Published on: Monday, December 14, 2020
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: More efforts will be made to expose the history of Malaysian Tamil cinema to the younger generation as it is important for them to know the origin and development of the film industry over the last five decades.
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) board member Denes Kumar
(pic) said this was important as the making of local Tamil-language or Indian films outside its motherland of Tamil Nadu, India is actively growing in Malaysia.
“I believe the value of growth comes from its roots. How many youngsters nowadays truly have the knowledge of the history of Malaysian Tamil cinema, the pioneer artistes, film makers and their contributions that steered the growth of the industry?” he told Bernama in an exclusive interview at Wisma Bernama here, recently.