Why do South Indian films look more Indian than Bollywood’s?

 I believe both South Indian films and Bollywood film both look Indian and have feel of a desi touch.

Bollywood has modern touch because Bollywood film industry is headquartered in Mumbai , the most developed city in Indian subcontinent and has a Audience size of atleast 1 billion or 1000 million or 100 crores.

This means high quality visuals, large number of production houses and producers and everything is big.

South Indian film industry is not just one film industry it is actually 5 or 6. The market is very low compared to mighty Bollywood. It's approximately 252 million audience size.

Kannada language film industry or Sandalwood headquartered in Mandya, Karnataka. It's popularity is restricted to Karnataka only.

Mandya is primary hub of Kannada film industry.Mandya is considered a premier, high-octane, and loyal stronghold for the Kannada film industry (Sandalwood), often acting as a crucial barometer for a film's success due to its dedicated fan base. It is a major region for promotion, frequently hosting top stars.

Tamil language film industry or Kollywood is headquartered in Chennai and Kumbakonam. Tamil Nadu is the primary hub of Kollywood.

Telugu language film industry or Tollywood is headquartered in Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are the primary hub of Tollywood. It's the largest film industry after Bollywood and the Largest Film industry in South India.

Malayalam language film industry or Kollywood is headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram. Kerala is the primary hub of Kollywood.

Tulu language film industry or Coastalwood is headquartered in Mangalore, Tulu Nadu state.

What are some examples of surprisingly low salaries paid to actors in successful films?

 Jonan Hill was so desperate to work with Martin Scorsese that he accepted the SAG minimum wage in order to be in The Wolf of Wall Street.

Scorsese felt he was taking a risk by casting a comedic actor in such a significant role. His only notable dramatic work before The Wolf of Wall Street was Moneyball, a film he starred in alongside Brad Pitt.

Knowing this, Hill jumped at the chance to work with Scorsese for minimum wage immediately.

"I'll sign the paper tonight. Fax the papers to me now. I want to sign them before they change their minds. I want to sign them before I go to sleep, so that legally they can't change their minds."

She was paid $60,000. In contrast, reports say DiCaprio was paid around $25 million. Margot Robbie earned much less, an estimated $667,000, but still more than Hill.

To put the salaries into perspective, the film's budget was $100 million and it made a profit of $392 million.

I think it paid off for Hill to take the pay. After all, he received an Oscar nomination for his role.

As Hill put it:

"I would sell my house and give all my money to work with Scorsese. I would have given everything I have in the world. I would have done it without thinking twice."

What are some films that are meant only for clever minds?

 A few movies that are only meant for clever minds. All of them are from Bollywood:

• Kaun (1999)

Kaun is one of the best intelligent simplistic thriller made in Indian cinema. The audience are made fools in this movie, they would literally be wondering what's happening and what will happen. This is a wonderful story written by Anurag Kashyap and directed by RGV. Both Urmilla and Manoj Bajpayee killed it. They gave an outstanding performance in this movie. Nobody has an idea of what's happening and nobody can actually guess the climax. Even the most intelligent person would fail to guess what will happen in the last 20 minutes which had one of the greatest twists and arguably this is one of the best thrillers made in Bollywood movie and can be termed as a movie ahead of time.

• Kahaani (2012)

Kahaani is a one of the best thriller movie made in Bollywood in the last 10 years. This movie has a Bengali flavour added to it. The lead actor Parambrata Chatterjee is a well known actor in Bangla cinema and the entire movie takes place in Kolkata. The movie too is very unpredictable and has an outstanding twist which most of them would not have guessed. Vidya Balan in this movie acted wonderfully and Bollywood is really lucky to have her working for so many years. The movie overall is an excellent movie but the climax is the only negative point, in my opinion it should have been better. The movie ends with the legendary Amitabh Bachchan singing a Bangla song .

• Special 26( 2013)

I was lucky to see this movie in theatres. It was a fantastic movie. The first time when I saw this I couldn't believe that the movie would end in such a way, it was absolutely surprising. Only very few clever people would have thought that the movie would end in such a way. Special 26 also has wonderful songs and it is definitely one such movie which can be watched numerous times.

Hope Bollywood makes many such wonderful movies in the future.

What are some best Telugu remakes of Tamil films?

 Really you people believe or not, I am surprised and shocked when I came to know the fact that some of the evergreen films in Telugu Cinema were remakes. Already I have immense respect to Tamil Cinema and now it becomes fourfolded.

The films which I have jotted down here are bread and butter in entertainment section in my childhood days where we used to wait for the whole weekend for the new movie and when the show starts we used to stick to the televisions.

The fun fact in the Telugu remakes was they copied scene to scene and tune to tune as it is in some movies except dialogues were different as it pertains to language but the dialogue holds the same meaning.

Anyways it is also an appreciable thing that some of the remakes recreate the magic than the former and earned a huge reputation among the audience.

Here am furnishing the list of remakes only from Tamil but the same case happened with Kannada and Malayalam too.

The surprising fact is that even Bollywood remade countless films from the South.

Here is the Telugu remakes list from Tamil

• Kushi-Kushi

• Suswagatham -Love today

• Gokulamlo Seetha - Gokulathil Seethai

• Maa Annaya - Vaanathaippola

• Annavaram - Thirupaachi

• Dhruva- Thani Oruvan

• Cheppave Chirugali - Unnai Ninaithu

• SMS(Shiva Manasulo Shruti) - SMS(Shiva Manasula Shakthi)

• Sreeram- Dhill

• Gemini-Gemini

• Veede -Dhool

• Sambo Siva Sambo - Naado digal

• Lakshmi Narasimha -Saamy

• Nenu -Kaadhal kondein

• Ninne Premistha -Nee Veruvai Ena

• Nuvvu Vasthavani - Thulladha Manamum Thullum

• Kaidi No 150 -Kathi

• Takkari -Thiruvilaiyaadal Aarambam

• Billa -Billa

• Tadakha- Vettai

• Current Theega -Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam

• Rajubhai -Chithiram Pesuthadi

• Donga Dongadi - Thiruda Thirudi

• Naa Autograph- Autograph

• Tagore- Ramana

• Sneham Kosam -Natpukkaga

• Raja -Unnidathil Ennai Koduthen

• Seenu -Sollamalle

• Sundarakanda-Sundarakandam

• Sankranthi- Anandam

• Garshana-Khaka Khaka

• Vasantham- Priyamaina Tozzi

• Suryavamsam- Suryavamsam

• Abbayi Garu- Enga chinna Rasa

• Chanti- China Thambi

• Intlo Illalu Vantintlo Priyuralu -Thaikulame Thaikulame

• Siva Rama Raju -Samudhiram

• Pedababu -Pasumpon

• Subakankshalu - Poove Unakkaga

• Juniors-Thulluvadho Ilamai

• Sudigaadu - Tamizh padam

• Aaha -Aaha

• BudgetPadmanabam- Budget Padmanabam

• Mee Intikosthe em Istharu - Middle-Class Madhavan

• Kurradu-Polladhavan

• Katamrayudu - Veeram

PS: I have provided this information for avid movie lovers and not only that all the pictures which I have posted here are thoroughly searched and designed by myself for this answer since 1 week with self-interest and let me know if you know the Telugu remakes from Tamil other than these mentioned movies.