Telugu actress and producer Lakshmi Manchu is all chuffed about a still💫 from her first film, 'Anaganaga O Dheerudu' (2011), accompanying an article by Meher Tatna on the Golden Globes website.
Tatna, a journalist who writes for 'The New Paper', Singapore, is former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which organises the Golden Globes. Her articl🔜e, which appeared on May 17, is titled 'Tollywood - Telugu Cinema in India'.
Appreciating t💖he article, which sheds light on the phenomenal growth of Tollywood, Lakshmi Manchu underlined the need for all regional language industries to be recognised as a unified Indian film industry.
Taking to Instagram Reels to share her thoughts, Lakshmi Manc👍hu emphasised the need to acknowledge the diverse nature of the 𒈔Indian film industry.
She said: "Just one thought here that I wan🌱t to put forth, especially to the western world. India is a multicultural and multilingual nation. There are as many film industries as there are languages.
"Punjabi𝓰, Bengali, Gujarati, Odia, Bhojpuri and Assamese language industries are also thriving in their own right. I feel the industry and the nation as a whole, must come out of the woodwork and be perceived as one.
"We are the ♑Indian Film Industry. It is one big family and every member has their unique significance to make this Indian film indu🌠stry tick."
Lakshmi Manchu drew attention tꦯo the robust financial health of the Indian film industry when considered as one.
The article quoted impressive turnover figures of $212 million and $197 million for the Telugu and Tamil film industries, respectively, but when combined, just these numbers, without counting Bollywood, reached $409 million, Lakshmi Manchu ꦯpointed out.
And, she stressed, these figures did not even account for the many other languages and regional ind♎ustries, underscoring the immense significance of the Indian industry, when counted as a whole.
