From 1 Lakh To 500 Crore: List Of Tamil Movies Which Achieved First Of Its Kind Collections In Kollywood
Do you know the first Tamil film to collect 1 lakh? Yes, I literally mean 1 lakh. Do you know, the first Tamil film to collect 50 lakhs, 1 crore, 5 crores, 10 crores… … … … etc;
Don’t worry, we are here to provide all those the details I mentioned above … Today, we are going to take a look at the torchbearers of Kollywood, in terms of collections, which has pushed Tamil cinema a step further to reach the position where it is today.
Let’s go…
1. Kalidas, released in the year 1931, was the first Tamil movie to collect 1 Lakh
2. Haridas (1944) is the first Tamil film & also the first South Indian film to gross 50 Lakhs
3. Chandra (I) (1948) is the first Tamil & South Indian film to gross over 1 crore worldwide
4. Kamal Haasan’s Sakalakala Vallvan (1982) was the first Tamil film to collect 5 crores
5. The 1980 film Apoorva Sagodharargal, directed by Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and starring Kamal Haasan, is the first Tamil film to gross over ₹ 10 crores at the box office
6. Rajinikanth’s Annamalai (1992) grossed over 15 crores, this was the first Tamil film to achieve this feat
7. Baasha (1995) was the first Tamil & South Indian film to collect 25 crores, 30 crores, and 40 crores worldwide
8. Kamal Haasan’s Indian is the first Tamil film to collect 50 crores worldwide
9. Rajini’s Padaiyappa is the first Tamil & South Indian film to collect 60 crores worldwide
10. The first Tamil film to collect 75 crores was Chandramukhi. It is also the first South Indian film to do it so
11. Sivaji became the first Tamil film to collect 100 cr worldwide
12. Shankar & Rajini’s visual wonder Enthiran became the first Tamil movie to gross over 200 crores worldwide
13. Kabali became the first Tamil film to collect 300 crores worldwide
14. Shankar & Rajini’s 2.0 is the first Tamil film to reach 500 crores
