Increasing popularity of Tamil movies/Actors in kerala..why?

[joe]

It is clearly seen, Tamil movies doing considerably good business in kerala in recent years .Tamil actors are more popular in Kerala compare to malayalam actors's popularity in Tamil nadu.

During this onam ,Asianet telecasted interviews of many tamil actors ..Kamal,Vikram and surya were given much importance .Ofcourse kamal and vikram acted in malayalam movies too .But recently tamil movies collected more than 1 crores Rs in kerala.

Is it really something changing in audience taste ? Or is it just a hype?

[Kanna]

Joe,
Kamal is always special in Kerala. So, u can't include Kamal in recent popularity list.

[joe]

Joe,
Kamal is always special in Kerala. So, u can't include Kamal in recent popularity list.

I know kamal is treated as a malayali in kerala .Recently He inagurated world malayali conference..right !

[Kanna]

Yeah. Even tea walas in my office consider him on par with Mammootty and Mohanlal. They're pestering me for VV tickets :)

[Kanna]

Here's a link that's more relevant for this thread...
http://thatstamil.oneindia.in/specials/cinema/specials/cinema_4.html

[romio]

Keralite knows/understand tamil & hindi,hollywood they watch every language films ...even 80's 90's rajini & kamal movies are much popular. kamal started his career from malayalam cinema !even bhagyaraj Munthanai Mudichu ran 100+days in kerala ..padayappa,badshah,thenali,annamalai ran 100days ..Malayalam satellite channels encourage Tamil and Hindi cinematic dances for their in-house programmes. surya,ajith,vijay,vikram have fans in kerala.

:)