In the year 1969, KN Tailor had planned the Tulu Cinema project. Later on September 4th of 1970, he started a film production company called ‘Sharavu picchar’.Thus, the Tulu language film industry began in Tulunad in the seventies. Initially ‘Enna Thangadi’ produced by S.R.Rajan became the first film of the piece. With him was KN Tailor, who grew up in the theatre. KN Tailor filmed his popular plays and wrote the original Tulu films.
In the year 1971 ‘Enna Thangadi’ was released as the first Tulu Cinema on the white screen of the Jyoti Cinema in Mangalore and made history, the Brahma Shri Narayana Guru Swamy was released on the white screen of the same Jyoti Cinema in 2014 and became the 50th Tulu Cinema.
When the Tulu language movies were first seen on the silver screen in 1971, the Tulu people began to come to the screen with encouragement of the Tulu people.
It is indeed commendable that the makers of Tulu Cinema have come together to produce Tulu Cinema, not to mention the Tulu Cinema’s financial earnings, but for the Tulu film industry. These are all ‘sacrificial’ contributors to the Tulu language if properly understood in a good manner. As proof of this, the number of registered Tulu movies is known.
Due to enthusiastic filmmakers, Tulu movies have been registered since the start of the Tulu language film production, from the 1970s until the present.
By the late 70s, the Tulu language, one of the regional languages of India, had entered the film industry.
At that time, Kannada cinema was dependent on the Madras cinema industry. Thus, the Tulu Film Industry also began with Madras. From there shooting in Tulunad by bringing cameras, units, etc., shooting with a lot of Tulu artists and technicians to equip them with a low-budget portfolio. The beautiful spot of Tulunad was shot without any studio sets.
Some of the films were shot in 6mm reels and turned into a blowup to 35m, making cinema ready. With the invention of new cameras such as 2C, M-3, Eri-4, and so on, these were used in some cinemas. Tulu Cinema entered the colour age with the film “Kariyani Kattandi Kandane”. Later it was transformed into a cinemascope by “Bangar Patler” which won an award at the national level. The Tulu film industry stepped into the digital field with the film “Baduk”.
Growing up as Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood and Sandalwood, some of our Coastal Woods films have been highly successful in the production of valuable plot screenplays, of high technical quality. Not only that, it has shown that it is similar to other language films.