![]() Marina, a movie about children who earn their livelihood doing odd jobs on Chennai’s Marina beach, was produced for Rs 1.35 crore, but collected Rs 5.47 crore. Tamil comedy Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, made at a cost of less than Rs 2 crore, reported gross collections of Rs 15.86 crore in Tamil and Telugu - a return of almost 700 per cent. Successful low-budget movies of 2012 include Tamil films Marina, Attakathi, Pizza and Oru Kal Oru Kannadi, as well as Telugu offerings Eega and Ee Rojullo. Film-makers began realising that a good story can bring success. While there was a mere trickle of small and medium-budget movies until 2008-09, the appetite for them started increasing two to three years ago, owing to high artiste and production costs. ![]() Of the 423 Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam films released in 2012, the most successful were those that were produced on modest budgets and without superstars, industry sources said. ![]() The year 2012 was highly successful for low-budget films in the southern Indian film industry, with some having earned returns on investment of over 600 per cent, industry experts said.
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