When Rajkumar passed away in 2000 or so, similar emotions were seen in parts of Karnataka too. @Indischer why you do that?I live in Hyderabad, people in South India seems normal, but yes the craziness for movies are bewildering with Tamils and Telugus, particularly Telugus, they watch Telugu movies, Hindi movies and even dubbed Tamil movies and still the Telugu film industry has the largest turnover in entire south India.