''Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013'' is a book by the Indian film historian and producer

G. Dhananjayan G. Dhananjayan (born 14 May 1965) is a film producer, columnist, and author of four books on Indian films and also Won 2 National Film Awards. He has produced films in the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi languages, including ''Sankat City'' ...

, detailing information about the production and release of 163

Tamil Tamil may refer to: * Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia ** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils **Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia * Tamil language, nati ...

-language films that were released between 1931 and 2013. It was released on 21 November 2014 by Blue Ocean Publishers during the

45th International Film Festival of India The 45th International Film Festival of India was held on 20 to 30 November 2014 in Goa. China is the focus country for the festival. Winners *IFFI Best Film Award, Golden Peacock (Best Film): "Leviathan (2014 film), Leviathan" by "Andrey Zvyagin ...

and received widespread critical acclaim. The book won the

National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema) The National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema) is one of the National Film Awards given by Directorate of Film Festivals, India. Instituted in 1995 and awarded at 43rd National Film Awards and lastly awarded in 2 ...

Development and writing

''Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013'' is

's second book after ''The Best of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2010''. His first book, which details

-language films that made landmarks and set trends in the cinema, was met with some negative response from filmmakers since they felt that their films deserve to be included in it. By March 2011, after the book's publication, Dhananjayan had started researching for updating it. While working on it, he found many Tamil films that received national and international recognition, and thought that he could write another book on those films. He then searched for all Tamil films winning the

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

and screened at the Indian Panorama section of the

International Film Festival of India The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. Held annually, currently in the state of Goa, on the western coast of the country, the festival aims at providing a common pla ...

; the total was 163.

Release and reception

''Pride of Tamil Cinema: 1931–2013'' was released on 21 November 2014 by Blue Ocean Publishers at the

. The Secretary of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Bimal Julka praised Dhananjayan's effort to compile all National Film Award-winning Tamil-language films in the book. It received the

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