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**Infobox film** may be used to summarize information about a film.  

## Usage
The infobox may be added by pasting the template as shown below into an article, typically at the top an an article above the lead section. All parameters are optional; any unused parameters should be blank or omitted.  
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## Parameters
*Note: Do not link to an article more than once in the infobox. All parameters are optional. See also MOS:FILM.*  

| <code>name</code> | Insert the full common name of the film (defaults to <code></code> if empty). |  |
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| <code>image</code> | Insert a relevant image for the film. Ideally this should be a film poster, but a DVD/VHS cover, screenshot, or other film-related image may also be used. Only use the actual file name, i.e. <code>image = </code>. |  |
| <code>image_size</code> | The infobox automatically resizes images to a default width of . Use this parameter **only** if the image being used is *smaller* than . |  |
| <code>alt</code> | Alt text for the image. See WP:ALT. This field is normally not visible in standard web browsers, but you can see it by requesting the image's properties from the brower. A visually impaired reader will typically hear the alt text in place of the image. |  |
| <code>caption</code> | Insert image caption, which should describe the type of image used. |  |
| <code>director</code> | Insert the name(s) of the director(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each director to his/her appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>producer</code> | Insert the name(s) of the producer(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each producer to his/her appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>writer</code> | Insert the name(s) of the writer(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each writer to his/her appropriate article if possible. Some films are based on previously produced or published material, such as books, plays, articles, old screenplays etc. When this is the case, list the writer(s) of the film first (under "Screenplay:" in bold), then list the source material writer(s) in a similar fashion. Some films also divide writers between screenplay and story. When this is the case, list the writers credited with writing the screenplay first. |  |
| <code>narrator</code> | Insert the name(s) of the narrator(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each narrator to his/her appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>starring</code> | Insert the name(s) of the actor(s) who had major roles in the film. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each actor to his/her appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>music</code> | Insert the name(s) of the composer(s) of original music. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each composer to his/her appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>cinematography</code> | Insert the name(s) of the cinematographer(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each cinematographer to his/her appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>lyrics</code> | Insert the name(s) of the lyric artist(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each lyric artists to his/her appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>editing</code> | Insert the name(s) of the editor(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). If a credit for an "additional editor" is shown, add the tag "(addl)". Link each editor to his/her article if possible. |  |
| <code>studio</code> | Insert the company that produced the film. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each company to its appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>distributor</code> | Insert the company name(s) of the distributor(s). Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). In addition, link each distributor to its appropriate article if possible. |  |
| <code>released</code> | Insert only the most relevant release date(s) of the film (see வார்ப்புரு:தகவற்சட்டம் திரைப்படம் for a detailed guideline). If multiple entries are required, separate with line breaks (<code></code>). Use for the earliest. |  |
| <code>runtime</code> | Insert an approximate time duration of the film in minutes. |  |
| <code>country</code> | Insert the home country or countries of the film's main production companies. Link each country to its appropriate article if possible. Do not use flag icons, as this places an unnecessary emphasis on nationality; see MOS:FLAG for a detailed rationale. |  |
| <code>language</code> | Insert the language **primarily** used in the film. Databases often give every language spoken within the film, even if they only reflect a few lines in the overall script. Only in rare cases of clearly bilingual or multilingual films, enter separate entries with a line break (<code></code>). In the case of a single language without any additional text, it will automatically link to the language article (and the film article will also be put automatically in the category concerned). In other cases, give the wikitext for the desired linked text. |  |
| <code>budget</code> | Insert the approximate budget of the film. |  |
| <code>gross</code> | Insert the gross revenue accrued by the film. This information is available for most pictures at Box Office Mojo. Worldwide gross is preferred. |  |
| <code>preceded_by</code> | If the film is part of a series, insert the film(s) that preceded it in the series. Please note that per MOS:TITLE, film titles should always be *italicized*. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). |  |
| <code>followed_by</code> | If the film is part of a series, insert the film(s) that followed it in the series. Please note that per MOS:TITLE, film titles should always be *italicized*. Separate multiple entries with a line break (<code></code>). | } |

## Example

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## IMDb, Allmovie, and other external links
External links to resources such as the ஐ.எம்.டி.பி இணையத்தளம் (IMDb), Allmovie and any official website are no longer included in this template. Nevertheless, these resources and others may be usefully added to the External Links section of the article using the following templates:  

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### History
When this infobox template was first created, in December 2004, one of the parameters created an external link to the ஐ.எம்.டி.பி இணையத்தளம் (IMDb). Irrespective of the fact that IMDb is not used as a reliable source for verifying content in Wikipedia articles, it still is a resource that many people, including editors *and* readers of Wikipedia, often turn to.  

In more recent years, additional external websites have become increasingly useful resources, including Allmovie, பாக்சு ஆபிசு மோசோ, Metacritic and அழுகியத் தக்காளிகள். Also, modern films almost invariably have an official website. As a consequence, new external links were added to and removed from the infobox as consensus changed on the subject.  

Discussions about the fate of these links took place in numerous places over some time, with a number of people advocating removal of all external links from the infobox, if not the article as a whole. Others spoke of the value of having at least a link to IMDb in the infobox. Eventually, a far from undisputed consensus arose to remove all external links from the infobox and to move them to the External links section where appropriate in view of the External links guideline.  

Important points towards this consensus included fact that the infobox could not include all of the available links and that it would be inappropriate to pick and choose one or a few of those links over others. Suggestions that losing access to the most useful of the available links (typically IMDb) would damage the usefulness of film articles were not found persuasive by many since such links could still be included in the External links section and the table of contents linking to the external links section having *all* of the useful external links is adjacent the infobox.  

## Microformat