Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Chapter One The Early Days—Silent Movies

Chapter Two And Then Came the Voices

Chapter Three Era of the Dialogue writer and
the Cinema of Dissent

Chapter Four Songs in Tamil Cinema

Chapter Five Dialogue in Tamil Films

Chapter Six Satyamurthi—the Link that Snapped

Chapter Seven The Films

Chapter Eight The Filmmakers

Chapter Nine The Songwriters

Milestones of Tamil Cinema

Bibliography

Articles

Glossary

Index

Index to Film Titles