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The reason given is: civil war ended, new films released.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">November 2024</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p> <b>Sri Lankan Tamil cinema</b> is a small filmmaking industry based in <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, which has made under 100 <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil language</a> films as of 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-search_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-search-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> it is separate from its Indian counterpart, the <a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil cinema</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kodambakkam" title="Kodambakkam">Kodambakkam</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, as many Sri Lankan Tamil actors work in Sri Lankan films or independent Tamil films overseas, although a few noted Tamil actors in India were born in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Tamil cinema's growth has largely been stalled due to the <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a>. </p><p>Tamils contributed significantly to <a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Sri_Lanka" title="Cinema of Sri Lanka">Sinhala cinema</a> as well as Indian Tamil cinema. The earliest ever Tamil films were mostly destroyed or unrecovered during wartime. The first known Sinhalese film dubbed in Tamil was released on December 29, 1951.<sup id="cite_ref-search_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-search-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sri Lankan Tamil film <i>Samuthayam</i> (transl. Society), an adaptation of <a href="/wiki/C.N._Annadurai" class="mw-redirect" title="C.N. Annadurai">C.N. Annadurai</a>’s <i>Velaikkari</i>, was made in 16 mm and technicolor. It was shown in 1962 and 1963. Thottakkari (Plantation Woman), released on March 28, 1962, was the first Sri Lankan Tamil film in the standard 35 mm format. It included speeches by <a href="/wiki/Trade_unionists" class="mw-redirect" title="Trade unionists">trade unionists</a> S. Thondaman and Azeez and was directed by Krishnakumar, who also played the film's male lead.<sup id="cite_ref-search_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-search-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Government-instituted development and individual achievement (1971–1979); unprecedented surge in yearly admissions In 1971, a socialist government that sought to overcome the dominance of screen time in Sri Lanka by Tamil and Hindi films came to power in the country. Foreign film dominance had resulted in domestically produced films being relegated to 20% of the screen time while foreign films occupied 80% (60% Tamil, 10% Hindi, 10% English). The government that won power had promised to redress this imbalance. It established the State Film Corporation by Act No. 47 of 1971, charged with the promotion of national film and giving and making available a wide variety of films to the public. </p><p>The State Film Corporation (SFC) established a unique credit scheme for film production. Loans were given on the basis of a script evaluation, and those taking part with credit were given on the collateral of the negatives. This was at a time when bank lending was very conventional and such a 'collateral' was unheard of in the banking industry. The directors and main technicians had to have prior training to obtain loans via a system of registration. Prior to these measures, films produced domestically were transliterations of Tamil and Hindi films, to the extent that there was no credit for screenplay. The only credit was for dialogues, as the "screenplay" was a transliteration of the Hindi or Tamil original. The credit scheme ensured original screenwriting for the first time, and stories that were copies of Hindi and Tamil were not entitled to receive loans. Thus, a professional film production industry was established. </p><p>As a rebirth of Sri Lankan Tamil cinema, the comedy/thriller movie ‘'<a href="/wiki/Komaali_Kings" title="Komaali Kings">Komaali Kings</a>’' was announced on January 23, 2016. The team says, "‘Komaali Kings’ is an attempt to rekindle and re-establish nostalgic memories of the hay days of Sri Lankan Tamil cinema." </p><p>The filmography of the Sri Lankan Tamil cinema is as follows. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_films_1960s">Early films 1960s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lankan_Tamil_cinema&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early films 1960s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No </th> <th>Film title </th> <th>Meaning of title </th> <th>Film Director / Music Director </th> <th>Date released </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Samuthayam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Samuthayam (page does not exist)">Samuthayam</a></i> </td> <td><i>Society</i> </td> <td>Henry Chandrawansa </td> <td>1962 (16-mm Technicolor Movie) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thottakkari&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thottakkari (page does not exist)">Thottakkari</a></i> </td> <td><i>A lady from Plantation</i> </td> <td>Krishnakumar </td> <td>March 28, 1962 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kadamayin_Ellai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kadamayin Ellai (page does not exist)">Kadamayin Ellai</a></i> </td> <td><i>Limits of Duty</i> </td> <td>M.Vedanayagam </td> <td>1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pasa_Nila&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pasa Nila (page does not exist)">Pasa Nila</a></i> </td> <td><i>Beloved Moon</i> </td> <td>Joe Dev Anand </td> <td>1966 (16-mm Movie) </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taxi_Driver_(Tamil_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taxi Driver (Tamil film) (page does not exist)">Taxi Driver</a></i> </td> <td><i>Taxi Driver</i> </td> <td>T.Sundukuli Somasegaran </td> <td>1966 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nirmala_(1968_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nirmala (1968 film) (page does not exist)"><i>Nirmala</i></a> </td> <td><i>Nirmala</i> </td> <td>A.Ragunathan </td> <td>1968 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films_released_in_1970s">Films released in 1970s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lankan_Tamil_cinema&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Films released in 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No </th> <th>Film title </th> <th>Meaning of title </th> <th>Film Director </th> <th>Date released </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manjal_Kungumam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manjal Kungumam (page does not exist)">Manjal Kungumam</a></i> </td> <td><i>Turmeric and Kumkum</i> </td> <td>Balan </td> <td>1970 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vensangu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vensangu (page does not exist)">Vensangu</a></i> </td> <td><i>White conch</i> </td> <td>W.M.S.Thambo </td> <td>1970 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kuththu_vilakku&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kuththu vilakku (page does not exist)">Kuththu vilakku</a></i> </td> <td><i>Sacred Lamp</i> </td> <td>W.S.Mahendran </td> <td>1972 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Meenava_Penn&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Meenava Penn (page does not exist)">Meenava Penn</a></i> </td> <td><i>Fisherfolk Lady</i> </td> <td>Krishnakumar </td> <td>1973 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pudhiya_Kattru&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pudhiya Kattru (page does not exist)">Pudhiya Kattru</a></i> </td> <td><i>A New waves</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S.Ramanathan" class="mw-redirect" title="S.Ramanathan">S.Ramanathan</a> </td> <td>1975 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Komaligal" title="Komaligal">Komaligal</a></i> </td> <td><i>The Clowns</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S.Ramanathan" class="mw-redirect" title="S.Ramanathan">S.Ramanathan</a> </td> <td>1976 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ponmani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ponmani (page does not exist)">Ponmani</a></i> </td> <td><i>Ponmani</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dharmasena_Patthiraja&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dharmasena Patthiraja (page does not exist)">Dharmasena Patthiraja</a> </td> <td>1977 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Kaathirupaen_Unakaaha" title="Kaathirupaen Unakaaha">Kaathirupaen Unakaaha</a></i> </td> <td><i>I will wait for you</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S.V.Chandran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S.V.Chandran (page does not exist)">S.V.Chandran</a> </td> <td>1977 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Naan_Ungal_Thozhan" title="Naan Ungal Thozhan">Naan Ungal Thozhan</a></i> </td> <td><i>I'm Your friend</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._V._Chandran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="S. V. Chandran (page does not exist)">S. V. Chandran</a> </td> <td>1978 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Vadakkattru" class="mw-redirect" title="Vadakkattru">Vadakkattru</a></i> </td> <td><i>Cool Breeze</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Premnath_Moraes" title="Premnath Moraes">Premnath Moraes</a> </td> <td>1977 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thendralum_Puyalum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thendralum Puyalum (page does not exist)">Thendralum Puyalum</a></i> </td> <td><i>Wind and Typhoon</i> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M.A.Kapoor&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M.A.Kapoor (page does not exist)">M.A.Kapoor</a> </td> <td>1978 </td> <td>First and only Tamil Cinemasope movie </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theivam_Thantha_Veedu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theivam Thantha Veedu (page does not exist)">Theivam Thantha Veedu</a></i> </td> <td><i>God gave this House</i> </td> <td>Wlfred silva </td> <td>1978 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aemalikal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aemalikal (page does not exist)">Aemalikal</a></i> </td> <td><i>Fools</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/S.Ramanathan" class="mw-redirect" title="S.Ramanathan">S.Ramanathan</a> </td> <td>1978 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><i>Anuragam</i> </td> <td><i>Anuragam</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yasapalitha_Nanayakkara" title="Yasapalitha Nanayakkara">Yasapalitha Nanayakkara</a> </td> <td>1978 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Engalil_Oruvan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Engalil Oruvan (page does not exist)">Engalil Oruvan</a></i> </td> <td><i>A Man among us</i> </td> <td>S.V.Chandran </td> <td>1979 </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films_released_in_1980s">Films released in 1980s</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lankan_Tamil_cinema&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Films released in 1980s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No </th> <th>Film title </th> <th>Meaning of title </th> <th>Film Director </th> <th>Date released </th></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rathathin_Rathamae&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rathathin Rathamae (page does not exist)">Rathathin Rathamae</a></i> </td> <td><i>Beloved blood relatives</i> </td> <td>Joe Dev Anand </td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aval_Oru_Jeevanathi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aval Oru Jeevanathi (page does not exist)">Aval Oru Jeevanathi</a></i> </td> <td><i>She is a living river</i> </td> <td>J.B.Robert, Joe Michael </td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nadu_Potra_Vaalka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nadu Potra Vaalka (page does not exist)">Nadu Potra Vaalka</a></i> </td> <td><i>Live a great life so that the country will celebrate you</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yasapalitha_Nanayakkara" title="Yasapalitha Nanayakkara">Yasapalitha Nanayakkara</a> </td> <td>1979 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nenjukku_Neethi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nenjukku Neethi (page does not exist)">Nenjukku Neethi</a></i> </td> <td><i>Just to the heart</i> </td> <td>T.Sundukuli Somasegaran </td> <td>1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>26 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pathai_Maariya_Paruvangal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Pathai Maariya Paruvangal (page does not exist)">Pathai Maariya Paruvangal</a></i> </td> <td><i>Ages when paths changed</i> </td> <td>NA </td> <td>1982 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films_released_in_1990s—present"><span id="Films_released_in_1990s.E2.80.94present"></span>Films released in 1990s—present</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sri_Lankan_Tamil_cinema&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Films released in 1990s—present"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>No </th> <th>Film title </th> <th>Meaning of title </th> <th>Film Director </th> <th>Date released </th></tr> <tr> <td>27 </td> <td><i>Sharmilavin Ithaya Ragam</i> </td> <td><i>Sharmila’s Melody of the Heart</i> </td> <td>Peradeniya Junaideen, <a href="/wiki/Sunil_Soma_Peiris" title="Sunil Soma Peiris">Sunil Soma Peiris</a> </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mann_(2006_film)" title="Mann (2006 film)">Mann</a></i> </td> <td><i>Earth</i> </td> <td>Pudhiyavan </td> <td>24 November 2006 </td></tr> <tr> <td>29 </td> <td><i>Orae Naalil</i> </td> <td><i>In a single day</i> </td> <td>Yusuf Rahim </td> <td>released 2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td>30 </td> <td><i>Operation Ellalan</i> </td> <td><i>Symbol of Supreme Sacrifice</i> </td> <td>Thamilan </td> <td>2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 </td> <td><i>Ennul Enna Matramo </i> </td> <td><i>What change do I have within me?</i> </td> <td>Director: S.Kavimaran </td> <td>14 June 2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td>32 </td> <td><i>School Gang - Kalluri Padaiyani </i> </td> <td><i>Musical Instrument</i> </td> <td>Director: K.Kiruthigan </td> <td>16 June 2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>33 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Senthanal&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Senthanal (page does not exist)">Senthanal</a></i> </td> <td>Red Flame </td> <td>Director: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sutharshan_Kanagarajah&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sutharshan Kanagarajah (page does not exist)">Sutharshan Kanagarajah</a> </td> <td>April 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>34 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akoran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Akoran (page does not exist)">Akoran</a></i> </td> <td>Very angry person </td> <td>Director: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dinesh_Raveendran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dinesh Raveendran (page does not exist)">Dinesh Raveendran</a> </td> <td>10 feb 2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td>35 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Komaali_Kings" title="Komaali Kings">Komaali Kings</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td>Kings Of Comedians </td> <td>Director: King Ratnam </td> <td>23 February 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>36 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oru_Kuyilum_2_Koattankalum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oru Kuyilum 2 Koattankalum (page does not exist)">Oru Kuyilum 2 Koattankalum</a></i> </td> <td>1 <a href="/wiki/Koel" title="Koel">Koel</a>, 2 batons </td> <td>Director: <a href="/w/index.php?title=NS_thanaa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="NS thanaa (page does not exist)">NS thanaa</a> </td> <td>26 June 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td>37 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Bodhai&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bodhai (page does not exist)">Bodhai</a></i> </td> <td>Addictive </td> <td>Director: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kirushanth_Jeyakumar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kirushanth Jeyakumar (page does not exist)">Kirushanth Jeyakumar</a> </td> <td>26 June 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>38 </td> <td><i>Parthiba</i> </td> <td>Parthiba </td> <td>Director: R.P.Abarnasuthan </td> <td>21 November 2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>39 </td> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theevinai_Achcham&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theevinai Achcham (page does not exist)">Theevinai Achcham</a></i> </td> <td>scared </td> <td>Director: <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dinesh_Raveendran&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dinesh Raveendran (page does not exist)">Dinesh Raveendran</a> </td> <td>08 feb 2020 </td></tr> <tr> <td>40 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Puththi_Ketta_Manitharellam" title="Puththi Ketta Manitharellam">Puththi Ketta Manitharellam</a></i> </td> <td>All dumb people </td> <td>Director: Raj Sivaraj </td> <td>24 December 2021 </td></tr> <tr> <td>41 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Munnel_(film)" title="Munnel (film)">Munnel</a></i> </td> <td>Soil </td> <td>Director: Visakesa Chandrasekaram </td> <td>28 January 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>42 </td> <td><i>Vellinattukkaasu</i> </td> <td>Foreign money </td> <td>Director: Sasikaran Yo </td> <td>26 March 2023 </td></tr> <tr> <td>43 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Soppana_Sundhari" title="Soppana Sundhari">Soppana Sundhari</a></i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Director: Mathavan Maheswaran </td> <td>26 August 2023 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Films_yet_to_be_released">Films yet to be released</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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of Divisional Secretariats of Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Divisional Secretariats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Peninsula" title="Jaffna Peninsula">Jaffna Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Parks_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parks of Northern Province, Sri Lanka">National Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of rivers of Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="List of towns in Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanni_(Sri_Lanka)" title="Vanni (Sri Lanka)">Vanni</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Districts" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" 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title="Economy of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Agriculture_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Agriculture in Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="Category:Buildings and structures in Northern Province, Sri Lanka">Buildings and Structures</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tourism_of_Northern_Province&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tourism of Northern Province (page does not exist)">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Transportation" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a 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Airport">Vavuniya Airport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_highways_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of highways in Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Highways</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A9_highway_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="A9 highway (Sri Lanka)">A9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A14_highway_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="A14 highway (Sri Lanka)">A14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A29_highway_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="A29 highway (Sri Lanka)">A29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A30_highway_(Sri_Lanka)" title="A30 highway (Sri Lanka)">A30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A32_highway_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="A32 highway (Sri Lanka)">A32</a></li> <li><a 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Culture_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Culture of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Architecture_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Architecture of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Visual_arts_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Visual arts of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cinema_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cinema of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Cinema</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sri Lankan Tamil cinema</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Education in Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Literature_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Literature of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Music of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Music</a></li> <li><a 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exist)">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Demographic_history_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Demographic history of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Demographic history</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Language_demographics_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Language demographics of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Language demographics</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Education in Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="List of schools in Northern Province, Sri Lanka">List of schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Jaffna" title="University of Jaffna">University of Jaffna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Healthcare</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka" title="List of hospitals in Northern Province, Sri Lanka">List of hospitals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Teaching_Hospital" title="Jaffna Teaching Hospital">Jaffna Teaching Hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Religion_in_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Religion in Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Religion</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Diocese_of_the_Church_of_South_India" title="Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India">Jaffna Diocese of the Church of South India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Jaffna" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna">Roman Catholic Diocese of Jaffna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Mannar" title="Roman Catholic Diocese of Mannar">Roman Catholic Diocese of Mannar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Symbols_of_Northern_Province,_Sri_Lanka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Symbols of Northern Province, Sri Lanka (page does not exist)">Symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Eastern_Tamils" title="History of Eastern Tamils">History of Eastern Tamils</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tissamaharama_Tamil_Brahmi_inscription" class="mw-redirect" title="Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription">Tissamaharama inscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annaicoddai_seal" class="mw-redirect" title="Annaicoddai seal">Annaicoddai seal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ketheeswaram_temple" title="Ketheeswaram temple">Ketheeswaram temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koneswaram_temple" class="mw-redirect" title="Koneswaram temple">Koneswaram temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Munneswaram_temple" title="Munneswaram temple">Munneswaram temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenavaram_temple" title="Tenavaram temple">Tenavaram temple</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_kingdom" title="Jaffna kingdom">Jaffna kingdom</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom" title="History of the Jaffna kingdom">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aryacakravarti_dynasty" title="Aryacakravarti dynasty">Aryacakravarti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Palace_ruins" class="mw-redirect" title="Jaffna Palace ruins">Jaffna Palace ruins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kotagama_inscriptions" class="mw-redirect" title="Kotagama inscriptions">Kotagama inscriptions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_conquest_of_the_Jaffna_kingdom" title="Portuguese conquest of the Jaffna kingdom">Portuguese conquest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vannimai" class="mw-redirect" title="Vannimai">Vannimai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vanniar_(Chieftain)" title="Vanniar (Chieftain)">Vanniar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demala_Hatpattu" title="Demala Hatpattu">Demala Hatpattu</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colonial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Ceylon_Mission" title="American Ceylon Mission">American Ceylon Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_Methodist_Mission,_North_Ceylon" title="Wesleyan Methodist Mission, North Ceylon">Wesleyan Methodist Mission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaffna_Youth_Congress" title="Jaffna Youth Congress">Jaffna Youth Congress</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Post-colonial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_nationalism" title="Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_state_sponsored_colonisation_schemes" class="mw-redirect" title="Sri Lankan state sponsored colonisation schemes">Colonisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinhala_Only_Act" title="Sinhala Only Act">Sinhala Only Act</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riots_in_Sri_Lanka" class="mw-redirect" title="Riots in Sri Lanka">Riots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandaranaike%E2%80%93Chelvanayakam_Pact" title="Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact">Bandaranaike–Chelvanayakam Pact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Policy_of_standardisation" title="Policy of standardisation">Standardisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">Militancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vaddukoddai_Resolution" title="Vaddukoddai Resolution">Vaddukoddai Resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam" title="Tamil Eelam">Tamil Eelam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burning_of_Jaffna_library" class="mw-redirect" title="Burning of Jaffna library">Burning of Jaffna library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_July" title="Black July">Black July</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Civil war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Northern_Province_Council_resolution_on_genocide_of_Tamils" title="2015 Northern Province Council resolution on genocide of Tamils">NPC Resolution on Genocide</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Politics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Provincial_Council" title="Northern Provincial Council">Northern Provincial Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_Northern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of the Northern Province">Government of the Northern Province</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Northern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Northern Province">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Northern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Northern Province">Chief Ministers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Provincial_Council" title="Eastern Provincial Council">Eastern Provincial Council</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Governors_of_Eastern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Governors of Eastern Province">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Eastern_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chief Ministers of Eastern Province">Chief Ministers</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Political parties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_Ceylon_Tamil_Congress" title="All Ceylon Tamil Congress">All Ceylon Tamil Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_Party_(Sri_Lanka)" class="mw-redirect" title="Federal Party (Sri Lanka)">Federal Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_United_Liberation_Front" title="Tamil United Liberation Front">Tamil United Liberation Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Tamil National Alliance">Tamil National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Tamil_National_Alliance" title="Democratic Tamil National Alliance">Democratic Tamil National Alliance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_National_People%27s_Front" title="Tamil National People's Front">Tamil National People's Front</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_People%27s_National_Alliance" title="Tamil People's National Alliance">Tamil People's National Alliance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Sri_Lankan_Tamil_militant_groups" title="List of Sri Lankan Tamil militant groups">Militant groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Democratic_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Democratic Liberation Front">ENDLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_National_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam National Liberation Front">ENLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_People%27s_Revolutionary_Liberation_Front" title="Eelam People's Revolutionary Liberation Front">EPRLF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eelam_Revolutionary_Organisation_of_Students" title="Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students">EORS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">LTTE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Organisation_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="People's Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam">PLOTE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Eelam_Liberation_Organization" title="Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization">TELO</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Diaspora</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/British_Tamils_Forum" title="British Tamils Forum">British Tamils Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canadian_Tamil_Congress" title="Canadian Tamil Congress">Canadian Tamil Congress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Tamil_Sangams_of_North_America" title="Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America">Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_Tamil_Forum" title="Global Tamil Forum">Global Tamil Forum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamils_Against_Genocide" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamils Against Genocide">Tamils Against Genocide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Youth_Organisation" title="Tamil Youth Organisation">Tamil Youth Organisation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transnational_Government_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam">Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Society</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eelam" title="Eelam">Eelam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genetic_studies_on_Sri_Lankan_Tamils" title="Genetic studies on Sri Lankan Tamils">Genetic studies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karaiyar" title="Karaiyar">Karaiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koviar" class="mw-redirect" title="Koviar">Koviar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukkuvar" class="mw-redirect" title="Mukkuvar">Mukkuvar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nalavar" title="Nalavar">Nalavar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraiyar" title="Paraiyar">Paraiyar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thesavalamai" title="Thesavalamai">Thesavalamai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vellalar_(Sri_Lankan_Tamil)" class="mw-redirect" title="Vellalar (Sri Lankan Tamil)">Vellalar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coast_Veddas" title="Coast Veddas">Vedar</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cinema</a></li> <li><a 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title="Virakesari">Virakesari</a></i></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamil_diaspora" title="Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora">Diaspora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Australians" title="Tamil Australians">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Canadians" title="Tamil Canadians">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamils_in_France" title="Tamils in France">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Germans" title="Tamil Germans">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamils_in_Italy" title="Tamils in Italy">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_Tamils_in_India" title="Sri Lankan Tamils in India">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Malaysians" title="Tamil Malaysians">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_New_Zealanders" title="Tamil New Zealanders">New Zealand</a></li> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Algeria" title="Cinema of Algeria">Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Egypt" title="Cinema of Egypt">Egypt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Libya" title="Cinema of Libya">Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Morocco" title="Cinema of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Tunisia" title="Cinema of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Djibouti" title="Cinema of Djibouti">Djibouti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Eritrea" title="Cinema of Eritrea">Eritrea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Ethiopia" title="Cinema of Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Kenya" title="Cinema of Kenya">Kenya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Madagascar" title="Cinema of Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Mauritius" title="Cinema of Mauritius">Mauritius</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Somalia" title="Cinema of Somalia">Somalia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_South_Sudan" title="Cinema of South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Sudan" title="Cinema of Sudan">Sudan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Tanzania" title="Cinema of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Uganda" title="Cinema of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Zambia" title="Cinema of Zambia">Zambia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Zimbabwe" title="Cinema of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Western</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Angola" title="Cinema of Angola">Angola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Cameroon" title="Cinema of Cameroon">Cameroon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Central_African_Republic" title="Cinema of the Central African Republic">Central African Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Chad" title="Cinema of Chad">Chad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo" title="Cinema of the Democratic Republic of the Congo">Congo DR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Gabon" title="Cinema of Gabon">Gabon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Cinema of São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Southern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Botswana" title="Cinema of Botswana">Botswana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Namibia" title="Cinema of Namibia">Namibia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_South_Africa" title="Cinema of South Africa">South Africa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Asia" title="Cinema of Asia">Asia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/East_Asian_cinema" class="mw-redirect" title="East Asian cinema">Eastern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_China" title="Cinema of China">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Hong_Kong" title="Cinema of Hong Kong">Hong Kong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Japan" title="Cinema of Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Korea" title="Cinema of Korea">Korea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_North_Korea" title="Cinema of North Korea">North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_South_Korea" title="Cinema of South Korea">South</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Mongolia" title="Cinema of Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Taiwan" title="Cinema of Taiwan">Taiwan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_cinema" title="South Asian cinema">Southern</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Bangladesh" title="Cinema of Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Bhutan" title="Cinema of Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_India" title="Cinema of India">India</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Assamese_cinema" title="Assamese cinema">Assamese</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bengali_cinema,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali cinema, India">Bengali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_cinema" title="Bhojpuri cinema">Bhojpuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarhi_cinema" title="Chhattisgarhi cinema">Chhattisgarhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deccani_film_industry" title="Deccani film industry">Deccani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dogri_cinema" title="Dogri cinema">Dogri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarati_cinema" title="Gujarati cinema">Gujarati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryanvi_cinema" title="Haryanvi cinema">Haryanvi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindi_cinema" title="Hindi cinema">Hindi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kannada_cinema" title="Kannada cinema">Kannada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_cinema" title="Kashmiri cinema">Kashmiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khasi_cinema" title="Khasi cinema">Khasi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Konkani_cinema" title="Konkani cinema">Konkani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayalam_cinema" title="Malayalam cinema">Malayalam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meitei_cinema" title="Meitei cinema">Meitei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marathi_cinema" title="Marathi cinema">Marathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Odisha" title="Cinema of Odisha">Oriya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjabi_cinema" title="Punjabi cinema">Punjabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Rajasthan" title="Cinema of Rajasthan">Rajasthani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_cinema" title="Sanskrit cinema">Sanskrit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamil_cinema" title="Tamil cinema">Tamil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telugu_cinema" title="Telugu cinema">Telugu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tulu_cinema" title="Tulu cinema">Tulu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Nepal" title="Cinema of Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a 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title="Cinema of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Singapore" title="Cinema of Singapore">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Thailand" title="Cinema of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Vietnam" title="Cinema of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Central_Asia" title="Cinema of Central Asia">Central</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Afghanistan" title="Cinema of Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Kazakhstan" title="Cinema of Kazakhstan">Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Kyrgyzstan" title="Cinema of Kyrgyzstan">Kyrgyzstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Tajikistan" title="Cinema of Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Turkmenistan" title="Cinema of Turkmenistan">Turkmenistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Uzbekistan" title="Cinema of Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_West_Asia" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinema of West Asia">Western</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Armenia" title="Cinema of Armenia">Armenia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Azerbaijan" title="Cinema of Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Bahrain" title="Cinema of Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Cyprus" title="Cinema of Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Georgia" title="Cinema of Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Iran" title="Cinema of Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Iraq" title="Cinema of Iraq">Iraq</a></li> 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style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Eastern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Belarus" title="Cinema of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Bulgaria" title="Cinema of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Czech_Republic" title="Cinema of the Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Hungary" title="Cinema of Hungary">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Moldova" title="Cinema of Moldova">Moldova</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Poland" title="Cinema of Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Romania" title="Cinema of Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Russia" title="Cinema of Russia">Russia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_the_Russian_Empire" title="Cinema of the Russian Empire">Russian 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