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Telugu cinema, also known as Tollywood, is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Telugu language. It is one of the largest film production centres in India. In 1957, the epic mythological film Mayabazar became the first Telugu film to gross over ₹ 1 crore.
[7] [8] [9] In 2023, the Hindi film industry accounted for 44% of box office revenue, followed by the Telugu industry at 19% and the Tamil industry at 16%. The Kannada (5%), Malayalam (3%), Bengali , Marathi , Odia , Punjabi , Gujarati and Bhojpuri industries contributed to the remainder, while the foreign film industry made up 9% of the total ...
While Indian films remain at the top of the domestic Indian box office, the market for Hollywood films has gradually been growing; [8] the market share of foreign films rose from 8% in 2014 up to 15% in 2015, [9] with Hollywood films representing 10% of the Indian market in 2016 [10] and 13% in 2017. [11]
The first Indian film to have a worldwide release was from 1952 (Aan, directed by Mehboob Khan). In the 1950s, Indian films saw success in a handful of regions. At the time, the most significant market for Indian films was the Soviet Union, gaining considerable success and occasionally leading to Indian-Soviet co-productions. [1]
Hindi ₹ 308 crore (US$37 million) [7] 8 Mersal: Thenandal Studio Limited: Tamil ₹200—260 crore [8] 9 Judwaa 2: Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment: Hindi ₹ 227.59 crore (US$27 million)– ₹ 250 crore (US$30 million) [9] 10 Tubelight
Telugu cinema is a part of Indian cinema producing films in the Telugu-language, in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana and is centered in the Hyderabad neighbourhood of Film Nagar. [130] The following table lists the top 10 highest-grossing Telugu films produced in the Telugu film industry.
South Indian cinema encompasses the five distinct film industries of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Tulu. [1] This is a ranking of the highest-grossing South Indian cinema films, based on conservative global box office estimates as reported by organizations classified as green by Wikipedia.
The song "Naatu Naatu" won the Oscar for Best Original Song at the 95th Academy Awards, making it the first song from an Indian film, as well as the first from an Asian film, to win in this category. This made the film the first Indian film by an Indian production to win an Academy Award.