The history of filmmaking of Tamil language

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 films in Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 dates back to the early 1990s. It is primarily based in the metropolitan region of the Greater Toronto Area

Greater Toronto Area

The Greater Toronto Area is the largest metropolitan area in Canada, with a 2006 census population of 5.5 million. The Greater Toronto Area is usually defined as the central city of Toronto, along with four regional municipalities surrounding it: Durham, Halton, Peel, and York...

 in Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario

Southern Ontario is a region of the province of Ontario, Canada that lies south of the French River and Algonquin Park. Depending on the inclusion of the Parry Sound and Muskoka districts, its surface area would cover between 14 to 15% of the province. It is the southernmost region of...

. The filmmaking industry began with the uprising Tamil diaspora in Canada

Tamil Canadian

Tamil Canadian or Canadian Tamils are Canadians of Tamil ethnic origins mostly from India and Sri Lanka. It is estimated that the Tamil diaspora in Canada is around 200,000. From a population of fewer than 150 Tamils in 1983, it has become one of the largest visible minority population groups...

. It is unrelated to the Cinema of Canada but has distant ties with the Cinema of Tamil Nadu

Tamil cinema

Tamil cinema is the film industry based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, dedicated to the production of films in the Tamil language. It is based in Chennai's Kodambakkam district, where several South Indian film production companies are headquartered...

 in India and Sri Lankan Tamil cinema

Sri Lankan Tamil cinema

Sri Lankan Tamil cinema, the Tamil language film industry in the Sri Lankan city of Jaffna, is not as developed as Sinhala cinema or its Indian counterpart, the Tamil cinema of Kodambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. This is especially due to the high production rates of the influential commercial Tamil...

, as a few film personalities from those hubs, including directors, writers, musicians and actors, have worked in Canadian Tamil films.

The filmography of the industry is as follows.

1990s

No	Film Title	Meaning of Title	Film Director	Date Released
1	Anbu Oottu	Fountain of love	Eezha Thilakam Muruku	1992
2	Emaattam	Fooled	Eezha Thilakam Muruku	1995
3	Uyire Uyire	Soul	Ravi Atchuthan	1996
4	Tamil Magan	Son of Tamil	L.G.Idhayaraj
5	Engo Tholaivil	In A Distant Faraway	K.S.Balachandran	1997
6	Vasantha Kaanam	A Song of Melody Spring	Dr. Figarado	1998

2000s

No	Film Title	Meaning of Title	Film Director	Date Released
7	Kathiroli	Sun Rays	Ganapathy Raveendran	2003
8	Karai Thaedum Alaigal	Waves Searching for the Shores		2003
9	Kanavukal	Dreams	Ravi Atchuthan	2003
10	Menmaiyana Vairangal	Soft Diamonds	K.S.Balachandran	2003
11	Puthu Uravu	A New Relationship	Srimurugan	2003
12	Methuvaaga Unnai Thottu	Touching You Softly	Ravi Atchuthan	2004
13	Iniyavarkal	A few good people	Lenin M. Sivam Lenin M. Sivam Lenin M. Sivam is a Canadian filmmaker. He was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1991. Sivam is a self-taught storyteller. He writes and directs all of his movies. His diverse and controversial body of work is well respected in Canada...	2005
14	Naan Yaar	Who Am I?	Sekar Sekar Sekar, Sekhar, or Shekhar is a common Indian name.People with this name include:* Shekhar Gupta, journalist* Shekhar Kapur, film director...	2004
15	Tamilichi	A Tamil Lady	Indrasithu	2004
16	Kalakalappu		S.Mathivaasan	2004
17	Ullam Kavarnthavalae	The Girl Who Stolen My Heart	Sakaya Raj	2004
18	Neerootu	Water Fountain	Eezha Thilakam Muruku	2004
19	Sugamae Sugamae		Ravi Atchuthan	2005
20	Sahaa	Who Am I?	V.Thivya Rajan	2005
21	Red Winter	Red Winter	K.B. Nath	2005
22	Canadian	Canadian	Ravi Atchuthan	2006
23	Thurogi	Betrayed	Indrasithu	2006
24	Thurogam	Who Am I?	Indrasithu	2006
25	Mathi	Mind	M.Srirangan	2006
26	Sathi Sathi Sathi is a Bengali Movie was released in 2002. Directed by Haranath Chakraborty, the movie featured Jeet, Priyanka Trivedi, . This movie is Jeet and Priyanka Trivedi's cinematic debut.-Plot:...	On Purpose	Ravi Vettivel Ravi Vettivel Ravi Vetrivel is a Film Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer and Editor. Directed landmark films such as Sathi and Appaa . Both are feature films produced in Toronto, Canada. Ravi moved to Canada in 1992from Sri Lanka because of the civil war...	2006
27	Kannaal Kaanpathellam...	What You See Is...	Ravi Vettivel Ravi Vettivel Ravi Vetrivel is a Film Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer and Editor. Directed landmark films such as Sathi and Appaa . Both are feature films produced in Toronto, Canada. Ravi moved to Canada in 1992from Sri Lanka because of the civil war...	2006
28	Uruthy	Strength...	Lenin M. Sivam Lenin M. Sivam Lenin M. Sivam is a Canadian filmmaker. He was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1991. Sivam is a self-taught storyteller. He writes and directs all of his movies. His diverse and controversial body of work is well respected in Canada...	2007
29	Malarae Mounama	Why Are You Silent, Flower?	Ravi Atchuthan	2008
30	Sivaranjini	Sivaranjini		2008
31	Appa	Father	Ravi Vettivel Ravi Vettivel Ravi Vetrivel is a Film Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer and Editor. Directed landmark films such as Sathi and Appaa . Both are feature films produced in Toronto, Canada. Ravi moved to Canada in 1992from Sri Lanka because of the civil war...	2008
32	Pakkathiveedu	The Next Door...	Lenin M. Sivam Lenin M. Sivam Lenin M. Sivam is a Canadian filmmaker. He was born in Jaffna, Sri Lanka and moved to Toronto, Canada in 1991. Sivam is a self-taught storyteller. He writes and directs all of his movies. His diverse and controversial body of work is well respected in Canada...	2008
33	Kaadhal Muthal Kaadhal Varai	From Love to Love		2008
34	En Kann Munnalae	In Front of My Eyes	M.Srirangan	2009
35	1999	1999	Lenin M.Sivam	2009
36	Nila Nila Nila can refer to:* Nila River or Bharathapuzha, is a river in the Indian state of Kerala.* Nila Håkedal* Meera Chopra - a.k.a Nila, a South Indian actress* Pulau Nila, a small Indonesian volcanic island in the Banda Sea...	Moon	Tharan	2009
37	Vidiyal Vidiyal Vidiyal is an upcoming Tamil film written and directed by Selvaraj, Joint Secretary of the South Indian Film Artistes' Association, which has Sarath Kumar in dual roles and Sneha as the leading lady. The film also has Sruthi Prakash of Naan Avanillai 2 as the other heroine...	New Beginning	Tharan	2009
38	Sivappu Malai	Red Rain	V.Krishnamurthi	2010
39	$9.50	$9.50	Ranjith Joseph	2010
40	Uravu	Relation	V.Thivya Rajan	2010

External links

• Bagavan Studios
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