Shivaji Film, Story & Indian Film Industry

Film industry in India is the largest in the world in terms of the number of films produced annually (approximately 877+ feature films and 1177+ short films a year). In contrast, only 473+ films were produced in much proclaimed Hollywood. India accounts for 73% of movie admissions in the Asia-Pacific region, and earnings are much high. The industry is mainly supported by the vast cinema-going Indian public. The Central Board of Film Certification of India cites on its website that every three months an audience as large as India's billion-strong population visits cinema halls. Indian films are popular in various parts of the world, especially in countries with significant Indian communities.

India is a large country where many languages are spoken. Of the 10,400 'raw mother tongues' in India, 1576 ‘rationalised’ mother tongues, 114 main languages. Indian film producers have made films in thirty of the largest languages. However, only the very largest language groups support major regional industries. These are Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Oriya. Official statistics categorise Indian films according to the languages in which they are distributed.

Films that succeed in one language are often remade or dubbed in others languages.

Tamil Film Rajini Kanth's "Shivaji", the boss - Story

Shivaji is an Indian who's residing abroad. He's a celebrated educationalist. His passion is to offer world class education free to all in India. He invests all his personal wealth in creating high standard educational institutions in India.

Corruption is a great hurdle in executing his plans. After surmounting all this and nearing the realization of his dreams, rival education institutions try to influence the Govt to block Shivaji's progress, but to no avail At that time, the opposition topples the Govt. This new govt orders Shivaji's institutions to be razed to the ground.

Shivaji has lost all his wealth in his ventures to realize his dreams, and how he single handedly fights the opposition is the climax of the film. There are many story lines for Rajini Kanth's film 'Shivaji' and what you have read now is only one of them. Kodambakkam believes that this is the storyline for which director Shankar is preparing his screenplay.

However, a few are positive it is not so. The reason is, Rajini's wife Latha Rajinikanth is running an educational institution called The Ashram. Only the super rich can afford to send their kids there to study. When that is the case, would Rajini Kanth act in a film with a sensitive subject line, they ask logically.

Only Rajini can answer that!