Ananda Vikatan

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Ananda Vikatan
File:Ananda-Vikatan.jpg
EditorB Srinivasan
CategoriesGeneral
FrequencyWeekly
Year founded1926; 98 years ago (1926)
CompanyVikatan Group Pvt. Ltd.
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
Websitewww.vikatan.com/anandavikatan

Ananda Vikatan is a Tamil-language weekly magazine published from Chennai, India.[1]

History and profile[edit]

Ananda Vikatan was started by Budalur Vaidyanadhaiyar in February 1926 as a monthly publication. The issue for December 1927 was not published due to financial difficulties. In January 1928 S. S. Vasan bought the rights from Vaidyanadhaiyer and relaunched the publication from February 1928 in a new format[2] He paid 200 (US$2.80) at the rate of ₹25 per alphabet in the Tamil language name (ஆனந்த விகடன்) of the publication to buy the rights.[3] He built it up into a weekly and sales soon rose. Ananda Vikatan is still running successfully after ninety years. Veteran journalist and media personality S. Balasubramanian served as editor, managing director and publisher of the magazine for nearly 50 years till 2006.[4] Balasubramanian also mentored generations of journalists and writers. He also started the "Manavar Thittam" or student journalism scheme that is active for the last 30 years and counting. He also launched Junior Vikatan, a biweekly Tamil investigative journal in the 1980s in addition to his many accomplishments as Vikatan's publisher. He was the son of S. S. Vasan and continues to be Chairman Emeritus of the group after handing over the reins to his son B. Srinivasan.

Visual media[edit]

Vikatan Televistas was launched by Vasan Publications in the late 1990s starting with Mega-serials on Sun TV.[5]

Tamil television[edit]

The company ventured into film production as Vikatan Talkies, and successfully made the comedy Siva Manasula Sakthi starring Jiiva and Anuya that launched the career of the director Rajesh.[citation needed] They then followed this with the commercially unsuccessful Vaalmiki.[6] The media house still produces a variety of programs for television and has branched out into various streams of media content with an online digital broadcast of snippets of news, views, interviews etc.[5]

Past Productions First aired Last aired Episode count Note
Akshaya 1998 1999 50
Ananda Bhavan 2000 2001 60
Panchavarna Kili 1999 2000 50
Perai Sollava
Sathya
Kai Rasi
Pushpanjali
Alaigal 29 October 2001 23 May 2003 403
Appa 26 May 2003 21 November 2003 125
Kolangal 24 November 2003 4 December 2009 1533
Avargal 2002 2007
Thirumathi Selvam 5 November 2007 22 March 2013 1,360
Thendral 7 December 2009 17 January 2015 1,340
Azhagi 10 October 2011 4 March 2016 1,101
Deivamagal 25 March 2013 17 February 2018 1,466
Priyamanaval 19 January 2015 11 May 2019 1315
Nayagi 19 February 2018 31 October 2020 718
Run 5 August 2019 31 March 2020 197
Vallamai

Tharayo

26 October 2020 12 February 2021 80 First serial which released on YouTube channel without an tv telecast
November Story 20 May 2021 - 7 Released on Disney+ Hotstar
Thamizhum Saraswathiyum 12 July 2021 Present on Star Vijay

Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards[edit]

The awards ceremony has been held since 2008, with the most recent being in January 2019.[7]

Circulation details[edit]

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation, for the period of July–December 2004, circulation stood at 4,30,534 per week. This represents a 22 per cent growth over the previous half-year period.[citation needed].

References[edit]

  1. "Vanitha continues to lead regional language magazines". www.printweek.in.
  2. S. Pasupathy (10 March 2003). "S. S. Vasan" (in தமிழ்). Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
  3. "With a finger on people's pulse". The Hindu. 23 May 2003. Archived from the original on 1 September 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  4. K. Ramachandran. "Trophy to Remember". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 11 August 2013.
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Explained: How Vikatan became a contextual content company driven by technology". Financial Express.
  6. "Preview – Vaalmiki". Kollywood Today. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  7. [1]

External links[edit]

Template:Works by Vikatan Televistas

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