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Jaathi Pookkal (1980)

Jaathi Pookkal poster
Directed by
A. P. Rathinam
Genre
drama
Country
India
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This 1980 Indian Tamil film covers the changes in entertainment tax laws in Tamil Nadu after 1958. It shows how film industry revenues were affected by tax policies.

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What happens

Post-amendment to the Tamil Nadu Entertainments Tax Act 1939 on 1 April 1958, Gross jumped to 140 per cent of Nett Commercial Taxes Department disclosed ₹61 crore in entertainment tax revenue for the year. The following is a list of films produced in the Tamil film industry in India in 1987, in chronological order. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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