Tollywood Overtakes Bollywood and Kollywood

Update: 2014-10-27 01:17 GMT
Tollywood created a record for the number of films released during the period April 2013 – March 2014.In a see-saw battle between Tollywood and Kollywood, the Telugu film industry has crossed the Tamil and Hindi industry in numbers

As per central film board stats total 1966 films were released in the country during Apr 2013 –Mar 2014 in all languages. Of them, 349 films are in Telugu and 326 films in Tamil language. The figure is 263 for Hindi films.

In 2008, the Telugu film industry had climbed the peak by producing 286 films, a huge number by an standard. After 2008 now Tollywood yest again tops the chart by delivering maximum number of films.

The Telugu film industry has generally been considered as second only to the Hindi industry. After Bollywood, tinsel town here has always been in the forefront, not just in the number of films produced, but in its technical excellence too.

These figures put the Telugu film industry at the top of India keeping aside Kollywood and Bollywood. As it is, the Indian film industry produces the most number of films in the world and with Telugu films playing a dominant role in getting that honour for India, it was a matter of pride for the Telugu film industry.
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