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Telugu / West Bengal Cinema - Common Name - Tollywood
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The Bengali film industry and its Telugu counterpart are both called Tollywood. Time was when Telugu filmmakers used to draw inspiration from Bengali cinema and literature. Some great Telugu classics like Devadas were film adaptations of Sarat Chandra’s work. Bimal Roy was an inspiration for Telugu filmmakers in the 1950s. But today, it’s the Bengali film industry that’s the copycat, with scene-to-scene remakes of Telugu hits. The trend began in 2002.
  1. Telugu film Konchem Ishtam Konchem Kashtam. It was remade in Bengali as Romeo with even the dialogue a literal translation of the Telugu script. And then, 
  2. Bengali hit Prem Amar was a copy of 7G Brindavan Colony; 
  3. Bhalobasha Bhalobasha was a replica of the Telugu superhit Bommarillu, and 
  4. Trivikram Srinivas’ Athadu was remade as Wanted. 
  5. The fourth highest Bengali grosser 100% Love, directed by Rabi Kinagi and starring Jeet and Koel Mullick, is a remake of Aadavari Matalaku Arthale Verule (2007). 
  6. One of the biggest Telugu hits, Dookudu, was recently remade as Challenge 2.

Most Telugu remakes are made by Sri Venkatesh Films, currently the most successful production house in West Bengal.
Asked if he knew Athadu was remade in Bengali as Wanted, Srinivas said he didn’t and was surprised that Bengali cinema, once known for film pioneers like 
  1. Ritwik Ghatak, 
  2. Satyajit Ray and 
  3. Bimal Roy, is now looking to Telugu cinema.

Curiously, that nonchalant attitude is shared by some other Telugu film-makers too. “They watch each and every Telugu film and copy the ones they like. Our industry should sue them,” says Suresh Babu, one of the biggest Telugu film producers and son of D Ramanaidu.
Tammareddy Bharadwaja, president of the AP Film Chamber of Commerce, and a producer-director himself, says he had no idea that Telugu films have spawned a remake industry in Bengal. “None of the producers or directors have ever complained about it. I will put the matter before the Telugu Film Producers Council.”
Audiences in Bengal may not realise that their hits are ‘inspired’, but to the Bengali community in Andhra, many of whom get to watch both make and remake, it is common knowledge. “When we go to see a Bengali film, more than often we are disappointed to find that we had already seen it in Telugu,” says Baisakhi Chatterjee, an MNC employee living in Hyderabad.
However, some Bengali film personalities see something positive in this phenomenon. Actor Mithun Chakraborty says this trend is a ‘breath of fresh air’ for the Bengali film industry, which has become stagnant since the 1980s.
The trend has full-fledged support from theatres in Bengal, as is clear by the statistics that nearly 700 of the 800 theatres there have started showing Bengali movies only, up from a mere 200 during the ‘dark age’.

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Films produced By Country

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10. Brazil $800m

Brazil is considered to have the most accessible film industry amongst the so-called high-growth emerging BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, and China).

9. Spain $900m

Plagued by the economic woes of a shrinking market, rampant piracy, subsidy cuts, Spain’s film industry is down on the list.

8. Italy $1.01bn

Italy is another Country whose film sector is being weighed down in recent times by the impact of the Euro Zone economic crisis.

7. Russia $1.2bn

With only a fraction of the United State’s screens, Russia is the seventh-largest film market by Box office take and is making steady progress.

6. Germany $1.35bn

Despite being in the Euro Zone, 2012 saw Germany generate their highest ever Box office revenues increasing by 7.8%, with 135.1 million Cinema tickets sold representing an increase of 4.2%.

5. India $1.4bn

The Indian film industry has been a powerhouse for many years now, making the largest number of films in the world, buying the highest number of tickets and having the second largest screen count. However, they only come in at number 5 in box-office revenues mainly because on average their home market has the amongst the lowest ticket prices in the world.

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4. France & UK $1.7bn

Coming in joint fourth France and the UK’s appetite for films shows no signs of declining, as both still maintain very strong cinema going cultures.

3. Japan $2.4bn

Dumped off second spot, Japan must be resigned to the inevitable position of playing second fiddle to China from now on in the film industry.

2. China $2.7bn

As with everything about China these days, they have become the world’s second-biggest movie market, taking over from Japan.

1. North American $10.8bn.

The USA is still far ahead of any other Country for now and in no danger of being over taken but they will surely be looking over their shoulder as China continues its march forwards world domination.

Year 2012

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