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'''''Ananda Vikatan''''' is a [[Tamil language]] weekly magazine published from [[Chennai]], [[India]]. It was the second largest magazine in circulation within India, as of 2017.<ref>http://www.printweek.in/news/irs-2017-vanitha-continues-lead-regional-language-magazines-27929</ref>
'''''Ananda Vikatan''''' is a [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language weekly magazine published from [[Chennai]], [[India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Vanitha continues to lead regional language magazines |url=http://www.printweek.in/news/irs-2017-vanitha-continues-lead-regional-language-magazines-27929 |website=www.printweek.in}}</ref>


==History and profile==
==History==
''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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.in/2015/03/2.html|title=S. S. Vasan|language=Tamil|author=S. Pasupathy|date=10 March 2003|accessdate=14 March 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314135650/http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.in/2015/03/2.html|archivedate=14 March 2017}}</ref> He paid ₹200 at the rate of ₹25 per alphabet in the Tamil language name (ஆனந்த விகடன்) of the publication to buy the rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm |title=With a finger on people's pulse |work=The Hindu |date=23 May 2003 |accessdate=13 April 2015 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130901175833/http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm |archivedate=1 September 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trophy to Remember |url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/16/stories/2003111602121000.htm |newspaper=The Hindu |author=K. Ramachandran |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130811162233/http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/16/stories/2003111602121000.htm |archivedate=11 August 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.
''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 [[S. S. Vasan|Subramaniam Srinivasan]] bought the rights from Vaidyanadhaiyer and relaunched the publication in February 1928 in a new format<ref>{{cite web|url=http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.in/2015/03/2.html|title=S. S. Vasan|language=ta|author=S. Pasupathy|date=10 March 2003|access-date=14 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314135650/http://s-pasupathy.blogspot.in/2015/03/2.html|archive-date=14 March 2017}}</ref> He paid {{INRConvert|200|year=1928}} at the rate of ₹25 per letter in the Tamil language name (ஆனந்த விகடன்) of the publication to buy the rights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm |title=With a finger on people's pulse|date=23 May 2003|access-date=13 April 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130901175833/http://hindu.com/thehindu/fr/2003/05/23/stories/2003052301510600.htm |archive-date=1 September 2013|work=[[The Hindu]] |url-status=dead }}</ref> He built it up into a weekly and sales soon rose. Veteran journalist and media personality and son of Subramaniam Srinivasan, [[S. Balasubramanian]] served as editor, managing director and publisher of the magazine for nearly 50 years till 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trophy to Remember|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/16/stories/2003111602121000.htm |author=K. Ramachandran |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130811162233/http://www.hindu.com/2003/11/16/stories/2003111602121000.htm |archive-date=11 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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. He continues to be Chairman Emeritus of the group after handing over the reins to his son B. Srinivasan.


==Visual media ==
Vikatan has now evolved as [[Vikatan group]] in the Tamil Nadu magazine industry. Vikatan over the years has provided the opportunity for many great [[Tamil language|Tamil]] writers such as [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]], [[Devan (writer)|Devan]], [[Sujatha Rangarajan]], [[Gnani Sankaran]], [[Madhan (writer)|Madhan]], and RK Shanmugam. Cartoons and illustration also flourished, producing work from artists Maya, [[Mali (cartoonist)|'Mali']] Mahalingam, [[Madhan (writer)|Madhan]], [[Sridhar]], [[Silpi]], Thanu and [[Gopulu]].
Vikatan Televistas was launched by Vasan Publications in the late 1990s starting with Mega-serials on [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] such as [[Thirumathi Selvam]] and [[Thendral]]. In 2020, during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] it withdrew from [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]] and decided to move and go ahead with other channels too.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/explained-how-vikatan-became-a-contextual-content-company-driven-by-technology/1676645/|title=Explained: How Vikatan became a contextual content company driven by technology|website=Financial Express|date=16 August 2019 }}</ref>
Since 2021, it has been producing and making stories for [[Star Vijay]].It debuted with various shows such as [[Thamizhum Saraswathiyum|Thamizhum Saraswatiyum]] and [[Siragadikka Aasai (TV series)|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-12 |title=Production house Vikatan steps into the Hindi GEC space with Udne Ki Asha on Star Plus |url=https://www.medianews4u.com/production-house-vikatan-steps-into-the-hindi-gec-space-with-udne-ki-asha-on-star-plus/ |access-date=2024-03-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>


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|date=November 2016}} They then followed this with the commercially unsuccessful by''[[Vaalmiki (film)|Vaalmiki]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kollywoodtoday.com/previews/preview-vaalmiki/|title=Preview – Vaalmiki|work=Kollywood Today|date=21 May 2009|access-date=24 July 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127100840/http://www.kollywoodtoday.net/previews/preview-vaalmiki/|archive-date=27 January 2013|url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0"/>
Currently Rajumurugan, Peyon, S.Ramakrishnan and Jeyamohan are some of the notable contributors to Vikatan.
=== Films ===

*''Siva Manasula Sakthi'' (2009)
== Publications group ==
*''Valmiki'' (2009)
It is part of Vasan Publications, the Vikatan magazine group, which also publishes Junior Vikatan, Chutti Vikatan, Aval Vikatan, Naanayam Vikatan, Sakthi Vikatan, Motor Vikatan, Pasumai Vikatan, Doctor Vikatan, TimePass, Aval Manamagal, Aval Kitchen and Vikatan Deepavali Malar.
=== Serials ===

{| class="sortable wikitable"
== Visual media ==
|-
Vikatan Televistas was launched by Vasan Publications in the late 1990s starting with weekly tele-serials on Sun TV.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/explained-how-vikatan-became-a-contextual-content-company-driven-by-technology/1676645/|title=Explained: How Vikatan became a contextual content company driven by technology|website=Financial Express}}</ref>
! Series !! Original run !! Number of episodes !! Network
|-
|''Akshaya'' ||1999|| 50||rowspan="13"| [[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
|-
|''Panchavarnakili''||2000||
|-
|''[[Alaigal (TV series)|Alaigal]]''||29 October 2001-24 May 2003|| 403
|-
|''Avargal'' ||2002-2004||
|-
|''Appa''||2003||
|-
|''Alli Rajyam''||2005|| 60
|-
|''[[Kolangal (TV series)|Kolangal]]''||24 November 2003-4 December 2009|| 1533
|-
|''[[Thirumathi Selvam]]''||5 November 2007- 22 March 2013|| 1360
|-
|''[[Thendral]]''||7 December 2009-17 January 2015|| 1340
|-
|''[[Deivamagal]]''||25 March 2013-17 February 2018|| 1466
|-
|''[[Priyamanaval]]''||19 January 2015-12 May 2019|| 1315
|-
|''[[Nayaki (TV series)|Nayaki]]''||19 February 2018-31 October 2020|| 718
|-
|''[[Run (Indian TV series)|Run]]'' ||5 August 2019-30 March 2020||197
|-
|''Sravani Subrahmanyam'' ||18 July 2011-27 July 2012 ||266 || [[Gemini TV]]
|-
|''Devatha''||12 January 2009-31 May 2013||1142||[[Gemini TV]]
|-
|''Ilam Thennal Pole'' ||28 November 2011-20 July 2012 ||170 ||[[Surya TV]]
|-
|''Thangali'' || 5 December 2011-4 October 2013 ||472 || [[Udaya TV]]
|-
|''[[Thamizhum Saraswathiyum]]''||12 July 2021 –19 April 2024||717||[[Star Vijay]]
|-
|''[[Siragadikka Aasai (TV series)|Siragadikka Aasai]]'' || 23 January 2023–present|| 400+|| [[Star Vijay]]
|-
|''[[Ranjithame (2023 TV series)|Ranjithame]]'' ||21 July 2023–14 December 2024||436||[[Kalaignar TV]]
|-
|''[[Budget Kudumbam]]''|| 29th January 2024-present|| 100+|| [[DD Podhigai]]
|-
|[[Udne Ki Aasha]]
|12 March 2024 - present
|080+
|[[StarPlus]]
|}


;Web Series
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|+Serial Produced
!Current Productions
! colspan="2" |Past Productions
|-
|-
! Series !! Original run !! Number of episodes !! Network
|[[Nayaki (TV series)|Nayaki]]
|Akshaya
|[[Deivamagal]]
|-
|-
|''[[November Story]]''
|[[Run (Indian TV series)|Run]]
|2021
|[[Alaigal]]
|7
|[[Kolangal (TV series)|Kolangal]]
|[[Disney+ Hotstar|Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)]]
|-
|-
|''Vallamai Tharayao''
|
|2020-2021
|Avargal
|80
|[[Thendral]]
|[[Vikatan TV]]
|-
|-
|''Aadhalinal Kaadhal Seiveir''
|
|2021
|Appa
|80
|[[Azhagi (TV series)|Azhagi]]
|[[Vikatan TV]]
|-
|-
|''[[Uppu Puli Kaaram]]''
|
|30 May 2024-present
|[[Thirumathi Selvam]]
| 08
|[[Priyamanaval]]
|[[Disney+ Hotstar|Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)]]
|-
|''Lingam''
|{{TBA}}
| -
|[[Disney+ Hotstar|Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)]]
|}
|}
<br />

===Tamil television===
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|date=November 2016}} They then followed this with the commercially unsuccessful Valmiki.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kollywoodtoday.com/previews/preview-vaalmiki/ |title=Preview – Vaalmiki |work=Kollywood Today |date=21 May 2009 |accessdate=24 July 2012 |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130127100840/http://www.kollywoodtoday.net/previews/preview-vaalmiki/ |archivedate=27 January 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" />

=== YouTube ===
''SocialBlade'' ranked Vikatan TV YouTube Channel as 36th nationwide with 1.1 billion video views and 53rd with 3.3 million subscribers in May 2017.<ref>[https://socialblade.com/youtube/top/country/in/mostsubscribed Vikatan TV is the most popular YouTube Channel in Tamil Nadu]</ref><ref name=":0" />


=== Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards ===
=== Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards ===
{{main|Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards}}
{{main|Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards}}
The awards ceremony has been held since 2008, with the most recent being in January 2019.<ref>[https://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2019-jan-09/ananda-vikatan-awards/147306-ananda-vikatan-awards-2018.html]</ref>
The awards ceremony has been held since 2008, with the most recent being in January 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vikatan.com/anandavikatan/2019-jan-09/ananda-vikatan-awards/147306-ananda-vikatan-awards-2018.html | title=ஆனந்த விகடன் சினிமா விருதுகள் 2018 - திறமைக்கு மரியாதை | date=3 January 2019 }}</ref>


==Circulation details==
==Circulation details==
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|date=November 2016}}.
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|date=November 2016}}

== 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2019 |title=Vikatan to close down four magazines, online editions to continue |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/vikatan-close-down-four-magazines-online-editions-continue-108171 |access-date=5 August 2024 |website=[[The News Minute]] |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.vikatan.com/ Official Website]
*[http://www.vikatan.com/ Official Website]
*[https://soundcloud.com/user-311470525/j-pod-tamil-magazine-pioneer-b J-POD: B. Srinivasan of ''Ananda Vikatan'', podcast on Krishna Prasad's jpod]


{{Works by Vikatan Televistas}}
{{Works by Vikatan Televistas}}


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Latest revision as of 15:50, 31 December 2024

Ananda Vikatan
EditorSubramaniam Srinivasan
CategoriesGeneral
FrequencyWeekly
Founded1926; 99 years ago (1926)
CompanyVikatan Group Pvt. Ltd.
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil
WebsiteAnanda Vikatan

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

History

[edit]

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 ₹45,000 or US$530 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 son of Subramaniam Srinivasan, 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 is active for the last 30 years and counting. He also launched Junior Vikatan, a biweekly Tamil investigative journal in the 1980s. He 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 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 byVaalmiki.[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

[edit]
  • Siva Manasula Sakthi (2009)
  • Valmiki (2009)

Serials

[edit]
Series Original run Number of episodes Network
Akshaya 1999 50 Sun TV
Panchavarnakili 2000
Alaigal 29 October 2001-24 May 2003 403
Avargal 2002-2004
Appa 2003
Alli Rajyam 2005 60
Kolangal 24 November 2003-4 December 2009 1533
Thirumathi Selvam 5 November 2007- 22 March 2013 1360
Thendral 7 December 2009-17 January 2015 1340
Deivamagal 25 March 2013-17 February 2018 1466
Priyamanaval 19 January 2015-12 May 2019 1315
Nayaki 19 February 2018-31 October 2020 718
Run 5 August 2019-30 March 2020 197
Sravani Subrahmanyam 18 July 2011-27 July 2012 266 Gemini TV
Devatha 12 January 2009-31 May 2013 1142 Gemini TV
Ilam Thennal Pole 28 November 2011-20 July 2012 170 Surya TV
Thangali 5 December 2011-4 October 2013 472 Udaya TV
Thamizhum Saraswathiyum 12 July 2021 –19 April 2024 717 Star Vijay
Siragadikka Aasai 23 January 2023–present 400+ Star Vijay
Ranjithame 21 July 2023–14 December 2024 436 Kalaignar TV
Budget Kudumbam 29th January 2024-present 100+ DD Podhigai
Udne Ki Aasha 12 March 2024 - present 080+ StarPlus
Web Series
Series Original run Number of episodes Network
November Story 2021 7 Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)
Vallamai Tharayao 2020-2021 80 Vikatan TV
Aadhalinal Kaadhal Seiveir 2021 80 Vikatan TV
Uppu Puli Kaaram 30 May 2024-present 08 Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)
Lingam TBA - Disney+ Hotstar (Tamil)

Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards

[edit]
Main article: Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards

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

Circulation details

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]
  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. ^ a b "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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