Ananda Vikatan

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Ananda Vikatan
Ananda-Vikatan.jpg
Editor Subramaniam Srinivasan
CategoriesGeneral
FrequencyWeekly
Founded1926;99 years ago (1926)
CompanyVikatan Group Pvt. Ltd.
CountryIndia
Language Tamil
Website Ananda Vikatan

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

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History

Ananda Vikatan was started by Late Pudhoor Vaidyanadhaiyar in February 1926 as a monthly publication. The issue for December 1927 was not published due to financial difficulties. In January 1928 Subramaniam Srinivasan bought the rights from Vaidyanadhaiyer and relaunched the publication in February 1928 in a new format [2] He paid ₹200 (equivalent to ₹45,000orUS$540 in 2023) at the rate of ₹25 per letter 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. Veteran journalist and media personality and Srinivasan's son S. Balasubramanian served as editor, managing director and publisher of the magazine for nearly 50 years till 2006. [4] He also started the "Manavar Thittam" or student journalism scheme that has been active for the last 30 years and counting. He also launched Junior Vikatan, a biweekly Tamil investigative journal in the 1980s. Balasubramanian later served as chairman emeritus of the Vikatan Group after retiring from active involvement and handing over the reins to his son B. Srinivasan.

Visual media

Vikatan Televistas was launched by Vasan Publications in the late 1990s starting with Mega-serials on Sun TV such as Thirumathi Selvam and Thendral. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic it withdrew from Sun TV and decided to move and go ahead with other channels too. [5] Since 2021, it has been producing and making stories for Star Vijay.It debuted with various shows such as Thamizhum Saraswatiyum and Siragadikka Aasai. In the year of 2023, it also debuted in Kalaignar TV with the show Ranjithame In 2024, Vikatan Televistas debuted in Hindi television industry by Co-producing Udne Ki Aasha for StarPlus. [6]

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 by Vaalmiki . [7] 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]

Films

Serials

NameFirst airedLast AiredNumber of episodesNetwork
Akshaya199950 Sun TV
Panchavarnakilli2000 Sun TV
Pushpanjali200038 Sun TV
Anandha Bhavan200060 Sun TV
Alaigal 29 October 200123 May 2003403 Sun TV
Avargal6 January 20032 November 20071077 Sun TV
Appa26 May 200321 November 2003125 Sun TV
Kolangal 24 November 20034 December 20091533 Sun TV
Alli Rajyam16 May 200521 July 200660 Sun TV
Thirumathi Selvam 5 November 200722 March 20131360 Sun TV
Thendral 7 December 200917 January 20151340 Sun TV
Deivamagal 25 March 201317 February 20181466 Sun TV
Priyamanaval 19 January 201511 May 20191315 Sun TV
Nayaki 19 February 201831 October 2020718 Sun TV
Run 5 August 201930 March 2020197 Sun TV
Sravani Subrahmanyam18 July 201127 July 2012266 Gemini TV
Devatha12 January 200931 May 20131142 Gemini TV
Ilam Thennal Pole28 November 201120 July 2012170 Surya TV
Thangali5 December 20114 October 2013472 Udaya TV
Thamizhum Saraswathiyum 12 July 202119 April 2024717 Star Vijay
Siragadikka Aasai 23 January 2023800+ Star Vijay
Ranjithame 17 July 202314 December 2024436 Kalaignar TV
Budget Kudumbam 22 January 20247 March 2025100 DD Podhigai
Udne Ki Aasha 12 March 202480+ StarPlus

Web Series

NameFirst airedLast AiredNumber of episodesNetwork
Vallamai Tharayao26 October 202012 February 202180 Vikatan TV
Aadhalinal Kaadhal Seiveir23 August 202110 December 202180 Vikatan TV
November Story 202120217 Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)
Uppu Puli Kaaram 30 May 20242 January 2025128 Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)
LingamTBA- Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)

Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards

The awards ceremony has been held since 2008, with the most recent being in January 2019. [8]

Circulation details

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation, for the period of July–December 2004, circulation stood at 430,534 per week. This represents a 22 per cent growth over the previous half-year period.[ citation needed ]

Subsidiaries

Ananda Vikatan has had numerous sister magazines. These included Aval Vikatan, Chutti Vikatan, Doctor Vikatan, Junior Vikatan, Motor Vikatan, Naanayam Vikatan, Pasumai Vikatan, Sakthi Vikatan and TimePass. Cinema Vikatan is the YouTube channel that covers cinema. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "Vanitha continues to lead regional language magazines". www.printweek.in.
  2. ↑ S. Pasupathy (10 March 2003). "S. S. Vasan" (in Tamil). 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. 1 2 "Explained: How Vikatan became a contextual content company driven by technology". Financial Express. 16 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Production house Vikatan steps into the Hindi GEC space with Udne Ki Asha on Star Plus". 12 February 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  7. ↑ "Preview – Vaalmiki". Kollywood Today. 21 May 2009. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
  8. ↑ "ஆனந்த விகடன் சினிமா விருதுகள் 2018 - திறமைக்கு மரியாதை". 3 January 2019.
  9. ↑ "Vikatan to close down four magazines, online editions to continue". The News Minute . 1 September 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
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