I am from Andhra and have lived in all the 4 south Indian states. Without hesitation I can say that when it comes to movies, people from AP and TN are nuts. Their idea of an evening's entertainment is to watch the latest movies. Their idea of spending a day out is to watch a couple of movies on a Sunday. They do no like doing things such as a picnic or a cultural event (though there are many in TN who do go to cultural events). Even in the US they have mainly dances from film songs and a few classical songs, you can check this out at any telugu association function. The women come decked in jewellery and the kids will be running all over the place. Men will be making videos to send to their kith and kin in India to boast about their kids achievements on stage; they do not even care that they are obstructing the audience. I have very rarely seen any body singing folk songs or not showing off
