At first (beginning in the 1920s), the Malayalam film industry was based in Trivandrum. Although the film industry started to develop and flourish only by the late-1940s. Later, the industry shifted to Chennai (formerly Madras), which then was the capital of the South Indian film industry. By the end of 1980s, the Malayalam film industry returned and established itself in Kerala. Several media sources describe Kochi as the hub of the film industry, while the Kerala government publications and government sponsored Kinfra organisation states Thiruvananthapuram is the centre.
