Behindwoods.com has the following comparison between Bollywood and South Indian Film industry.

  Bollywood South India
No. of theaters 5289 7611
Biggest hit in 2005 Bunty Aur Bubli Chandramukhi
Earnings Bunty Aur Bubli (45 crore) Chandramukhi (110 crore)
Movies/year 246 479
Viewer turnout 35 – 40% 60 – 65%
Renumeration Aamir Khan (7 crore/film) Rajnikanth (15 crore/film, 30 for Shivaji)
Renumeration Shahrukh Khan (5 crore/film) Chiranjeevi(10 crore/film)
Nationals Awards – Movie, since 1954 11 14
Nationals Awards – Actor,since 1968 16 18

Please remind us once more on why the International Indian Film Academy promotes only Hindi movies ?

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