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ADVANTAGE KUMUDAM
Jun 20, 2003 03:46 PM 79634 Views
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There are a lot of tamil magazines, and they are highly diverse in nature.There are magazines for women, Sports, Politics, Computers, Kids, novels etc, and each one have their own reader base.Most of these magazines are either fortnightly or monthly, or weekly twice published.But only the Weekly magazines have a proper qualitative and quantitaive database.Leaving aside the mediocre weeklies like Devi, Rani, Kungumam etc, the two widely read magazines by Tamils are Kumudam and Ananda Vikatan. And they are the Tamil Weekly Dons.


Kumudam and Anada Vikatan have a lot of things in common, and they always go head to head.


# Both these magazines are not supported by newspapers(many magazines thrive becoz of newspapers)


# Both these magazines have a great history(They have been in glitz for 50 years, and there is no one reason why they wont be in the next 50 years)


# Both these magazines are priced at Rs.6 (They always maintain unity in price)


# Both these magazines cover almost all the subjects, and never fail to zero in on the passions of Tamils like Cinema, Politics, Sport and Humour(Thier emphasis on humour is unmistakeable).


# Both have grown steadily, and have a group of magazines under their banner(In fields of Politics, and Women Issues also, they go head to head.They have started their own publications as well)


#Both these magazines have an enviable database of readers.(many magazines combined may not have such a readers bank)


Even their websites stand amidst the top browsed sites by Tamils.And the success of these magazines in bringing complex information to the simple public is devastating.


The competition between Kumudam and Ananda Vikatan is highly competetive, and more importantly a symbol of healthy competition.You cannot pick a permanent winner among these equally good competitiors, and the mantle changes with every issue. However in most cases(weeks), both these magazines enjoy equal advantage(applause).The affair between Kumudam and Ananda Vikatan is like a Tennis game with 2 players on a deuce, and deadlocked in a deuce battle, after a lot of advantage Kumudam and Ananda Vikatan.There would be no winner for this Tamil Weekly Don.


However let us see, how when and why Kumudam siezes the advantage. Its now Advantage KUMUDAM.


Kumudam goes places with its political articles. It takes humorous and serious digs at the politics at all levels. The present favourite ''Nayandhi Bhavan'' is a hilarious mock at all politicians.


Kumudam may be noted for it's intense.Its role in creating and carrying contrevorsial issues are unmatched. Kumudam opens the reader to contrevorsies, and also easily guides one through.


The intensity gets rubbed to their relay stories and articles, I believe. The relay stories and articles in Kumudam catch with the reader like fire. The stories '' Pak-Oru Pudhirin Saritham'', and ''Oru Nadhikayan Kathai'' ''Business Maha Maha Rajaakal'' were widely talked about from their start to end. However the sections in Kumudam are limited, both in quantity and quality.


The jokes and stories in Kumudam tends to be interesting, and the creative team presents short stories and jokes in a unique manner, with every issue. The Kumudam team should be appreciated for their timeproven strains to impose creativity. It has a nice coverage of Celebrities, and makes it a point to provide celeberity news. However, the people information and news are not of the required order.


Like in Ananda Vikatan,,Like in any other Tamil Magazine, Kumudam takes care of Sports Section, only when they are prompted by a major issue or event. The coverage of Cinema by Kumudam is more a critical approach.Kumudam is always seen as an antagoanist by the Tamil Cine World. Neverthless Kumudam always pips in with hot information and hot snaps.


The cover designs and editorials of Kumudam have a name for themselves, and are highly smartworked. Kumudam follows a proffesional approach in all other areas, and has now emerged as a leader in publications with various sister magazines like Reporter. Lights Online, Snehidi, Maalaimathi, Junction to cater the interests of various readers.


To sum upp, Kumudam says ''No.1 Tamil Weekly''; Some of the people may disagree, but no one will disagree the fact that it is 1 amongst the No 1


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