MALAYALAM FILM INDUSTRY
This is an industry which is going through a very bad phase. Known for making extremely realistic movies this industry was in its peak during the 70s and 80s. With the coming in of satellite television and Video piracy this industry has become sick and is still unable to revive. Stars from Kerala too have migrated and finding value for their talent in the Tamil and Telugu industry.
This was a year fro the Malayalam Actresses in Kollywood. All the hits had a Kerala actress in it. Asin starred in Varalaru History of the godfather,Sandhya In Dishyum, Nayantara in Vallavan, Gopika in yamtan magan.

The Malayalam industry is the industry which has produced great actors like Mamooty and Mohan Lal. It’s this industry which is the main hub for original stories. A lot of Malayalam movies are remade into Tamil and Telugu. Cheran made autograph and he introduced Gopika and Kamala to the Tamil Industry. Stars like Mamooty and Mohan Lal have acted in many Tamil movies. Mamooty’s biggest Tamil hit was Kandukondain Kandukondain.

Asin was the face of the year in 2005 every movie which came around Diwali had her. She starred with Surya in Ghajini, Vikram in Majaa and with Vijay in Sivakasi. All the three movies were hits. Sandhya made her debut with the film kadal and walked off with the best actress award for the film. Gopika has impressed everybody with her simplicity and great eyes. This actress is going places without exposing anything at all. This year was a major year for Nayantara. This actress used act with the senior stars as she too was big built and looked good with them. Look at her this year she has shed off all the extra pounds and is looking sleek in Vallavan and E. Both the movies have been hits this year and she is riding high.

Back to Malayalam movies lets see the top five movies of 2006.

Top 5 Malayalam Movies
1. Thanmatra starring Mohan Lal and Meera Vasudevan.
2. Karutha Pakshikal starring Mamooty and Padmapriya.
3. Achanurangatha Veedu starring Salim Kumar.
4. Keerthichakra starring Mohan Lal, Jeeva and Gopika.
5. Rasathantram starring Mohan Lal and Meera Jasmine.

Top 5 Malayalam Actors
1. Mohan Lal in Thanmatra and Keerthichakra.
2. Mamooty in Karutha Pakshikal.
3. Prithviraj in Classmates and Vargam.
4. Suresh Gopi in Bharat Chandran IPS and Chinthamani kola Case.
5. Salim Kumar in Achanurangatha Veedu.
Top 5 Malayalam Actresses
1. Kavya Madhavan in Classmates.
2. Meera Jasmine in Rasathantram.
3. Padmapriya in Karutha Pakshikal.
4. Mamta Mohandas in Lanka.
5. Gopika in Keerthichakra.

Telugu Industry Or Tollywood
This industry gets its name from Telugu and bollywood. This is an industry which is growing at a rapid pace. This industry is based in Hyderabad in Andhra Pradesh. This industry is another industry where brand new talent is discovered. All the movies which are made have original scripts and the fan following of each star is unbelievable.

The God of Telugu cinema or the equivalent of Rajnikant or Amitabh Bachchan is Chiranjeevi. NT Rama Rao was the star of the yester years who not only won his fans for his movies but for his politics too. Now the new generation of actors has come in and is very famous too. Actors like Junior NTR, Arjun, Prabhas and Tarun need no introduction.

Chiranjeevi is the winner of the Padma Bhushan too. His last release was such a big hit that fans waited and waited in queues to book their tickets in advance to see their big hero. He is a hero who hasn’t aged at all and still carries of the movie on his shoulders alone. The year 2006 has been very exciting as many good films released and the top ten are:-

Top 10 Tollywood Movies 2006
Stalin starring Megastar Chiranjeevi, Trisha, Sharadha and Khushboo.
Andala Ramudu starring Sunil, Radha and Aarti Agarwal.
Bommarillu starring Siddharth and Genelia.
Vikramarkudu starring Raviteja, Anushka, Ruthika and Ajay.
Godavari starring Sumanth and Kamalinee Mukherjee, Tanikella Bharani.
Pokiri starring Ileana, Mahesh Babu and Prakash Raj.
Sri Ramadasu starring Nagarjuna and Sneha.
Ranam starring Gopichand and Kamna Jethmallani.
Lakshmi starring Venkatesh and Nayantara.
Devadasu starring Ram and Ileana.

It’s common for stars in the south Indian industry to act in different languages. Movies are often remade if it’s a hit in one language. Stars too are seen in a rotation. Sidharth was last seen in Rang De Basanti and then in Bommarillu in Telugu.

If you are in Hyderabad and want to see how doest the Telugu film industry works then it is a must for you to visit the Ramuji Film city. It’s a treat but ensure you set aside the entire day to go around and look around.

A lot of Telugu producers are very active in the Hindi film industry as well as other industries. A lot of Tamil and Telugu movies have been remade into big hits by these producers. A lot of Hit Telugu movies are being made in Tamil too like chandramukhi, Something Something and now pokiri.

Stars like Vishal and Shriya Reddy are basically Telugu stars that have made it big in the Tamil Industry. Shriya who has just done few movies is an epitome of talent and looks very pretty in the shabbiest of outfits. Her performance in Timiru and Vayyil has both been admired by the fans and the critics. This is an actor who is going places.

Mahesh Babu turned out the biggest block buster of tollywood this year with pokiri. The name of the movie is so apt and all the characters have done complete justice to their roles. It’s a must watch for every Telugu movie fan. The dialogues were piercing and the music too good to beat.