Chennai, July 9 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government Wednesday announced that 70 films were eligible for a total subsidy outlay of Rs.49.7 million during the current fiscal. The government said in a press communiqué that only local language films with Tamil titles would be eligible for subsidy and entertainment tax exemption.
The movies – all of them made on shoestring budgets – were completed between 2005 and 2006. These includes Periyar – based on the life and times of the late social reformer E.V. Ramasamy Naicker – that featured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi as a character.
Though the role was played by an actor, the movie also showed real life shots of the chief minister grieving on his political mentor’s demise.
