Ananda Vikatan
| Editor | R.Kannan |
|---|---|
| Categories | General |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 1 million/weekly |
| Company | Vikatan group |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Tamil |
| Website | [1] |
Ananda Vikatan ஆனந்த விகடன் is the leading Tamil language weekly magazine published from Chennai, India. It is part of the Vikatan group which also publishes Junior Vikatan (ஜூனியர் விகடன்), Chutti Vikatan (சுட்டி விகடன்), Aval Vikatan (அவள் விகடன்), Naanayam Vikatan (நாணயம் விகடன்), Sakthi Vikatan (சக்தி விகடன்), Motor Vikatan (மோட்டார் விகடன்) and Pasumai Vikatan (பசுமை விகடன).
Vikatan was started by S. S. Vasan in 1928 when he purchased a humour magazine that was not doing well for Rs. 200. Working hard, he built it up into a weekly and soon the weekly scaled to the top and the best selling Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan is still running successfully after nearly eighty years.
Vikatan has now evolved as Vikatan group and became an icon in the Tamil Nadu magazine industry. Vikatan over the years has provided the opportunity for many great Tamil writers such as Kalki Krishnamurthy கல்கி கிருஷ்னமூர்த்தி,P.SRINIVASAN(P.SRI), Devan தேவன், Sujatha Rangarajan (சுஜாதா), Gnani (ஞாநி), Madhan (மதன்), Kalaimani Kothamangalam Subbu கலைமணி கொத்தமங்கலம் சுப்பு and Nadodi நாடோடி, to name a few. Now S.Ramakrishnnan, Jeyamohan are some of the well-known contributors to Vikatan.
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[edit] Visual Media
They have produced Tamil Movies like Chandralekha 1948 and Siva Manasula Sakthi,Valmiki in recent times [2]. They are also successful in Television Media with their daily soap Kolangal in Sun TV being the most viewed South Indian TV program during its broadcast. [3]
[edit] Circulation details
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulation, for the period of July-December 2004, the circulation stood at 4,30,534 per week. This represents a 22 per cent growth over the previous half-year period.
