and international recognition, and thought that he could write another book on those films. He then searched for all Tamil films winning the National Film Awards and screened at the Indian Panorama^[a] section of the International Film Festival of India; the total was 163.^[2]

Release and reception

Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013 was released on 21 November 2014 by Blue Ocean Publishers at the 45th International Film Festival of India. The Secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Bimal Julka praised Dhananjayan's effort to compile all National Film Award-winning Tamil-language films in the book.^[3] It received the National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema).^[4]

Notes

^ Indian Panorama is a flagship component of the IFFI under which the best of contemporary Indian films are selected for the promotion of film art.^[1]

References

^ "Indian Panorama". Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ Dhananjayan, G. (2013). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013. Blue Ocean Publishers. pp. vii–viii. ISBN 978-93-84301-05-7.
^ "Pride of Tamil Cinema gets rave response from I & B ministry". Sify. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
^ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

External links

Pride of Tamil Cinema at Google Books

[2] Indian Panorama is a flagship component of the IFFI under which the best of contemporary Indian films are selected for the promotion of film art.^[1]

[1] "Indian Panorama". Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[3] Dhananjayan, G. (2013). Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013. Blue Ocean Publishers. pp. vii–viii. ISBN 978-93-84301-05-7.

[4] "Pride of Tamil Cinema gets rave response from I & B ministry". Sify. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

[62ndaward-5] "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2021.

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