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The document proposes the Kollywood Museum & Hotspot, a museum in Chennai focused on the history of the Tamil film industry, nicknamed Kollywood. The museum aims to educate visitors about Tamil cinema and create a space for related celebrations. It will showcase the socio-cultural history and evolution of cinema in India and its global impact through exhibits. The design of the museum aims to connect visitors to the world of Indian cinema through its built form, interior and exterior spaces, and landscape design. Potential constraints include time limitations and lack of prototype case studies. Literature and live case studies of other film museums will be referenced.

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Kolly Wood Museum

The document proposes the Kollywood Museum & Hotspot, a museum in Chennai focused on the history of the Tamil film industry, nicknamed Kollywood. The museum aims to educate visitors about Tamil cinema and create a space for related celebrations. It will showcase the socio-cultural history and evolution of cinema in India and its global impact through exhibits. The design of the museum aims to connect visitors to the world of Indian cinema through its built form, interior and exterior spaces, and landscape design. Potential constraints include time limitations and lack of prototype case studies. Literature and live case studies of other film museums will be referenced.

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KOLLYWOOD MUSEUM & HOTSPOT

INTRODUCTION
Tamil cinema is the Indian filmmaking industry of Tamil-language motion pictures. It is based
in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, in the Kodambakkam neighbourhood, leading to the industry's
nickname Kollywood, the word being a portmanteau of Kodambakkam and Hollywood.
The first Tamil silent film, Keechaka Vadham, was made by R. Nataraja Mudaliar in 1918 The first talking
motion picture, Kalidas, was a multilingual film directed by H M Reddy and was released on 31 October
1931, less than seven months after India's first talking motion picture Alam Ara.By the end of the 1930s,
the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939.

AIM
 To create a space where the people could know on Tamil cinema and to create a space for cinema
celebrations.

ABSTRACT
The Government of India has envisaged to establish a “National Museum of Indian Cinema” in Films Division
Complex, Mumbai- first ever of its kind in Asian Region with a view to give impetus to the movement of
showcasing the history of Indian Cinema and its global impact.
The main objective of the proposed Museum are to:

 To encapsulate the socio-cultural history of India as revealed through the evolution of cinema;

 To develop as a research center focusing on the effect of cinema on society;

The Museum of Moving Images will not only provide a store house of information to the laymen but it will also help
film makers, film students, enthusiasts and critics to know and evaluate the development of cinema as a medium of
artistic expression not only in the country but also in all parts of the world

SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT


 To achieve a relationship between the visitors and kollywood world.

The built form, as well as the interior and exterior spaces will be designed in order to connectthe visitor to
the world of Indian Cinema

 Circulation
It would be designed to prevent physical fatigue, and maintain the visual interest of the visitor for the
exhibits. The design will facilitate the functional connectivity of various spaces. Proper segregation of
vehicular and pedestrian traffic will be taken care of.
 Landscape  
The landscape design will enhance the environment of the theme and functionality and later to the
circulation needs of outdoor spaces

LIMITAIONS

 Time factors may be the major constraints imposed on this study, so extent of detailing shall depend on
the duration available

 Non availability of prototype case study

LITERATURE STUDY

 Eye film museum, Amsterdam.


 Shanghai film museum, China.

LIVE CASE STUDY

 Ramoji film city, Telangana.


 Government Museum, Chennai.

METHODOLOGY
PROJECT

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