kollywood – Harsha Vadlamani https://sriharsha.in Photojournalist, Filmmaker in Delhi and Hyderabad, India Thu, 07 Aug 2025 17:41:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://sriharsha.in/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/favicon-200x200.png kollywood – Harsha Vadlamani https://sriharsha.in 32 32 Why Tamil Movie Heroes Become Politicians // The Economist https://sriharsha.in/why-tamil-movie-heroes-become-politicians-for-the-economist/ Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:09:49 +0000 https://sriharsha.in/?p=27252 Kollywood, the Tamil-language movie industry, is based in Chennai and produces around 150 films a year. That is less than the 200 made by Bollywood, its Hindi rival. But in many ways, movies matter more in Tamil Nadu. The state has 5% of India’s population but 12% of its screens. And in all but five years since 1967, the state’s chief minister has had Kollywood roots.
For The Economist, I photographed the frenzy around the release of Leo, Kollywood superstar Vijay’s latest movie. Read the piece here.

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